CartoonSmart Tutorials

How to Draw a Logo Part 1 ( Video Tutorial Podcast Episode 17)

This digital illustration tutorial will teach you how to use Adobe Animate or Adobe Flash to create a vector based logo from scratch. We’ll discuss some initial resources and inspiration for a potential logo, then use the Text tool in Adobe Animate to lay down our initial font. After that we’ll break it apart (so the editable text is no longer editable) and now a fill shape, which we can then color and manipulate. We’ll add a gradient, outline the text and most importantly, have fun in yet another don’t-take-it-too-seriously CartoonSmart.com video tutorial podcast.

Hosts: Justin Dike, Clevon O’Doul

How to Set Up a WordPress Site Part 3 (Video Tutorial Podcast Episode 16)

In this video tutorial, we’ll continue setting up Clevon’s new WordPress site from scratch, by looking briefly into some common things everyone should know about the WP dashboard. The difference between pages and posts, how to switch themes, why themes in WordPress are so powerful. As usual, these are just fun off-the-cuff tutorials, mostly for fun!

Hosts: Justin Dike, Clevon O’Doul

Product and Branding Ideas with Clevon (Audio-Only Podcast BONUS show 3)

Topics include the Truck Buck, a bike rack style deer harness, stores that start with Nothing But…(insert product), and a VIP drive thru pass.

Hosts: Justin Dike, Clevon O’Doul

Swift Classes with Init and Deinit  (Video Tutorial Podcast Episode 15)

Continuing from yesterday’s exercise, we will add an init and deinit statement to our Swift class. For any first time iOS or tvOS programmers this is a great starter tutorial.

Hosts: Justin Dike, Clevon O’Doul

Marketing Tips with Clevon BONUS Audio-Only Show (Podcast Bonus 2)

This episode we’ll go over some marketing tips from what we can find on the internet and see how they compare to both  Clevon and Justin’s own experiences with online and more brick and mortar style businesses. This is an audio only broadcast.

Hosts: Justin Dike, Clevon O’Doul

How to Write a Class with Swift and Sprite Kit  (Video Tutorial Podcast Episode 14)

We’ll dive back into the official Swift Programming Guide to look at how to write a Class. Yes, one of the most basic things you’ll want to know when beginning to program for iOS or tvOS. As usual with a CartoonSmart tutorial podcast, we’re here to have fun learning Swift and Sprite Kit!

Hosts: Justin Dike, Clevon O’Doul

How to set up a WordPress Site Part 2  (Video Tutorial Podcast Episode 13)

In this lesson, we’ll talk about how to manually upload the WordPress zip then upload it to your website. This is an important video tutorial if you aren’t hosting with a provider thats already setup your wordpress site. So for example, if you are switching your site to start using wordpress. Before the big upload, we will need to create a new database in MySQL, then edit the wp-config.php file with the new database username and password. And if you are not familiar with the term FTP, we’ll discuss creating a new FTP user to access your website’s content using an FTP program (for example, Transmit on the Mac ). While we FTP the contents of the WordPress zip, Clevon will tell us about one of his life accomplishments, surmounting the seven summits.

Hosts: Justin Dike, Clevon O’Doul

How to set up a WordPress Site Part 1  (Video Tutorial Podcast Episode 12)

This video tutorial we’ll discuss how to setup a WordPress website. We’ll discuss the differences between registering your domain and getting a host, and how you can get a pre-setup WordPress hosting plan with the domain included (probably the easiest option if you don’t have either a domain or host). We’ll talk about some of the new top-level domain name options (like .pizza). We’ll take a quick look at the WordPress dashboard. We’ll also go into how to point a previously registered domain to the DNS or Domain Name Servers of a different hosting provider (than who you bought the domain from).

Hosts: Justin Dike, Clevon O’Doul

How to Open URLs in Safari with Swift and Sprite Kit (Video Tutorial Podcast Episode 11)

This video we’ll learn how to open the Safari window within your iOS app itself, which can also limit the user from opening other domain, or simply pass the user off to the actual iOS Safari app. As usual this is a humorous CartoonSmart.com video podcast. Hosts: Justin Dike, Clevon O’Doul   Subscribe to this Podcast on iTunes

Marketing Tips with Clevon BONUS Audio-Only Show (Podcast Bonus 1)

This episode we’ll be discussing some of Clevon’s home grown, tried and true “gig economy” marketing tips for freelancers. And this is an audio only broadcast. Do not adjust your dial.

Hosts: Justin Dike, Clevon O’Doul