Happy New Year Everyone! Welcome to Artifex.justgoo’s very 1st Informer of the year! What an amazing year, I would like to thank everyone for their continued support throughout last year and previous, made sexy posts and discussions and wish to give a huge thanks to those who have been assisting me behind scenes whether mod or not you guys are amazing and I want you to know it. I can only hope and imagine that with everyone’s help 2012 could see us growing and developing into something I could only dream of… For my beloved lurkers who I see from time to time taking a peek at what is happening, I hope you are all well, I miss those who once posted frequently and relish in the thought of chatting with those yet to post on Artifex soon.

Thank you for an amazing year, Love your Forum Modi Council

Statistics for 2010/2011 (Mods Excluded for most part)

Top Poster:

Most Challenges Completed:

Most Challenges Created:

Longest Member: (Tee never logged in o.o)

Newest Member:

Longest Lurker:

Got the Letter Z in Art Alphabet:

1st Studio Completion:

There are plenty more, if you would like to know any other

weird and wacky statistics PM Pharwynd and it will make it

into the next informer.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art

is knowing which ones to keep.

New Year’s Resolutions…

Modi complete all upcoming projects

Have someone beat Pharwynd in forum posts

Have more than 10 users online at one time.

A Challenge make it to over 5 pages of

submissions

Art Alphabet make it to Z at least twice more

Increase user activity on facebook and twitter

Suggested Resolutions for Members… (Yes we are dreaming)

Log in to Artifex at least once a day

Post at least every second day

Complete a challenge at least once a fortnight

Critique/Submit a piece at least once a fortnight

Complete the Studio Challenge

Increase post count by at least 20 by 2013

January Special Edition 2012

Fireworks at the Sydney Opera House, Australia

Upcoming Projects!

SOTM / LAOTM -Thank you to ArchAngel and Spirit

Creation and Implementation of Badge System Revise of Ranking System (to work alongside of Badge) Chat Tutorials Tutorial of the Week widget on Home Page

Not quite a Challenge but since there were no challenge

submissions this last week or so I have decided that this is just too

darn hot not to post here instead ;p

Featured User

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Artists of Interest

Meg Watcher (Photography)

Alexia Sinclair (Photography)

Jeffrey Thomas (Cartoonist)

Gonzalo Ordóñez Arias (digital art)

Have an artist you wish to share? PM

Pharwynd via Artifex profile or AGE

Sebastian Michaelis from Kuroshitsuji by spirit9123

Studio Challenge

Pop Out Challenge

Text from Images

Vertical Signatures

Shape

Colour

Unrendered

Random! (DA/Sig/SA)

Render Only

Colours

Layer Collage

Colour Splash

Oh No they Didn’t!

Shakespeare

Self Portrait (DA/SA)

Dress Me Up

Site Banner

Personalised Logo

Forum Background

Studio Challenge

Removing Backgrounds

Create a new document - 500 x 150 is my standard size

that I’ll be using Next pull this image below into the document. Link: http://images.mmosite.com/photo/2008/08/23/shaiyaw42632bm0qa2X.jpg

- Once this image is a layer right click on it

In the Drop List make sure “Add Alpha Channel” is grey and does not need to be selected. This makes sure your image can have transparencies, without this it just erasers to white, and not the background behind it It will show up larger then canvas but that is easily fixed by using the Scale Tool. -Shown below

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Select this and then click on your image, click again and hold down, dragging the image to your desired size.

- For this purpose aim so that your image ends up looking similar to this.

Next select the Free Select Tool

This will allow you to select the parts of the image you would like to keep or remove.

There is a free hand option and a Pen tool I prefer the 2nd as it allows me to stop, start and edit where I have selected. Using either chosen option Start at the top of the image and make your way around her body till you reach the bottom.

Once there draw around the outside heading left and then up and right to meet up with where you started. This will select the background.

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GIMP

Text from Image : http://artifex.justgoo.com/t70-text-from-image-tutorial

Border Tutorial: http://artifex.justgoo.com/t165-border-tutorial

Pop Out Image Tutorial: http://artifex.justgoo.com/t69-pop-out-image-tutorial

Photo Shop Spirits Signature Tutorial: http://artifex.justgoo.com/t180-spirits-signature-tutorial

Clipping Images: http://artifex.justgoo.com/t88-clipping-images

My first (and only) Tutorial: http://artifex.justgoo.com/t77-my-first-and-only-tutorial

Click delete on your keyboard to remove the back ground it should then look like this one below

Repeat the process for the other side; you should end up with something looking like this.

Now you are free to place any background you choose behind it. By Pharwynd

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Personalised Logo by Harajuku

Pop Out Challenge by Eika

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Dragons’ Play by alilmynx

Text from Image Challenge by JathyX

2010 - 2011

Positions Vacant!

Challenge Creators and

Completers

Seeking enthusiastic individuals with a

passion for creativity and art. Experience

not necessary but must have computer

access.

Visit: http://artifex.justgoo.com/t34-the-

artifex-challenge-s

Guest Tutorialists

Want to share tips, hints and secrets? Like

to chat and meet new people? This is

Casual position is perfect for you!

PM Pharwynd for details

Critics and Artwork Presenters

Are needed for newly created program

designed to teach artists and critics alike.

Must be able to give both compliments

and critique’s, guts and determination to

improve oneself is a must.

Visit: http://artifex.justgoo.com/t182-

everyone-s-a-critic

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Backgrounds used, fonts and firework

photography were not created by Artifex and all

credit should be given to their creators.

Writers Wanted!

Experienced writer? Dabbler? Weekend Poet? Written a short

story or two, and want to share it with the world? Starting from the

next Informer we will be including a Writers Corner; where any

member of Artifex will be most welcome to submit written works

to appear within its section.

Send all Submissions to Pharwynd via PM on Artifex or AGE

December Babies!

Karma

January Babies!

None

You are invited…

To join us on Saturday 21st of January 2012 at 3 pm for a record

breaking event!

We, Artifex.justgoo’s will be attempting to have as many smexy

artifexians online at one time to break our current record of 8.

Attendees are welcome to join us in the Artifex Chat room for a

special Guest Tutorialists, laughter and fun. Also each Attendee will

be awarded a special badge (as part of our new and upcoming badge

reward initiative) that will let everyone know you were there when

the record was broken.

The Basics: Time: 3pm

Date: Saturday 21st of January 2012

Location: http://artifex.justgoo.com

What to bring: Yourself, a smile and possibly a pen o.0

Looking forward to seeing you all there,

Forum Modi Council

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