A little treat for the roleplayer reader ; as I still was digging for more rpg links I found this little gem called Battleon - the graphics are nice-looking (manga like) ; the game itself is Flash based - and it took less than 5mn from the character registration phase to the first level up of my brand new fighter ... the game seems to have loads of options and quests - and is very addictive.
So to recap, what you need for a good ol'fun D&D party using "freakin' brilliant map" :
First of all, Happy Xmas nice reader and today I will share with you some fun you can have with the map editor of Wesnoth - Yes, it's brilliant -
After modifying the /etc/X11/xorg.conf and rebooting there was no noticeable change in the wacom stylus behavior whether in Gimp or Inkscape ... I was confused - but then digging in both applications options I found that the mouse was still the selected input devices and so I just had to disable it and select the stylus and eraser and put them on Screen mode (see picture on the left) -- and it worked !
So far, it's workable - but still need tweaking :# Option "PressCurve" "0,75,25,100" #Softest curve (loose pressure)2. the "eraser" option
# Option "PressCurve" "0,50,50,100"
# Option "PressCurve" "0,25,75,100"
Option "PressCurve" "0,0,100,100" #linear curve (default)
# Option "PressCurve" "25,0,100,75"
# Option "PressCurve" "50,0,100,50"
# Option "PressCurve" "75,0,100,25" #firmest curve (hard pressure)
In fact it was not so difficult to have the wacom working under Linux/Debian
This is atrociously twisted character on the left is actually my first attempt with my new Wacom Bamboo fun and ArtRage2 (provided free of charge).
Almost same result as in the previous post - but this time, the left picture was produced by a Gimp's script.
Little experiment today with a few opencliparts related to Santa and Xmas
screencasters.heathenx.org introduces Microsodes (micro episodes):
Found this little gem in the flickr gimp and inkscape group
Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
'Tis the season to be jolly
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Very exciting idea - imagine that : you're looking for a vector application for Linux Debian you fire up Synaptic then filter through the vector applications read the description and so on ... but then you have this little screenshots for each application. It's brilliant, it's new (then ending my little example considering all vector application you wisely choose inkscape because it rocks). Okay, back to earth now, this new project is still in beta phase read this for more detail - Basically the current status is all about gathering those precious screenshots. So if you have some spare time post a few screenshots today - it's easy to contribute check the list of packages without screenshot and then Just launch your favorite application - type 'gnome-panel-screenshot -i' from a terminal box then select Grab the current window (just like below) Then capture a screenshot of your favourite application and post the result to screenshots.debian.net/upload |
mount d /media/cdrom -t cdrom -label CD1
Besides Phatch the mass file renamer pyRenamer is one of my favorite batch tools. Version 0.6 brings besides many bugfixes a lot of new features:
Google is releasing an open source browser called Google Chrome which it promises will be small, fast and stable.…
Episode 069 is now posted. In this one I create an Airline Safety Card style illustration from a photo. Phew.. that was a mouthful. 
This one went suprisingly long, I tried to go quickly through the slightly tedious parts, but I think it went pretty well. Hope you enjoy it.
Episode 067 is live. In it I take a look at an SVN release of Inkscape and show off the new Spiro path functionality. I hemmed and hawed over the idea of this screencast. I didn't want to screencast features that are still be cooked but I had a change of heart during the last 3 days. Just too excited about Spiro to keep it under wraps I guess. Plus there aren't many places that one can find Spiro tutorials on the net at this time…so…here's mine until some one can make a nicer one.
Enjoy. 
 | freshmeat maintains the Web's largest index of Unix and cross- |
 |
MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
Blu is a graffiti/street artist from Buenos Aires. His stuff is amazing. He recently finished a film combining two of my favorite things: graffiti and animation, titled "MUTO." I'm blown away by it. Unbelievable.
On his Youtube, he's posted some other animated experiments, if you're curious. He has a blog, too.
(Thanks, Trevor!)
Episode 059 is live. I demonstrate how to apply masks on a textured background in Inkscape 0.46. This type of project might be useful for a wallpaper or maybe a background for an Impress presentation (I seem to be making a few of those lately). Additionally, I have seen some rather neat looking Photoshop'ed images where the artist placed graffiti on a wall. Add a little perspective to the text and the same thing can be achieve in Inkscape just as easily.
This screencast is quick and easy. I thought perhaps some of the uber-beginners out there would find this somewhat useful. Using a mask to acheive this effect is one way of doing it. An alternative way would be placing the yellow objects on a seperate layer and using the "multiply" blend mode. That might be familiar to the Gimp user inside of you. Of course we must not forget about the new feBlend filter effect too. Since Inkscape is flexible one could mix a few different cocktails to achieve similar things. Experiment and have fun.
Most accomplished cartoonists will tell you that good character design should allow the viewer to recognize a character by its silhouette. Bob Flynn has assembled this line-up of cartoon silhouettes, and you should be able to recognize most if not all of them quite easily.
Related: Jinx the Monkey
I know you're looking at it. I know because I can track links through Wordpress, and two hours after I posted that last screenshot, I had double-digit clickthroughs. It is a rather interesting image, don't you think?
MegaCon is coming to Orlando next month, and I’ll be there. Take a look at the impressive lineup of artists and let me know who you’d like me to catch up with. I’d love to get video of a few of them drawing. Let me know (in the comments) who your favorites are and I’ll do my best to arrange it with them prior to the big weekend.
![[1]](http://openclipart.org/people/johnny_automatic/johnny_automatic_Skiing_Santa.png){kind=link}
![[2]](http://openclipart.org/people/johnny_automatic/johnny_automatic_dancing_santa.png){kind=link}
![[3]](http://openclipart.org/people/johnny_automatic/johnny_automatic_santa_in_a_chimney.png){kind=link}
![[4]](http://openclipart.org/people/johnny_automatic/johnny_automatic_Santa_and_bag.png){kind=link}
![[5]](http://openclipart.org/people/tomas_arad/tomas_arad_xmas-globe.png){kind=link}
![[6]](http://openclipart.org/people/sheikh_tuhin/sheikh_tuhin_Christmas.png){kind=link}
![[7]](http://openclipart.org/people/nicubunu/nicubunu_Christmas_Tree.png){kind=link}
![[8]](http://openclipart.org/people/johnny_automatic/johnny_automatic_snowy_Xmas_tree.png){kind=link}
![[1]](http://openclipart.org/people/Peileppe/Peileppe_konrad_(adaptation).svg){kind=link}
![[1]](http://openclipart.org/people/Peileppe/Peileppe_konrad_(from_Wesnoth).svg){kind=link}