WebDesign&Such

Well I’m a designer, (duh), so I work with color every day. There are a ton of different tools to make using color easier both on and offline. I was going to make a post about the top 5 sources/ tools that I use for color palettes, picking, etc… but I’ve decided to take them one at a time.. I think they are so important that they are all worthy of separate posts. Then maybe I will create one post summarizing them all.

I’m going to start off with my favorite. This is a Firefox Add-On (mental note.. create a Firefox Add-On post), that I use almost daily. It’s called ColorZilla.

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I don’t know about you, but I read a lot of different forums and blogs. I’m always fascinated by peoples avatars, gravatars, etc. I’ve noticed recently a lot of people have these little cartoon caricatures of themselves. Could they all be that good at art? Not likely.

Then the other day I stumbled across how they are creating them. I’ll show you how here.. and even if you don’t care about having an avatar of yourself, it’s worth checking this free program out.

I mean, who doesn’t want a little cartoon self?

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