What mediums have you worked in and which is your favorite? I am a contemporary artist working primarily with acrylics on canvas.  I occasionally dabble in pastels and oils. I love working in mixed media and often add gritty, grainy textures to my…

Are you afraid to commit to really incorporate business skills and tools because you might lose your creative mojo? Do you have trouble adding up 2+2 to get 4?  Have you shied away from thinking about business because it…

When I blog about applications that I’ve found I generally wrap up my posts with an open invitation to readers: Got any you like? Many folks have been generous and shared links and applications that …

Many people are obsessed with speed and I happily include myself in that category, at least with respect to the performance I get from my computer. Whether it’s a faster processor, more memory, a quicker graphics card or a new high-speed hard…

Starting today we will have another regularly scheduled series. This series will be focused on technology tips and short cuts that can help artists. We will include tips for beginners as well…

To be honest, I was not always happy with Magiq.  When I first downloaded the 1.0.2 version, it had a problem with displaying and exporting images. The results looked fuzzy and blurred in …

The Ubiquitous Font Match. The scourge of all graphic artists. And quite possible the most tedious part of being a designer. We send emails and browse through endless font libraries in existence in hopes of …

There are some basic functions I wanted to cover before exploring Pixelmator as a tool for Photographers. I intended to publish an introduction to the gradient palette today. However, before moving forward, I thought I …

Themes and learnings One of the things that helps me write is to find a theme that over time I can build on and use to tuck ideas into.  2008 was mostly about getting my…

The more I play, the more I believe that I have been underestimating the power of the PixelMator. I am starting to suspect that hidden behind the humble pricetag is the image editing equivalent of  …

Though Skitch has apparently been around for a while now I didn’t hear about it until I saw a Merlin Mann’s video on how he has his Mac desktop set up . For those that don’t follow…

Comic Life Magiq is an unusual product in plasq’s software line, as it’s not meant to be a replacement for Comic Life Deluxe. As an avid fan of the latter, I wanted to see if …

Now is the time to start thinking about your next seasons shows. It is also a time to start taking action to move away from what I call “random …

This week will be double header to make up for the site being down most of last week. Both are focust on the internet and how you can use it as a tool to improve or at …

This is part of my endless list of free stuff from the web. 
Believe it or not, most of the graphics offered on the sites listed below are free. HOWEVER they are all offered under different …