A 30min digital painting.
I’ve been using kuler for help/inspiration with color sets. I grab a set and just use those colors to paint. It’s been really fun!
Tagged with: daily sketch • my art
Dance Teachers Shape the Lindy Hop Community: In modern Lindy Hop, most people's entrance into the community is through a class. I think perhaps Back In The Day, you just got out on the floor and learned 'in the wild'. But Nowadays, instructors rule our world.
Good and bad, right? I think h... 770 view(s) 
Free Steampunk Gears for Photoshop:
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A set of 10 free Photoshop custom shapes for any of your fine mechanical construction projects. Ideal for zeppelins, airships, gyroscopes and widgets. These gears are offered gratis, but don't go off trying to sell them.
Or perhaps y... 356 view(s) 
Jack’ing in the J&J: A couple weeks ago, I competed as a lead in a fun little Jack & Jill at the Omaha Jitterbugs' Christmas party. I say 'little' because well, there's probably no friendlier audience and lower stakes than that homey atmosphere surrounded by your home s... 270 view(s) 
T-Shirt Mod Tutorial: Two Color Hipster Cowel Neck: I think t-shirt modding is one of my favorite craft projects because it's cheap and it really doesn't matter if you mess up - it's a $2.99 XL shirt from the Goodwill. I don't like t-shirt mods that are just a cut-job and you end up with a tattered ga... 190 view(s) 
Shout Sister Shout:
This one's called Shout Sister Shout. Sometimes with commas, sometimes without.
If you get to around 1:10, you'll see what inspired the drawing. It's not literal and I'm sure Rachel had her own reasons for doing what she did. But it just m... 176 view(s) 
We Need to Be Past the Passive Follow in Lindy Hop: I am repulsed by the idea that I am a device to be manipulated, or a prize to be displayed.
I am not a blank slate, I am not a hijacker, and I have more to say in this dance than a variation on my lead's grand idea. I'm not a very coordinated sack... 156 view(s) 
The Discussion of Gender in Lindy Hop:
Reflections on Feminism & Follower-focused Events by Gina Helfrich (May 15, 2008)
Building an Inclusive Swing Dance Community by Rik Panganiban (December 20, 2009)
An entry of mine from later this month. I'd forgotten I'd written it: Leads... 146 view(s) - Steampunk Goggles Activate: Oh the days of steampunk. What happened to those simpler times where steam and clockworks powered everything, we were all zeppelin pilots, mechanics and inventors, and daily life for most folks necessitated goggles? (Was it all the alchemical motes ... 133 view(s)
Women Leading & Men Following: I've collected some YouTube clips of Lindy Hop partnerships where women are leading, and men are following. Some of them are social clips, others choreographed for competitions, and still others are improvised jam-style competitions. They are all o... 123 view(s) 
OmegaTech: Big news. It all happened so fast! (For me anyway...!) A few weeks ago I was brought onto the team for a brand new game development studio out of Austin TX called Mega World Studios. They needed a community manager and website person and I was ins... 112 view(s)