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

67 of 365 Dance by Antoinette Marchfelder & John LeMasney via lemasney.com — This is a collaboration between Antoinette and I. Antoinette has a lovely drafting ability, and makes the most beautiful, colorful, jungle-inspired work. We’ve worked together in […]

67 of 365: Dance by Antoinette Marchfelder & John LeMasney

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The truth knocks on the door and you say, “Go away, I’m looking for the truth,” and so it goes away. Puzzling.” (Robert Persig) by […]

66 of 365 The truth knocks on the door by ...

I was alerted to Toby Greenwalt’s great blog theanalogdivide by Sophie Brookover of Library Link NJ, in which Toby just proposed a series of design […]

65 of 365: A library design problem solved, perhaps.

Please see the entire chapter by reading part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4. This is the conclusion: What can I do to […]

64 of 365: Using Pinterest to Gain a Visual Following ...

Have trouble with your car. Have a friend stop by the grocery and pick you up some groceries. Ask them to pick up soup, […]

63 of 365: How to truly appreciate an orange.

Please visit part 1, part 2 and part 3 to read the rest of the chapter so far. How does one use Pinterest? Searching – the […]

62 of 365: Using Pinterest to Gain a Visual Audience ...