How To: Create a flexible tail in Second Life
This tutorial demonstrates how to create a flexible tail in Second Life. It uses a simple cone primitive and blue plasma texture. Second Life is much fun to draw in as this tutorial will show you.
This tutorial demonstrates how to create a flexible tail in Second Life. It uses a simple cone primitive and blue plasma texture. Second Life is much fun to draw in as this tutorial will show you.
Heidi Hewett demos the Action Recorder feature in AutoCAD 2009. Recording actions with the Action Recorder can increase your productivity by automating repetitive tasks you have to perform on every AutoCAD 2009 drawing. You can record actions from the command line, toolbars, ribbon panels, and more. See how in this AutoCAD 2009 lesson.
This CAD drawing software tutorial shows you how to model a stand or stool in Pro/DESKTOP. Learn how to extrude subtract and use the pattern features in PTC Pro/DESKTOP as well as learn how to use the different views. The stand itself may not be very interesting but the methods involved in modeling it are important to learn. This ProDESKTOP tutorial is best viewed full screen.
Inference locking is the ability to draw or move in only one locked direction in SketchUp. This SketchUp tutorial will teach you how to use the inference lock technique and show a few examples of inference locking in use and the advantages it has for modeling and navigating the SketchUp viewport.
Hand spinners who want to master long-draw drafting for woolen spinning need their fibers in a special form: carded rolags. Combed fiber won't do it -- neither will carded batts. This introduction shows you how to make carded rolags. Start by washing your fleece....
Want to draw a stop motion animation but need some advice as to how it's done? This animation tutorial video shows you how to create a simple set up and provides you with 9 creative techniques that will help you get started on your own stop motion animation video. Watch this instructional video and learn some creative tips.
Try out a layering technique using spray paint. Always wear a mask when painting with spray paint indoors. Create interesting compositions on old shopping bags. Add depth and tone to stencils by building up layers of material texture, drawing and spray paint. Dry your work with a heat gun if you have one.
Venepuncture is the process of collecting venous blood. Or more simply, it's the process of drawing blood from a vein for medical testing. Watch this video medical health tutorial and learn how to prepare and perform venepuncture.
Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to use the axes tool in Google SketchUp. The axes tool will be particularly helpful if you want to draw rectangles and lines in a different orientation. This tutorial covers how to reorient the default red, green and blue axes, and tips for quick axes orientation.
Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to use the circle and polygon tools in Google SketchUp. This tutorial covers drawing a circle or polygon, changing the number of sides of a circle or polygon, and viewing additional information through the entity info dialog box.
This Adobe Photoshop tutorial shows you ho to give an image a comic book look. Sure, most people draw comic books from scratch, but you don't have to when you have this tutorial to show you how to create a 'comic book' effect in Photoshop.
Check out this easy method for transferring images to wall art. Watch and learn how simple it is to use an opaque projector to transfer your favorite characters onto your bedroom wall. This is interior design made simple.
Watch this how to video to get tips and tricks on how to insert screws into hardwood. This simple soap method makes driving screws into hardwood far easier. Start my marking spot where the screw is to be inserted, draw pilot holes, run the screw across a bar of soap and finally drill it into the wood.
The Professor of Silliness returns with some paper. All you need to do is draw or fold a bow out of a piece of paper. You can then act out an old favorite amongst silent movie fans, "The Rent." You can say the lines yourself, or have someone hold up cue cards for the audience. "The Rent" can always be performed as a pleasing dinner trick.
Watch this instructional harmonica video to learn a quick tip on how to incorporate the same note (draw 2 and blow 3) into a jam or riff. This tutorial is great for beginners and harmonica enthusiasts.
Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to include your company logo in the background and add a watermark in just a few quick steps with Microsoft Visio 2007. And you can reuse this background on every page in your Visio drawing.
Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to use a Microsoft Office Excel worksheet that contains employee data to create shapes, connect them according to your organization's structure, and add data to each shape in your drawing automatically.
Make a lime, ginger and raspberry martini - a unique and zesty cocktail mixed by bartender extraordinaire Steve Drew. You will need ginger, lime, raspberry vodka, and Chambord raspberry liqueur. Watch this video beverage-making tutorial and learn how to mix a spiced raspberry martini cocktail.
The Orient Express is a lychee-flavored vodka-based cocktail with lychees, lychee liqueur, ginger, lemongrass and jasmine green tea. This specialty drink is a smooth original by BarDelicious bartender extraordinaire Steve Drew. Watch this video beverage-making tutorial and learn how to mix an Orient Express cocktail.
Steve Drew from Bar Delicious Nelson, New Zealand makes a Chili and Passionfruit Martini using 26000 Vodka. You'll need a whole red chili, passion fruit pulp, simple syrup, vodka, and vermouth. Watch this video beverage-making tutorial and learn how to mix a chili and passion fruit martini cocktail.
This tutorial takes looks at the selection tool as a drawing tool and also covers how to convert paths to selections and vice-versa when creating vector art in GIMP.
Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk shows you how to play a difficult chess study from Ryabinin in this chess video tutorial.
Play the new co-operative game Pandemic with tips from this how-to video (no, the game Pandemic has nothing to do with Valentines Day, but don't hearts and flowers always remind you of communicable diseases?).
Often, the double draw string in gi pants tend to "un thread". Here is a quick way to fix and re thread them.
This video instructs nurses how to do minor sutures on deep and large lacerations which can not be drawn together by butterfly strips.
Learn how to hold your bridge hand to make an effective bridge depending on how much control, draw, and power you want in your shot.
A drill that teaches stun control, draw control and simple pattern recognition. The object is to pocket every ball without touching a rail.
Watch and learn how to perfect your tear drop stroke by watching this instructional video.
Check out this short "how-to" guide to drawing and shooting the English Warbow.
Hasek's 1929 game -- A rook and bishop against a rook and a few pawns usually results in a draw. See how to get a win out of it.
It's 1912, and Lazard has got quite a mess on the board. White is stuck in the corner, and Black will surely win. See how to stop that from happening and create a draw.
This is a fun trick to show the little artist in your life.
In our opinion, human body parts are some of the hardest things an artist can draw. When it comes to parts like hands and ears, we generally settle for a basic, rudimentary rendering because achieving a realistic portrayal seems so hard. If you're looking for quality, though, then Maya modeling software is an excellent way to achieve it.
Watch balloon twister Michael to learn how to make a really big spider with eyeball print balloons (or you could draw eyeballs on white balloons). Use four black balloons for legs/
This video shows you how to draw a geisha kimono in traditional japanese Sumi-e ink style. Part 1 of 2 - How to Paint a geisha kimono in Sumi-e ink.
This video shows you how to install a Draw-Tite trailer hitch on a Toyota Tacoma. You'll have to stick it in between the frame and suspension components so it's good to have an extra set of hands to do this with.
An installer details the steps needed to remove the spare tire and install a trailer hitch on the Honda Element. This install of a Draw-tite hitch requires some minor drilling of the spare tire pan.
How to play Advanced Bending on the Harmonica (A Harp played in 2nd position). An overview of which draw holes bend,how much and the importance of intonation and their use in all music including the blues.
You can learn how to build a helicopter from paper using origami. You need a piece of paper and a pen, with which you will have to draw a picture of a helicopter. The helicopter should actually be able to fly.
This guy teaches you how to make a T-rex out of two balloons. Pay close attention to how he makes the tail curve. He draws the face on with a sharpee and it looks great!