TODAY'S FEATURED POST
Sifting through the Treasure Trove
For this last day of 2024, I had the idea of sharing my top-10 articles of the year. This is a treasure trove of a website, but with 4500+ posts, I need to bookmark the ones that I expect to revisit. With 253 just this year it proved impossible to narrow it down to just 10 (even with me re-reading all of them in the last month!), especially with the variety of resources amongst them.…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Reality Bites
December 30, 2024 - Above: "We're not 'Barista Vampires'! We're Artisan Writer Vampires who currently happen to be working as baristas." "And Graphic Designer Vampires. Hi, I'm Cass." I laughed while watching the "Come Out and Play" episode of the final season of What We Do in the Shadows when—in a parody of the film The Warriors in which the vampire family is pursued by other bloodsucking clans—they encounter the "not Barista Vampires." It was funny...but also a little sobering, too. I was reminded of the old story about every restaurant server in Hollywood "actually being" a director/screenwriter/actor/designer who was only waiting tables until they got their big break. It seems like it's gotten to be the same way for the entire creative community these days and pursuing a career of any sort, for a whole host of reasons, can…
PREVIOUS POSTS
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David Kassan – Free Webcast
Monday, December 24, 2012
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Roman Legionnaires – It’s All in the Reference
Saturday, December 22, 2012
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How to Digitally Paint Hair
Friday, December 21, 2012
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Binders Full of Women
Thursday, December 20, 2012
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Here Comes Santa Claws
Thursday, December 20, 2012
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Sketching
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
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