draw a fish

1

HOW TO DO THIS

FIRST ASSEMBLE YOUR IMAGE ELEMENTS

artpad (online)

YOU WILL NEED A SCREEN CAPTURE UTILITY TO COPY YOUR ARTPAD

IMAGE TO YOUR DESKTOP. PHOTOSCAPE (WHICH IS FREE)HAS USEUL

ONE. ALSO USE PRINTSCREEN (TOP RIGHT ON YOUR KEYBOARD)

*Try this (review) FREE feature rich screen print utility: LiveCapture (download)

THEN YOU WANT SOME TEXT

dunno much about art

but ah know what we like

on the beach

NEXT. . . ALLOW ENOUGH ENOUGH EMPTY WHITE SPACE BELOW

YOUR PRIMARY IMAGE TO PLACE TEXT AND SECONDARY IMAGE

(copy/paste into a prepared larger sheet : 725 x 1024 pixels is the size)

sketched at Pixlr

THE VIGNETTE (TOP RIGHT/BOTTOM LEFT CORNER SHADOWS) EFFECT

WAS DONE USING PHOTOSCAPE : FREE PHOTO EDITING SOFTWARE

THE TEXT WAS INSERTED AND SKEWED WITH THIS EXCELLENT S/W. . .

NOT DIFFICULT IF YOU TAKE IT IN EASY STAGES

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MAKE A VIDEO

TO MAKE VIDEO YOU CAN REPLAY YOUR BRUSH STROKES AT ARTPAD.

THESE WILL NEED TO BE RECORDED USING A SCREEN RECORDER.THE

ONE USED HERE WAS APOWERSOFT FROM A GIVEAWAYOFTHEDAY

BUT YOU CAN FIND FREE ONES ONLINE TO DO THE JOB JUST AS WELL.

WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER WAS USED TO ASSEMBLE THE VIDEO PARTS.

THESE INCLUDED PRIMARY IMAGE AND A SOUNDTRACK. FOR SOUNDS

RIP FROM YOUR OWN STASH OR FIND SOME NOISE ON THE INTERNET.

ONCE PRODUCTION IS COMPLETE YOU UPLOAD TO YOUTUBE AND THE

WORLD CAN ENJOY YOUR MASTERPIECE FOREVER AND EVERMORE.

SIMPLY DO EACH STEP SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY AND BE SURE

TO BACK EVERYTHING UP AND KEEP SECURED MASTER COPIES

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