We all know that I love branding. And I’ve written about the experience of developing the brand for So Puzzled Puzzle Company, the jigsaw puzzle company that Jenny and I own. An event that So Puzzled is participating in later this month gave me an opportunity to develop an alternate brand for the company and […]
Back in April, So Puzzled Puzzle Company was a vendor at the Michigan Makers Spring Market. We got set up quickly so I had some time to wander the show floor, which got me thinking about puzzle-themed crafts. I’ve been wanting to play with resin molds – and it’s been a long time since I let […]
While I was writing about my efforts developing branding for So Puzzled Puzzle Company, I realized (not for the first time) that how I’ve been writing about my art has been a little bit weird. This blog has always been a little more development-centric but it’s still my personal blog, so when I want to […]
My wife and I decided to start a new business last fall, a jigsaw puzzle company. It was something way outside either of our respective wheelhouses but we slowly moved forward, learning along the way, and after months of planning we have our first series of puzzles available for sale. The one thing that wasn’t […]
Last month, a new basketball league called the Basketball Superleague was announced. I consider myself pretty plugged-in to such things, if for no other reason than my interest in sports branding, but basketball really isn’t my sport and there are dozens of regional low-level basketball leagues that come and go, so this normally wouldn’t have […]
Earlier this year I wrote a bit about setting up a Mastodon server. I stuck to the technical side in that post but, in addition to that, there was the branding of the server (and a second server that spun off of it) so I figured I’d write that up here. Shocking no one, I’m […]
Many years ago now, I wrote about the challenge of re-branding one of my fantasy hockey teams in a league where team identities were treated very seriously. In the years since then, that particular league has itself rebranded (going from the NHA – National Hockey Association – to the NSHL – National Simulated Hockey League) […]
I’ve had a hard time with inspiration lately. A little while ago I started experimenting with mixing my own paints and learning the science behind that and I just haven’t been able to get it right. As I fought with that, suddenly months had passed and I hadn’t created anything worth showing. I got a […]
I’ve been doing a bit with poured paints lately but it’s always been to provide a background effect to a piece where some other technique was also in play. This week I wanted to do some dirty pours that stood on their own. When I’m going for a background “marble” effect, I use a lot […]
I’ve been talking about revisiting my original “Legends” series since I did that work and started to do so when I was putting together my entry in the “Paint By Red Wings Numbers” contest last winter (also called “Legends”) before hitting technical difficulties. Having solved those issues when working on some of my Ukrainian flag-inspired […]