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Trump - Torn Posters / Queen Elizabeth II - Balmoral Tartan
I put a lot of thought into this one, and I'm quite proud of the results. As always, I have to acknowledge the efforts of the extremely...

Justus Hayes
Feb 13, 20213 min read


Idle In the Canyon
This piece is, in my opinion, one of the most satisfying and pleasing images I have ever made. I named it "Idle in the Canyon" because it...

Justus Hayes
Feb 11, 20212 min read


Potential T-Shirt for the Omnibus Podcast
I will have some words to say about this design, but for now this is a way to have a relatively high-res version of the design up and...

Justus Hayes
Feb 10, 20211 min read


Royalty-Free Weird-Ass Music
The tracks available here for download are free to use for any reason. Listen to them, of course, but you can also redistribute them,...

Justus Hayes
Feb 4, 20211 min read


I added a Political Graphics page
Announcing the creation of my Political Graphics page. Containing medium-resolution versions of the images, t-shirts, and links to those...

Justus Hayes
Jan 30, 20211 min read


Another Progression
Some examples of filtering and extreme filtering, from a detail of the facade of a cathedral on Edinburgh's Royal Mile to curved...

Justus Hayes
Jan 26, 20211 min read


WhyTheAlgarve on Wikimedia Commons
***Edit Feb 21, 2020: It looks like Wikimedia Commons is drawing a hard line in the sand and have deleted all these files. There is a...

Justus Hayes
Jan 23, 20212 min read


American Political
I have discovered that I really like making these things, but I'm not sure what to call them. They are Posterized (a filter), but not...

Justus Hayes
Jan 22, 20212 min read


I Added Music to the Site - the Opponent Process
During the 2000s, I dove deep into making electronic music. My artist name was "the Opponent Process" for reasons that I won't get into...

Justus Hayes
Jan 21, 20211 min read


Beware the Clowns: Fascism, Postmodernism, and Buffoonery
This is not an article. This is a place for me to drop some references and ideas that will one day become an article, I hope. In fact, I...

Justus Hayes
Jan 20, 20218 min read


Beware the Clowns: Fascism, Postmodernism, and Buffoonery
This is not an article. This is a place for me to drop some references and ideas that will one day become an article, I hope. In fact, I...

Justus Hayes
Jan 20, 20218 min read


There It Is
This is what happens when everything lines up just right, and a morning of image manipulation produces results that delight and surprise...

Justus Hayes
Jan 19, 20212 min read


Signs of the Times
The issues facing America and, by extension, the rest of the world are so huge and daunting that I don't even know where to begin. In the...

Justus Hayes
Jan 14, 20211 min read


Behold the Shopping Cart
This is a great example of my creative process at work. I go about my day, running errands, operating the Hayes Taxi. At some point I...

Justus Hayes
Jan 7, 20211 min read


Castelo Branco, Portugal
If there is one thing I have learned from watching various ex-pats' YouTube channels documenting their efforts to find the Simple Life in...

Justus Hayes
Jan 2, 202120 min read


You Won't Believe the Audacity of these Podcasts. The Top 10 of 2020!
We will see how long this prurient use of click bait titles continues. I predict, "Not long." So, 2021, a date that somehow feels the...

Justus Hayes
Jan 2, 20214 min read


The Stock Image Industry's Worst Nightmare: Pexels!
I ran across the Pexels website a couple of weeks ago via a post on Instagram. I was frankly amazed to discover that they host a very...

Justus Hayes
Dec 31, 20202 min read


Dreams and Toil on the Video Page
My fascination with Portugal in general and living a more self-sufficient life there in particular continues unabated. Check out my Video...

Justus Hayes
Dec 31, 20201 min read


"Pluming" was a Naming Disaster!!!
Lisa told me yesterday that this image of the sun cracking the horizon over frozen farm fields as the early morning wind whips a huge...

Justus Hayes
Dec 27, 20202 min read


Chasing Daybreak
One morning last week Rowan and I drove Lisa to work (I did most of the driving). As she got out of the car, she pointed out that a good...

Justus Hayes
Dec 26, 20201 min read
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