Artist, graphic designer, & tech consultant in Charlottesville, VA

"Journals of War" Mixed media on paper. 30"x40". (lemsy, 2023)

“Journals of War” (Lemsy, 2023) Hi, friends. This piece was started ...

silver colored microphone

Recording the rest of our senses: touch, smell, and taste.

What if our smartphones could suddenly, faithfully, and quantifiably reproduce our ...

David, John, and Jack LeMasney

Two photos of me and my sons together.

A while back, I decided to go into GIMP and create an image of me and my sons, but ...

StreetBeefs Cage Redesign

Here’s the story of the time I repainted a cage for a popular fight club in ...

disease of the mind cc-by lemasney

illustrated quote: "To set what you like against what you dislike', cc-by lemasney

Using Inkscape to illustrate text cc-by lemasney

The Dawn of Man

Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey, Forwards and Backwards.

John LeMasney played Kubrick’s 2001 backwards and forwards simultaneously. ...

Mark Twain on what is important.

Technology Classes with John LeMasney

I have the honor of announcing that Jefferson-Madison Regional Library (JMRL) has ...

big brother is watching (lemasney, 2016)

Big Brother speed illustration cc-by lemasney

big brother is watching speed illustration (lemasney, 2016)

Culinary knife cuts poster by John LeMasney via lemasney.com

Nakiri Knife drawing.

This is a speed drawing of a Nakiri style vegetable knife using the open source illustration ...

Large group of birds in Virginia, cc-by lemasney

A large group of birds in Virginia cc-by lemasney

Large group of birds in Virginia, cc-by lemasney

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Yes, when you use the clone tool to put your eye where your mouth was, and your mouth where your eyes were, you […]

34 of 365 is a… what the hell is that? ...

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My very good friend Tim McGee asked me to bring balance to a photo of his dog, Maisy. I said I’d be happy to. Today, […]

33 of 365 is Tim’s Dog Maisy #GIMP

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So this is for Shaun Holland, who sometimes says Sad Panda to comment on a sad situation or person with just a touch […]

32 of 365 is a massive panda #GIMP

Using the technique I’ve focused on lately, and using a photo from my very good friend Sam, here is a portrait of him. […]

31 of 365 is a painterly portrait of Sam Pinola ...

Obviously I’ve fallen in love with the painterly technique that Angel Bee suggested a while back. In this one, I tried to apply […]

30 of 365 is a painterly self portrait in profile ...

Decorated classic stormtrooper mask — So, yet again, my 70’s upbringing betrays me in today’s sketch. I started with a simple head-on image of a classic stormtrooper mask from Star […]

Decorative classic stormtrooper mask by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc ...