In the spring and early summer, I had signed up for a Built-up Capitals class. Based on my previous experience with Yves' online classes, I figured I would not be able to learn all of the material presented, but at
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A collection of 8 posts
TypeCon and Blog Update
Last week I went to TypeCon (which is a typographic conference). It was conveniently held in Seattle, so I didn't have to travel far or pay an exorbitant amount for a hotel room. I first heard about this conference last
Cooking Temperatures, Part 1
Phew, last two weeks have been quite busy! I had the CodeU summit in California, and then spent the weekend kayaking for 20 miles along the San Juan island coast. Not trying to make excuses here, but I didn't have
We Can Always Eat More
You might think that this is a strange thing for me to say, "We can always eat more." That's because I didn't come up with the phrase. One day, several months ago, I was eating dinner with my
Bratwurst Poster
Today's blog is about a silly poster. Just like all silly things, it has a little back story. I work at this nice place that provides lunch to employees. Most of the time we get what you would consider "
Assignment #3: Expression poster (final version)
Back in February, I was working on the expression poster for my class. I got some feedback about what I could improve, but since the improvements were not required, I kept putting them off, and off, and off. And then
Assignment #3: Expression poster (Part 2)
Last week, I came up with two poster ideas that I brought to class with me. Based on the comments that I received, I made some changes and created the final version. One of the complaints about my initial ideas
On the direction of light
One of the most fundamental principles of creating a three-dimensional scene is to establish the direction of light. In a complex composition, there may be multiple light sources, and some objects may be obscured by one another, but today I