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2025
- Jul 22, 2025 Box of Chocolates Jul 22, 2025
- Jul 22, 2025 Stranger Things S5 Jul 22, 2025
- Jul 14, 2025 Sleuthing the Detective Genre Jul 14, 2025
- Jul 10, 2025 Inking Comics for $5 a Page ✒️ Celebrating Joe Kubert Jul 10, 2025
- Jul 10, 2025 Running Down a Dream Jul 10, 2025
- Jul 7, 2025 We the People Jul 7, 2025
- Jul 4, 2025 Happy July 4th Jul 4, 2025
- Jun 25, 2025 What’s in Your Toolbox? Jun 25, 2025
- Jun 24, 2025 A Mirrored String of Activated Intuition Jun 24, 2025
- Jun 24, 2025 Ice Cold / Rust Never Sleeps Jun 24, 2025
- Jun 23, 2025 Flat Mode macSOS Jun 23, 2025
- Jun 22, 2025 Celebrating the OG Ex-Disney Animator Rebel Don Bluth 🗡️ 🔥 🐉 Jun 22, 2025
- Jun 20, 2025 Bounce Back Jun 20, 2025
- Jun 17, 2025 Up Yours! Jun 17, 2025
- Jun 14, 2025 The Dark and the Light of Spiritual Awakening Jun 14, 2025
- Jun 12, 2025 Who’s Your Alter Ego? Jun 12, 2025
- Jun 8, 2025 Stamps to Specimens Jun 8, 2025
- May 31, 2025 The Keystone May 31, 2025
- May 30, 2025 The Lucky Ones May 30, 2025
- May 19, 2025 Try Everything, Reach the End, and Then Start Again May 19, 2025
- May 5, 2025 Cause & Effect May 5, 2025
- May 3, 2025 Indy Meets GenAi in Cairo May 3, 2025
- May 2, 2025 Just Do It May 2, 2025
- Apr 30, 2025 Prompting Fool’s Gold Apr 30, 2025
- Apr 26, 2025 Der Trompeter Apr 26, 2025
- Apr 18, 2025 Royal Flush Apr 18, 2025
- Apr 10, 2025 Let’s Get Frisky & Talk Ligatures Apr 10, 2025
- Apr 9, 2025 Happy Accidents: Lucky 27 Apr 9, 2025
- Mar 22, 2025 Prophecy Piracy Playbook: The Liar, the Witch, and the War Doge Mar 22, 2025
- Mar 19, 2025 McMuffins & MacGuffins. Every Nook. Every Cranny. Mar 19, 2025
- Mar 18, 2025 Timing is Everything Mar 18, 2025
- Feb 27, 2025 Renaissance ≠ GenAi$$ance Feb 27, 2025
- Feb 18, 2025 A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away.... Feb 18, 2025
- Feb 17, 2025 Bat Signals Feb 17, 2025
- Feb 12, 2025 Vecna’s Telltale Line Reveals a Hidden Secret Feb 12, 2025
- Feb 8, 2025 Sushi Grade Feb 8, 2025
- Jan 28, 2025 The Sun Came Out Last Night and Sang to Me Jan 28, 2025
- Jan 24, 2025 Unite & Unify Jan 24, 2025
- Jan 24, 2025 Stranger Things & Lore Duality Jan 24, 2025
- Jan 24, 2025 David Lynch on Consciousness & Bliss Jan 24, 2025
- Jan 23, 2025 Refuge Hope & Awakenings Jan 23, 2025
- Jan 23, 2025 Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Jan 23, 2025
- Jan 22, 2025 Sir Ridley Scott: Win the Crowd Jan 22, 2025
- Jan 22, 2025 Spontaneous Combustion: The Creative Spark Jan 22, 2025
- Jan 22, 2025 Always Angry Jan 22, 2025
- Jan 16, 2025 Interactive Lighting Missing in Modern VFX Jan 16, 2025
2024
- Dec 5, 2024 Renaissance or GenAi$$ance? Dec 5, 2024
- Dec 2, 2024 Say Hello to Ctrl+Alt+Del℠ Dec 2, 2024
- Oct 27, 2024 Introducing MoralityAi MGT℠ Oct 27, 2024
- Oct 23, 2024 Reputation Dynamite Oct 23, 2024
- Aug 25, 2024 Dark Mode Now (Sonoma) and Then (Mavericks via my Flavours theme Post Pro) Aug 25, 2024
- Aug 21, 2024 Eyes:/Only℠ Levels Up Aug 21, 2024
- Mar 24, 2024 Coming Summer 2024 Mar 24, 2024
- Mar 13, 2024 “Love Letter” — An OpenAI parody inspired by “Church Chat” on Saturday Night Live Mar 13, 2024
2023
- Nov 14, 2023 The Heart of The Ark of the Covenant Nov 14, 2023
- Nov 3, 2023 Sound Design Bites Nov 3, 2023
- Nov 1, 2023 Window to the Soul Nov 1, 2023
- Oct 26, 2023 “Run for it Marty!” Oct 26, 2023
- Oct 16, 2023 Equations of Love Oct 16, 2023
- Sep 28, 2023 “Ben Day” by Potlatch Paper Sep 28, 2023
- Sep 25, 2023 Remembering Our Superman Sep 25, 2023
- Sep 21, 2023 Albrecht Dürer: Exploring Symbolism in Knight, Death and the Devil Sep 21, 2023
- Sep 20, 2023 Radium: the 88th Element Sep 20, 2023
- Sep 18, 2023 M.C. Escher: Synthesizing Illusions with Mathematics and Graphic Arts Sep 18, 2023
- Aug 30, 2023 Bipolar Coordinates Title Design Update Aug 30, 2023
- Aug 27, 2023 The Last Supper and Angel Number 27 Aug 27, 2023
- Aug 25, 2023 Remembering the Late, Great Sean Connery on His Birthday Aug 25, 2023
- Aug 24, 2023 Say Hello to the Future of Vinson Design Aug 24, 2023
- Aug 22, 2023 Force Fact or Fiction? Aug 22, 2023
- Aug 17, 2023 Back In The Saddle Aug 17, 2023
- Aug 11, 2023 Remembering Robin Aug 11, 2023
- Jul 29, 2023 Dementia Robs Godfathers of Industry Jul 29, 2023
- Jul 29, 2023 Ligatures, Weights, and Measures Jul 29, 2023
- Jul 29, 2023 MGM’s “Art for Art’s Sake” Reveal By Baked Studios Jul 29, 2023
- Jul 25, 2023 Gazing Into The Past Jul 25, 2023
- Jul 10, 2023 “Luck Is What Happens When Preparation Meets Opportunity” Jul 10, 2023
- Jul 9, 2023 “What We Do In Life, Echoes In Eternity” Jul 9, 2023
- Jul 5, 2023 Steven Soderbergh on Steven Spielberg: The Master of Blocking Jul 5, 2023
- Jun 30, 2023 “Maybe So, Sir. But Not Today.” Jun 30, 2023
- May 27, 2023 Helluva Good Times Ahead May 27, 2023
- May 24, 2023 High Fidelity Storms are Brewing at The Pixel Lab May 24, 2023
- May 23, 2023 A Designer’s Curriculum Vitae May 23, 2023
- May 23, 2023 Mind the Details in Client Contracts May 23, 2023
- May 17, 2023 Terminated May 17, 2023
- May 4, 2023 Raise Your Glass of Blue Milk May 4, 2023
- Apr 18, 2023 Read The Manual (or fondly, RTFM) Apr 18, 2023
- Apr 5, 2023 Pixie Dust to Swirling Sandstorms Apr 5, 2023
- Mar 30, 2023 Introducing “Flux” & “Blood Type” Mar 30, 2023
- Mar 25, 2023 Guiding the A.I. Moral Compass Mar 25, 2023
- Mar 25, 2023 Ghost-Busted Mar 25, 2023
- Mar 24, 2023 Bipolar Coordinates Mar 24, 2023
- Mar 20, 2023 “I Have a Bad [ Ass ] Feeling About This” (updated, again, and again) Mar 20, 2023
- Mar 7, 2023 Spontaneous Combustion Mar 7, 2023
- Mar 7, 2023 Thawing Out My Flux Capacitor Mar 7, 2023
- Feb 26, 2023 Synchronicity Feb 26, 2023
- Feb 26, 2023 Peek Behind the Curtain Feb 26, 2023
- Feb 26, 2023 Spice Up Your Comps Feb 26, 2023
- Feb 26, 2023 Pre-Dark Mode Dark Mode Feb 26, 2023
- Feb 25, 2023 Chose My Own Adventure Feb 25, 2023
- Feb 7, 2023 Title Design Feb 7, 2023
- Jan 20, 2023 Sodas of the South Jan 20, 2023
- Jan 19, 2023 Words To Live By Jan 19, 2023
- Jan 19, 2023 Uni (one) Verse (story) Jan 19, 2023
- Jan 6, 2023 The Fifth Element Jan 6, 2023
- Jan 5, 2023 Artificial Infancy Maturing at Exponential Rate Jan 5, 2023
- Jan 5, 2023 Blog Rebrand Jan 5, 2023
- Jan 5, 2023 Superman Thing Jan 5, 2023
- Jan 1, 2023 The Triple Lindy Jan 1, 2023
2022
- Nov 17, 2022 Knoll 3D Flare Origins Nov 17, 2022
- Oct 11, 2022 Design, Motion, and VFX Gear Oct 11, 2022
2018
- Mar 6, 2018 Drew...Speechless Mar 6, 2018
2017
- Jul 27, 2017 Ralph McQuarrie’s Universe Jul 27, 2017
- Jul 19, 2017 The Power of Positive Thinking Jul 19, 2017
- May 4, 2017 May The Fourth Be With You! May 4, 2017
2016
- Jan 6, 2016 New Year New Work Jan 6, 2016
2015
- Jul 16, 2015 Typographic Experiments Jul 16, 2015
- Apr 18, 2015 The Lost Art of the Movie Poster Apr 18, 2015
- Mar 24, 2015 Great Reference Material Mar 24, 2015
- Mar 23, 2015 Element 3D V2 Test Drive Mar 23, 2015
- Mar 13, 2015 The 87th Annual Academy Awards Mar 13, 2015
- Mar 11, 2015 Timeless Mosaics Mar 11, 2015
- Feb 28, 2015 Got the Gist Feb 28, 2015
- Feb 19, 2015 Art Trumps Science Feb 19, 2015
- Feb 16, 2015 C64 Holds World Record Feb 16, 2015
- Jan 21, 2015 The Father of Proxima Nova & the Legacy of Arnholm Jan 21, 2015
- Jan 19, 2015 Classic iMac Video Gaming for Under $100 Jan 19, 2015
- Jan 7, 2015 Starlog for a New Generation Jan 7, 2015
- Jan 7, 2015 Art of the Title Jan 7, 2015
- Jan 2, 2015 The Best Training I Ever Had Was on VHS Jan 2, 2015
2014
- Dec 17, 2014 The Quantel Paintbox Dec 17, 2014
- Nov 27, 2014 Disney’s Multiplane Camera Nov 27, 2014
- Nov 15, 2014 MacPaint: 30 Years Later Nov 15, 2014
- Nov 1, 2014 The Internship Nov 1, 2014
- Oct 27, 2014 “It is Pitch Black. You Are Likely to be Eaten by a Grue.” Oct 27, 2014

Recommendations from my personal library:

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Leonardo. The Complete Paintings and Drawings, Frank Zöllner & Johannes Nathan, Taschen

Logo Beginnings, Jens Müller, Taschen

Logo Modernism, Jens Müller, Julius Wiedemann (Ed.), Taschen

The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer, Erwin Panofsky, New Introduction by Jeffrey Chipps Smith, Princeton University Press

neue Serie57 Type Specimen, Alexander Roth & Erik Spiekermann

The Adam and Eve Story The History of Cataclysms, Chan Thomas

M.C. Escher, His Life and Complete Graphic Work: With a Fully Illustrated Catalogue, J.L. Locher and F. Bool

Love & Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality, Edward Frenkel

Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament, Kay Redfield Jamison

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness, Kay Redfield Jamison

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster, the life and art of Drew Struzan

Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Illustrated Screenplay, Lawrence Kasdan

The Interaction of Color, Josef Albers

The Art & Science of Digital Compositing, Ron Brinkmann

Industrial Light & Magic: Into the Digital Realm, Mark Cotta Vaz

The Invisible Art: The Legends of Movie Matte Painting, Mark Cotta Vaz

Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters, John Grant

The Elements of Typographic Style, Robert Bringhurst

The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Derek Taylor

The Star Wars Album, Random House

From Star Wars to Indiana Jones, The Best of the Lucasfilm Archives, Mark Cotta Vaz & Shinji Hata

Type & Image, Philip B. Meggs

The World of the Dark Crystal, Brian Froud

From Myst to Riven, The Creations & Inspirations, Richard Kadrey

Zork 1: The Great Underground Empire, Infocom

Box of Chocolates

July 22, 2025

“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” — Forrest Gump

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© 1984–2025 David Vinson. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners. Please refer to the Branding, Motion, and AE Lab pages for project-specific details and roles for team-driven work. All other design, illustration, animation, and visual effects portfolio samples were all created solely by David. Supporting photographs on the Eyes:/Only, Mymic, USR X, and the Precursor Blog pages are for editorial purposes only. All entries combining satirical prose and historical fiction are meant solely for entertainment. All of my philosophical, spiritual, and political observations and predictive spontaneity are my own thoughts, theories, and conclusions.