Playing Hooky

No, I’m not *really* playing hooky, honest!!  Classes are cancelled for today and tomorrow due to a power outage on campus.  Whatever shall I do with my time???  Write up a blog post?  Good idea!    <vbg>   I can tell you what I got accomplished this weekend!  I spent much of the weekend playing with Photoshop.  I have a love/hate relationship with that program.  I love that the creative possibilities are endless and I hate that I have so much to learn!

I wanted to make a new background for my Twitter page using my current favorite picture of Richard Armitage (did I tell you I met him?  squeeeee!) and a tornado photo.  Yes, I already made a wallpaper & a sig using those two elements, but I am obsessed.  I spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out how to make the background look decent on my laptop *and* on our 22inch monitor as well.  That almost drove me over the edge!  I looked online for some guidelines, but found a lot of conflicting information.  After talking to bccmee, I came up with something I could live with.  (Thank you, bcc.  You ROCK!!)

View of my Twitter page on my laptop (a) when it first opens up and (b) after scrolling down in order to see more of the tornado  🙂

I liked the image and tornado photo so well, I made a version for my iPhone!

The lock page of my iPhone.

My Twitter page and iPhone were taken care of so I turned my attention to my Facebook cover photo.  I’d wanted to change it for a while, but wasn’t sure what to do.   The screencaps of my beloved John Standring are not high-res (and where are the promo shots from Sparkhouse, hmmm? Seriously – I need those photos!) and making wallpapers, etc can be tricky with low quality images.  I decided to try again anyway.

My new Facebook cover photo.

Not *too* bad, I guess.  Now I need a new project!!!  Any ideas?       😛