We previously reported about using .Mac features without having a .Mac account, and now I stumbled upon this article that describes how to configure a Linux or FreeBSD box so it offers iDisk, Backup, iCal etc features for your Mac; meaning: Almost everything .Mac offers, just without using .Mac.
Nice article.
TNPI – Do it Yourself .mac
Drerek Yu wrote a usefull article that describes how to create pixelart. His tutorial consists out of 10 steps ranging from tools over shadnig to anti-aliasing. It’s quite interesting, Derek Writes:
Creating pixel art is a skill I picked up because I needed graphics for my games. After a lot of practice, I became rather handy with it, and started to see it more as “real” art rather than just a tool. These days, pixel art is quite popular for gaming and illustration. You can even find it in print magazines, like Wired and Electronic Gaming Monthly!
This pixel tutorial was created many years ago to teach people the basic concepts behind pixel art, but I’ve streamlined it a lot since its first incarnation. There are other pixel tutorials around, but I find them to be overly complicated and too wordy. Pixel art is not a science. You will never have to calculate a vector when doing pixel art.