Dear Frank Frazetta,
I just wanted to say thank you. It’s all I could think to say if I had the pleasure of meeting you. I wish I could have had the chance. Just a simple “thank you” that would never do justice to how much you’ve given me. Thank you for the endless hours I’ve spent throughout my life pouring over your work—trying not to imitate, but to understand your style. Thank you for providing such an amazing mystery, so much inspiration. How did you do it? How did you…
My Sketchbooks Must Lay Flat
It’s the one rule I have for sketchbooks of any kind; they must lay flat when open. There is nothing more annoying than sketching and having previous pages constantly flip back on you. Spiral sketchbooks lay flat, but I find them lacking in a few areas: they eventually tear your pages, the spirals bend if stacked, and they find a way of getting snagged when pulling them out of a bag. That leaves me with black-bound sketchbooks which look great, stack…
The Command Guru Project
It’s been a very lazy holiday season for me as I thoroughly enjoyed Christmas through New Years with my family and recharged from a very eventful 2009. I’m finally getting back into the swing of things and wanted to take a second and write about my experience as a member of the Command Guru Project. For those who didn’t hear about it Command Guru is the brainchild of Shado, an Italian TV production company, in which 10 designers and developers set out to create an iPhone app in 7 days. The project took place in Venice, Italy from December 4–10th. The project lead was none other than Aaron Hillegass the famous mac developer, author and owner of Big Nerd Ranch.
Adding Context to the 5-Star Rating System
So I’ve discovered a little problem, that I have personally, with the 5-star rating system. What do 1, 2, 3 and 4 stars mean? With what little time I have to rate something, like photos (a few minutes after I’ve imported them from my camera), it boils down to I either like it or I don’t. How do I “grade” something that I like on a scale?
An Intervention for Creativity
I pride myself on not being a workaholic. When I’m lying on my deathbed I don’t think I’ll regret not working enough, so I’ve tried to maintain a typical schedule…
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