Fuck Pencils! I Design with a Mouse!: My Résumé

What the Hell...!?!

You may notice the blog title is rather risqué. The reason for the name is due to my teaching a basic graphic design class, during which students would claim they didn't need to learn graphic design techniques because they knew all the ups and downs, ins and outs of Photoshop. They didn't need any pens, pencils, paper, scissors, glue, much less any text that would demonstrate design principles. All they said they needed was a Mac, a mouse, and an internet connection.

Forcing them to only use black and white construction paper and glue, the students learned what it takes to really suffer for their art.

My Favorite Blogs

FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments

Entitled lunch lady complains about janitor's cleaning method at school, janitor cleverly complies with her demands, leading to a mess in the cafeteria: ‘I'm just following orders’ - Janitors are one of the most important and hardworking people at school. Their role is the kind of role that we unfortunately don't always notice or ackn...
1 hour ago
Design You Trust

Stunning Editorial Illustrations by Koen De Gussem - Belgian illustrator Koen De Gussem creates bold and dynamic artworks that feel slightly off-kilter, blending striking lines, vivid colors, and unsettling y...
2 hours ago
The Brothers Brick

This LEGO bald eagle is a soaring success! - We already took a look at the start of this build weeks ago, but now @n.a.b.e_mocs debuts their full eagle creation, posed to perfection! The post This L...
5 hours ago
Cake Wrecks

Camouflaged E.T. Balls - Dawn ordered this Fall tree design for her wedding cake: But in the end, she couldn't see the forest OR the trees: I, for example, only see E.T. hands...
5 hours ago
Jesus and Mo

light2 - A resurrection from 2007 today. Normal service will be resumed next week, inshallah.
9 hours ago
Penny Arcade

Overture - New Comic: Overture
11 hours ago
Girl Genius

Girl Genius for Wednesday, February 05, 2025 - The Girl Genius comic for Wednesday, February 05, 2025 has been posted.
14 hours ago
xkcd.com

Rotary Tool - [image: It was great until my thumb slipped and I accidentally launched my telescope into the air at Mach 8.]
14 hours ago
Universe Today

Bullseye! Hubble Spots Ripples in Space From a Galaxy Collision - What happens when one galaxy shoots a bigger galaxy right through the heart? Like a rock thrown into a pond, the smashup creates a splash-up of starry ri...
17 hours ago
Bad Astronomy

Microbes in Yellowstone Thermal Pools Could Shed Light on Ancient Life - Learn more about how researchers are using the microbes in Yellowstone thermal pools to understand how life developed during a low-oxygen period.
21 hours ago
InDesignSecrets

How to Set Vertical Type in InDesign - Learn how to set vertical—or stacked—type quickly and easily in InDesign with this tutorial that demonstrates two different methods. The post How to Set V...
22 hours ago
Second Life Grid Status Reports

Billing Maintenance - Feb 4, 08:45 PST *Completed* - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Feb 4, 07:45 PST *In progress* - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progre...
1 day ago
CONTEMPORIST

A Modern Home That Makes Space For An Art Gallery - Alterstudio Architecture has shared photos of a new home they completed in Dallas, Texas, with a three-level design that creates a unique environment for f...
1 day ago
Smashing Magazine

Integrations: From Simple Data Transfer To Modern Composable Architectures - In today’s web development landscape, the concept of a monolithic application has become increasingly rare. Modern applications are composed of multiple sp...
1 day ago
i love typography

Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Vibro - Read the book, Typographic Firsts This month, Steven Heller takes a closer look at the Vibro font family. The post Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Vib...
6 days ago
Vintage Future

adventurelandia:Tomorrowland by Mike Mahle - adventurelandia: Tomorrowland by Mike Mahle
1 week ago
The Oatmeal - Comics, Quizzes, & Stories

In 150 characters or less - [image: In 150 characters or less] This is based on a poem by Nikita Gill View on my website
2 weeks ago
Letterheady

David Lynch, 1985 | Courtesy of Julien’s - David Lynch, 1985 | Courtesy of Julien’s Stationery used by David Lynch during production of Blue Velvet.
2 weeks ago
Ted Rall - GoComics.com

Sunday, January 01, 2017 - Ted Rall by Ted Rall for January 01, 2017
1 month ago
The Perry Bible Fellowship

Invasion - The post Invasion appeared first on The Perry Bible Fellowship.
2 months ago
Skeptic

Jon Mills — Inventing God: Psychology of Belief and the Rise of Secular Spirituality - Michael Shermer interviews Jon Mills on psychoanalysis, therapeutic dynamics, and the psychological roots of aggression and trauma. Mills discusses Freud’s...
2 months ago
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories - Making the World a Better Place ...

Introducing the Bantam Tools ArtFrame™ - The plotter adventure continues at Bantam Tools! Bantam Tools proudly announces the launch of the new Bantam Tools ArtFrame™ Art Machine System—designed fo...
2 months ago
JREF Forum

Nitrocellulose + Metals - My Question to everyone is can Nitrocellulose react to small particles of Metal if Atmospheric...
10 months ago
Teaching in Second Life: Using Social Media and Web 2.0 Tools

AI Art and GenAI for Prompt Engineering and Education - Joyce Bettencourt and I presented on AI art, creativity, and GenAI use for prompt engineering at the Museum of Contemporary Art at CDS in Second Life. Th...
11 months ago
Dark Roasted Blend

Link Latte 285 - *#285* To Scale! The Solar System - [one of the best videos] The Hardest Gear In The World That Will Take Forever to Spin - [wow video] Welcome to Scuba K...
1 year ago
Abstruse Goose

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1 year ago
Color + Design Blog by COLOURlovers / Feed

Your Spa, Your Way: Personalizing the Perfect Bathroom Escape - Creating a personal oasis in the midst of our hectic lives is more than just a luxury;...
1 year ago
WWdN: In Exile

the best laid plans - The thing is, I was totally going to write today.
1 year ago
BittBox

How to Use the Slice Tool in Adobe Illustrator - The Slice Tool in Illustrator is an excellent tool for dividing artwork into smaller pieces for various purposes, like web design, logo creation, creatin...
1 year ago
Star Wars - The Official Site

Han and Chewie Look to Pull Off an Impossible Heist in Marvel’s Star Wars: Han Solo & Chewbacca #8 – Exclusive Preview - Plus, in *Doctor Aphra* #27, Aphra seeks to finally escape the Spark Eternal.
2 years ago
Diesel Sweeties by R Stevens

Is coffee a food, a drug, or –? - [image: this is a diesel sweeties comic strip] I won't spoil for you what coffee really is. Read the comic.
2 years ago
User Friendly RSS Feed

Cartoon For Feb 28, 2022 - Cartoon for Today, Feb 28, 2022
2 years ago
The Blog for WhyWontGodHealAmputees.com

Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!
2 years ago
PvPonline

News: Proof of Life - Scott R. Kurtz: I know my posting schedule has been sporadic of late. I've been lucky to get one or two new strips up each week. Although this may seem lik...
2 years ago
Inspire me, now!

Bornstein Lyckefors - Bornstein Lyckefors
2 years ago
Explosm.net

Comic for 2021.12.21 - New Cyanide and Happiness Comic
3 years ago
Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome

A longboarder's closest calls over 10 years of filming - Lonboarder Josh Neuman put together this compilation of his ten closest calls while filming his longboarding over ten years. What he says about his number ...
3 years ago
Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog

Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!
3 years ago
design|snips

Nahel Moussi – Portfolio - Nahel Moussi is a Freelance Product Designer. Discover her work and get in touch if you want to collab.
4 years ago
Plaid Stallions : Rambling and Reflections on '70s pop culture

PlaidStallions is moving! (slowly) - So, after 14 years, we've decided to upgrade PlaidStallions and move both the site and the blog here. I plan to convert the entire site to WordPress, tha...
4 years ago
Good-Tutorials.com: Latest Tutorials

Jerusalem Artichokes, 1880 by Claude Monet - Hand painted oil reproduction of a famous Monet painting, Jerusalem Artichokes, 1880. Today it has been carefully recreated detail-by-detail, color-by-colo...
4 years ago
TheDieline.com: The Leading Package Design Website

This feed has moved and will be deleted soon. Please update your subscription now. - The publisher is using a new address for their RSS feed. Please update your feed reader to use this new URL: *http://www.thedieline.com/blog?format=rss*
4 years ago
Star Stryder

Toward a greater good: TMT & Starlink - [N.B. This post has been bouncing around in my head since I was in Hawaii for the American Astronomical Society Meeting several weeks ago. I haven’t writ...
5 years ago
It's Nice That

You could own Hockney’s The Splash (if you have a spare £30 million) - [image: David_hockney__the_splash__1966_art_itsnicethat_copy] “Few artworks have attained as mythic a status as this painting”: the British artist’s best k...
5 years ago
Mal's SL Edu-Blog

Call for Proposals : OER20 - https://oer20.oerconf.org/call-for-proposals/
5 years ago
Springfield Punx

Movie Joker - Joker (Joaquin Phoenix movie version) I haven't seen the movie yet, but hear great things about it. But hey, any excuse to draw another version of the Joke...
5 years ago
concept ships

Reusable Lander for Crewed Mars Missions by Lockheed Martin - Concept spaceship art by our good friend Adam Burch. Check out this article featuring Adam's work by Lockheed Martin! Keywords: Lockheed Martin Unveils ...
5 years ago
How magazine

6 Reasons Why Wedding Invitations Will Never Go Digital - Wedding invitation design is the perfect chance to tell your story, wow your guests, and make your mark - before the big day even comes. The post 6 Reas...
5 years ago
A List Apart

Accessibility for Vestibular Disorders: How My Temporary Disability Changed My Perspective - Accessibility can be tricky. There are plenty of conditions to take into consideration, and many technical limitations and weird exceptions that make it ...
5 years ago
Ironic Sans

How to Join a Social Network in 1998 - In 1998, I got an invite to what many consider the first online social network: sixdegrees.com (deceptively, that link will take you to the Wikipedia artic...
6 years ago
HeyJude

End of another era! - Rather surprisingly to me, I have had this blog since 2006, when writing a web journal was new, and amazingly clunky. But there was a real desire for educa...
6 years ago
Drawing Flies

How to Build a Queen Bee - Hello everyone! Here is a story that ran in the September 17, 2017 issue of Ask Magazine. It is notable as the first published collaboration between myself...
6 years ago
VG Cats

VG Cats : Catch up -
6 years ago
Photoshop Disasters

How to Avoid a Photoshop Disaster - I’ve seen a lot of bad Photoshop work in my day. And while it’s good for a laugh, it’s no fun if you’re the one whose work is being laughed at. Whether you...
7 years ago
Damn Cool Pics

Capturing Online Design Videos to Watch Later with Movavi Screen Capture Studio for Mac - If you’d like to learn more about web design, graphic design, digital art or any other related subject you’ll find that there are tons of online design v...
7 years ago
FPO: For Print Only

2017 Brand New Conference Program - For a full explanation of where the identity behind the program come from, you can read this post on Brand New. The key concept behind it was replicating t...
7 years ago
Bob's House of Video Games

Adjust contrast of a pdf free - Closer to the eye of the shooter, this is because Preview is quite literally applying a filter to each individual page of the PDF you are saving. the proce...
7 years ago
Oddly Specific

Adjust contrast of a pdf free - Closer to the eye of the shooter, this is because Preview is quite literally applying a filter to each individual page of the PDF you are saving. the proce...
7 years ago
Bad Science

How do the world’s biggest drug companies compare, in their transparency commitments? - Here’s a paper, and associated website, that we launch today: we have assessed, and then ranked, all the biggest drug companies in the world, to compare th...
7 years ago
cubeelog

Ken Masters Is Now Available! - From the Street Fighter series of games by Capcom. Download here.
7 years ago
io9

We May Eventually Find Out How the Battle of New York Changed Peter Parker - The Battle of New York at the end of *The Avengers* is a crucial moment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s the moment the whole world changed. And wh...
7 years ago
Jon's Random Acts of Geekery

A Fond Adieu... - On February 11, 2005, I began working on the blog that became Random Acts of Geekery, and for nearly 12 1/2 years, with a few exceptions, there've been pos...
7 years ago
FFFFOUND! / EVERYONE

Bra selection - via http://braselection.tumblr.com/post/5830792133/curvy-with-big-tits-002
7 years ago
2P START!

Happy Birthday Ray! - Still a classic… The post Happy Birthday Ray! first appeared on 2P START!.
7 years ago
New Scientist - Latest Headlines

Why the sound of noisy eating fills some people with rage - People with misophonia find sounds like rustling paper or clacking keyboards deeply distressing. Now scans have revealed differences in how their brains work
8 years ago
Small Town Skepticism

Inflammatory? If the truth causes such distress, that's not my problem - "Approach is your problem, you don't know the proper method to approach a subject" - that's a phrase I'm often told and, to some extent, they're probably r...
8 years ago
Non Sequitur - GoComics.com

Monday, January 09, 2017 - Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 09, 2017
8 years ago
The Grid System

New Slick Resume Templates Pack - Once again, if you’re looking for a slick beautiful resume template for your job-hunt, you’ve come to the right place. This new collection of resume temp...
8 years ago
Photoshop Killer Tips

Gilmar’s Fantastical Creations Contest - Contest Details Halloween can be such a fun time for kids to dress up as a scary monster, a beautiful princess, their favorite cartoon character, and more!...
8 years ago
Animation Backgrounds

Are you out there? - Hi gang! I'm considering a commitment to frequent posting again. If you're interested - please comment. I love your feedback and much as I love hand draw...
8 years ago
Bad Archaeology

2009 updates on Noah's Ark - Yet another fruitless attempt to locate a ship that never existed by extracting large sums of money from the foolish faithful. Why are people so prepared t...
8 years ago
Very Demotivational: Demotivational Posters That Demotivate

Well, That's Awkward -
9 years ago
Fontfabric

Facet™ font - >> DOWNLOAD << Description: Facet is applicable for any type of graphic design - web, print, motion graphics etc and perfect for t-shirts and other items l...
9 years ago
Pixel2Life.com: Latest 20 Tutorials

Split Long Contour feature in WidthScribe - Split Long Contour feature in WidthScribe
10 years ago
Glennz Blog

School Photos - Each year all fish get a nice keepsake to put on the wall. BUY NOW Follow Glennz Tees Twitter | Facebook | Flickr | Behance | Dribbble | Vimeo
10 years ago
Awesome Planet!!

Hourly Comics - April 1 - Hourly Comics from April 1st! Tags: watching buffy, hush, writing, youtube, vrr vrr vrr, harddrive noise, macbook, this egg, dreams, i'm gonna die, deca...
10 years ago
Geek Orthodox

Olympic champion- Usain Bolt beaten in 1st race of season in Jamaica[picture] - Usain Bolt was the sprint king of London 2012 but he made a low-key start to the new season in Jamaica. Photograph: Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images Usain B...
10 years ago
Brand New

Recycling Domino's - CP+B and a cadre of small artists help Domino's Pizza recycle all their materials branded with the outgoing logo....
11 years ago
Photos from WilWheaton

ICE CREAM!!!!! - WilWheaton posted a photo: [image: ICE CREAM!!!!!]
11 years ago
RichardDawkins.net : The Latest Updates

James Shapiro goes after natural selection again (twice) on HuffPo - Jerry Coyne - Why Evolution Is True - I hate to give attention to my Chicago colleague James Shapiro’s bizarre ideas about evolution, which he publishes weekly on *HuffPo* rather than in peer...
12 years ago
Hyperactivitypography Blog

Most beautiful books in the world - Apparently our book was nominated for the Most beautiful books in the world-award at the annual book fair in Leipzig. Here's the winners: http://www.mdr....
12 years ago
Calamities of Nature

Blog - March 19, 2012 - Monday - Additional Notes - Home | Archive | Store | Facebook Thank you to everyone for the kind messages I've been receiving over the past week. It's really been amazing! Unfortunat...
12 years ago
Keep Designing

free-tree-vectors-nature-keepdesigning - Were back from summer vacation with some free tree vectors just in time for autumn. These free tree vector stock art graphics vary in style and can be modi...
13 years ago
Andrea Little

i need to organize more often... - Yesterday my sister came over and DEEP cleaned my kitchen, i mean deep! She removed everything from EVERY surface and cleaned it with clorax spray, then cl...
13 years ago
BizarroBlog

NEW BLOG SITE - I've moved this blog to a new site: http://www.bizarrocomics.com/ It's got the entire archive and all my new posts will be there with the same smooth...
13 years ago
Daily Drop Cap

Alphabet 12: A - orem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec mauris lorem, luctus nec imperdiet a, porttitor eget erat. Quisque suscipit congue neque id a...
13 years ago
Strange Kids Club

New Year got you feeling a little "flushed?" Check out the NEW Strange Kids Club! - No worries. Strange Kid is back in business with a slew of cool new stuff planned for 2011 including the announcement of a brand new website: www.strangeki...
14 years ago
Captain Ameriblog

The Captain Ameriblog is now completely Retired! - Thanks for everything, faithful readers!
14 years ago
Uploads from NMC Second Life

2010 NMC Symposium for the Future - NMC Second Life posted a photo: [image: 2010 NMC Symposium for the Future] www.nmc.org/2010-future-symposium
14 years ago
(title unknown)

Spice World -
14 years ago
GraphJam: Pop culture for people in cubicles. (AKA Song Chart Meme)

What book teenagers dig -
14 years ago
SECULAR Center (TM) Blog

Action Alert: Volunteers Needed at Houston Planned Parenthood! - SECULAR Center Volunteers: Please read this copied e-mail from Planned Parenthood. They really need volunteer escorts in Houston on Saturday to walk with cl...
14 years ago
Peter Hirschberg's Journal

Jon St John (voice of Duke Nukem) - Photo Op for Vector Tanks at MAGFest Convention - Jon provides the voice of one of the characters in my upcoming game Vector Tanks EXTREME! I was excited beyond words to meet him in-person at MAGFest 2010 ...
14 years ago
Speak Up

Parting Thoughts - Some of our contributors and friends offer some final words on Speak Up. These were requested not just to make us feel good but to be able to share what Sp...
15 years ago
Naomi's Brain Fuzz

An Amazing Breakfast - One morning this week, during our cruise through the Mexican Riviera, my friends Kitty, Susan (wife of Robert Lancaster aka www.stopsylvia.com) and I were ...
15 years ago
Naomi's Brain Fuzz

MOVED MY BLOG - YOU CAN NOW FIND ME AT www.naomisbrainfuzz.blogspot.com
15 years ago
Geo-Logic

'Tis The Season - What a crazy cool bunch of gifts. Wha? Well... first off... I've been reading the JREF's weekly newsletter/web post blog thang (SWIFT) for almost ten yea...
16 years ago
indexed

Indexed is moving! - Indexed is moving to a new URL: www.thisisindexed.com You'll be redirected there in about three seconds.
16 years ago
Branded in the 80s!

Branded in the 80's is go. - I swear to god, doing anything even sort of tech-savvy gives me one hell of a headache. I bought my first real new computer this past winter and it's op...
18 years ago
Cectic - The Comic

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ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive

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PSDTuts - Just Great Photoshop Tutorials

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skeptifem

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C.H.A.D.

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Dribbble/Dribbble

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vector.net feed

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Etsy shop for KisforKatie

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The Design Encyclopedia

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MAKE Magazine

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The Pain -- When Will It End?

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NMC Campus Observer

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Rustin Jessen

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art machines

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upscale typography

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NMC Campus Observer » Audio / Video

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Stop Robbie Thomas

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James Randi Educational Foundation

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Delicious/nmc_campus

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Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center

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Skepocalypse

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Dresden Codak

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Quipsologies | From the Community

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*We Just Like It*

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Houston Humanist Examiner

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The Cool Hunter - Latest Articles

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The Marvel: A Biography of Jack Parsons

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Torley Lives

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Quipsologies | From the Authors

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Planet Photoshop

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Threadless Weekly

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Dribbble Blog

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Pharyngula

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Comments for NMC Campus Observer

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Tutorialized.com: Free Adobe Photoshop Tutorials

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Catalog of Visual Interestingness

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Kawaii Not

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Alderson & Charron

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Digital Unrest

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Worth1000.com photoshop contest listings

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UNI Freethinkers and Inquirers

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