Two things from Ikea that I like#1: Sexy tumblers. There is a restaurant near us, Bar del Corso, that serves wine in low, wide tumblers. I�ve always found them very pleasing so I was happy to find similarly shaped glasses at Ikea recently and they�ve become my default vessel for ...
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Can EURUSD Hold its Ground above 1.10? * Market Movers: Weekly Technical Outlook * Look Ahead: Stocks * Look Ahead: Commodities * Global Data Highlights We're almost halfway into 2015 and EURUSD is nowhere near parity, despite the introduction of QE in Europe, the threat of a Grexit and the prospect of tighter interest rates ...
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The Dollar Is King for May, But Can It Last? * Stocks: Why the FTSE 100 Could Be a Leading Indicator * Market Movers: Weekly Technical Outlook * Look Ahead: Stocks * Look Ahead: Commodities * Global Data Highlights The last trading day of May saw a pause in the recent dollar rally. Friday's economic data ...
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Why EURUSD May Not Reach Parity Any Time Soon * Market Movers: Weekly Technical Outlook * Look Ahead: Stocks * Look Ahead: Commodities * Global Data Highlights The ferocious rise in German bond yields last week stole the limelight and was the main reason why we saw a recovery in the EUR. At the time ...
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*Will the FOMC Help the RBNZ Unsettle NZDUSD? Will the FOMC Help the RBNZ Unsettle NZDUSD? * Market Movers: Weekly Technical Outlook * Look Ahead: Stocks * Look Ahead: Commodities * Global Data Highlights Last week a very dovish Reserve Bank of New Zealand cemented NZDUSD as the pair to watch for FOMC hawks. The RBNZ ...
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Quick Tip: Create Dynamic Poses Using Gesture DrawingWhat You'll Be Creating Characters looking stiff? Illustrations repeating the same old poses? Animation looking boring? Fret not, I have a cure! Dynamic gesture drawing is a great way to really loosen up and make your work interesting and more importantly fun!What Y Credits: ...
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Quick Tip: How to Fill Text With an Image in Adobe In DesignWhat You'll Be Creating Placing an image inside a single character can give your layouts a super-professional, design-forward look. And it�s really simple to achieve!In this Quick Tip tutorial, you�ll learn how to transform your typography Credits: Quick Tip: ...
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Digital Painting 101: A Beginner's Guide to Photo ReferencesPaint a dog. From scratch. Without using Google.Doesn't seem so easy now, does it?Without referring to a photograph, illustrating anything seems impossible for most artists. So today we'll cover the different types of references that are out there, what to avoid, and how ...
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New Course: Create Product Mock-Ups in Adobe PhotoshopWhen pitching a design, the presentation can be crucial to convincing the client to go with a concept. In Create Product Mock-Ups in Adobe Photoshop, you�ll get a better understanding of how to create product mock-ups in Adobe Photoshop and how to create realistic presentations of ...
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Create Peonies the Quick and Easy Way in Adobe IllustratorWhat You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, you will learn a quick, easy way create peonies. We will use the Warp Tool and the Pucker Tool.1. Drawing a PetalStep 1 After creating a new document (600 px width and height), take the ...
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