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Buying A Mac – Is less more?

Well I finally did it. I bought my next Mac. I’ve owned 2 in my 15+ years as a graphic designer, and this will be my 3rd. You may be wondering how I could survive as a graphic artist for so long on just 2 macs. For one thing, many of the jobs I’ve had [...]

Don’t Use Gimp Without ‘em…

…5 useful Gimp tutorials. Gimp is a great program. I challenge anyone to name a better free image editor. That being said, it does lack the instructional support, a well established package like Photoshop possesses. There are instructional videos, classes, books and magazines dedicated to Adobe’s application. This is something a free open

Drawing Basics – Putting the shapes together

In this second installment of the drawing tutorial series, I show you how to take the shapes from the last video and create meaningful images with them. Once you get these first steps mastered you’ll be able to draw just about anything you want. So lets get to it! If you’d like to see a [...]

Drawing Basics – Learn 4 Pillar Shapes

You can find lots of How To drawing tutorials Online, but aside from being wowed and inspired, you are left with very little instructional guidance. This leads me to the question, are these videos truly tutorials? Many of them are usually set at high speeds, to accommodate time limits. And the only audio is music [...]

How To Not Be Inspired

If you’re uninspired and want to stay that way, don’t read this post. I did this post and video to share one of the ways I stay inspired. I recently came across a article, written my Darren Rowse of Problogger.com, that talked about getting away from your computer and going to the mall. It shared [...]