A few months ago, I went to a local garden nursery to get some roses for our 8th wedding anniversary. They had roses in several different colors like white, yellow, orange and purple. I asked a clerk “Don’t you have red roses?” And he just said “No.” I was shocked. Roses are supposed to red. My wife hate yellow roses, anyway. As usual, I had no choice, you know? So I got MacBook out of my backpack and launched Adobe Illustrator CS2. In a matter of 5 minutes ago, I created a red rose.

The following tutorial shows simple steps to design a rose with Adobe Illustrator CS2. The photo used in this tutorial comes from WebShot. Continue reading →

About 4 years ago, my wife and I went to Vancouver, Canada. We had her dog with us. After visiting a museum, we arrived at a park. And we took vacation photos in front of old sculpture. That’s when something terrible happened.

My wife screamed and said “Oh, no, no, no, NO!” What has he done this time? The dog peed on the foot of the sculpture. A week before, he ate my lunch pizza and tore my pillow. I couldn’t take it any more. I had no choice. I told my wife to close her eyes so that I could punish him physically. But I couldn’t do it. I’m always nice to animals and didn’t want to hurt my reputation. My wife suggested that we leave him a present. “Give him what?,” I said. She said that he could use my hat. Why mine!? Oh, well… I got MacBook out of my backpack and launched Adobe Illustrator CS2. In a matter of 5 minutes or so, I created a hat and gave it to him.. Once he looked angry, but he then smiled again.

The following tutorial shows simple steps to create a 3D hat with Adobe Illustrator CS2. The photo used in this tutorial comes from FreePhotosBank. Continue reading →

I think it was around November. I was driving by myself towards Monterey, California. It was raining almost all day. It stopped raining around 3 o’clock. And what I saw was a beautiful rainbow.

The following tutorial shows steps to create a rainbow. The photo used in this tutorial comes from PD Photo. Continue reading →

Every 4th of July, my wife looks forward to going to see a public display of fireworks in San Francisco. Unfortunately, it rained all day this year and then the public display was cancelled. I didn’t want to disappoint her. But there was nothing I could do. Or… Right! I launched Adobe Photoshop CS2. In a matter of 5 minutes or so, I developed fireworks in the nightly sky.

The following tutorial shows steps to create a fireworks display in the sky. The photo used in this tutorial comes from PD Photo. Continue reading →

Last weekend, my wife and I went to a restaurant. After staying there for about an hour or so, we were pretty much ready to leave. That’s when a sudden argument broke out at a few tables away. A guy was furious because there was no ice in his glass. A waitress said that they ran out of ice. And there was nothing she could do. Obviously, the guy was sweating quite a bit, which perhaps fueled his anger. My wife whispered “Honey, do something… You have your MacBook with you, don’t you.” My MacBook? Oh, yeah… So I went under our table and launched Adobe Photoshop CS2. Within several minutes, I created a few chunks of ice in his glass. “There you go!” I passed the glass to him. He had his cold drink without a breath and quickly left.

The following tutorial shows steps to create chunks of ice in a glass with Adobe Photoshop CS2. The photo used in this tutorial comes from Webshots. Continue reading →