Lynda Weinman

Weinman graduated with a degree in humanities from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington in 1976. In 2015, Weinman received an honorary doctorate from Otis College of Art and Design.

A year after graduating, Weinman opened two retail stores, Vertigo on Melrose and Vertigo on Sunset in Los Angeles. They closed in 1982.

Weinman worked for Dreamquest and as an independent contractor doing animation and special effects. She worked on several films, including RoboCop 2 (1990), Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989).

Weinman attributes her initial interest in computers to her having taught herself how to use an Apple II. She acquired these skills by reading the manual.

Weinman taught digital media and motion graphics at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California from 1989 to 1996. Her book designing web graphics, published by New Riders in 1995, often is credited with being the first title to discuss web authoring technologies from a visual design perspective.

Weinman was co-founder with her husband, Bruce Heavin, of the Ojai Digital Arts Center in Ojai, California in 1999.

In March 2020, Weinman founded the site claybottress.com to detail her interest in and studies of 3D clay printing. She has had gallery and museum exhibits of the sculptures, vases, handbags, and jewelry she has designed and created with 3d printing technologies.

Weinman co-founded Clay Studio SB (now Maker House) in Goleta, California in 2020 with ceramicist Patrick J. Hall.

Weinman is married to Bruce Heavin. In the 1990s, Weinman dated Matt Groening and appears as a character in his early comic strip, Life in Hell.

Weinman is the namesake and benefactor for the 'Lynda Lab', the Experimental Effects Lab in the Center for Creative and Applied Media (CCAM) at her alma mater, Evergreen State College. The foundation has a pledge from Weinman and husband, Bruce Heavin, to establish an endowment supporting equipment in the CCAM. Weinman and Heavin also have contributed to scholarships at Art Center College of Design, as well as an ongoing endowment for additional scholarships.