Be Receptive

https://youtu.be/3jPMILZ7Ig8 Don't hate on criticism. Be receptive and be better for it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/brandiseadesig ...

Be Honest

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! -------------------------------------- ...

Try to Just Say No

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 ...

Ask Why

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 ...

Creativity is a Work Ethic

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 ...

Don’t Think — Know

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' ...

Stay Relevant

  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 ...

It’s Good to Fail

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 ...

The Myth of the Right-Brained Designer

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 ...

You Can Be Weird

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 ...

Type Matters

  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 ...

Creative Courage & Using Your Fears

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 ...

Embrace Your Weird

  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 ...

Twelve Habits of a Happy Designer

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 ...

You Should Try to Use Paper

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 ...

4 Ways to Kill Your Soul as a Designer

  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 ...

Stop Making Excuses

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 ...