I came across this little gem on Facebook: Sean Connery telling Steve Jobs to fuck off. Again.
And for the record, we all sell our souls shilling for someone. Sean did it for Aston-Martin.
Every once in a while, when I upload pieces like the one above to social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Reddit, someone asks for an explanation of the process to produce it. It’s not super complex, but it is a little involved. So, in this post, I’m going to describe the basic process;…
It’s happened a couple of times: while chatting with colleagues I reference a seminal movie, and I get a blank look, or “I’ve never seen that.” My jaw drops. “You’re kidding!” We’re talking about such mammoths of cinematic history as Apocalypse Now, or The Ten Commandments. So I started putting together a list of essential…
My friend Mariann has been an avid promoter and attendee of Toronto’s HotDocs festival, lo these many years. So it was no surprise when she called to recruit me to be part of her entourage while attending said festival. I had, in fact, discussed one of this year’s selections with colleagues at my new place…
I’ve been using Paint Shop Pro for years. I got pretty good at making greeting cards, but there was a limit to what I could do in terms of photo-realistic compositions. My friend, Kristan Uccello, posted a link on Facebook to a set of tilt-shift miniatures, which I think I can pull off. I’m also…
Lovely day today. Yvonne was off work, so we thought we might spend the day together. What a novel idea! We were thinking of going to the Toronto International Art Fair, but our friends Hugh and Diane warned us it was lame. They instead recommended the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition at Nathan Philips Square, in…
Wherein our hero ill-advisedly sheds his protective covering in the name of Art.
