Daily Inspiration #1048

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

73 Links and Photos That Will Make Your Photography-Loving Head Explode

It’s been a truly wonderful week online in the world of photography, and Toad Hollow Photography has been busy collecting the best set of links to tutorials, great photography and interesting blogs to share with everyone.  This is a really great list highlighting wonderful work by some of the best… read more

Daily Inspiration #1046

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Incredible Matte Painting: 25 Digital Wonders

Incredible Matte Painting: 25 Digital Wonders

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Best of Tuts+ in January 2012

Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is the best place to start!

Psdtuts+ — Photoshop Tutorials

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Mind Blowing Oil Paintings – By Artist Duffy Sheridan

Mind Blowing Oil Paintings – By Artist Duffy Sheridan

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Fantastic Female Body Painting

Fantastic Female Body Painting

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20 Beautiful Digital Paintings from Artist Loopy Dave

20 Beautiful Digital Paintings from Artist Loopy Dave

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Tremendous & Incredible Examples Of Body Painting Art

Tremendous & Incredible Examples Of Body Painting Art

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Surreal Fantasy Paintings By Cyril Rolando

Surreal Fantasy Paintings By Cyril Rolando

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Best of the Week #207

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

The Work of Digital Speed Painter Nico Dimattia

If you have ever searched for speed paintings on Youtube, you’ve probably seen the work of Nico Dimattia. Dimattia is an exceptional digital painter from Argentina who has received worldwide attention on his Youtube channel with his amazing speed painting videos. In this article we will feature some of his… read more

Create A Jeans Vector in Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator can be a little tricky to get your hands around, particularly after getting used to the workflow of applications like Photoshop. The differences between layer use and the creation of objects and shapes can be really strange at first hand.

In the following steps you will learn how to… read more

Is iOS the Future of the Mac?

When I used an iPad for the first time, I couldn’t help but think that it felt like the future of computing. The iPad not only impressed me with its beautiful interface, but also delighted me with an effortless user experience. No matter how much I used the device, it… read more

Daily Inspiration #1041

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Outstanding Funny Digital Paintings To Make You Laugh

Outstanding Funny Digital Paintings To Make You Laugh

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Daily Inspiration #1040

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Sony NEX-7 Review

This is a big gun in a small package. Considering the sensor has been ported from the A65 and A77 you would expect a fairly zinging performance and you’re not wrong!

The interchangeable lens, magnesium alloy bodied NEX-7 would also seem to gain from the absence of a partially-silvered mirror in… read more

Awesome Light Effect in Pixelmator

Pixelmator is a really cool tool for image manipulations and editing. It is a really versatile tool for some photo manipulations and the new version of the tools, the 2.0 has a brand new text tool with more options. So I decided to create a light effect using Pixelmator.

In this… read more

Photorealistic Food Paintings by Tjalf Sparnaay

Photorealistic Food Paintings by Tjalf Sparnaay

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Interview with Dabs and Myla

Today I’m going to introduce to you guys this adorable australian couple of graffiti writers, please welcome Dabs and Myla. These fellas have been doing some extremely funky and interesting artworks both on the streets and on galleries. So it’s really nice to have a the opportunity to understand more… read more

Create a 100% Vector, Painterly Illustration – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial

In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, we will use Adobe Illustrator to create a dynamic painterly textured illustration. This technique can be done using a mouse; however, a tablet will give you an extra level of control. We’ll cover the complete vector painting process from sketch to final illustration. If you… read more

Daily Inspiration #1038

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

The Incredible Digital Art of Michael Oswald

In this article we will be featuring the work of Michael Oswald. Oswald is a digital artist with a unique style. His technique involves a combination of photo manipulation and digital painting techniques and the results are often stunning. Let’s take a look! Tinker Toy Timeless Beauty Under My Skin… read more

The Pixel Renaissance: Pixel Art’s Place in 21st Century Expression

My first experience with pixels occurred in second grade. During the rainy months, our teacher allowed us to stay inside, where we replaced recess with video game tournaments. Huddled over old Apple II monitors, we maneuvered game hero Panama Joe through endless levels of Montezuma’s Revenge.

Panama Joe’s image featured an… read more

Weekly Photo Link Roundup: The Coolest Of This Week

The freezing cold fingers of winter have arrived in the Toads part of the world, but this hasn’t kept him from searching the internet for the best tutorials, photography and interesting blogs to share with everyone.  He was slightly limited due in part to the storm, but is still very… read more

Vivid Paintings by Phan Thu Trang

Vivid Paintings by Phan Thu Trang

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Super Easy Vintage Look to Photos in Pixelmator

Vintage looking photography is super trendy especially with so many apps for Android and iPhone, apps like Instagram, Hipstmatic and so on. The vintage look is cool and easy to create in Pixelmator especially light leaks. That’s why I decided to give it a try.

In this tutorial I will show… read more

20 Tutorials for Learning Digital Painting Techniques

20 Tutorials for Learning Digital Painting Techniques

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Immortal Technique: A Quick Look at Minimalism

There’s a little bit of murmuring going on that the design technique, most affectionately referred to as minimalism, is dying and/or dead. I couldn’t disagree more. I believe that minimalism is not dead, mainly because people don’t quite realize what it is.

Unfortunately, it seems like people think of it… read more

Brave New Worlds: Showcase of Fantasy Digital Paintings

When it comes to digital paintings there are many artists whose virtual brushes capture life as we know it in some form or fashion. Giving us glimpses at our world through their imaginations. Though some go beyond this world, and they dip their brushes in the wells of the fantastic…. read more

20 Things You Didn’t Know About Pop Art & Graphic Design

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The advent of the Pop Art movement in the 50′s didn’t just impress the wealthy, it changed the culture. So iconic and profound were the inspirations and meanings behind this movement that it’s art is still featured, studied and produced to this day.

In this article,… read more

Inspired Water Colour Paintings(20) From Geliographic Studio

Inspired Water Colour Paintings(20) From Geliographic Studio

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Daily Inspiration #1031

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

The Photography Junky’s Weekly Link Collection

The Toad has been searching the internet all week for the very best tutorials, great photography and interesting blogs to share with everyone here.  This weeks list contains some really wonderful images as captured and shared by some of the most talented artists and photographers the Toad knows.  We really… read more

Daily Inspiration #1030

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Daily Inspiration #1029

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Breathtaking Landscapes from Old Books by Guy Laramee

What do you do with your old books? We mostly see them in libraries, garage sale and more. Nevertheless old books tend to get dirty, useless and dusty. But this artist originally coming from Montreal, Qc of Canada, founded another way to give a new life to these old books…. read more

Photographic Levitation – The Prop Method

Remember this article? Here’s one of the follow-ups! Today, I’m going to show you how to use props to aid you in your flying ambition.

What you will need:

A camera
A tripod
A prop to sit/stand/recline on

Optional:

Trigger release
Flash (entirely up to you)
Other props to add to the look of the photo

So what can… read more

The Stunning Paintings of John Barry Ballaran

Today we are featuring the art of Filipino digital artist John Barry Ballaran. His stunning digital paintings feature a wide variety of themes ranging from super heroes to cyber punk monsters. Let’s take a look. Wolv This portrait of a popular superhero captures all of his emotion perfectly. Rain This… read more

Focus on Mattijn Franssen ~ An Introduction to his Fictional Universe

I recently discovered the work of Dutch artist Mattijn Franssen. I must admit, I did a double take on his amazing photomontage work. Photomontage is the technique of making a composite of several different pictures with a photo editing software. It is commonly used by Photoshop users but few people… read more

Daily Inspiration #1026

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Photographing The 4th Dimension – TIME [ebook REVIEW]

I have high hopes for Jim Goldstein’s new ebook series titled Inspired Exposure and the first offering Photographing The 4th Dimension: Time is the subject of this review. Some of you may know Jim from his writing here on DPS or from his ever popular blog. While I know Jim… read more

Best of the Week #204

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

35 Beautiful Body Painting and Skin Artworks

35 Beautiful Body Painting and Skin Artworks

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Daily Inspiration #1025

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

45 Useful Photoshop Tutorials From 2011

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In this roundup we have collected 45 outstanding Photoshop tutorials released in 2011. If you like these photoshop tutorials you might also want to check out some of our previous posts below. Enjoy!

35 Amazing Photo Effect Photoshop Tutorials

30 Awesome Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials

Create a Powerful Human… read more

Focal Points In Design Layout

Why are magazines and books always laid out the same? Even with alternative design, there is a harmony in layout or the reader’s head will explode… or they will just stop reading and skip to the next page. Successful design in publishing, advertising, web design, illustration and anything else that… read more

Snapheal: Pure Image Editing Magic

Do you remember the last time you searched frantically for your camera to capture a moment, a landscape or something else that took your breath away? And do you remember the disappointment when you later at home saw that something – a lamp post, a person, a trash bin… –… read more

Daily Inspiration #1024

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Interview with Maria Dimova, aka Dimary

Today our guest is a graphic designer Maria Dimova (aka Dimary) from Moldova. She is a professional designer/illustrator that always makes time to work for pleasure. Exactly such artworks illustrated in this interview. Maria works in a style of fantasy and Hed Kandi. Meet the person for who vector is… read more

Daily Inspiration #1023

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Top 50 Graphic Design Photoshop Tutorials from 2011

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What a great year 2011 has been for the Photoshop community. With so many new tutorials being published daily it has never been easier to learn a new creative techniques that will help reduce your learning curve substantially.
In this yearly round-up we have… read more

Piet Zwart: The Rebellious Type

“Among the few I have indicated, is there no dynamic man of action, the rebel who will help determine the aspect of the collective expression of tomorrow? Ponder this question and know that to make beautiful creations for the sake of their aesthetic value will have no social significance tomorrow,… read more

Daily Inspiration #1022

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Learn Digital Painting Concepts From Photo References

Painting in Photoshop can seem like quite a challenge to take on. An idea may be vivid in your mind but hard to translate to canvas. To help out this process, many artists use photo references to understand the elements of their pieces such as lighting, composition, and perspective. In… read more

Stunning Digital Art Inspired by Video Games

Since their inception, video games have provided great inspiration for offline artists and digital artists alike. Video games generally adhere to a fantasy theme, which is perhaps what makes them so intriguing visually. Often characters are exaggerated human forms, with bulging bodies, enormous power, or great speed and agility. Many… read more

Best of Abduzeedo 2011 – Part 2

The year 2011 just ended and it has been such a big year for all of us. I made a round-up of what was the best and interesting posts from Abduzeedo from the year 2011. And here’s the second part, I hope you guys will enjoy it!

On behalf of the… read more

Danny Turcotte Light Painting In Long Exposure

Danny Turcotte Light Painting In Long Exposure

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Daily Inspiration #1021

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Figurative Paintings by Andre Kohn

Figurative Paintings by Andre Kohn

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Daily Inspiration #1020

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Paintings by Vie Dunn-Harr

Paintings by Vie Dunn-Harr

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Best of Abduzeedo 2011 – Part 1

The year 2011 is coming to an end and it has been such a big year for all of us. I decided to share this first part of a round-up of the best and interesting posts from Abduzeedo this year. I hope you guys will enjoy it!

On behalf of the… read more

Best of the Week #203

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

Meet the Writer Being Sued for His 17,000 Twitter Followers

At any conference, product launch or other event where the top tier of tech reporters gather, Noah Kravitz is easy to pick out of a crowd. He’s the affable guy with glasses, earring and a cue-ball head; a supersmart cellphone-loving thirtysomething with a finely tuned sense of the absurd.

Online,… read more

Realistic Paintings of Super-Heros by Simon Monk

Realistic Paintings of Super-Heros by Simon Monk

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Fabulous Paintings by Antonio Sgarbossa

Fabulous Paintings by Antonio Sgarbossa

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25 Beautiful Digital Paintings From Artist Shane Devries

25 Beautiful Digital Paintings From Artist Shane Devries

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Daily Inspiration #1018

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Interview with Justin Currie

Today we are going to meet a young Canadian graphic designer Justin Currie. Despite his youth, he has great artwork and his own recognizable style that he calls Shattered Vector Painting. In this interview Justin shares the technique he uses to create this style. “An artist is always learning, always… read more

Daily Inspiration #1016

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Welcome To Fascinating & Expensive Digital Artwork Paintings

Welcome To Fascinating & Expensive Digital Artwork Paintings

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Introducing The Bronken Fingaz Crew

It’s hard to describe the art from the israeli crew, it’s a sort of mix of Retro Comic Book, Hardcore/Punk Rock Drawings and Psychedelic Paintings. Anyway, that actually doesn’t matter, because they can bring some really stunning results, I just got addicted on their style.

If you want to know more… read more

Part-time jobs for creatives that help your business sense

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36 Jaw-dropping Light Painting Photographs

Light painting (also called light graffiti or light drawing) is a photography technique that requires a great amount of discipline, creativity and precision. It can be achieved by using a slow shutter speed setting in a dark place. By utilizing either a moving light source or a moving camera, the lens… read more

Contemporary Paintings by Richard Baxter

Contemporary Paintings by Richard Baxter

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Watercolor Paintings by Silvia Pelissero

Watercolor Paintings by Silvia Pelissero

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Best Of 2011: 70 Beautiful And High Quality Free Textures

For the designing fraternity, premium quality texture, backgrounds and patterns are the most necessitated freebies on the internet. Use of texture in web designs is tremendously frequent. As a result every designer is in search of good quality textures, although they do not get all at one place. Therefore, in… read more

Sony NEX-5N Review

They’re all looking pretty much of a muchness. Peas in a pod. Hard to tell one from the other: mirrorless, interchangeable lens cameras.

Sony’s NEX approach broke from cover soon after Olympus and Sony had got going with their Micro Four Thirds models. It soon achieved some notice and not a… read more

75 Outstanding Tutorials, Quick Tips, Articles and Interviews from Vectortuts+ in 2011

As the year comes to an end and we pack up our vector tools for some well deserved rest and relaxation, let’s take a look back at some of the best and most inspiring Vectortuts+ articles and tutorials for 2011.

The following collection is just a fraction of the fantastic content… read more

Awesome Free Texture Packs from 2011

As the year draws to a close, we tend to take a look back over the year and take stock. This post is here to not only sort of serve that purpose, but to also stock up on some of the year’s top free texture packs from around the web…. read more

Comic Book Artist: Frank Frazetta

Although Frank was more about a Illustrator than a penciler or a colorist, it’s quite undeniable that he influenced whole generations of comic book artists. He just defined the main image of heroes as Conan, Tarzan, Vampirella and also created a whole fantasy universe, in a really unique and unbelievable… read more

Smooth Skins

Effective Skin-Retouching Actions for Photoshop

“Effortless” skin retouching often ends in even more effort—and is usually more apparent—but Smooth Skins from Digital Heavens offers a lot of options, with a lot of support. It teaches all levels of Photoshop users a better way to clean up even dramatic skin imperfections… read more

Design in Motion: Inspiring Speed Art Videos

When designers use YouTube, most times they are looking for a great tutorial or looking to learn about the basics of a new topic as quickly as possible. Some of the most popular places to turn are speed art videos. Speed art videos are an overlooked source of inspiration for… read more

Painting Speaks for Itself! Terrific Series of Women in Paintings

Painting Speaks for Itself! Terrific Series of Women in Paintings

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Best of the Week #201

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

Daily Inspiration #1007

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

The Louvre’s Got Game, Replaces Audio Tours With Nintendo 3DS [VIDEO]

The world’s busiest museum is getting an upgrade. Starting in March, the Louvre will offer visitors Nintendo 3DS hand-held game consoles instead of the typical audio players most museums use.

The Louvre is getting the 5,000 3DS devices through a partnership with… read more

Nightscapes: Photographing the City at Night

By Joseph Eckert

The idea of taking photographs at night can be counterintuitive to the novice photographer. After all, photography is an art, a craft, a technology that is wholly built on light. Film or digital, it doesn’t matter: we need light to make a photograph—it is as simple as that.

Night,… read more

How to Create a Stinking Zombie Flesh-Eater in Illustrator

A few times a each month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of Vectortuts+. This tutorial by Nik Holmes was first published on June 19th 2009.

In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a cartoon zombie in Illustrator. Starting by creating… read more

A Showcase of Portrait Photography

When photographers set out to take a picture of someone, there are those who say they are out to capture a lie; while others will argue that what they are really trying to get at the heart of is the truth. Not matter what side of the fence it is… read more

Daily Inspiration #1006

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Daily Inspiration #1005

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

FreelancerPro Interview: Punky Chicken

Sometimes, the freelance world can seem like one big sea with too many fishes. There are plenty of designers, writers, crafters–but then there are a few that stand out. You know the type…you look at their work and you know they are the real deal.

Courtney Mason is that type… read more

“HERITAGE.” Painting project by Kikayis

“HERITAGE.” Painting project by Kikayis

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Best Of 2011: Ultimate Collection Of High Quality Photoshop Tutorials

Every so often, you may discover it complicated to search for some of the highest quality Photoshop tutorials by means of search engines. Seeing that most of time, approximately all tutorials would tag themselves to be excellent, high quality or even the best Photoshop tutorial you can get. When exploring… read more

Showcase of Festive Holiday-Themed Artwork

The holidays are right around the corner so we thought it would be great to feature some digital art created specifically for the holiday season. Some of the art features stunning snowy landscapes, others show off re-imaginings of classic holiday characters. Let’s take a look! The Evil Snowman by Beloved-Creature… read more

Uncharitable Charitable Design

Like many people, I always say, “Never work for free.” Like many people, I break that rule when it comes to a good cause or meeting women. So far, I’ve only been screwed… by the good causes, that is.

This winter, I spent three days working for a nationwide charitable initiative… read more

Paintings by Paul Van Ginkel

Paintings by Paul Van Ginkel

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