Beketov

I feel like doing something different for my PT this week so I’m going to be making a video tutorial based on one of my sigs. What I need help with, is deciding which one. So, I leave it in your hands. What sig would you like to see a descriptive tutorial on? The most recent the better (since I’ll remember it more) but basically anything is up for grabs. Post it below, I want ti record this soon so basically the first couple will be considered.

Unfortunately that kills my eyes when I'm working on actual photo processing.

For last week, Higgins gave permission since my power was out yesterday.

It’s a shame way more detail comes out in photoshop; must be the dark background of the application I guess. Oh well.

Hasn't that been happening all season? My draft stock is directly proportional to my TPE level, just not in the expected way.

Can't it be both? Yukon is playing really well, I will give you that credit, but Turku is failing to put up even close to the numbers they did against us in the games they won.

If Turku keeps playing this bad maybe I will make it out of the playoffs with the most points haha. Morgan is the only one who really has a chance to pass me.

Slobo I kicked cancer's ass, you think he can't kick yours?

I was more so joking. Plus I'd be amazed. I think Turku's top player is only like 9 behind me or something; that should be plenty doable in 4-7 games.

You and me both. Although I'm gonna really laugh if I still lead the VHLM playoffs in points without even making it to the finals. Can you win playoff MVP without being in the cup?

Once again the 1st period was our downfall. Was really hoping this would be the year I could potentially get a founder's cup but it happens. Congrats Turku.

They get new stuff pretty much daily. As for these pay what you want deals, I've seen two in the past 2 months or so. I don't know if its just a busy time or if it's a monthly thing.

It's not always GFX related stuff, just good apps. Usually there only like 2-4 in the bunch that are really worth it but you can choose to download only the ones you want anyway. Besides, half the time they are apps that cost over $50 on their own and you can get them in a pack with others for a fraction of the cost. They've actually got one going on right now: LINK. Current Average price is $11.87 which isn't bad at all. Plus 10% of whatever you pay goes to a charity of your choice.

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I'll post the rest of them now. Waiting on an export to finish anyway.

So, I guess none of us decided to show up for the 1st period? Here's hoping the trend of trading wins continues and we can put together a solid game 7.

Just so you guys know as well, if you watch the site (or check the emails) stack social has a tendency to put in great "pay what you want deals" where if you beat the average price (highest I've seen is like 10 bucks) you can usually get like 8-10 really great programs for cheap. At least they offer that for mac users, not sure if there are PC promotions as well.

Just thought others might be interested in this. A site I've gotten programs from before (they tend to run cheap bundles) is offering some free GFX resources. Offer ends in 12 days and the content is a bit specific in some spots but there are brushes, fonts, textures, patterns, etc which are all pretty great to have. If you download the PSD I just put up several of these aspects are actually used in it. Anyway, here's the link. If you're interested all it takes is a login (also free) and you're good to go. https://stacksocial.com/sales/the-summer-freebie-designer-bundle

Every once in awhile I create a sig that I feel like people could learn techniques from. Lighting, colouring, effects, whatever. When that happens sometimes I feel inclined to create tutorials but man is that ever a lot of work. So, instead, I'll just drop some PSD's in here. This is going to be my go-to place for giving away free PSD tutorials for learning purposes only. If, somehow, ripping them is what will make you learn then I'm amazed by the style in which you learn. However, if that is somehow the case, then rip away. Just don't try to pass the work off as your own; I will find you. The layers in these PSD's have not been named to reflect what was done, I leave that knowledge up to you to figure out. I find I never really learn from PSD's if I'm told exactly what was done. Experiment and see what you can come up with. If you have trouble with something, come ask and I'll do my best to explain. Also, unless otherwise stated, the PSD's have all been created in Photoshop CS6. However, many concepts exist in previous versions or can be easily re-created. Below is the first one in the bunch, my latest sig. I didn't like it that much at first but it's growing on me. The blurring and colouring are the main points of focus but feel free to look at everything else. In addition, if there are any sigs of mine you would like to learn from, post them here. If I can find the PSD I will share it. Happy learning, I'd love to see results if you use anything from this topic. Click the image to get link

Nope, I'll be gone already, thanks for agreeing with me

Thank you Greg, everyone has made that fact pretty clear. Here's the thing, I really don't care if I go first. I've never put myself on some kind of un-touchable pedestal and stated no one deserves 1st overall more than me. I've just defended myself when everyone has chosen to point out how completely undeserving of basically anything I am on account of, I guess, players I had during the busiest two years of university. - Sharpe was active despite being banned for an entire season. - Beketov is in the HoF, kinda don't need to say more. - Young was active his entire career, including an entire season on the bears bench. - Kristensen was a load of donkey nuts, I'll give you that. - White was on and off. I had some pretty shit seasons but I also had some perfectly valid ones. - Chekhov was active his entire career. It just happened to be slightly short (although still 6 seasons) because of a complete lack of goalie market. So, if we're keeping score, save a few weeks here and there (which everyone has) I've been perfectly active of 2/6 players. I'd say with the amount of players I've had that's a pretty decent track record. That got a lot more ranty than I intended and I apologize. Just trying to make a point though.