Design

Creating a Colour Palette from a Picture

August 16, 2007 Design

Being a designer myself, I have been fascinated by the use of various colours across different media – the web is of particular interest for me. If used judiciously, you can create wonders with a family of colours; a palette or scheme of complimentary colours. You must visit ColorLovers to see what amazing stuff the community is creating back there.

This set me off on a mission to search how palettes could be devised from pictures which can be ultimately used in my daily artworks. After scouring the net endlessly, I found an answer right in my backyard. I have Photoshop CS2 and I am detailing the steps below for those of you interested in knowing the secret. Remember, the fundamental idea behind this exercise is to convert natural colour shades digitally to use in our medium of choice (print, web, fashion, etc.).

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At last, Safari for Windows!

June 12, 2007 Design

I was pleased to hear the good news that Apple launched their Safari browser for Windows XP and Vista. I am surprised but happy that the Windows version has finally arrived. Does this mean the beginning of the end for its closest rival Firefox? we’ll have to wait and see.

Not amongst those willing to wait, I have installed Safari and I am writing this blurb from it. You can get the latest Public Beta 3 from this place and have fun!

Attack of the Raingods

June 1, 2007 Design

I was worried the world was coming to an end. Yesterdays hot and amazingly humid conditions in Mumbai refereshed some images from a TinTin comic edition titled ‘The Shooting Star’ which I had browsed long long ago. The sweaty stinky moist bodies of middle-aged men brushing in the crowded locals, is not my idea of a pleasant journey by any stretch of imagination. Yet someone amongst the heavens above might have yearned for some more fun to unfold as the train I was riding pulled in on the newly constructed (and a true nightmare for any infrastructure project in this city) platform no. 8, which is far from the Borivli area. The long march towards the exit was completely forgettable.

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Finally, I am 'Drawn'!

March 18, 2007 Design

Click for the Enlarged PicturePresenting my caricature done by noted artist and cartoonist Srinivas Prabhudesai. It shows my love for technology. I am holding a cellphone in one hand and a laptop in the other which is painting the Indian flag on my cheek and encouraging me to make the country proud. Srinivas Prabhudesai is a noted caricaturist and his drawings are featured regularly in leading Marathi dailies.

The iPhone Demo

January 15, 2007 Design

No matter what the critics have to say about the Apple iPhone. Scratches or no scratches, after watching this demo, it’s difficult to resist the temptation of buying one. The innovative design, the iPod plus the touch screen features make the iPhone a must have device of the new era. Apple Inc’s Phil Schiller shows John Blackstone the many features of the iPhone which launches in the US in June 2007.