you’ve just joined springleap – say howzit to everyone else, and tell everyone something interesting about yourself.

something that will make people want to ask you more…

i’ll go first – at one stage i had 3 piercings! 2 in my left ear. one in my eyebrow! now i’ve got none!!!

RWOOOAR.

Hi there all u cats and kitties.

It’s a pity how some concepts, no matter how awesome, have the ability to fail!

I recently came across a concept by Puma called Mongolian Shoe BBQ, unfortunately my excitement was cut short by numerous factors.
This posting is more of an ode to creativity and unique initiatives that companies are capable of. The Puma Mongolian Shoe BBQ is a radical concept which allows anyone to put together their very own custom made Puma sneakers by simply selecting a number of various materials. You can even go online and construct your customs with an easy to use builder. The online builder itself seems to only be available in the US. However, I suppose if you know somebody on that side you could always get it delivered to them…the problem comes when you wanna send it across to South African shores. Ag anyway, there are ways and means!

I believe that Puma Mongolian Shoe BBQ South Africa has not been up and running for more than 2 years which was indeed really sad. As far as Cape Town goes it sounds like the Canal Walk branch was the last store to support the project.

Now I’m not entirely sure why the Puma Mongolian Shoe BBQ South Africa did not work out…maybe there just wasn’t enough orders or even interest. Heaven knows how much these custom Puma sneakers cost. On the US site it looks like the cheapest pair of Pumas, the much loved Basket style, goes for $100. So, that roughly works out to between R800-R900….without shipping. One would hope that the South African project wasn’t charging an exorbitant shipping fee.

Where were they being manufactured?
How much were they?
Will they be back?

These are all questions I would love answered. Perhaps somebody from Puma South Africa can give us some feedback and hopefully…some good news?
I sincerely hope that the Puma Mongolian Shoe BBQ South Africa will one day be back!

I have already started making a few custom jobs on the Puma US site, just for fun!
Check out my screenshot at the top.

Wanna try?
CLICK HERE

D.

inspired by the colorful japanese and american superteams fighting the forces of evil with a little twist on their color schemes :) reminds me of my childhood when i fight with my sister on the character color i want to be! haha. i was obviously an ’80s kid :)

Greetings friends.

Besides creating amazing t-shirt designs, it seems that many of you are huge fans of digital painting.

While most designers favour the Photoshop and Corel platforms, it looks as if there is a new kid (or should I say software) on the block in this competitive arena.
Ambient’s ArtRage is here…and it may just change your opinion on who is top dog.

Ok, so first things first, ArtRage is *cheap*….when I say cheap, I mean less than half the price of your average Adobe product.
However cheaper doesn’t necessarily mean worse…which is rare in any industry.

ArtRage offers an extremely easy-to-use platform, which is structurally solid and very clean looking.
The screen layout is set so that your colour wheel and task bar are positioned in quarter circle palettes in either corner of the screen. This enables the artwork to take ‘center stage’ on your screen. ArtRage also makes it easy to change between layers, select new colours and change the sensitivity of your digital pen.

The word on the street is that ArtRage is also highly easy to learn, which in my opinion, was not the case with Photoshop. I don’t know how many frustrated hours I’ve spent wandering around tutorial sites and help-blogs looking for info on how to solve a problem.

ArtRage is aimed at digital tablet users, making the exercise of digital painting an absolute blast. You have huge freedom and usability with a range of features that you would only expect on a hardcore prog like Photoshop. Currently ArtRage 3 is the latest version, with 2 different level packages: 1 for casual users and 1 for professional design gurus.

Quite a few of you more stringent designers will no doubt notice that ArtRage appears to have mostly functionality with painting and blending layers. If you want an alternative that is FREE and loaded with functionality, which is almost on par with Photoshop, the well known Gimp software is a good choice. As I mentioned Gimp can do just about everything Photoshop can do, except 3D painting I believe.
Please bear in mind that ArtRage 2 (the previous version) has a FREE version for all users.

So, what do you all think? Does ArtRage interest you…do you feel that it’s worth its weight in gold?
Would you prefer to buy an expensive copy of Photoshop?
I’d love to hear some opinions and of course feedback from designers who have used the software before.

Duncs.

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Being a ‘Leaper is like being a ‘Bok…it gives designers the chance to showcase their skillz amongst the best in the World.

Keep Leaping, Yo.