December 2011
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okaydudenobingo asked: Hey there! Liked your copy now inspired later post. great line about giving up our organic ideas. do you think that designers of all levels should be worried their work is getting passed around too much? I mean only one re-blogger is needed to remove the identity from a piece. Granted I only really use tumblr for browsing for inspiration and looking at funny shit so I'm not a big...
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Freelancer Lesson: There's never too much...
Figuring out the ins and outs of freelancing is not something that happens over night. How ever you got started, either making the plunge all at once, or dabbling until it took over, you wake up one morning, completely overwhelmed. All of a sudden you’re trying to market yourself, maintain old clients while finding new clients (which is about 100 emails a day), managing subcontractors,...
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Walk Through: Sketch to Digital art
I was working away on a logo/illustration hypertiny (check them out, they do cool things) and it occurred to me that this would be a great example to take a walk through in converting a sketch to digital art. Here we go.
Okay, so maybe the first step is a bit tricky, but if you can get through this part on your own, I’ll walk you through the rest… Take out your sketch book and draw...
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Copy Now, Inspired Later
Daily, we as designers try to create something genuine and compelling, that both suits some mood or feeling that we’ve seen before while remaining original, and maybe even pioneering. Unfortunately, breaking grounds is not a daily activity that anyone can maintain, and more often than we might like to admit, uninspired days show up.
Naturally, we all turn to magazines, books, movies and...
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