These pictures are made by tracing actual screenshots from the show in Macromedia Flash MX, removing the original image, stylizing the lines, filling the traced spaces with color, and then re-sizing the whole thing in Adobe Photoshop 7. It sounds complicated... but the entire process can take as little as fifteen minutes.

Of course, fifteen minute images are a rarity for me. Perfectionism often bumps the time it makes to make a new picture up to forty-five minutes

Many more images have been made for this site than you see here. That is because some are unique to sections, some were deemed too low-quality to keep here, and the loss of some in the shuffle during site moves, re-organizations, or re-designs.

My personal record, based on my own spotty recollections, is six new pictures in one day. Ah, the magic of the summer.

There will be titles for each section of the pictures coming soon.

It's commonly regarded that we have the worst pictures out of any Simpsons site. I'm not sure if I agree, but I can empathize with that point of view. To see much better "Simpsons" pictures, see Last Exit to Springfield or Destination Springfield. But, remember... those sites may have flashy artistry and technical competence, but only here can you get that home-made, "amateur hack" feeling that is so integral to a good Simpsons image. Choose wisely.

The Apu gun image is taken from a sketch by one of the show's animators, showing Apu in the style of "Pulp Fiction". I got it from The Simpsons Folder.

This image took the longest of any in this gallery, and is probably my personal favorite. I'm also partial to this one of Bart, and this one of Willie.