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Category: Inspiration

Adobe Offsetting: October 2014

For October I decided to support a wonderful free resource instead of my usual software endorsement for this month’s Adobe Offsetting. As an artist, it’s always…

Hanx app reignites manual typewriter romance

My first experiences typing as a child was with a cast-iron Underwood. It weighed what seemed to be over a hundred pounds and had ebony…

Benefits of running in a pack

By nature, most artists aren’t built to be pack animals. They tend to prefer seclusion and autonomy over team-building activities with peers. Most artists are…

New gender roles in cartoons

Some may say it’s the sign of the times, but there seems to be a conscience effort to create truly original characters in the animated…

Artwork From a Student

A Thomas Frye original! Over the past school year I’ve been adjunct teaching at Northern Virginia Community College. I had two students who were repeat…

Special Surprise

Today, one of my students was able to pull some strings and got us front-row seats for Obama’s speech today at Northern Virginia Community College….

Two New Artrage/iPad Paintings

Thank yous Two people I met on Flickr who’ve been very kind, inspired and helped me spark creativity. As a repayment, I painted them each…

Art in the City

A Present for All A couple weekends ago, we made a trek to NYC to look at art and spend time with friends. The trip…

The Pipes, The Pipes Are Calling

More Than Just a Metaphor Today on one of my last morning walks on the beach, I took my camera to take pictures of typography…