@Nathalie-Kranich I think we're all in the same boat for picking study material

After a certain point a tried to stop thinking about the images and just take the ones that caught my eye. Pinterest was awesome for source material.

@demotlj Nice! I think you did a really good job capturing the atmosphere and overall feeling

Did you learn anything in particular about rendering night scenes?

@Heather-Boyd you're really putting in a lot of work! You're makin' me feel bad

You certainly found a whole lot of really interesting buildings to study!

Awesome! Good for you for taking th plunge. I've yet to send off any postcards, too Just like @Squirrelsize it's on my list this summer

Thanks everyone! I went with #8

@nyrrylcadiz I've been told that the more steps you have to reach your contact info, the more likely people are to bounce.

As in, getting all my info in one step (all on the business card/intro page) is better than two-three steps (business card to website to contact page).

Kinda like an index that takes you to different parts of the index instead of just giving you a page number

I'll do some research on that, though, I could be wrong.

Neat!

@Laurasketches You can absolutely upgrade old macs. Older macs are MUCH easier to upgrade than newer ones.

Find a computer savvy friend. Buy them a case of beer. Ask them to install an SSD and as much RAM as your computer can handle.

OR do it yourself. There's TONS of guides, and there's a company that sells kits for upgrading macs. Comes with all the tools and hardware you need.

You will notice a MASSIVE difference in performance.

Have you googled the 'plug cintiq to computer crashes photoshop' problem? Any fixes?

@NessIllustration Crashes always happen at the worst times. It's like they know when they can do the most emotional and mental damage with their shenanigans.

That. Friggin'. Sucks. My condolences

@Laurasketches Number 8 grabbed me right away. You could have a really fun time hamming up that pirate and coming up with some strange ornate jar for the mermaid (I see something like a cracked chinese fishing float surrounded by old netting).

Nice work so far