Paul Naas

This week's post is about how the body learns and never really forgets.: paulnaas.substack.com/p/muscle-mem...

O.K., what is this 💩 with people rushing up the aisle from the back of the plane before the door is even open. You're not more important than everyone sitting in front of you. Sit TF back down and wait your turn.

TIL the guy who created the erector set also created and sold a *glass blowing kit* for kids. And I thought Lawn Darts were peak dangerous toys.

I don't know what teachers they're talking to, but I'm a yes on prop.40 (California). When the no on 40 ads are funded by the billionaires the tax would affect, I'm pretty sure the ads are scare tactics.

F*ck Zuck! He’s worried about Prop. 40 passing, so he had the board restructure Meta stock to pay his bill. The p rick is worth $247b, so he’d owe $12.5b. How in the world will he get by with the $232b left over? A-🕳️

Multiple reports of Democratic votes in Tennessee being flipped to Republican by the voting machines. Check your ballot carefully before you submit it. This is why the administration wants to do away with mail-in ballots: no way to program them to change your vote.

Doodle of a kid bug. Doodle bug?

Haven't posted any sketches in a while...

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This week's post is about who you're creating for. paulnaas.substack.com/p/make-it-fo...

She makes a good point: youtube.com/shorts/x6jiS...

This is why baseball is awesome! youtube.com/shorts/ePWHK...

Good work, Canadian friends: youtube.com/shorts/dgCja...

It's disturbing how often I have to yell "put down your damn phone" at the car ahead of me at a stop light when the light turns green. Either that or an excessively long use of my car horn.

P.C. Vey, Cartoonist Who Would Have Made This Headline Funny, Has Died www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/b...

This week's post is about putting in the reps to build your skills paulnaas.substack.com/p/stacking-r...

More Blender practice - this time SubDiv Surfaces (with a little help from the NASA website):

I’m sorry, but not even John Oliver will convinced me that the Butler PA shooting wasn’t staged.

So the passport is now a flipbook?!? www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...

We don’t need an espresso machine at home to make lattes. My wife grinds beans down to a sub-atomic level before the pour-over 😁

One of my colleagues was shocked to learn my age today. She thought I was at least 10 years younger. I credit it to truly enjoying what I do for a living for the last 40 years.

It's so much fun to get email from a student saying they won't be in class because they have work to finish for another class. So life-affirming...🤬

More Blender practice. A Grant Abbitt tutorial with some additions/tweaks of my own.

This week's post is about how the little things add up to the big ones. paulnaas.substack.com/p/the-little...

The Path to Great Art Is Not Through A.I. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The New York Times is reporting that OpenAI meddled in some U.S. government systems after going rogue. How do we teach it to release the unredacted Epstein files? For once, an AI could prove to be useful.

I know I've posted this many times - needs to flood the media until election day.

Jesus Tapdancing Christ Converse! What the hell were you thinking?!?

This week's post is about learning by having fun! paulnaas.substack.com/p/make-it-fun

Just got back from "Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom." In a word: terrific! Crisply paced, very funny, tons of great sight gags, and many callouts to classic thrillers . Maybe the best entry yet in the Shaun filmography. Go see it!

Blender training continues. This one took longer than the sheep, but it was a lot of fun and I learned a bunch!

I started working in Blender a few weeks ago, going through tutorials and learning the tools. Today in class, a student asked me a Blender-specific question and I was able to answer it! I guess the information is sinking in after all!

This week's post is about not waiting for everything to be "perfect" before you start. paulnaas.substack.com/p/start-and-...

Pretty sure I'm a unicorn: I put two items up on Craigslist. Both sold, and to people who actually showed up when they said they would. 🦄

This week's post is about pushing past the negative in our own heads. paulnaas.substack.com/p/inspiratio...

Talking with my therapist today I was shocked, SHOCKED, to discover I have an actual teaching philosophy...

Short, image-based Substack post this week. Back with a regular post next week. paulnaas.substack.com/p/busy-week

This breaks my heart. I’ve been to the studio a couple of times, and it was just the coolest place. www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...

First Dolly, now Tim Curry. Someone keep an eye on Dick Van Dyke and Mel Brooks. I can't take three in one week! RIP Dr. Frankenfurter

This one hurts. Dolly was not only a music superstar, but did so much for literacy and the less fortunate. I'll be missing her.

This week's post is about telling ourselves what we want to be, not what we aren't. paulnaas.substack.com/p/what-we-th...

Jumping back into Blender to prepare for May, when I will no longer have access to Maya. Did this tutorial from Gamedev.tv. There's a few tweaks of my own as well - it was loads of fun!

Moose!