January 2021

Doodle Therapy with Alice Lee and Shing Yin Khor – 1 of 2

Doodle Therapy is a space for us to come together, relax, and simply draw. As an interactive drawing show, we’ll go through drawing exercises together and viewers will also be able to give input on what we doodle! Our guest this week is Shing Yin Khor, a cartoonist, installation artist, and graphic novelist. To kick off the year, get ready to design your own zine! Zines are a fun format to tell a short story, convey information, or journal about your day. Grab a cup of tea and come by for an hour of relaxing drawing.

We’ve put together a simple one-pager foldy zine template for you here: https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/4bb2567c-06f1-42c2-5ea2-c558f8f5916d
After we’re finished drawing, you can print it out on printer paper, cut, and fold to assemble your very own zine.

Guest Shing Yin Khor, a cartoonist, installation artist, and graphic novelist.
https://shingkhor.com/

Host Alice Lee is an illustrator and muralist based in San Francisco: https://www.behance.net/byalicelee

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How to Design a YouTube Thumbnail in GIMP

Learn how to design a YouTube video thumbnail fit for 2021 with this GIMP graphic design and photo manipulation tutorial! I’ve been getting a lot of requests for this tutorial lately, so here it is. I show you how to cut out and stroke a subject, and essentially replace the background of your photo. You can then add various effects such as an image border, text and logos, and color adjustments or corrections for a professional and eye-catching result.

No Photoshop required! Plus, all the resources used in this tutorial – including the photos – are totally free.

Visit our website for more text and video tutorials:
https://www.daviesmediadesign.com/tutorials/

Enroll in Our GIMP Photo Editing Masterclass:
https://www.udemy.com/course/gimp-photo-editing/?referralCode=418C294E695EA3962465

Get My New E-book – The GIMP Book of Layers:
https://daviesmediadesign.com/gimp-book-of-layers/

Want to make your GIMP theme look like mine? Check out this GIMP tutorial article:
https://www.daviesmediadesign.com/customize-gimp-2-10-user-interface/

See how you can help out the GIMP Team:
https://www.gimp.org/develop/

Download the latest version of GIMP 2.10:
https://www.gimp.org/downloads/

Download the Photos Used in This Tutorial:
https://www.pexels.com/photo/young-woman-with-expressive-makeup-against-lights-5523257/
https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-multi-colored-basketball-court-1702624/

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XD Daily Creative Challenge – Reading Tracker

Challenge: Design an E-reader experience that tracks users’ reading progress throughout the year. Use the 3D Transforms tool to create a page-flip animation.
Get the starter file here: https://bit.ly/xddcc1-4_6

Join your host every afternoon at 2:00pm PT to learn how to approach each challenge using Adobe XD. Complete 9 challenges by Friday, January 15th and you’ll be on your way to sharpening your skills. Get your questions answered, see what the community is creating and get feedback on your work – see you there!

To sign up and get started, go to: https://www.behance.net/challenge/xd