Do not drown an embedded tick in Vick’s, or oil, or soap, or anything! Do not touch it with a hot match. These “home remedies” will make it regurgitate its gut contents — and the parasites that cause Lyme, if he’s carrying — into the wound.
Read more →Catch & Release Originally published in Adirondack Explorer magazine Written & Illustrated by Jerry Russell Releasing the fish you catch is a good way to help maintain fish populations.But catch-and-release fishing requires a different, gentler approach than “catch and cook.” You can greatly increase a released fish’s chance of survival
Read more →All about Pixels (well, some stuff about them) People get confused about pixels, and resolution, and image size and things of that sort when considering digital images. Here’s a little chart that will help explain some of the terms and hopefully demystify the subject. Feel free to share. Just let
Read more →Studio Tips: Here’s a little tool I fashioned for scoring paper/cardboard prior to folding it. It makes for a clean, precise fold.
Read more →A digital painting step-by-step of the process behind the cover painting I did for a Full Cast Audio’s Space Cadet packaging.
Read more →Calculating Gallery Pricing Hey Artists! (or anyone who sells through a gallery or business that takes a commission) Here’s a formula you can use to price your work so that you end up with what you want for it once the gallery takes its commission. Let’s say you want to
Read more →Impressionist painters avoided using straight black in the shadow and dark areas of their paintings because straight-from-the-tube black is a rather lifeless color. They chose instead to use chromatic blacks (a.k.a. mixed black), which usually don’t contain any black pigment. They are mixed either on the palette or in advance
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