Teaching
Adult learning
Classes that make technical ideas clear and useful.
Education • software • illustration & animation
based in Montréal, Québec
John Goodman
Hi! I'm John Goodman, I'm an educator, illustrator, and software engineer. You can see some of my work here. My goals are to teach, build, and make things people can use.
Practice
Teaching, software, and visual storytelling.
Software
Interactive work
Web apps, interfaces, and prototypes built for real use.
Art
Animation & illustration
Visual work that mixes clarity, character, and storytelling.
About
I've worked in education, web development, learning design, and visual work for public-facing projects. My focus throughout is on communication and design.
Contact
Let’s build something useful
Illustration
Animation and visual work.
Animation
My process for my animation work combines hand-drawn frame by frame animation with digital finishing and coloring. I try to emphasize character and clear visual storytelling. This demo reel shows some of my recent work.
Some Visual Work
A small collection of notes, diagrams, and image-based work. Click any piece to open the full image in a new tab.
Selected work
Recent projects
Software Development Bootcamp
I work with Circuit Stream to teach a Software Development Bootcamp course for adult learners. I teach how to understand code, build web apps, and work through real projects with modern coding tools. Right now we're working on deploying full-stack sites with React and Node.
Sleepy Hollow Map
A map I was commissioned to make for a Halloween event at Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow, New York. Made with a combination of pen and ink and digital sketching/coloring, and designed to be printed out and displayed on-site.
Fence
A small-scale browser game I've been working on where you play as a shop owner trying to earn a profit fencing stolen goods.
Illustration Work
A mix of illustration, motion, and visual communication for public-facing work and events.
Games
Browser games, board games, and interactive experiments built around play and storytelling.
Selected work
Recent projects
Software Development Bootcamp
I work with Circuit Stream to teach a Software Development Bootcamp course for adult learners. I teach how to understand code, build web apps, and work through real projects with modern coding tools. Right now we're working on deploying full-stack sites with React and Node.
Sleepy Hollow Map
A map I was commissioned to make for a Halloween event at Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow, New York. Made with a combination of pen and ink and digital sketching/coloring, and designed to be printed out and displayed on-site.
Fence
A small-scale browser game I've been working on where you play as a shop owner trying to earn a profit fencing stolen goods.
Illustration Work
A mix of illustration, motion, and visual communication for public-facing work and events.
Games
Browser games, board games, and interactive experiments built around play and storytelling.
Illustration
Animation and visual work.
Animation
My process for my animation work combines hand-drawn frame by frame animation with digital finishing and coloring. I try to emphasize character and clear visual storytelling. This demo reel shows some of my recent work.
Some Visual Work
A small collection of notes, diagrams, and image-based work. Click any piece to open the full image in a new tab.
Games & experiments.
Making games is what originally made me want to learn to write code. I've always loved inventing board games and card games, and using games as a form of storytelling. Here's an incomplete list of some of the interactive games I've made over the years that you can try.
- Fence
A browser game where you run a shop and profit from stolen goods.
Road TripA mobile-friendly daily geography game where you move between countries to reach a new destination.
- Card Hearts
A simple browser game built with JavaScript and HTML5 Canvas.
GardenworldAn exploration game set on a dangerous island.
Luna 3An arcade-style shooter inspired by Missile Command.
River WorldAn illustrated tabletop RPG rulebook.
RobotopiaA 2D tactics game about rebuilding a robot society.
ArcosA card game interface and opponent AI built from scratch.
GermsA digital petri dish simulator based on simple cellular rules.