Paul Fell, a very talented cartoonist and good friend, introduced me to a terrific pen for cartooning a number of years ago. It was the Fountain Pentel Pen. The Fountain Pentel was a disposable fountain pen and allowed the cartoonist to draw with a varying line thickness.  And laying down thin and thick lines really […]

My alma mater is The Ohio State University.  I’m a life member of the alumni association.  And, like many other alums, I’m on a lot of the university’s mailing lists. On February 16, 2011, I (along with other Alumni, students, faculty, and staff) received an email from Ohio State University  president E. Gordon Gee. The […]

On Tuesday,  I posted a friendly reminder about lighting and protecting your computer. I needed an image for that post, and quickly turned to The Gimp to create it.  And it was easy! I first went to Deviant Art and downloaded lighting brushes for Gimp. You can get those here. Extract the file and drop […]