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Post by simplyorthodox on Sept 19, 2012 20:41:48 GMT 2
Hello! I just thought about something! I have seen on tumblr several blogs called "little things" or "things I love" that have a photo and in the center of it there is a word (eg Cheese, chocolate, summer etc). I think, if you all agree, that we can make a joined tumblrlog in which we can do the same: to name it "little orthodox things" or something similar, to post a photo and in the center of it we can write something (eg, like my attachment, a photo of Meteora and in the middle of it I wrote "Meteora"). We can do the same with icons, Saints, crosses, prayer ropes, Orthodox destinations etc.. We can update it once a week, or more rarely. All of you that have knowledge on how to handle the photoshop, you can help  It's just an idea, maybe it's nice, maybe not... but what do you think? Catholics have millions of blogs like this. Why us Orthodox not to have one? Attachments:
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Post by admin on Sept 19, 2012 21:56:01 GMT 2
Umm... Can you give some links to these blogs, just to see what's all about, directly at the source?
Thank you!
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Post by simplyorthodox on Sept 20, 2012 9:38:25 GMT 2
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Post by admin on Sept 20, 2012 11:11:45 GMT 2
Yep, that definitely sounds good to me!
So, how will we do? Who creates the blog, who invites people etc?
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Suryoyo
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Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
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Post by Suryoyo on Sept 20, 2012 11:41:08 GMT 2
That's a great idea!
I'll put up a test photo here later since I might have some fonts you might like. All of the blogs you gave as an example seem to have some transparency in the url text as well.
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elionberger
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Post by elionberger on Sept 20, 2012 14:49:11 GMT 2
sounds fun . . count me in . . !!
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Post by simplyorthodox on Sept 20, 2012 20:19:05 GMT 2
As I have created many blogs, I can't create another one (I mean I can but it's difficult to handle all of them). So, one of you can create it, and we can talk about ideas here |
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Post by elionberger on Sept 21, 2012 5:26:47 GMT 2
I can start making "Korean Orthodoxy" pictures . . . like this one catechumen.tumblr.com/post/31966141276/st-nicholas-in-seoulif this is the kind of thing you are talking about. Others can add pictures from where they are living so we can gather a collection of geographical orthodoxy pictures . . . what do you think? |
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Post by simplyorthodox on Sept 21, 2012 20:02:01 GMT 2
It's a great idea Erik! Apart from geographical pictures, we can also use pictures of famous Orthodox Churches, religious items (incense, prayer rope, etc..). We just have to agree at what font we will use :-)
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Suryoyo
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Post by Suryoyo on Sept 21, 2012 21:47:56 GMT 2
I tried to make one. The main font maybe isn't that nice but I like the url font.  |
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Post by OrthodoxBrit on Sept 21, 2012 23:45:28 GMT 2
That one is nice |
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Post by Vlad on Sept 22, 2012 2:55:55 GMT 2
I'm totally in! I can photoshop, too.
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Post by OrthodoxBrit on Sept 22, 2012 14:45:25 GMT 2
The idea loooks awesome. I am not good at things like this though (explaining my signature). Can anyone suggest some good free software for photo editing?
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Suryoyo
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Post by Suryoyo on Sept 22, 2012 18:29:01 GMT 2
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Post by simplyorthodox on Sept 24, 2012 18:46:44 GMT 2
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Post by admin on Sept 24, 2012 22:27:43 GMT 2
Try Photoscape, it's pretty good - I create my anigifs with it. (google it).
Alternatively, I use mainly Corel PhotoPaint and, rarely, Photoshop... But they are not free.
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Post by Vlad on Sept 25, 2012 0:14:31 GMT 2
GIMP is a program that is almost identical to Photoshop.
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Post by simplyorthodox on Sept 29, 2012 20:26:50 GMT 2
Thanks for all these! Has any of you made any graphics to show us? |
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Post by Justina on Oct 1, 2012 12:59:30 GMT 2
I might have a go when I get the chance. I love the simplicity of this concept.
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Post by elizabethrose on Oct 21, 2012 6:43:14 GMT 2
Sorry I haven't been around, but this is an awesome idea! I can make lots of posts if you want.
Also we need to pass the word around to the other orthodox people we know on Tumblr who aren't on here.
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Post by simplyorthodox on Oct 22, 2012 12:40:01 GMT 2
Sure Elizabeth, I agree!
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Post by theophilus79 on Oct 25, 2012 23:09:51 GMT 2
Brilliant! I have seen images like this, but never collected and posted together, just here and there. The closest I have seen is the Hyperdox Herman meme's...
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Post by elizabethrose on Oct 29, 2012 5:36:14 GMT 2
Also there is apparently a Eastern Orthodox Ryan Gosling on Facebook. I get the intent was meant in fun but I kind of feel it's bad to put words into his mouth.
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Post by simplyorthodox on Oct 29, 2012 17:38:50 GMT 2
Okay, so who wants to make the blog? Since I already have 3 Orthodoxy related blogs on tumblr it would be difficult to make another one. Who wants to make it and invite the rest of us to join? Then we can start making graphics! It's not necessery to update it every day, once a week it could be nice |
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Post by elizabethrose on Nov 1, 2012 14:56:35 GMT 2
Well, I guess I could unless someone else want's to. Maybe a couple of us could work together...since I am not that good at changing some of the settings.
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Post by elizabethrose on Nov 1, 2012 15:18:44 GMT 2
OK, Sorry about double posting, but I made a simple one. I just created the account since I don't know what it should look like yet. I haven't put a description or anything yet. I also created a twitter. There's nothing much to see at the moment Just let me know if you want to help and what you want to help with. littleorthodoxthings.tumblr.com/ twitter.com/OrthodoxThings I made a Gmail account for it in case someone besides me want's to run things. It's LittleOrthodoxThings[@]Gmail[.]Com |
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