Comments on: My Great Grandfather Cartoonized http://www.thinkgenealogy.com/2009/06/12/my-great-grandfather-cartoonized/ genealogy, software, ideas, and innovation Sat, 21 Jul 2012 21:16:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Gwen http://www.thinkgenealogy.com/2009/06/12/my-great-grandfather-cartoonized/comment-page-1/#comment-1105 Gwen Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:56:47 +0000 http://www.thinkgenealogy.com/?p=684#comment-1105 I can see TTB #3! I can see TTB #3!

]]> By: Mark Tucker http://www.thinkgenealogy.com/2009/06/12/my-great-grandfather-cartoonized/comment-page-1/#comment-1099 Mark Tucker Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:00:24 +0000 http://www.thinkgenealogy.com/?p=684#comment-1099 Just like with my likeness, I used Microsoft Expression Design 2. It is part of a suite that I use at work. If you are just starting out, try Inkscape as it is free http://www.inkscape.org/. Review the post: The New Me (as a Cartoon). I like vector graphics programs for doing cartoons because you can start with a small grainy photo and once you have "traced" it, you can enlarge the vector image to the size that you want and not get distortion. Good luck! Just like with my likeness, I used Microsoft Expression Design 2. It is part of a suite that I use at work. If you are just starting out, try Inkscape as it is free http://www.inkscape.org/. Review the post: The New Me (as a Cartoon).

I like vector graphics programs for doing cartoons because you can start with a small grainy photo and once you have “traced” it, you can enlarge the vector image to the size that you want and not get distortion.

Good luck!

]]> By: Lisa Louise Cooke http://www.thinkgenealogy.com/2009/06/12/my-great-grandfather-cartoonized/comment-page-1/#comment-1098 Lisa Louise Cooke Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:05:59 +0000 http://www.thinkgenealogy.com/?p=684#comment-1098 Very cool Mark! What graphics program did you use to "do it yourself"? Very cool Mark! What graphics program did you use to “do it yourself”?

]]> By: Yvette http://www.thinkgenealogy.com/2009/06/12/my-great-grandfather-cartoonized/comment-page-1/#comment-1088 Yvette Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:03:30 +0000 http://www.thinkgenealogy.com/?p=684#comment-1088 What a wonderful idea! I think this would be great to create images of ancestors of whom I have a detailed physical description but no photos. In the Netherlands, when men got married, they had to supply a certificate indicating that they had fulfilled their military duties. This form included a detailed physical description, including the width of the head, nose, chin and the color of the eyes, hair and eyebrows. This is too little to create a photograph with, but it might just work as a cartoon. It would be an easy way to see how certain family traits were inherited! What a wonderful idea! I think this would be great to create images of ancestors of whom I have a detailed physical description but no photos. In the Netherlands, when men got married, they had to supply a certificate indicating that they had fulfilled their military duties. This form included a detailed physical description, including the width of the head, nose, chin and the color of the eyes, hair and eyebrows. This is too little to create a photograph with, but it might just work as a cartoon. It would be an easy way to see how certain family traits were inherited!

]]> By: bonnie http://www.thinkgenealogy.com/2009/06/12/my-great-grandfather-cartoonized/comment-page-1/#comment-1087 bonnie Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:59:44 +0000 http://www.thinkgenealogy.com/?p=684#comment-1087 Cute! I am sure he would be flattered by your work! Cute! I am sure he would be flattered by your work!

]]> By: Sheri Fenley http://www.thinkgenealogy.com/2009/06/12/my-great-grandfather-cartoonized/comment-page-1/#comment-1086 Sheri Fenley Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:31:14 +0000 http://www.thinkgenealogy.com/?p=684#comment-1086 It's wonderful! OK my turn, do my photo! It’s wonderful! OK my turn, do my photo!

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