Made a little time today to update the blog. Check out the new header -- I love playing in Photoshop :)
The You lookin’ at me? article by Aral Balkan, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 UK: England License.
The You lookin’ at me? article by Aral Balkan, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 UK: England License.
One day, this blog will feature an actual picure of a peeing dog.
One day, when you least expect it… :)
Just told MTV. Pimp my ride is soooooo 2005
We got pimp my blog now…. :)
Nice pimpage!
Gotta love that classic Citroen, my Dad restored one, sadly before I was born :(
Is it yours?
LOL Re: Pimpage! (I was initially thinking of writing “MySpace ain’t got nuthin’ on me!” — then I realized I didn’t have sparkly glitter.)
The car: Nope, not mine (sadly? Not so sure — not a big car fan — especially the maintenance bit but I do love seeing classic cars!)
By the way, since I don’t appear to be finding the time to modify the blog template today to add the credits, I’ll do it here:
The image of the car used in the header is by Till Krech who kindly released it under the Creative Commons Attribution License on Flickr.
By the way, some spoilers:
The buildings you can faintly make out are actually in my neighbourhood (how British am I becoming by spelling it that way) — that picture was taken with a 360 panoramic lens and I used it without converting the polar image to linear (and hence the ridiculous fisheye effect.)
The picture of me was taken before a costume party with the theme “pimps and whores”. (In case you’re wondering, I went as the former!) Check out the bling on the fingers! And that’s a red and black feather boa around my neck and a fedora on my head :) (And you should have seen the red velvet coat I had underneath.)
The texture is a combination of a closeup of the feather boa and a marble/granite texture I photographed at various blend modes. (Oh yes and there’s a lens flare behind the car/on my pic.)
Dear Aral
Nice work done I am really happy for you. Keep up the good work man!
Who doesn’t love classic cars? Seems everybody does and hollywood has jumped on the bandwagon too. You see them in just about every movie and TV show now.