Ron Marston is a self made millionare who struck in rich during the Beanie Baby- Ebay craze of the late 1990’s. He teaches only for the pure enjoyment of sharing knowledge and inhaling fumes from oil-based inks. Ron’s favorite in-class exercise is to show his students pictures of his perfectly halved severed finger from a past injury. On a side note, Ron is the Babe Ruth of Photoshop.
Brian Wells formerly served in the Navy where his career became the loose basis for the character “Jonesy” in the book “The Hunt for Red October.” He attended Cal Arts where upon graduation, he turned down a job to play Prince Charming at Disneyland, and began drawing pustules, ear infections, and blood shot eyes on the Ren & Stimpy show. He also was an artist on the Simpsons when it was good.
Michael Ganschow-Green is an explosives expert with the CIA. He uses his teaching job at TMCC as a cover. His obsession with explosives slips through in his teaching style as his constant references to “blowing sites up” and ancillary sound effects make it difficult to keep up the ruse. Michael enjoys teaching web because he gets to see students blow up their own sites on a regular basis. He actually has written an entire book named Close Your Brackets based on answering the question ,“why is this thing way over here?”
Dan Bouweraerts hails from Southern California, where as a young man he earned his third degree black belt from studying at the Cobra Kai Dojo. At Cal Poly Pomona he mastered the art of multi-tasking, simultaneously earning a degree in graphic design and fighting off local gang members. Dan enjoys feedback from students during his critiques. His favorite responses are “I thought it looked cool”“It looked better on the computer screen” ,and “I was going for simple and clean.”
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