The Howdygram 2: I’m finally using the latest and greatest versions of Adobe’s Creative Cloud software.

Sunday, November 25, 2018

I’m finally using the latest and greatest versions of Adobe’s Creative Cloud software.

It’s Saturday, a few minutes past 5:30 p.m., and I think I’m finally through with my graphic design projects for today … mostly because my back hurts, my knees hurt, I’m cold, I’ve got a stuffed nose and there’s nobody to talk to because Sam is unconscious on the sofa. He’s still having some severe pain from his teeth — yes, more than one! — and continues to take substantial pain meds that knock him out. I suppose my next good opportunity for human conversation will come on Tuesday morning when our hospice social worker — sweetie-pie Theresa — will be here for a visit.

In case I forgot to mention this, I’ve got another urinary tract infection and another round of the requisite antibiotics. There have been so many UTIs this year … I couldn’t keep track any more, even if I tried! This time I’ve got the gigantic “horse pills” again. These things are so fucking enormous that Sam has to chop them up for me and bury them in a little mound of Cool Whip. (I’m serious.)

I’ve been creating more custom iPhone cases for The Howdygram Store’s marketplace on Zazzle.com. Eight more of my latest designs appear below for your possible interest. Are these adorable, or what? During the past several days I’ve designed almost 175 custom iPhone cases. The first three pictured here are definitely “masculine,” but the others probably are not.

Incidentally, as soon as I finish up six more designs for iPhone cases and upload them to The Howdygram Store, I plan to start designing a completely new collection of luggage tags. Woo-hoo!

Masculine mixed wood stripes. Two other options available.
Masculine burled wood. Two other options available.
Masculine black-on-black leather. Four other options available.
Silver leather, gold and silver monogram. Three other options available.
Crushed aquamarine gemstones, veined marble. Five other options available.
Zebra stripes, black glitter, emerald gemstone heart. Four other options available.
Cheetah print, gold glitter, smoky topaz gemstone heart. One other option available.
Vintage patriotic “sunburst” pattern. One other option available.

I’ve got a small herd of FREE FONTS for you tonight. Frankly, I have no idea why I continue to download all this crapola and install it on my iMac, but it’s a habit and an old addiction! Regardless … I really should purge the fonts I don’t use any more. There are thousands.

Download links will appear after the graphic in case you want any or all of these for your personal collection.

Industrial Sans • Bumbly • Winterland • All Things • Hola Bisou • Caredrock

For the record, I finally decided to do some software upgrades on my iMac. I started with my OS and tried to upgrade to Mojave. Didn’t work. I tried three times with the same result … an warning window that said: “Error occurred while attempting to install this software. Please try again.” Finally I decided to Google the issue I was having, and sure enough … it’s actually a hardware problem with a certain microchip, and I’ll never be able to upgrade from High Sierra until Apple issues a fix. Shit shit shit!

On the plus side however, I’ve finally upgraded all of my Adobe Creative Cloud applications to CC 2019 … InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. I’m using the latest and greatest versions of everything now!