Outdoor Skills – Ticks
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 ...
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 fis ...
All about Pixels (well, some stuff about them)
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 wi ...
Space Cadet Illustration, Digital Painting Step-By-Step
A digital painting step-by-step of the process behind the cover painting I did for a Full Cast Audio's Space Cadet packaging.
Calculating Gallery Pricing
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 ...
Chromatic Black Friday
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 chromat ...