I did this for a friend, Joe, who owns a Smoothie King franchise. The text will say “Smoothie King: Where fruit goes to get whipped.” The store is in Harrisonburg, VA (right next to the Marine recruiter if you want to make two stops). It’s also across the street from James […]

I find Abraham Lincoln’s method of planning the most appealing and the most practical. Jokingly, he has stated that his “plan is to have no plan.” When pressed further, he equated his method of planning with how he navigated a river as a riverboat captain. When navigating the river, he would plan […]

Here are some pictures from my latest studies.

It’s amazing how much more I enjoy drawing vehicles now that I understand how to do them better. This one was drawn and inked by me with Kyle Tobin doing the rest.

I’ve always had a problem drawing wheels. I eventually tracked down the problem: my understanding of how circles are effected by linear perspective was flawed. I had studied the problem, but when I applied what I thought I knew, my wheels never turned out quite right. No amount of practice with my […]

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Intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience.
— Albert Einstein

The main point about reading, collaboration, and experimentation is not that these are simply three ways to learn, but rather they represent an integrated approach to learning where […]

I picked up a bookmark from the UPS store that reads:

Deliver Hope.
The Toys for Tots Literacy Program offers our nation’s most economically disadvantaged children the ability to compete academically and to succeed in life by providing direct access to resources that will enhance their ability to read and to communicate effectively.
100% of the proceeds benefit […]