![]() Now, your program probably allows you to lock the layer in a couple ways. If you don’t, just paint the outline manually, and fill it. ![]() ![]() If you have a clean line art, use the Magic Wand to select the outside of the subject, then invert the selection and fill it with any color. Create the Clipping MaskĬreate a new layer under the sketch layers. At the very least, it should define the outline of the subject and the most important details.Īfter you have the line art, you can hide the 3D sketch and show it back whenever you want to take a look at the 3D surface. The line art doesn’t have to be super clean, but it can’t be confusing either. Lower the Opacity of your 3D sketch and draw the line art on a new layer. I’ve often been asked if I wrote a book about drawing animals, and I haven’t (yet), but this course is really close to it! It’s over 4 hours… 2. To create such a sketch, you need two things: the understanding of the 3D form, which you can learn here: If you want to follow this tutorial directly, you can download my line art here. These “hills and valleys” are exactly what we will be adding shading to! You don’t have to draw it, but you need to be able to imagine it at least. This is the most important part of the shading process-the reconstruction of the 3D surface of the body/object. Also, to keep this tutorial simple and universal, I’m not going to talk about textures. This is a software-independent tutorial-I’ll be showing you techniques that you can use in any digital art program. In this tutorial I’ll show you a universal method of shading that you can later modify to your own liking! However, to create your own style of shading, first you need to know the rules. There are countless ways of shading digital art-it’s one of the reasons why there are so many distinctive styles, even when the artist is trying to paint semi-realistically.
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The first three images are from protected gallery, while the last two images are from public gallery. Share photos and albums with friends and family. You can only use that option if you already. Your photos are automatically organized and searchable so you can easily find the photo you’re looking for. Depending on how you have Picasa configured, this will open up your default email program, or a window that allows you to connect to the free GMail web email service from Google. Picasa, helped us design and launch Google Photos. To email pictures in your Picasa library, first make sure they are in the Picture Tray, then click on the Email button. What does Picasa mean Information and translations of Picasa in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. To do this, go to Drive > Settings > General > Create a Google Photos folder, and check the box. As my blog images are hosted by Picasa Web Albums, a question raised in my mind, what if some one get access to my account and delete my images or whole account? Sign in to your account, change your account password, or delete your account. First, you can choose to access your Google Photos as a single folder within Drive. I started downloading his protected pictures for the proof, but as soon as I downloaded three pictures I lost access to his account and was directed to my own account. Finally I decide to make a post on my blog about this mishappening. I was not only able to see, edit or delete his protected pictures, but to delete his entire account. In the state of helplessness, I visited different galleries of Imran pictures. From google account, I visited my gmail and blogger accounts and they were working properly. Then you can open your email inbox to check your emails. Choose the type of account you want to add and follow the instructions to add your email account to the Gmail app on your phone or tablet. I was shocked to find out that, I’m not able to get access to my account. Tap your profile picture at the top-right corner and tap Add another account. Other clicks also directed me to the same account. ![]() From my google account I clicked the Picasa Web Albums link to access my account, but I was directed to imran ( username) account. Last night I had a very shocking experience with Picasa Web Albums, It’s of great concern not only for me, but for all those who use Picasa Web Albums as their media storage. ![]() I’m kind of in the latter camp if I’m honest – Material You is a very busy-looking update. Some people really like Material You, others not so much. Google’s new Material You design is completely different from what came before. With Android 12, especially if you use a Pixel phone, you will see a drastically different-looking operating system. Pin Pin Pin Pin Pin Android 12 Material You Xiaomi, OPPO, OnePlus, RealMe, and VIVO have all also started their respective Android 12 rollouts. Android 12 is now shipping out to Google’s Pixel phones and Samsung phones. What’s The Latest Version of Android?Īndroid 12 is the latest version of Android, and it will be until the release of Android 13 later on in 2022. And the Pixel 6 will be the first Android phone to run it. The next big update to Google’s Android platform will be Android 12 it is due to launch later on in 2021. And because Android is based on Linux, you can also access the kernel and make system-wide changes and customizations – this is referred to as rooting. With Android, there are fewer restrictions with things like side-loading apps. It is more “open” than Apple’s iOS and also more customizable. Google has tweaked, updated, refined, and made Android one of the best and most useful operating systems on the planet. And between 20, things picked up pace rapidly. ![]() In 2007, the first-ever Android phone was released. Today, there are around 3 billion active Android phones in operation – that’s over a third of the globe’s population.Īndroid has been around in one form or another since the early-2000s, but it wasn’t until 2007 that things started to heat up. Google’s Android platform is the most-used mobile operating system on planet earth. If you’re running an Android phone, you might be wondering what the latest version of Android currently is – here’s everything you need to know… ![]() For electricity to flow, it must have a complete circuit. It is easy to screw up the installation so the fence will be ineffective at controlling who stays where. Our pasture undulates a great deal, we tried woven wire fence and did not enjoy installing it either!Īlthough our experience with electric fence has been positive, it is not for everyone. We have shallow soil so the woven wire fence will not work for long because the posts will move or push out with frost heaves. ![]() Horns can easily get caught in the woven wire fence. Frequently they can't figure out how to pull their heads back through and, unless we regularly patrol the fence and help them, the sheep will die of stress. Sometimes sheep stick their heads through to get the grass on the other side. Problems with sheep ear tags getting caught in the fence, ripping the tag out and shredding the ear are common. The weight of winter snow load can stretch a woven wire fence big time, and it may have to be retensioned every spring. The bottom wire must be close to the ground to discourage coyotes from digging under, which unfortunately increases the rate of fence corrosion. Pressure treated posts will last a long time, and the woven wire can be held to the posts with galvanized staples. Posts must go into the ground to a depth at least below the frost line. If your pasture is relatively level, the soil relatively deep, and you have a philosophical problem with electric fence, woven wire may work great for you. Woven wire sheep fence has a long history and is very effective at keeping everyone where they should be. Barbed wire has zero effect in keeping the more serious predators out, and very little chance of keeping Shetlands in however sheep can very easily get caught on barbed wire, get torn up and die from the stress. The usual non electric fence used is called galvanized "woven wire". There are many types of wooden fences, but we have never seen one that a coyote would respect. There are basically two types of perimeter fences - non electric and electric. ![]() The only problem is, because of marginal eye sight, they dont always make it over the top wire of the fence, getting tangled and breaking a wire. White tail deer are in and out of the pastures all the time, over the fence. It will take us the better part of a day to patch up the fence after a moose visit. We have found no defense against moose, but fortunately they dont want to get into our pastures very often. They punch a hole in a fence (a real big hole) then cant figure how they got in, so they punch another hole in the fence to get out. Moose are too stupid to understand fences. Usually, once they have determined that the fence is well put together, they will stay away, concentrating their efforts where they have better chances for success. Dogs have a most interesting reaction to getting zapped by an electric fence we cant explain it, you have to see it! Black bears, moose and catamounts are around the area but, with the exception of moose, are smart enough to stay away from a good perimeter fence. Fortunately, dogs have a good memory for electric fences and will not come back after getting a good zap. Dogs usually want to chase sheep for fun or kill them for fun. They will find a dead electric fence, a slight hole under or a lamb wandering outside. Although they are cowards, they are thorough and never give up. Coyotes relentlessly patrol, day and night, looking for their next meal. Our major predator in Vermont is the Eastern Coyote, followed by neighbors house dogs. To accomplish the first priority, we felt we had to build a great perimeter fence. Our first priority is to keep the predators out and the second priority is to keep the Shetlands in. In fact, because of the Shetlands exceptionally long and thick wool, which is great insulation from electricity, a great predator control fence may be only marginally successful as a Shetland control fence if the grass is perceived to be greener on the other side of the fence. Sheep, especially Shetland sheep, are trainable and, unless very hungry, will stay within the confines to which they have become accustomed. They come in many forms and we have very little control over when they will challenge our facilities for a lamb dinner. Predators are constantly on patrol looking for their next meal. This may seem to be two versions of the same thing, but we disagree. Our view is that fences must do two things - keep the sheep in and keep the predators out. Maple Ridge Sheep Farm: Fence Maple Ridge Sheep Farm Riddled throughout the record are hard, fast, and heavy grooves and air-drum worthy fills. ‘Unconditional’'s drumwork grabs you by the collar and forces the listener to stop and notice just how expertly Jake Garland smashes the skins. They were very appropriate and worked very well in ‘The Hollow’ and ‘Challenger’. The drumming of Memphis May Fire has never really drawn much attention to itself in the band's previous works. There’s a couple times during the album in which the direction the guitars take almost feels out of place, and at some points, the listener can’t help but wish they did something more, something different. While there’s not anything in particular that stands out enough to write home about, the guitars on this album are simple, effective, and very accessible and appropriate. The guitarists are back to their dual assault of heavy riffing and chugging on ‘Unconditional’. The chorus of ‘Sleepless Nights’ is one of the best he’s written. Lyrical content aside, on nearly every track Mullins delivers an extremely catchy chorus or hook, as only can be expected by now. “She dreams of a day when she won’t have to cry herself to sleep! Is our generation too blind to see true beauty lies beneath the skin? So ignorant!” While the lyrical themes may not be new, or exactly what everyone wants to hear, it’s apparent that this is Mullins’ most genuine effort yet, in terms of singing about how he truly feels. They’ve even jumped on the self-help bandwagon that so many others have, on the track ‘Beneath The Skin’. Delivering the line “I know you’re here I shiver as you whisper in my ear, ‘Child, have no fear’” just two minutes into the album, Matty wastes no time in letting the listener learn of his faith, proclaiming “I tried to save myself, but I failed!” (See the entire track 'Pharisees', as well) One thing is now more obvious than it was in their previous works vocalist Matty Mullins’ stronger, more profound faith in Christianity. Memphis May Fire’s lyrics have always been one of the higher points in their music - even if some of the same lyrical themes have been repeated a few times over. But is that necessarily a bad thing for fans of Mullins & Co.? Probably not. With the band’s tried-and true song formula from the last two evidently in place from the start of the album’s opener, ‘No Ordinary Love’, it’s apparent that not much has changed. Three years and two albums later, enter the group’s newest production ‘Unconditional’. Memphis May Fire’s 2011 effort ‘The Hollow’ was the perfect example of modern metalcore done right. Whether that's a good or a bad thing, is ultimately up to the listener. ![]() Review Summary: Memphis May Fire proves with every record they put out that they are the undeniable masters of the modern metalcore formula. ![]() Great color isn't it? I've always been a fan of yellow dresses for bridesmaids, and now that you know what's up with buttercup, maybe you'll consider this color for your wedding! I've put some sparkling gold accessories with this look and added some other yellow elements including a tie and this pretty invitation from Minted. This midi-length strapless dress is from ASOS, and if you haven't seen their bridesmaid dress collection, you're missing out! They have one of the most reasonably priced selections of stylish bridesmaid dresses - and I think they are all under $150, with many under $100! This particular pretty yellow color comes in this style and another full-length gown. It's a little bit of a dreary fall day as I'm writing this, so there's no better time to take a sunny look ahead at yet another Pantone color for spring 2016! Today it is 'Buttercup' - a happy, cheerful yellow! 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Slow sales of luxury cars and small profit margins from microcars meant BMW was in serious financial trouble and in 1959 the company was nearly taken over by rival Daimler-Benz.Ī large investment in BMW by Herbert Quandt and Harald Quandt resulted in the company surviving as a separate entity. The range of cars was expanded in 1955, through the production of the cheaper Isetta microcar under licence. BMW resumed car production in Bavaria in 1952 with the BMW 501 luxury saloon. In 1948, BMW restarted motorcycle production. Again, the company survived by making pots, pans, and bicycles. Motorcycles remained as a side-line and automobile manufacture ceased altogether.īMW's factories were heavily bombed during the war and its remaining West German facilities were banned from producing motor vehicles or aircraft after the war. These consisted primarily of prisoners from concentration camps, most prominently Dachau. During the war, BMW concentrated on aircraft engine production using as many as 40,000 slave laborers. Throughout the 1930s, BMW expanded its range into sports cars and larger luxury cars.Īircraft engines, motorcycles, and automobiles would be BMW's main products until World War II. The first car sold as a BMW was a rebadged Dixi called the BMW 3/15, following BMW's acquisition of the car manufacturer Automobilwerk Eisenach. The company produced its first motorcycle, the BMW R 32 in 1923.īMW became an automobile manufacturer in 1928 when it purchased Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach, which, at the time, built Austin Sevens under licence under the Dixi marque. Following the end of World War I, BMW remained in business by producing motorcycle engines, farm equipment, household items and railway brakes. BMW's first product was a straight-six aircraft engine called the BMW IIIa, designed in the spring of 1917 by engineer Max Friz. The name and Rapp Motorenwerke's engine-production assets were transferred to Bayerische Flugzeugwerke in 1922, who adopted the name the same year. However, the name BMW dates back to 1913, when the original company to use the name was founded by Karl Rapp (initially as Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH). This company was then renamed to Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) in 1922. ![]() The firm was reorganized on 7 March 1916 into Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG. Otto Flugmaschinenfabrik was founded in 1910 by Gustav Otto in Bavaria. The Quandt family is a long-term shareholder of the company, following investments by the brothers Herbert and Harald Quandt in 1959 that saved BMW from bankruptcy, with the remaining shares owned by the public. The company has significant motor-sport history, especially in touring cars, sports cars, and the Isle of Man TT.īMW is headquartered in Munich and produces motor vehicles in Germany, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 2017, BMW was the world's fourteenth-largest producer of motor vehicles, with 2,279,503 vehicles produced and in 2022 the 7th largest by revenue. The company was founded in 1916 as a manufacturer of aircraft engines, which it produced from 1917 to 1918 and again from 1933 to 1945.Īutomobiles are marketed under the brands BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce, and motorcycles are marketed under the brand BMW Motorrad. (BMW AG corporate website)īayerische Motoren Werke AG, abbreviated as BMW ( German pronunciation: ⓘ), is a German multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.bmw.com (BMW brand, related sub-brands and operations). ![]() This is where you can collect your quantitative and qualitative data. With your goals set and competitors chosen, it’s time to move on to the next stage: 3. You may not be a direct competitor of McDonald’s but you may want to analyze how the brand communicates on social media, what hashtag strategies it uses, what frequency of posts they have, and among other things. However, we would like to point out that sometimes, even if you do have direct competitors, it can be useful to see what other industry-leading companies are doing on social media. If you don’t have direct competitors, as mentioned above, choose companies that inspire you, and that are as comparable as possible to the area you want to analyze. This step is where you will list exactly which competitors you will compare yourself to. In addition to this, you should think about which social media channels you are going to analyze.Īs there are more than a dozen social networks where a brand can be present, it is important to taper the number of networks analyzed according to the company’s objective. ![]() The first step to benchmarking is to define exactly what you want to analyze and why you need to analyze it.ĭo you want to analyze your average interaction rate on content for the month of January? If yes, why? To understand the drop compared to the Christmas peak season? Understand the audience: If you analyze which strategies and publications have generated the most results, you will inevitably end up understanding what the audience likes to consume the most.Understand where to allocate your budget: By analyzing which social networks have the best results, you will be able to optimize the allocation of your social media budget.Analyze and anticipate your competition: When you compare yourself with your competitors, you will not only understand what they are doing, but you will also be able to anticipate their movements and trends.Evaluate your performance: It lets you know if your strategy is working, or if you need to change your approach.Some of the benefits of doing a benchmark on a regular basis are: In terms of social media, you know you’re creating content, you know you have to keep going, but you have no idea if it’s the right strategy, or if you need to change it.Īnd to prevent that from happening, you need to benchmark your social media, ideally every 3 months. You know you’re driving, you know you have to accelerate, but you have no idea if you’re going to crash, or if you’re on the right road. Without a benchmark on your social media, it’s like driving a car blindfolded. Now that you know what a benchmark is, let’s move on to the next question: Does my brand need a social media benchmark? However, do not get carried away by these results alone, as they may be good in comparison to the company’s internal parameters, but in general, they may be mediocre or bad. Internal benchmarking is important to understand your individual growth. That is, when instead of comparing your results with those of your competitors, you compare them with your past results. If you are wondering what to do if your company has no direct competitor, then the answer is “compare yourself with companies that inspire you”.īefore we go any further, it is important to mention that you can also benchmark internally. Whatever area you want to benchmark, you should follow this model of thinking: It is not enough just to make a superficial analysis. The key word in the definition is process. “It is the process of comparing a company’s processes and performance indicators, with the best companies and practices in the industry” This “complicated” term can be explained with one sentence: Does my brand need a social media benchmark?.In this article, we’ll put an end to this and other doubts on the topic of social media benchmarking. You look at a number without any kind of context, and you can’t draw any conclusions. Without benchmarking your social media, this is exactly what happens. Infection severity depends upon the amount of inflammation present in the body.įor those in the throes of covid-19-related hair loss, there is no treatment except having a good attitude while the shedding runs its course, Young explained. Young says data suggests that unvaccinated hospital patients are more likely to develop hair loss as a side effect of the virus than patients with milder cases and people who are fully vaccinated. Cytokines affect the growth of all blood cells and other cells that aid the inflammation responses in the body. These small proteins are imperative in controlling the growth and activity of other immune system cells and blood cells. “Cytokines cause hair follicles to go into the resting state from the growth state.” ![]() “Cytokines wake up immune cells to fight the infection and those cells can affect hair follicles,” explained Young. One possible explanation, says Young, is overactive inflammation that occurs when the body is fighting off infection. The root cause of covid-19-related hair loss is unclear. Hair Loss: Getting to the Root Cause and Treatment “The biggest complaint I get from patients is seeing a ton in the shower drain and bedroom pillows covered in hair,” said Young. In this instance, hair won’t return to full density. One exception, however, is in covid cases of people who have androgenetic alopecia, or male pattern baldness. “I assure patients they won’t go bald from this,” noted Young. Hairs grow back slowly but surely, taking up to 18 months with hair eventually returning to its natural density. While shedding can persist for up to six months, the prognosis is excellent for most people, Young says. It is normal for people to lose between 50 and 200 hairs a day. As many as 70% of scalp hairs may shed eight weeks after the initial trauma. Telogen effluvium can be acute or chronic, and precipitated by a stress-inducing event. These hairs don’t grow or fall out, and new hairs start to form in follicles that have just released hairs during the preceding catagen phase, during which hair follicles shrink and hair growth slows. Typically lasting three months, roughly 10 to 15% of scalp hairs are in the resting phase. This so-called “shock to the system” can result from major surgery, childbirth, severe psychological stress and malnutrition it pushes hair roots prematurely into the resting state, or telogen (the third of four phases of hair growth). Alexis Young, an affiliate dermatologist at Hackensack Meridian Health.Īpart from being a side effect of covid-19, telogen effluvium can also arise from major stress on the body. Her thinning part is indicative of hair loss, according to Dr. Paula Diaz has two bouts of hair loss related to infection with Covid-19. “A lot of studies show that in most post-covid cases, shedding starts two months and is consistent with other causes,” explained Young. Last summer, Young saw approximately 10 patients a week for hair loss issues for “a good couple of months.” Now, she sees a handful a month for the same complaint. Hair loss, she said, is reported more by women than men given women’s ability to notice and be affected by it more than men. ![]() As many as a quarter of those exposed to the virus develop hair loss, although that number could be higher given unreported cases. Alexis Young, a dermatologist affiliated with Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, hair loss is a very common symptom among covid-19 patients. I don’t want to sound like a shallow person, but it really is scary,” said Diaz, an office manager who has been out on disability since falling ill.Īccording to Dr. ![]() “There was a tremendous amount of hair coming out. Her worst falling out occurred in July 2020. It really started to show after showering.” “When I got up, there was hair on the pillow case, more than normal. “It got on my clothes a lot more,” Diaz recalled of her first brush with hair shedding, medically termed telogen effluvium. But one of the most egregious symptoms, in fact, is most women’s worst nightmare: hair loss. These symptoms include crippling fatigue, migraines, bouts of vertigo and brain fog-a mental state that affects one’s ability to focus, recall information and think clearly. A victim of what health experts call “long covid,” the 52-year-old mother of two cleared the virus but still suffers from lingering symptoms. Nearly two years into Diaz’s initial diagnosis of the potentially deadly virus that has to date sickened more than 375 million people and claimed the lives of more than 5.6 million worldwide, she continues to feel the effects of covid-19. As if stage one kidney failure and bilateral interstitial pneumonia – complications brought on by covid-19 infection – weren’t frightening enough side effects for North Jersey’s Paula Diaz. |
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