Sketchblog

Good bye Blogger!

It was five-and-a-half years of fun, but it had to end I suppose. Blogger recently announced that they would no longer support FTP blogging, which is how I managed this blog since 2004. It was nice of them to offer the service for free to begin with, so I can’t get too bent out of shape about it. Simply put, I would sign in to Blogger to make posts on anthonyzierhut.com, instead of a blogspot address. It was convenient, but occasionally buggy, and sometimes leaving me unable to post anything at all; and so I guess they don’t want the headache of keeping that aspect of their service going.

So, this is the new Sketchblog — thanks to my programmer friend Josh and to WordPress! I’m also a little relieved to be clear of the Blogger / Google Empire too, to be honest…

None of the links to my blog or website should be any different. So if you link to me, fear not! Everything should work as smoothly or smoother than it ever has.

March 31, 2010 0

Sketch book music video

I just found this via moleskinerie. Very inspiring. Makes me want to draw something in my sketch book!

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9465743&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

SKANK – NOITES DE UM VERÃO QUALQUER – MUSIC VIDEO from CONRADO ALMADA on Vimeo.

NOITES DE UM VERÃO QUALQUER – MUSIC VIDEO from CONRADO ALMADA on Vimeo.

March 12, 2010 0

The Rappin’ Mathematician

I’m not sure why this is the third post recently of someone standing in front of an audience with a microphone. Coincidence, I suppose.

Anyway, this was at a PTA meeting I attended with my daughter this evening. The guest speaker was Alex Kajitani, aka the “Rappin’ Mathematician”. He was very inspiring, talking about reaching middle school kids using rap to teach algebra. Here’s a YouTube video from a CBS newscast that explains it pretty well. He was showing us his student – produced music videos about parallel lines and negative and positive numbers. I got the room pretty well, and his physical attitude, but I was not so good with his likeness. So, when he sat down after the presentation, I got to remedy that:

These were both line drawings done in my sketch book at the event, then brought home, scanned and value added in Photoshop.

March 9, 2010 0

Sketches from the public education meeting

These were some quick line drawings that I did during the meeting last night and then added value in Photoshop.

It was an important meeting. Letting us know about layoffs of teachers and options they were considering. Pretty depressing, actually.

March 5, 2010 0

Joan Teaching

This sketch was done just minutes ago. My wife teaching kids art. We had lunch together at the school. Now, back to work!

March 3, 2010 0

7 Elements of an Effective Portfolio Website

I just found this on Thomas James‘ site: 7 Elements of an Effective Portfolio Website. Excellent information there. I found it via Leif Peng’s Today’s Inspiration — a site I visit nearly every day.

March 3, 2010 0