Miscellany and other Information

Where is Toriontour.com? This site was previously located at Toriontour.com, but is currently moving to a new domain before the end of the year. Hopefully it will be a more permanent location. The various live photographs I have taken of Tori are currently only available to be viewed at Turbidblue.com. I purchased Toriontour.com in 2004 to make a site dedicated to these live photographs, but I decided to drop that idea due to time constraints, and dedicate a site solely to boot art, desktops, etc. all inspired by Tori. I've been designing boot artwork on and off since 2001.

Do you design anything else besides boot artwork and desktop wallpapers? Yes, I do, but in a limited capacity. I am available to do custom forum skins for phpBB and Invision Power Board. I do not design avatars for forum use that often, but may make a few available at Turbidblue.com.

Terms and Conditions
All artwork is released under a Creative Commons License. By downloading anything from this site, you agree to the release. A copy of this release is included in all boot artwork zip files.

Boot Art Printing Instructions

All artwork is created in JPEG format at a resolution of 300dpi. What does that mean? That means it's specifically made to be printed out, not to be displayed on a screen. When you view the JPEG file in your browser, it will be quite large. For a comparison, a JPEG for the web is typically 72 or 96dpi, compared to a 300dpi resolution for a printed JPEG.

Old artwork is designed in RGB as opposed to CMYK. If you don't know what this means, that's okay. It's not that important.

In the future, all artwork will be done in CMYK process to ensure the best print quality available. This is important--please make note of this. If you want a little background information on RGB versus CMYK:
Many graphics software programs give you the choice to work in either RGB or CMYK. These are called "color spaces". Scanners and digital cameras create images using combinations of just three colors: Red, Green and Blue (called "RGB"). These are the primary colors of light, which computers use to display images on your screen. Printing presses print full color pictures using a different set of colors, the primary colors of pigment: Cyan (blue), Magenta (red), Yellow and Black (called "CMYK"). This is "4-color process" or "full-color" printing that comprises the majority of magazines and marketing materials you see every day.

Artwork can also be made available in TIFF or PDF format by request. TIFF is a widely accepted format for printed materials and larger in file size. It will also yield higher-quality printed results. TIFF is the format of choice for archiving important images. TIFF is also the leading commercial and professional image standard. It is the most universal and most widely supported format across all platforms, Mac, Windows, Unix.

I plan to write a more detailed set of instructions on how to print artwork..however, in the meantime there's a great explanation on how to do this at Toriscans.com:

Single-Sided Printing
These instructions are for people who print on one side of the paper and either fold or cut and paste the sides together. Open the zip file and load the two images into your photo editor. The files should already be at printing quality, but some editors change the sizes. To check, find your menu option that lets you see the image's information, such as "resize image". When the images are the right size, just print them on your printer's highest quality.

Appropriate Image Dimensions:
Front Cover: 4.75 in. x 4.75 in.
Inside Booklet: 4.75 in. x 4.75 in.
Together: 4.75 in. X 9.5 in.
Back Cover: 4.64 in. x 5.9 in.
Back Insert: 4.64 in. x 5.4 in.
Together: 4.64 in. x 9.28 in.

Inserts Template: [Some are] Double sided

Printing To Use
Open the two files in your photo editor. Open the zip file of the show and load the two inserts (if there are two). Cut and paste the outer two sections (the two pictures you will see when the cd case is closed) onto the front template. Be sure to rotate them to match up the TOP. Do the same for the bottom template, except you should stretch the two inner sections (the two pictures you will see when the cd case is open) to fit. I did this so that there won't be any lines on one side when you cut. These files are also at 300 dpi, at 100%. That means they are the right quality and size. If your pictures don't come close to fitting, they are not at printing quality so you need to change them (see above dimensions).

To Print
These files were made to work for double-sided printing. Therefore you need to make sure your printer centers the images instead of left aligned. Print on your printer's highest quality to get the best printouts. I suggest running a test print on draft quality of the template images first. Hold the paper up to a light and see if the front cover fits inside the back and that the back cover fits inside the inserts. When your images are all printed out, simply cut the smaller pictures out of the bigger ones.

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