Shapegrams

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Joyful lessons and resources to develop digital drawing abilities, increase technology skills, and cultivate a growth mindset from @tonyvincent.bsky.social

Colorful swirled image
Shapegrams logo with question marks after it
Screenshot in Google Slides showing the Pickle Zipper Template
Promotional banner for Shapegrams featuring three main statistics in large rainbow numbers: 69 Lessons (video tutorials, PDF posters, side activities), 55 Zippers (quick challenges, drawing tips, side comics), and 35 Dollars per year per teacher (license to use with students, 92-page PDF). The bottom text notes that files are available in Google Slides and Google Drawings.
6 drawings of plants and animals
A graphic titled "SPRING FONTS" features a list of nine decorative font names written in their respective styles: Over the Rainbow, Irish Grover, Mystery Quest, Arima Madurai, Ruge Boogie, Spicy Rice, Indie Flower, Bonbon, and Boogaloo. The design uses a blue and white color scheme and includes an illustration of a gray bunny popping out of a blue Easter egg.
An infographic titled "Pastel Color Codes" featuring 12 circular swatches of soft, calming colors on a pastel gradient background. Each swatch displays its unique hex code (e.g., #B9F4D7 for mint, #FFA0C1 for pink). The image includes a brief description of pastel colors and the Shape Grams logo.
A colorful illustration of a man standing next to an ironing board, delivering a pun. On the ironing board sits a green four-leaf clover and a blue iron. Two speech bubbles appear above the man; the first asks, "Why is it a bad idea to iron a four-leaf clover?" and the second answers, "Because you would be pressing your luck!" The man is wearing a dark blue t-shirt with a "Shapegrams" logo and light blue pants, set against a striped green wallpaper background.
A collection of various black geometric silhouettes on a white background, including hearts, circles, ovals, and a crescent. The arrangement looks like a set of building blocks for a character or graphic.
An educational infographic titled "Change the Zoom" by Shape Grams. It explains how to adjust zoom settings using toolbar icons, manual percentage entries (25% to 1600%), and touchpad gestures like pinching or stretching fingers.
Drawing of a basketball and screenshot of a PDF with instructions for drawing a basketball with shapes.
DIY felt animal projects arranged in two rows. Each animal—an owl, dog, mouse, frog, fish, penguin, crab, and bee—is assembled using cut-out felt hearts to create faces, wings, fins, and feet. The bright colors stand out against a clean white surface.
Shapegrams logo with digital drawings of animals, hearts, cupcakes, and more.
Cartoon of a groundhog with crazy hair poking out of one hole. A photo of Tony poking out of another hole, looking at the groundhog.
Screenshot of YouTube playlist
Tony standing next to a silhouette of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Comic of Tony holding a tree in his hand. He says, “What do you call a tree that fits in your hand? A palm tree!”
Small island with a palm tree
7 shapes spread out: 4 moons, 1 trapezoid, one oval, and one organic shape.
Zoomed in image that is mostly green with a light blue background
Fireplace drawing in full color
Cookies on a tray that spell out "Have an ex-TRAY special break!"
Two gingerbread people made from shapes face each other. One says “My arm hurts.” The other, missing a bite, replies “What did you say?”
A green holiday wreath made from shapes with a red bow and ornaments appears next to a step-by-step “Draw a Wreath” Shapegrams guide showing how to build it in Google Slides.
A grid of winter and holiday Shapegrams made from colorful shapes, including a reindeer, gingerbread person, fireplace, gingerbread house, candle, wreath, yeti, and wrapped gift, shown under a festive Shapegrams logo with string lights.
Diagram explaining two-point perspective. A house is drawn using two vanishing points on a horizon line, with labeled vanishing points, horizon line, and vanishing lines.
Drawing of a gingerbread person wearing a red and white hat laying on a cookie sheet
Screenshots of two poster: One motivational, one keyboard shortcut
Annotated screenshot
Four rounded rectangles added together to draw a cook tray
A Shapegrams graphic titled "Winter Holidays" featuring eight colorful digital illustrations created with geometric shapes: a reindeer, gingerbread man, fireplace, gingerbread house, candle, wreath, yeti, and gift box.
"Tony sits on a couch with a friend and asks, 'What do you call a deer with no eyes?' The friend, picturing an eyeless deer in a thought bubble, replies, 'I have no idea!' Tony delivers the punchline: 'You mean "no-eye-deer"?'"
Winter fonts list with a snowman illustration
Cartoon reindeer head under the Shapegrams logo
14 ovals and two F word arts
Black Friday Shapegrams Sale graphic featuring the logo made of colorful geometric shapes. A yellow bubble highlights the deal: '1 year access to 100+ Lessons and Zippers for $25!' The text provides the coupon code FRIYAY to save $10 on the first year of membership. Offer valid through December 1, 2025.
A cartoon man with a shocked expression looks at a street paved entirely with slices of pumpkin pie. He exclaims, "This street is full of pie! It's desserted." In the background, a small groundhog holds its own slice of pie.
Black Friday Shapegrams Sale graphic featuring the logo made of colorful geometric shapes. A yellow bubble highlights the deal: '1 year access to 100+ Lessons and Zippers for $25!' The text provides the coupon code FRIYAY to save $10 on the first year of membership. Offer valid through December 1, 2025.
Screenshot showing thumbnails of 19 slides
Shapegrams logo is centered on a colorful graphic divided into four quadrants, each showing a fall-themed image: a slice of pumpkin pie, a cartoon turkey, the words "Candy Corn Gradient," and a red maple leaf.
A graphic titled "Carve and dress a turkey!" illustrates a three-step creative activity. The first step shows a child carving a turkey silhouette from a graham cracker with their teeth, with the instruction: "Carve a turkey silhouette from a graham cracker with your teeth." The second step shows the resulting carved cracker and the instruction to "Insert a photo of the carved cracker into Google Slides." The final step shows the cracker digitally decorated with cartoon eyes and a striped scarf, advising to "Add shapes to dress or disguise the turkey." The graphic is branded with the Shapegrams logo.
A cartoon titled "CORNGRATULATIONS!" shows a man on a stage congratulating a large, living candy corn character. The man says, "You did an a-maize-ing job playing the French corn in the corn-cert!" The candy corn character, holding a broken "French corn" (French horn) and surrounded by falling "corn-fetti," replies, "Thank for the corn-pliment and all this corn-fetti."
Screenshot of the "Candy Corn Gradient" one-pager with 9 steps to make a hard stop gradient.
Candy Corn gradient used in word art and various shapes
6-8 filled with white, orange, and yellow stripes
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Candy Corn Gradient
A cartoon man stands next to a bicycle that has two large pies for wheels. He says, "Check out my sweet ride! My pie-cycle is a wheel-y delicious invention!"
Here is the alt text for the image: An poster from Shapegrams titled "Nudge with Arrow Keys." The text provides two keyboard tips. First: "With an object selected, use the arrow keys on your keyboard to nudge it up, down, left or right," illustrated by icons of the four arrow keys. Second, inside a blue box: "To make larger moves, hold down Shift and press an arrow key," illustrated by icons of the Shift key and the arrow keys.