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https://youtu.be/CCHvJrBNK5g People often say "honesty is the best policy". But what does it mean to be honest in your creative life? Find out on today's tip! -------------------------------------- ...
https://youtu.be/GmPldhzL1wE There’s obviously a lot more than just saying no to your clients; but for today’s tip, try to think about saying no to certain client requests and using your expertise to ...
Asking why, or questioning your decisions, tests your motive for every design decision you make. Knowing your reasons requires that you, have gone through some questions and had to answer for them. T ...
There's a phenomenon that has gripped the country (and possibly the world); it's the hipster. Whether you love them, hate them, tolerate them, or maybe you don't even really get what a hipster ...
Creative people are not magicians. Ideas are not something that you need special skill to find. Someone may be born with talent but that doesn't make them idea makers. Have you ever wondered why cer ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXDTx9YcN50 Thinking is great, it's something you NEED when you're designing. But if you want your clients to trust that you know what you're doing, maybe you shouldn' ...
A few months back a we brought a designer friend of mine, David Schwen (owner, DSchwen) into town to speak at our 99u event. He spoke about passion projects. His work is fun and goof ...
This past week I had the opportunity to speak to designers from the SEE/PRC at their annual conference. SEE is a professional association of communication directors, editors, graphic designers, and ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIDCeSDEhHk As graphic designers it is part of our job to stay up to date with the trends. If we aren't relevant, we can't expect people to want us to do work ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szZoosQboL4 Design is not a science. There is no one right answer, and the road to the best solution is paved with failures. You may never have find new paths if you ...
If you are a designer, and someone were to ask you if you are right brained or left-brained, chances are that you would answer without hesitation, “right-brained”. Designers are marketed to and told ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH35Ay7P5ys Creatives need to learn to embrace their weird and stop trying to be like other people. Way too often we kill ourselves tying to find ways to be successf ...
Who cares about networking, right? I mean, it’s just a bunch of schmoozing design snobs drinking and eating strange hors d’oeuvres and bragging about themselves. Who wants to be a part of th ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uktyz2NP_cg Seriously everyone, type matters. Maybe you think you know fonts and you like letters. But do you use type to help you with your designs in the e ...
So I talk about design on this blog, why would I talk about fear? No one is afraid of design right? Well, not exactly, but sort of. We may not be afraid that the Baskerville capital letter "G" is go ...
When did weird become a bad thing? I grew up with parents who never discouraged my weirdness so I freely accepted who I was. In fact, when I was in high school I had a bumper sticker (from Hot Topi ...
Design can be a thankless job. It is also kind of an invisible job in a lot of ways. People don't realize that it is all around them every day and even more than that, not many people consider that s ...
I talked a few weeks ago about ways you can be sure to kill your design soul. It’s hard work being a designer these days so it’s really easy to focus on the negatives of what we do. But how can we ...
So what’s so important about color choices? I mean, the trends change so regularly with Pantone releasing new color reports twice a year and choosing a special color to represent every year. So why ...
Today’s post was supposed to be about some very important things to consider when you’re choosing colors for your designs. Unfortunately, thanks to some unknown ghost in the machine that is my com ...
Music is my secret weapon in the arsenal of my creative process. As I am writing this post I have music playing in my headphones. My music choices vary dramatically based on what I am doing or wh ...
What difference does it make if you actually use paper or if you just start making stuff and fleshing out your ideas directly on the computer or on an app? Tons, trust me on this one. https://www.yo ...
Have you ever finished a project for a client and felt dirty? Not like “Man, I did a ton of pencil sketches and boy are my hands dirty!” More like you hand over the project, they pay you, and you fe ...
Even after being in the world of graphic design for close to 15years, I still encounter things I don't know about or don't know how to do. If you are a student or if you're new to the graphic desig ...