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I thought it'd be simple for a small operation like mine, but it gets more confusing the deeper you get. The obvious solution is just to phone the helpline and ask my specific questions, but I feel likee that's admitting defeat! At least I'm thinking about it now and not next January!

I've got a free afternoon, so thought I'd get my tax return filled out (doing a rough on the paper form first, I'll do the final thing online). I've been keeping accounts of all my incoming and outgoing money, but trying to fill the form is proving to be really confusing what with all the...

That's my girlfriend's Flickr. She's getting an Etsy shop set up soon for her toys and stuff.

Some photos of the night here: Flickr: cheesoid's Photostream

My friend's organising Glasgow Beer Week, a week of beer related events in Glasgow (as you may have already guessed). He's looking for people who want to design or illustrate one of four homebrew beer labels for an event at West Brewing. It'd just be about 30 bottles printed on a laser printer...

I think if you pick out the 'bullet' in colour on whichever you choose it'd look good.

There are some tutorials here that I found useful for a 3D map I've been working on: Working with Orthographic Projections and Basic Isometrics | Vectortuts+ How to Create Advanced Isometric Illustrations Using the SSR Method | Vectortuts+

Maybe add some magazine or page layout type stuff?

They're out in Bridge of Weir now, but I work part time for these guys: BD Print - Large Format Print Solutions - Car & Van Vinyl Graphics, Digital Print, Photo Print Wraps - Glasgow , Scotland

Thanks guys, got it done.

Just realised that, looking at this one. Should be able to get away with that. Hopefully I'll be able to get a few done before I run out of time...

Does anyone know a quick way of making photos look like they're on a 3d block, like this? I can do it the long way and split it up into three rectangles and put in a load skew effects on it, then darken and lighten each side, then apply a drop shadow, but there are 20 of them and I don't have...

To do something like the picture you posted, get a big sheet of paper, tape the top to the wall, then let it gently curve onto the floor.

That's the trouble I was having, as I work for a printers too. I now just work about 25 hours a week for them, then freelance the rest of the time. It's a good arrangement as I get to do more creative stuff and follow my own path, but still with some financial security from my old job.

Might be a bit cliche, but the paint splatters might make more sense in cyan, magenta, yellow and black, to represent the four printing inks.