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My first logo (on the left) was, frankly, created hastily in my eagerness to get this Web site up and running in late February. However, the primordial idea in my head was to have the lobster more dynamic, jetting backward through the water as lobsters do by swiftly scooping their telson (tail) under them. Lobsters walk forward and swim backward.

Now that I’ve a bit more time on my hands, I have the luxury to work on that initial concept still rolling around in my brain. I began a sketch tonight:

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CMYK stands for Cyan-Magenta-Yellow and Key color (black). These are the primary colors for the translucent ink used in offset lithography (printing). When you subtract all four CMYK colors, you get the white of the paper (no color). That’s why CMYK is called “subtractive color”. After the jump, learn more!

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RGB stands for Red-Green-Blue, which are the primary colors of light. RGB is the color mode used on computer monitors because they shine light into your eyes. When you add all three RGB primary colors together, you get pure white light. That’s why RGB is called “additive color”. After the jump, learn more!

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I finally own the Adobe CS4 Design Premium suite, and I installed it last night. I will post mini-guides for the following interfaces very soon:

• Photoshop CS4
• Illustrator CS4
• Dreamweaver CS4

I am so hyperventilating with excitement!

The Color Picker in Illustrator allows you to set the color for the foreground, the background, text, and other aspects of an Illustrator design. After the jump is a summary of the main parts of the Color Picker, and how to get the exact color you want out of the 16.8 millions colors that are available on modern computer monitors.

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