My digital media classes are designing cereal boxes, and one of the requirements is that they include a custom mascot. Some of my students are unsure of their drawing skills, so today I showed them how they can use a reference image to make a mascot. I used my head as the sample image. I started by showing them the over-detailed image, then the simplified one, and finally the exaggerated and even simpler version. Let’s hope it keeps them from making theirs from AI slop!
Jordan Morris is a writer and the co-host of the Jordan Jesse Go! podcast. This week he was complaining about how often people say to him “Hey, you look like Zach Galifianakis!” And he kinda does, not in a “you might get confused enough to ask him about working on Baskets” way, but in a “if they were casting a movie he could reasonably be picked as a Zach Galifianakis type” way.
So I made this:
Hey, look! Things are getting worse!
I’ve been playing with making custom Photoshop brushes. This was drawn with one of those. I like the way I forgot to color my neck.
Maybe I should get a “how to draw” book.
Sneaking in a last movie of 2025 to wrap up my “Fake posters for every movie I see in 2025” project. My letterboxd list says I’ve seen 254, but my fake poster count is 258 so I’m missing something somewhere.
What a great movie to end the year. It’s hilarious. Also: I never got why people were so enthralled by Marilyn Monroe. I get it.
Pat O’Brien (1531 Vine Street) plays a cop who manages to let a lot of people get shot. He was a very popular actor who appeared in over 100 films.
My LAST FAKE POSTER is… pretty good. Not a favorite, but an acceptable end to the project.
I guess I should do some sort of “wrap-up/what’s next” post tomorrow so that all my imaginary fans aren’t left guessing about my next project.
What a pleasure to get all the way to the end of the year and find a favorite movie. Dark and hilarious, with creative choices I’ve never seen before but instantly understood.
I wrote roughly one billion words about the last movie I saw. Part of that is because bad movies are easier to write about, but it’s also because I don’t want to spoil this movie.
Of course, that doesn’t mean I can’t make a silly fake poster based on a Charlton Heston zombie virus movie!
