Advice to new graphic designers from two very different (but ultimately the same) points of view -
Kim Knoll - Knoed Design Firm in Chicago: Advice to Young Designers
Frank Chimero - Author of The Shape of Design: What Advice would you give to a Graphic Design Student?
Charlie Brown by Charles Schulz
PS - The After School Special from AIGA
An Evening with Jessica Hische.
Yes. She is annoyingly adorable.
“Please don’t go. We’ll eat you up. We love you so.”
- Maurice Sendak (1928-2012)
Rough sketch concepts for possible Reynard Florence Vineyard logo identity redesign.
Rough sketch concepts for possible Reynard Florence Vineyard logo identity redesign.
Rough sketch concepts for possible Reynard Florence Vineyard logo identity redesign.
Just learnin’ about web design, reading my HTML & CSS book by Jon Duckett, mindin’ my own business when…
I’m famous!
Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice by Ivan Brunetti
Typography Sketchbooks by Steven Heller and Lita Talarico
Two fantastic books, highly recommended by yours truly (for whatever that’s worth). Brunetti’s book is essentially like taking his cartooning course, which he teaches in Chicago (but significantly cheaper). If you follow along with it cover to cover, you’ll come out all the better for it, and with some fantastic exercises in illustrative thinking.
Heller’s book is just beautiful to look at and all around inspiring (but the guy’s written literally a million books, so there’s kind of a formula at this point). If you have any interest in seeing how graphic artists sketch out their though processes, this is the book for you.
Now, back to working.
New squared notebook for typography and lettering sketches. One more to add to the enormous collection I have amassed…
If given the opportunity, I could literally spend a million dollars in A.I. Friedman.
Things that make me HAPPY!
Snoopy by Charles Schulz
- Bright colors
- Beautiful book covers
- A new dress
- A home-cooked meal that comes out the way you wanted it to
- When Alex really laughs
- When a design comes together just before you lose it
- New art supplies (Micron pens!)
- Walking around the city without a coat
- Good hair days
- Handwritten typography
- Sparkly baubles
- Other people’s sketchbooks
- Finding the perfect item for the best price in a thrift shop
- When my new copy of The New Yorker arrives in the mail
- Watching old sitcoms with my mom
- Getting strong cocktails with friends
- New episodes of RuPaul’s Drag Race
