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May 24

Comics and UX, Part 2: Flow and Content -

I posted earlier this week about this series on User Experience and comics. This is the second part… again, well worth reading.

May 22

Comics and UX, Part 1: Cross-disciplinary Techniques -

I started my career as a cartoonist and published a daily comic strip in college. After reading this article (part 1 in a series, with the rest coming at a future date) I realized how much of that experience I use today when designing for the user.

If you’re a comic strip artist and/or a web designer, it’s well worth reading.

May 11

Scanning Around With Gene: When Letraset Was King -

I’m dating myself but I could not have gotten through college without all the comps I made using Letraset dry-transfer type. The stack of left over letters are long gone, but I still have and use my variety of burnishers.

Apr 08

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

Jan 30

The Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies -

I’ve been hoping this site would return after Lou Brooks featured it on Drawger!

Jan 01

Dec 25

Hope everyone is having a Happy Holiday season!

Hope everyone is having a Happy Holiday season!

Oct 06

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” — Steve Jobs, Founder of Apple, Inc.

(Source: news.stanford.edu)

Sep 29

“You’re not going to succeed unless you give it everything that you got, because giving it everything you got is how you develop what you actually have.” — Bob Mankoff, Cartoon Editor for The New Yorker

(Source: playgallery.org)

Aug 30

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