The resource section of the site is finally open. There is no underlying programming involved with the download process. I decided to just go old fashioned and forget the whole cart system all together. Since it is all free there is not much need for a cart. The only good thing about it would be to more accurately track the downloads.
Aside from that i am also going to be highlighting one artist per month. There will be a short bio on the artist, links to their sites or galleries & a few scaled down works or theirs.
Have fun with everything you download and feel free to Use or Not use the donation button on the resource page.
After speaking with a few graphics friends, i have decided against the sale of my brush sets. But with decision also comes another that is probably not what you would like to hear. After all this time going back and forth about the new brush set and its release, i have wasted far more time than i would have liked and now must wait until the season is right again to release the new set. The set will be available this year, but it will not be available now. All of my other brush sets will be available in the resource section very shortly. There will be a donation button if you wish to use it, thank you very much. If not that’s also fine.
I am sorry to inform you all that everything is being pushed back a bit. I have run into some personal matters that i need to deal with. When all is taken care of i will release the new sets, the resource center and everything else. It is all finished for the most part. It is just a matter of putting it all online testing and then the launch. I am sorry it has taken me soo long to get everything done, but as of right now i am one man and i have other obligations to take care of. Again i am sorry for the delay on the resources, i may upload some newer work to the gallery in the meantime though.
So the snow set has allot more added to it than i imagined possible, with the limited amount of spare time on my hands. So along with that and the valentines day set i may also put together a third set. I am unsture of what type of brush set the third will be if any, but the potiential for another set is there.
As far as the cart and resource section, i know i keep saying it will be done soon. But it will. It has to be for these brush sets to be released. There has to be some system in place for you to be able to easily search, view & download the upcoming and already created resources.
So I’m going to start this year off as being the year for me. The year i stay motivated to make myself a better, stronger person physically and financially. I have spent the past few weeks working on a upcoming brush set in my spare time. There hasn’t been much spare time for me to work on this with but, i have quite a few very nice brushes in the set already and i have been adding new brushes almost daily. It will be released prior to or along with my Valentines Day Brushes regardless of the date of their magazine feature. I have waited for the past few weeks on a response from a rep from a magazine that wanted to feature my next brush set, I sent them the details and told them i would like to have it in the first issue after Xmas. Now i don’t get allot out of the magazine feature, only a few thousand hits to my page, a small ego boost, and praise from my family and friends. Other than that they make out on the deal. They get my brushes for free, they sell magazines to friends and family of mine who otherwise would have no idea what the hell Photoshop was. So with or without the feature the brushes will be available here, along with the Valentines day set within a months time at max.
So it’s 2009 now, and in the past year we have gone though some hard times. We have all lost loved ones, money, some have lost their jobs their careers and our morals are slowly but surely following the trend. One of the things i will most remember about 2008 is the presidential election and the history that was made by the voice of the people praying for “Change”, Not going to say whether or not i liked the outcome of the election, i don’t get into politics much. But i do have to say regardless of your personal choices or beliefs you cannot discount the fact that entire world watched history be made in November 2008.
Some of the other things i will remember most about 2008 though they will not be happy memories, i will still remember a few of the celebrities we lost last year. One of the most upsetting for me Being Robert Graham (August 19, 1938 -December 27, 2008). This man was a living legend to sculptors and aspiring artists alike. He has been credited for Sculpting the L.A Olympic Gateway & has also sculpted statues of and for many of The United States Presidents. I have used some of his work as reference material in my own art work. He was born 44 years to the day prior to my own entry into life. He will be missed, but will continue to live forever within his Sculptures. Bernie Mack & Issac Hayes were also two huge losses dealt to the Hollywood community. Shockingly enough the appear together in the movie “Soul Men”. If i was Samuel Jackson I’d be worried.
Anyway it is supposed to be Happy time. A new year, a fresh start! Let us hope this one is better than the last for all of us. Happy New Year!!!
First we would like to apologize for the false information regarding the shopping features.. We ran into some technical difficulties and were unable to launch the shopping cart. We have been working on fixing the issues with the cart. We do not want to lie again so we will not give an exact date on when the cart will be available but we do hope to have it working within the next month.
Sometimes some good can come from a bad situation. During some of the time that would of been spent putting the finishing touches on the cart, we started work on a new texture pack. Many times in the past, I have searched for a good fire or flame image to add that finishing touch a horrific image. Now i always had to settle for something that was close but not quite what i needed. During the past week i also ran into this problem while creating a image. So i decided that it was time to create a fire pack of my own. Most of my resources are created when i cannot find what i need in the graphics world. If they work for me they should work for you. Some of the resources have been made previously available, through other websites and resource Cd’s included with various issues of Advanced Photoshop Magazine. The magazine always only contained sample packs. The Full versions have been pulled from all websites and replaced with sample packs. Any and all full versions of the resources created By: Tom Mack™ , ZKini™ & Skelator Imaging™ will be available exclusively in our resource section pending the completion of the shopping cart issues.
So today after my 9-5 i decided to stop into the Walmart and pick up a few things. While i’m there i figured since i’m in the market for another hard drive it might not be a bad idea to check their computer section and see what they have. Well it was that decision right there that landed me in a very weird situation. Now I looked and did not see a single one that i would spend my money on. So i turn and walk out the isle when i hear someone say “Hey Skel!” So i turned around because Skel is short for my childhood nickname Skelator. The name sticks with me till this day. But when i turned around i saw a pretty young brunette in a red tank top and tight black jeans. Not bad looking at all. So she says “Hey!! You’re that guy from that site.. Your Skelator aren’t you?” So i asked what site has she seen me on. She tells me that ” I have a prem account at Ebaumsworld.com, i just don’t post at all. I also seen your websites and your pictures on Myspace” And then she begins to tell me all about what i should and shouldn’t be doing on the internet and in my love life. And proceeds to tell me that Me and her can have a little “Fun” while her Husband is on Active Duty. Now me just trying to avoid conflict said Oh i cant i have a girl. So she gets sorta mad with me and said “You must not care about her you don’t show her off on the net” and then she stomps off with her cart full of baby shit that i didn’t realize was hers until she grabbed it and stepped off. You have no idea how much i wanted to tell her what i thought of her but i figured it would start a big scene in the middle of the Walmart that i did not need to be a part of. So i just kept it in and went about my business. What kinda dirty scumbag cheats on her Man while he is risking his life fighting for this country? I mean no one agrees with the Iraq bullshit but People dont really join the military to be sent to Iraq they Join to Fight for the nation that they are proud of THEY Fight and Die, so that we don’t have to. And this dirty scumbag whore is going to cheat on him with some dude she secretly stalks on the internet and finally met at the Walmart? There was more to the conversation but to keep this from becoming a book i cut most of that out. At first i thought it was soo cool to finally be reconized somewhere for something ive done. And then the icing on the cake i’m gonna get laid because of my quote on quote celebrity. But when she said her Man was away in the Army, my whole attitude changed. I’m single, no kids, i work a 9-5 and try to do my internet thing, I don’t have much time to spend in or searching for a relationship, so a one night stand or short fling with a beautiful woman would be very welcome at this point. But i’m not the type of guy who can knowingly sleep with someone who’s husband would / could die for me. Allot of my family was or is in the miltary, so i think what they sign up for is one of the bravest deeds known to man. And to disrespect them in such a way is just sickening. She’ll probably read this, and if i run into her again i might not get away without some type of conflict. Just know if it happens again you will be able to read about it here.
Today is a good day for ZKini™, Today we finally settled on a shopping cart solution, & hope to have it fully integrated within the next week or so. We also decided that we would use the already integrated paypal checkout options. Most of our products will be digital content and mainly available for download. There may be a few things that will require shipping, The few products that would require shipping are still on the drawing board anyway so the current downloadable content is our main concern.
The content Tom Mack has prepared for the launch of the resource section consists of a few brush sets and over 100+ Textures, To be sold as individual items and package deals. Some of the content that will be available has been featured in “Advanced Photoshop Magazine”, various resource websites and graphics blogs. Some of the resources set to launch include but are not limited to “Tom Macks - Blood/ Ink Splatter brushes V1″, “Tom Macks - Snow Brushes V1″ , “Tom Macks - Snow Brushes V2″ , “Tom Macks - Rain / Tear Drop brushes V1″ , “Tom Macks - Wood Texture pack 1″ , “Tom Macks - Earth Texture pack 1″ , and much much more.
Currently in development are a few new brush sets including Snow Brushes Vol3, Blood brushes vol2, Chicken Scratch vol1, and Death brushes Vol1. The snow and blood brushes you can pretty much tell from the names what will be included in the sets. The Chicken Scratch and Death brushes are a bit harder to determine. The Chicken Scratch set will basically include The English Alphabet in various styles of Bad Bad penmanship, such as the 1st grader style that is included. The set would be better as a font, However the only style differences within the font that you would be able to include would be Bold, Italic, etc. If there was a way for me to make this set a font i would but the technology is not available as of yet. The Death set will include skulls, crosses, bones, pentagrams, etc.
These sets have no set or expected release date. Just keep an eye out for them. There has not been a set released by Tom Mack after 2005 that has not been featured somewhere!! The only question is… Will you be the first person to create something even more amazing than the brush sets Themselves???
OK so today we don’t have too much to add.
We are still searching extensively for the right shopping cart software, and when we find it all of the resources will be available for purchase and download.
The gallery has yet to acquire any new members but we feel that in time people will start using it. We are thinking about offering a family photo gallery for those who don’t have art to display but only the affection and connections with family members as seen in their photo’s. We currently have a open and free registration for the gallery area. We are not sure if we will make the gallery service a paid subscription or not. But either way those who are here before that starts are here for free. Not that there is anyone here yet. But just in-case we do start requiring a subscription, i don’t want anyone to say that i never said anything about it.
We are also thinking about adding not only resources created by Tom Mack.. But resources created by anyone.. If you are interested in sharing your resources here, please check the contact page and email us, with the subject Resource Development. And we will get back to you as quick as possible.
