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Death of Adobe Offsetting

Over two years ago, I started writing a monthly blog post about ending my dependence on Adobe software. As a visual artist, it was difficult to think…

2015 Adobe Offsetting: Year in review

So closes another year for Adobe Offsetting. Every month for the past two years I’ve given money to Free & Open Source Software (FOSS), kickstarters,…

Adobe Offsetting: December 2015

Working at the Society for Science & the Public made it easy this month for finding something good to support with my Adobe Offsetting dollars….

Adobe Offsetting: November 2015

Yesterday was a national holiday for the US and today is our biggest shopping day of the year, Black Friday. If you’re planning to spend…

Adobe Offsetting: October 2015

Over the past two years, Krita has become a force to be reckoned with in the digital painting arena. Their ambitious developers have launched two successful…

Adobe Offsetting: September 2015

August was a month of relaxation, taking a break from work and being constantly connected to the internet. Now fully rested, it feels good to get…

Adobe Offsetting: August 2015

I decided to post August’s Adobe Offsetting a week early since I was able to take advantage of Blender’s special discount for the Cosmos Laundromat…

Adobe Offsetting: July 2015

For a second month in a row, open source is taking a back seat to proprietary software for my Adobe Offsetting. As a rule I…

Adobe Offsetting: June 2015

Anime Studio always surprises users with fantastic new features. From their 3D approach to vector drafting and ground-breaking introduction of smart bones, Anime Studio has shown consistent…

Adobe Offsetting: May & a Krita interview

Spring is in the air, taxes are done, and it’s time to focus on fun stuff—like digital painting! Krita is attempting a second stab at…

Adobe Offsetting: April 2015

At the end of March, Smashing Magazine announced the release of their new book, Real-Life Responsive Design. Smashing offered a one-day sale price of only $29…

A year of subscribing to Blender Cloud

A year ago I began my membership with Blender Cloud. In March 2014, Blender announced Project Gooseberry—a crowd source funding endeavor for a feature-length film. As…

Adobe Offsetting: March 2015

For my Adobe Offsetting this month, I decided to treat myself with a DVD, while also supporting independent film making. A friend alerted me to…

Adobe Offsetting: February 2015

It seems that my heart belongs to Blender lately. Since this is the season of Valentines and heartfelt messages, I have to make Blender my…

Adobe Offsetting: January (belated) 2015

Sorry for the delay of 2015’s Adobe Offsetting. I wish that not procrastinating was one of my resolutions for the new year. 2015 is going to…

2014 Adobe Offsetting: Year in review

Over the past year I’ve learned a lot about supporting technology. Whether it’s online content, software, or hardware; monetarily supporting services helps further future development….

Adobe Offsetting: December 2014

For December, I thought it would better to hear directly from the source with an interview. Gustav González, the main developer for Tupi, has been…

Adobe Offsetting: November 2014

It’s only fitting to donate to Synfig since that’s who I started with last November. Synfig is a powerful vector 2D animation tool that’s made great…

Adobe Offsetting: October 2014

For October I decided to support a wonderful free resource instead of my usual software endorsement for this month’s Adobe Offsetting. As an artist, it’s always…

Adobe Offsetting: September 2014

I was hoping it was still September somewhere in the world yesterday morning when I made my contribution to Adobe Offsetting. I wanted to give…

Adobe Offsetting: August 2014

It was difficult to come up with what to support for this month. Do I find another software to support? Do I spend time looking…

Adobe Offsetting: July 2014

I discovered shortly after my blog post yesterday on great animation software announcements that Tupi was launching their Indiegogo campaign the following day. Well today is…

Adobe Offsetting: June 2014

Hopefully it’s still June somewhere in the world. I was going to write this post last night, but I ended up playing with the software…

Adobe offsetting: May 2014

So this is my first donation to Gimp! The best way to support the evolution of software to replace Photoshop is to give money to…

Adobe Offsetting: April 2014

This will be a short and sweet post for this month’s Adobe Offsetting. For the second month in a row, I decided to back Project…