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Becoming A Leader
This post is in response to an article:
From Low Self-Esteem to Leadership
http://businesstimezone.com/?p=9002
My Response
What most people don't realize about the definition of leadership, "Guiding Intent with Integrity" towards a goal, is that everyone is leading in some small way every day. Whether it be giving directions to the bathroom, or taking the initiative to clear a jam from the copy machine.
In the story provided, this example of leadership allowed an individual to become confident enough to give directions on more complicated subjects. She built that confidence one small step at a time, by gaining support from followers, and by building a series of techniques and strategies that allowed her to become a master of the subject matter.
While she may not know the definition of leadership, she is executing it. Hopefully at some point she stumbles across the definition, re-orients her training, and helps others become GREAT LEADERS.
Chef John's Turkey Burger - Meat and Poultry - Ground Turkey Lemon juice, cilantro, ginger, and garlic In order to make this low-fat meal a healthy and delectable choice, spice up your standard turkey burger.
lets get furry
you wanna make really nice lookin fur?? don’t know how all those furry artists do it???? allow me to educate you then
1: Lay down your base color! This is important and should be darker than the color you are aiming for.
2: Take that boss ass acrylic brush and set that thing as follows.
notice how we already are picking out our desired shade of lavender!
3: on the same layer as your base (if you are uncomfortable, make a duplicate so you don’t have to worry) and start making little strokes in the direction you want your fur to go. Put these strokes into rough rows and make sure you space them out enough for them to be told apart.
5: Keep going until you’re done! Want some cool dyed tips to your fur? Just choose a different color! Let’s start adding some cyan tips.
Just rinse and repeat until you’re satisfied! Don’t be afraid to play around with blending either, it can lead to some cool combos!
Woke up at 2am and couldn’t fall back asleep so I made a tutorial on the Photoshop techniques I use most frequently. Starting with the sketch:
adjustment layers: specifically the hue/saturation slider in this case, allows you to color correct quickly
lasso tool: for sharp edges!
alpha lock: useful for painting within a pre-defined area (especially useful when painting characters)
x (hotkey) : toggle between foreground + background colors- let’s you easily blend between 2 colors
ctrl/cmd click : quickly change current active layer. Especially useful if you’re burdened with too many layers (or just very disorganized)
clipping mask: similar to alpha lock, but can add details without changing/ painting directly on the previous layer. I often use them to test out + apply gradients.
layer styles: I didn’t use any in this image, but the possibilities for layer styles endless, from simply adding a quick outline (useful for die cut demarcations when making stickers!) to creating more seemingly complex appearances. Here’s a gif of Nick Carver using layer styles (a combo of drop shadows + inner shadows) to quickly make the illusion of snow but with simple strokes.
ending on this:
frankly I think a lot more people would be open to postmodern art if we all stopped pretending you had to be very smart to understand it and start acknowledging that the starting point for deriving meaning from it is frequently ‘this is stupid bullshit’