WackyCatures.com BLOG

WackyCatures and Learning

2008-05-04T20:07:00.000-07:00

Let’s face it: although Robert Fulghum once said "ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN" learning is an endeavour we have to contend with our whole life long. The most we can make of the situation is to make learning fun – WackyCatures to the rescue!

When used appropriately and in moderation, WackyCatures can bring the needed humor to make learning easy, or, in fact, possible.

Personal level: Relaxes muscles and makes receptive and retentive for lessons in any subject or in life in general.
Classroom level: establishes rapport between teacher and student and also among students

WackyCatures can serve as holders for memo or mind-maps or the week’s mnemonic device. Printed out to the right size, they make cool and easy-to-identify book and notebook covers. There is actually no limit to how WackyCatures can aid the learning process. Let them be your buddies along your personal learning path!

WackyCatures At ScrapBook.com

2008-04-09T05:20:00.001-07:00

We’ve been scrapbook fans for a long while now, and lately we decided to share the WackyCatures with other scrapbookers at Scrapbook.com!

Scrapbook.com is a pretty neat site featuring a Superstore, a Gallery, Forums, Resources, Blogs, Classes and personal Places for its members. We love the endless array of colourful and imaginative ideas it offers – one or two may be just what you have been looking for, for the next project you have in mind!

We’d be happy if you could come by our place at DIY's wackycatures (www.scrapbook.com/places/DIY)!

See you there!

A FREE Powertool for Working on your WackyCatures

2008-03-28T06:19:00.000-07:00

So you’re thinking "these WackyCatures are neat” but you don’t know where to get your PhotoShop with which to affix heads on them?

Well, we have good news for you!

ADOBE must have heard you whining and has just launched the PhotoShop as a social media venue. Yes, the beta version of the PhotoShop Express is here for you and for me!

Try it out at www.adobe.photoshop.com/express. It actually is a combi image editor-storage-sharing program accessed online via Java. See what you'll like about it and make suggestions as to how it can be made better.

- Work on the headshots you need for your very own WackyCatures and edit as many photos you want to your heart's desire.

- Store and organize WackyCatures creations and other photos in 2 GB of online album

- Selectively exhibit your WackyCatures creations and other photos for the some lucky chosen few or for the world to see

It might not be perfect, but many agree that the PhotoShop Express is a powertool that puts a premium on ease and fun!

WackyCatures Work Wonders at Work!

2008-03-26T05:17:00.000-07:00

Yes, you read the title right! There's place for fun, for WackyCatures, on the job!

The secret lies in fulfilling two important prerequisites: building your job competence and developing your own unique, tasteful and appropriate style.

As soon as, and, as long as, you have these two, the WackyCatures you choose to use at work will take on a life of their own.
n     They will bring color to your workplace and brighten up your day, energizing you and your workmates towards high quality performance.
n     They will make you to see things from an emotional distance, from multiple perspectives – very fundamental to the creative problem-solving process.
n     They will serve as teambuilders and connectors – they effectively communicate messages because their mere presence instantaneously creates a sense of friendship, of family.
n     And, they will surely mesmerize your customers, too -- they get attention and create comfort and are remembered long after they are no longer in sight!

The challenge is yours: dare to have fun with WackyCatures! Use them as icons for your mobile phones, coffee mugs, calling cards, bulletin boards, computer screensavers and wallpapers, wall stickers, window ornaments. There's no end to the list of ways and places you can use these free caricatures to help achieve your office's goals and objectives! No kidding!

FUNdraising (or is it FUNd raising, FUNd-raising, FUNdraiser, FUNd raiser, or FUNd-raiser?) for non-profit groups and organizations

2008-03-14T08:50:00.000-07:00

Looking for a lucrative fundraising idea that requires no up front investment and very little work?

WackyCatures are not merely awesome and fun – they want to, and can, support your group’s cause!

Choose how you'd use the free caricatures to reach your financial goal. Here’s but one idea that should help you get those creative juices flowing - and it's easy as ABC!

A. Create your online fundraising store featuring WackyCatures. State clearly the reason your group is raising money and set your price for the service (of affixing heads to the WackyCatures).
B. Invite your network to participate in your online fundraiser! Divide up into teams and have a friendly competition to see who gets the most orders.
C. Work on the orders as they come and enjoy 100% of the revenues. (The WackyCatures are sure to be a big hit with your supporters, but don’t despair if you get more orders than you can handle. Simply subcontract BroadPrints.com for $8 per head.)

So, when planning your next fundraising venture, have fun and think WackyCatures! We'd love to hear about your fundraising experience!

Tip of the Day

2008-03-08T13:30:00.000-08:00

Want more downloading speed on WackyCatures.com (and other graphics-loaded sites) than what Windows Internet Explorer can offer? You may wish to try out Safari 3 beta from http://www.apple.com/safari/download/. It is free and easy to download, and can even run parallel to Windows Internet Explorer (no need to uninstall) without problems. Its rendering performance, user-friendly interface and host of other features may just be what you are looking for!

WackyCatures Go Political - on YouTube VIDEO

2008-03-04T08:42:00.000-08:00

Why are the WackyCatures free?

2008-03-03T14:05:00.000-08:00

WackyCatures are free because of their very essence: they are dedicated to keep on giving and to inspire sharing -- sharing fun things in life that are just too precious not to share.

Of course, WackyCatures entail costs for their upkeep and survival. But that's what the ads are for. Checking out our sponsors that interest you brings modest revenues, without any cost or risk on your part. WackyCatures neither collect nor sell any personal usage data and guarantee no adware, no malware, and no spyware.

So that's it! Join the ever-growing number of users who have adopted WackyCatures! And one more thing, please tell your friends and colleagues: WackyCatures love being talked about and being used and re-used over and over again!

WackyCatures Go Political

2008-02-28T10:57:00.000-08:00

As we get closer to the November presidential elections, the WackyCatures have decided to lend themselves to the top three candidates.

Our TIP of the Day:

It's easier to work on a headshot with less clutter in the background. Choose an image showing the clear features of the person.

Question from Teresa

2008-02-26T04:58:00.000-08:00

Q: I would like to learn how to draw caricatures and/or use photoshop to create them. I am on dialup and I can not view your youtube video - can't download because of the transfer issues. Do you have something else that is available online where I could just read how to do it? Any help would be appreciated.

A: Thank you for your interest in our Caricatures, Teresa! We like to clarify that all caricatures made by BroadPrints (including the wackycatures) are drawn by hand, not with a computer.

WackyCatures.com, a FREE site which was launched only a few days ago, will be featuring step-by-step instructions on how to transfer a photo of a head to a wackycature plus other photo-editing tips, and these will be available soon. The YouTube video tutorial is still in the works and is not available at this time.

Should you wish BroadPrints.com to place a photo of a head on a caricature, the cost is only $8.00 per head. Just email the following:
1. Name of the wackycature that you picked
2. A photo, preferably a good headshot, of the person. The person's head should be clearly visible in the photo.

BroadPrints will send you a PayPal invoice upon receiving your order. And the wackycature, complete with the new head, will be ready withing 24 hours. You will be receiving the final image in JPEG format, around 8x10 inches at150 dpi, ready for printing!

We Need Your Head!

2008-02-25T10:43:00.000-08:00

The WackyCatures are here! And they all have one message - GIVE US A HEAD!

At WackyCatures.com, you may download caricatures for FREE for your personal use - the only catch is that their heads are missing. And if you know a little about the ART of photo editing, you may easily add a head to the wackycature to give it a new identity. Then you can use it for your website, invitations, wallpaper, posters, scrapbooks, and for your other creative endeavors.

In this blog, we will give you some step-by-step instructions on how to do-it-yourself with the help of a photo editing software. The Adobe Photo Deluxe or PhotoShop are great, if you have one of those. But if you are both artistically challenged and don't care much about computers , you may always ask for some professional help - and BroadPrints.com (the creator of WackyCatures) can help you out. BroadPrints charges only $8 to place a photo of a head to a wackycature.

We'll be back soon!