The Official Portrait Challenge
Oh the reactions (by Robbie F) some people have to our new president! However you feel about him, you can’t deny the new kids in town will be tech-savvy. No series of tubes or the Google from this...
View ArticleA New Day
In a few minutes I’ll be letting the kids in on the news that this is their new home page for the Mac Lab. (The early birds have already found out.) I’m looking forward to seeing how receptive they are...
View ArticleGallery 001 – Pen Tool Self-Portraits
No, the picture at left (by Kyle R) isn’t a self-portrait but it is an Illustrator Pen Tool tour de force. Kyle also animated the process in Flash. I’ll dig up the file and link to it here. I’m...
View ArticleGallery 003 – 25 Pen Tool Mastery Examples
We’ve only had Illustrator (Jeff P) in here for a year and a half. In that time we’ve had more than a few kids who’ve taken me up on my claim: If you understand how to use the Pen Tool, a whole world...
View ArticleDaily Inspiration
Yesterday I fired off an email to Fabio at Abduzeedo with a link to this page. I was curious if he’d think highly enough of the kids’ work to include any in the site’s Daily Inspiration feature. Low...
View ArticleThat’s Why They’re Called Deadlines
In the Mac Lab, students are given opportunity after opportunity to succeed. I have mixed feelings about the lessons you learn — or fail to learn — about being responsible the first time around due to...
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