Saturday Plugs

Each Saturday (at least I’m hoping, based on reader linkage), I’d like to plug sites that plug The PC Weenies, whether it’s a blog post or a full-blown review. So, without further ado… here they are:
Hari’s Corner: There are hundreds of geeky comics on the web, Hari’s behind one of the more geeky ones, aptly […]

Maximus - colored and inked!

Maximus - colored and inked!

Originally uploaded by kms007

Here’s a revised take on Maximus Effekt - one of the characters I first developed in middle school.

Klaws

klaws

Originally uploaded by kms007

Here’s another illustration I drew this afternoon. Enjoy!
-Krishna

How to Create a Fav Icon Painlessly

See the little icon in the URL bar of your browser? That’s a fav icon. Normally, this can be created using an image editor - but there’s a much easier way: FavIcon from Pics
You provide the pic - and the FavIcon from Pics website will do the rest. Definitely worth bookmarking if you have your […]

Quick Pick: BusySync

Do you have two or more Macs that you’re trying to sync and share iCal calendars with? Frustrated that Apple doesn’t include this functionality out of the box (even in Leopard)?
Me too.
Thanks to a reader tip on The Mac Attack podcast, I discovered an elegant solution to my problems, in the form of a PrefPane […]

The PC Weenies to Debut in Singapore Newspaper!

This week, The PC Weenies are expected to make their newspaper debut in The Straits Times - within the Digital Life section (which, I understand, is published every Wednesday). It’s not only the highest selling newspaper based in Singapore with a circulation of about 400,000 (based on Wikipedia), but it’s also the oldest newspaper of […]

Art: creature X

creature X

Originally uploaded by kms007

I felt inspired to create some new random characters. This was a 20 minute drawing - from start to finish.
-Krishna

Character Construction

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
The slideshow above shows how I go about “building” a character. I always start with the basic shapes and the line of action (a line that basically defines the character’s primary movement), then gradually add details in. By working with basic shapes, it becomes very easy to spot mistakes in proportion.
Too […]