# My Adventures as an Illustrator

Here are stories of my 50 years working as an illustrator.

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## [Photoshop: Adding Features You Don’t Need Since 1990](https://myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/photoshop-adding-features-you-dont)

_2026-08-18 · David Mattingly_

Here’s what Photoshop still gets wrong

## [How I Became an Official Threat to Scientology](https://myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/how-i-became-an-official-threat-to)

_2026-08-16 · David Mattingly_

Hitler, Napoleon, and my Substack

## [When the Ship Isn’t the Star: Solving the Star Trek Cover Problem](https://myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/when-the-ship-isnt-the-star-solving)

_2026-08-14 · David Mattingly_

Alan Dean Foster’s novelizations

## [The Turner of Science Fiction](https://myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/the-turner-of-science-fiction)

_2026-08-12 · David Mattingly_

Artist John Harris

## [The Irrelevance of Arbitrary Limitations](https://myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/the-irrelevance-of-arbitrary-limitations)

_2026-08-10 · David Mattingly_

Tiny brushes and fast painting

## [Love and Memory Loss](https://myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/love-and-memory-loss)

_2026-08-08 · David Mattingly_

My wife Cathleen

## [My Brush With the Music Business](https://myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/my-brush-with-the-music-business)

_2026-08-06 · David Mattingly_

Album covers

## [When Getting It “Wrong” Gets It Right](https://myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/when-getting-it-wrong-gets-it-right)

_2026-08-04 · David Mattingly_

The tyranny of “historical accuracy”

## [The Contrarian Farmer Who Shaped My Life](https://myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/the-contrarian-farmer-who-shaped)

_2026-08-02 · David Mattingly_

My Brother John

## [Meet Claude, the AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FUbtRojegnde)

_2026-08-02 · **Sponsored**_

Conversational AI to answer questions, brainstorm ideas, and help with tasks.

## [The Movie I Walked Away From](https://myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/the-movie-i-walked-away-from)

_2026-07-31 · David Mattingly_

Recollections of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"