A how-to guide to preparing a transparent PNG file for DTG (Direct to Garment) printing on a t-shirt, tips and tricks of graphic design

Part One of a tutorial for making t-shirt designs using the PNG format

Recent designs from the Sandstone, Arbutus and Kelp Collection, art that celebrates BC's Southwest Coast, especially Vancouver, Gulf Islands

An update about the Lazy River Design Works store; its new West Coast BC theme, but also some Abstract and Low Humour

It's been over four years since this website got a facelift, and it's overdue. I'm long past the light obsession with homesteading in...

I get off my ass and actually post some examples of my recent work using Midjourney.

An article written so that I can point to it when explaining about where I found some of the electronic music I use as soundtracks for my...

Part of my ongoing efforts to promote my store, Big Shadows , is to create videos and promo reels that capture the...

If your boat floats tied up to a pier next to a warehouse wreathed in mist while unpleasant characters plot within, then you've found home.

This post is simply a showcase of some of the tuned styles that I have discovered using the AI image engine Midjourney. It's an attempt...

For about a month I've been lightly obsessed with using Midjourney to create virtual dioramas and sculptures, with most of that energy...

An underground circus and fairground lurks in caverns below, dark carnivals where the warm glow evokes the sinister fires of hell. Pennywise

A selection of noir cats I've made in Midjourney using a variety of style tools.

Some successful steps along the path towards being a working stay-at-home Dad for our son, Rowan. Back in March of 2022, I hatched a...

Introducing "Big Shadows" **Edit: Dec 15, 2023 - I actually posted this on my Lazy River Design Works blog about a month ago, and have...

It's unfortunately true that there is and always will be a segment of our population dedicated to turning the latest developments in...

As we lurch into actual October, my creative output's spooky quotient has risen correspondingly. Truth be told, the increase in ghosts...

There are two things I have recently discovered using the AI image engine, Midjourney, that made me pause when I recognized their power....

The photo below, Dali Atomicus (1948) by Philippe Halsman, is one I have been aware of since my teens. I've always loved the energy...

Here some abstracts and semi-abstracts that I've been playing around with over the past couple of days with Midjourney. Just a sampling...