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Universal dabbling, funky attitude having
"Boredom is a fearsome prospect. There's a limit to the number of cars and microwaves you can buy. What do you do then?"
- J.G. Ballard
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Thinking in Shapes with Illustrator
Practicing on these car pictures using Illustrator is a great help to my skills and I hope it'll appeal to my students. Thinking in shapes i

Jason Parker
Jan 25, 20251 min read


Adobe Illustrator Portrait Practice
Practicing Illustrator portraiture and experimenting with a variety of tools.

Jason Parker
Jan 24, 20251 min read


New Photoshop demo video
Selections, masks, adjustments, layers, and blending modes in Photoshop.

Jason Parker
Jan 21, 20251 min read


2025! A work in progress
Here we go again! And here’s a thought I had this morning. A work in progress, but I’m enjoying pushing photoshop around, plus I found...

Jason Parker
Jan 1, 20251 min read


Portraits and Practice
In my face-to-face classes, I've been comparing art, photography, design, all to sports and music. How do we get better at anything?

Jason Parker
Nov 17, 20232 min read


Sunday afternoon
I’ve been working on playing chord progressions in different ways and this one sounds pretty.

Jason Parker
Oct 29, 20231 min read


Jasonaut-ing
I spent the morning working on photoshop collage, polishing my skills in advance of teaching an upcoming workshop on compositing.

Jason Parker
Oct 25, 20231 min read


Lines and shadows
Looking for lines and shadows in the interest of photo students.

Jason Parker
Oct 24, 20231 min read


Another colorful walk
Practicing seeing.

Jason Parker
Oct 20, 20231 min read


Neural filters
Getting to know photoshop’s neural filters for colorization.

Jason Parker
Oct 20, 20231 min read


Motivational masterpiece
Whatever this is the solution for, it is an imperfect one. I made this to amuse a friend years ago, and still think about its absolute...

Jason Parker
Sep 25, 20231 min read


Design Skillz Student Advice
Sharing some job tips with my graphic design students and how I pursue my own jobs.

Jason Parker
Sep 22, 20233 min read
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