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• Leave me alone by Garrison Keillor
  There is nothing odd about wanting to be alone. It doesn't mean that I am spray-painting Nazi slogans on the walls and fantasizing about getting even with them what done me wrong. It doesn't indicate male menopause. It only means that I am experiencing Personal Male Secrecy Syndrome (PMSS), the urge common to all men…

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Very funny Pinocchio cartoon

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Yes, it is a political cartoon I have posted here.
No, I do not feel like getting all political today.

Instead, let's talk about the weather. Here at Bizarro International Headquarters in New York City, it has been raining most of the time for weeks. The entire month…

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So Jacko is dead. I've done a few Michael Jackson cartoons and posts over the years and I was no kinder to him than any other humorist. I've always felt sorry for him, though, he was obviously a supremely talented kid driven mad by a strange life and family.

Preliminary rumblings are that…

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I enjoyed this little video

Meeting Brad Guigar from Rafael Irizarry on Vimeo.

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Awesome roundup of some sweet new wordpress themes

You can never have a too wide choice of templates for your blog, especially if you’re the experimenting type, Blogger is probably one of the earliest service providers for blogging,so this time i concentrated on collecting fresh and beautiful blogger templates, Free Themes don’t have to be ugly, cluttered,and boring, Some…

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This was a great movie... saw it in 3D this afternoon.

The latest Upisode featurette for Disney/Pixar’s Up has arrived. This one features Russell’s trap-setting skills and a bar of chocolate. Up, which was directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson, floats into theaters on May 29, 2009.

goopymart posted a photo:

The latest Upisode featurette for Disney/Pixar’s Up has arrived. This one features Russell’s trap-setting skills and a bar of chocolate. Up, which was directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson, floats into theaters on May 29, 2009.

Cross posting is all about spreading the reach of your blog content with minimal effort - you just publish an entry on your main blog and it gets mirrored across all your other blogs.

Here are some scenarios where you may consider cross-posting your blog articles:

Why Cross-Post your Blog Entries?

1. You have just one blog but are looking for a…

The Lovely Anna and I are on our way to London for a week of sightseeing and relaxation. We are travelling with her parents, staying in thier timeshare in the heart of the city. I’ve never been other than trapped in Heathrow wating for a connecting flight, and have always wanted to visit England. I’ll have some posts from the other…

The latest casual Flash game from Amanita Design (Samorost) is on track to release in the Fall, and the team has now dropped a second teaser on us. The game is about “a little robot who’s been thrown out to the scrap yard behind the city must return and confront the Black Cap Brotherhood and save his robot-girl friend.” Have a…

#99 - Week of February 16, 2009

How Canon Prototype Cameras Are Made, steps - [fascinating]
Sound of Neuron Cells Firing - [creepy]
Visualizing Large Numbers of Consumerism - [wow art]
South Celestial Pole Time-lapse Video - [space] - via
Fantastic Street Art: Ice Age Crevasse! - [wow art]
Perspective: Writing in the Age of Distraction - [thought-provoking]
Spectacular photos of Antarctica, luminous ice - [nature]
Britain from above: awesome data visualization - [interesting]
Bruce Sterling speaks about…

Ahhh stone textures, the staple of every good texture diet. Layer them, tile them, map them, they are as versatile as can be. Hopefully you can find some good uses for the ones below. Enjoy!

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There is nothing odd about wanting to be alone. It doesn't mean that I am spray-painting Nazi slogans on the walls and fantasizing about getting even with them what done me wrong. It doesn't indicate male menopause. It only means that I am experiencing Personal Male Secrecy Syndrome (PMSS), the urge common to all men to climb a tree and…

• 51 Essential Programs For A Freeware Only PC | Freeware Mission
  The Freeware Mission started exactly one month ago. My Windows XP powered PC crashed and I had to reinstall everything in it. I decided to try something different: install only freeware programs except Windows XP (I might try Ubuntu later . I was a little bit uncertain at first, because…

• Five Myths on Fathers and Family
  With Father’s Day almost upon us, expect a host of media stories on men and family life. Some will do a good job of capturing the changes and continuities associated with fatherhood in contemporary America. But other reporters and writers will generalize from their own unrepresentative networks of friends and family members, try to baptize…

The Freeware Mission started exactly one month ago. My Windows XP powered PC crashed and I had to reinstall everything in it. I decided to try something different: install only freeware programs except Windows XP (I might try Ubuntu later . I was a little bit uncertain at first, because I was using some commercial programs (Microsoft Office, Nero, BitDefender…

Here’s a great little write-up on “Toolers” by Von Glitschka over at his blog: Art Backwash. What’s a Tooler you ask?  A Tooler is basically a self-proclaimed creative professional with little to no skill and/or talent who relies heavily on computer tools to create art & design. A polite way to say “Hack.” In Von’s own words…

A Tooler however dwells in the realm…

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• How to Make K Per Month with Google AdSense!
  I start with keyword lists from adsenseheaven dot com which guesstimates the most expensive keywords to bid on in the PPC AdWords side of the Google ad world. I generally ignore the top 1000, as they are very competitive and saturated. I am not concerned with the top payouts.
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• No Doubt…

With Father’s Day almost upon us, expect a host of media stories on men and family life. Some will do a good job of capturing the changes and continuities associated with fatherhood in contemporary America. But other reporters and writers will generalize from their own unrepresentative networks of friends and family members, try to baptize the latest family trend, or…

A cartoon depicting how your government really works and thinks. No wonder everything’s broken.

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See Cartoons by Cartoon by David Fitzsimmons - Courtesy of Politicalcartoons.com - Email this Cartoon

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• High Paying Google Adsense Keyword List
  Interesting list of high-paying adsense search terms.
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• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Game - Video Trailer
  Looks pretty darned awesome.
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Interesting list of high-paying adsense search terms.

Looks pretty darned awesome.

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I love this quote by the great Zig Ziglar…

"When you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, the day will come when you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them."

-- Zig Ziglar, Motivational Speaker

Zig Ziglar Video - Prime the Pump…

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Here’s drawing of an old character concept that was never used for Planet Cazmo. I call him “The Claw.” I’m assuming he was a bit too sinister and cold for a Virtual World game for little kids. He’s still an old favorite of mine.

Cartoon Robot Crab Character Design

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• Do you really WANT to succeed? : Jonathan Leger
  You really need to sit back and ask yourself a few questions: Do I really want to succeed? Am I currently working my day job, comfortable in the "steady" paycheck and measure of security that my J-O-B brings me? Am I casually looking into the television of business while eating the bonbons…

You really need to sit back and ask yourself a few questions: Do I really want to succeed? Am I currently working my day job, comfortable in the "steady" paycheck and measure of security that my J-O-B brings me? Am I casually looking into the television of business while eating the bonbons of laziness thinking "my, it sure would be…

I don't know what that thing is but I know I like it! Another fantastic illustration by Goopymart

Via: Papyrus

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I love the way Glenn McCoy portrays Al Gore in his caricatures. Great toon on the man-made global warming / climate change farce…

Via: Glenn McCoy, December 30, 2008 — UCLICK GoComics.com

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• Dragon Drawings | Drawings & Sketches
  I saw these cool dragon drawings & paintings over at Deviant Art so I thought I’d give them some props for inspiration. I haven’t been to DA in a while so it was
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• List of Cartoon Drawing Software
  Cartoon drawing software may be what you are looking for if you've been trying to draw cartoons but…

Here are a couple videos that show you how to draw 2 point perspective. I found these drawing videos over at YouTube. They were created and posted by YouTuber matthew39arch - his main tutorial site can be found at this link. Enjoy!

Here is part 1 of the two point perspective lesson

Here is part 2 of the two point perspective lesson

Overall I thought…

Drawing and sketching Iron Man the movie speedpainting for manga, cartoon and comics. Learn how to draw male hero character: Ironman video tutorial. More info about How to draw and paint: learn from basic sketching to finish drawing quick concept for comics cartoon illustration, manga, anime. Quick and easy drawing and sketching instruction, constructed and draw male face and body:…

How to draw a Panda Bear, a CUTE Cartoon Panda; easy video tutorial lesson. Learn drawing Drawing and coloring cute chibi panda, wild chibi animal for cartoon and comics. Step by Step from basic sketching to coloring online lesson for comics cartoon illustration, manga, anime.

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A cool drawing video by Stefan G. Bucher that show you how to draw a monster. He actually has a lot of videos over at his site that shows you all kinds of ways you can draw monsters yourself!

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I saw these cool dragon drawings & paintings over at Deviant Art so I thought I’d give them some props for inspiration. I haven’t been to DA in a while so it was

A cool drawing video by Stefan G. Bucher that show you how to draw a monster. He actually has a lot of videos over at his site that shows you all kinds of ways you can draw monsters yourself!

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Cartoon drawing software may be what you are looking for if you've been trying to draw cartoons but can't seem to get the images quite right. There are many products on the market, ranging from inexpensive child's drawing tools to complete (and expensive!) graphics suites. I have found 3 of the best inexpensive cartoon drawing packages that would let you…

I saw these cool dragon drawings & paintings over at Deviant Art so I thought I’d give them some props for inspiration. I haven’t been to DA in a while so it was nice to get back and browse some art, so much talent out there.. Enjoy… (click the image below for the full-size art)

A Black Fire Breathing Dragon Painting by…

Here’s a snail alien character design of mine for Planet Cazmo that got nixed… can’t win ‘em all.

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This is my version of Hell... funny cartoon.

Ecellent Toucan Illustration by Goopymart

The NY Times reports that Google recently asked dozens of illustrators to provide art skins for its Chrome browser. They offered a fee of nothing. Well-known illustrators who were invited, like Gary Taxali, Melinda Beck, and Joe Ciardiello, all turned Google down.

View a gallery of Barack Obama cartoons featuring the latest editorial and political cartoons about President Obama and his administration.

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Loved this toon...
Funny Global Warming Al Gore Cartoon by Glenn McCoy
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In general there are two free sources of traffic online. These sources are broadly defined as Social traffic and Search Engine traffic. 99% of all newcomers online set up a blog or website and proceed to try and obtain social traffic. They do this simply because everyone else does it.
How to Get Traffic to your Website or Blog - Make…

I’m getting a lot of duplicate posts using wp-o-matic and if you are reading this, you probably have the same problem.

Instead of fixing wp-o-matic (that’s the developer’s job) I just changed my local wordpress to ignore posts with the same title.

Here is how it works :

Learn How to Draw Realistic Hands with this hand drawing video below.

Here are some funny educational cartoons for your amusement, courtesy of Comics.com...

Education Cartoon 01

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Saw this in my feed reader this morning and had to post it, I’ve always been wicked impressed by chainsaw sculpture artists. Look at the detail on those owls! Rock on!

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Description:
Picture of a sly cartoon fox picture with many poses and some holding blank signs for you to put in your own messages. He's orange & white with black feet, pointy ears and a big ol' fluffy tail. Watch out for this guy, he's apt to raid the hen house when you're not looking!

This cartoon fox graphic is available for…

Great resource for Photoshop custom shapes and a good tutorial on how to use them and install them... enjoy!

...what are Photoshop Custom Shapes? Adobe introduced custom shapes along with Photoshop version 6. With custom shapes, you can do much more with vector graphics than you could before. For example, you can break a shape to use a curve that you…

Prologue a Twitter -like Wordpress theme

The guys at Automattic (the company behind Wordpress) have recently released a Twitter-like theme called Prologue that allows you to post in the vein of micro-blogging. The screenshot is pretty self-explanatory, so I am not going into details. What Wordpress can do more than those services like Jaiku and Twitter is that it allows you to…

Some great freelance tips & advice in question and answer format. Check the site link at the bottom to get the answers to the 8 common questions below, usually asked by beginning freelancers or someone thinking about starting a freelancing career.

This post is a direct follow-up to the open thread we ran last week where we asked for your freelance…

In web forums, instant messengers and online games, text emoticons are often automatically replaced with small corresponding images, which came to be called emoticons as well. Examples of widely known emoticons are the smiley face : ) and the frowny face : (.

We have selected the best 5 sets of emoticons we have found on the internet. You can use…

Seamless patterns are very useful as design elements, especially as background for websites. Adding a bright and interesting seamless pattern as background is a great way to lift the look of a website without much effort.

Here are more than 500 seamless tilable patterns that you can use for your web projects or even as background for making scrapbooks, invitation cards,…

Great collection of nice, high quality free vectors...

The amount of free vector art coming out each day is astonishing, most of which are created by professional freelance vector artists or design studios! Many designers and studios will give out free vector art as a way to showcase their talent and gain exposure. This is a great way to get traffic,…

Here's a question for all my fellow independent freelance professionals... Say a design or media firm hires you to work on a project for one of their regular big-name clients, like Hasbro or Mattel, etc. Is it right or even ethical to list Mattel or Hasbro on your own client list on your website and collateral?

I mean technically they…

Vie Web Designer Depot…

Combining certain elements to create a unique image, that can convince even the most experienced set of eyes, requires a very creative set of skills.

Because the manipulation of a photo gives a realistic view of an unreal picture, you should have an open mind when gathering ideas on how to get creative with your images.

Photo manipulations are…

This is great… with my stock illustration, I sometimes feel like the taco stand. I wouldn’t be surprised if some clients actually tried some of these in real life. I particularly liked the very last one where he asks the chef to show him how he did it so next time they can do it in house! That one’s a…