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I work God Damn Hard (hand lettering process)

In this video I wanted to capture the process of from beginning to end. Because the process of sketching out letters then inking them takes time. Also the process is one that is very enjoyable. Whenever you start a project of such you are more appreciative of when it is finished.

The quote is far from being god but I work god damned hard. The quote is one that I really like and it is a from a Jay Z song so I decided you know thats what I am going to ink. This was a way for me to get out of my comfort zone with calligraphy/brush lettering.

Give more of yourself in your work

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This may be a hard thing for some people to do. But you have to take the time to think what would happen if I gave more of myself in my work. The results would be greater than you could imagine. By that I mean if you started giving 120 instead of 100% in your work you would feel a lot better about it.

As a graphic designer we can tend to become lazy and set in our ways. Because when someone has a way they go about doing things they do not want to try anything new. The mentality is if something isn’t broke why fix it.

Well if you are not afraid of trying something new it could be a good thing for you. The way to give more all starts with you making the decision. You have to say I am not going to keep being average and that I will learn more than what I already know. The amount of information that we have access to there is no reason to not continue to improve and learn.

A good place to start is skillshare. I had found out about skillshare early last year. Skillshare is a great way to get started. Because on there they have curated classes that are not just all over the place. They have a recent promotion where you can sign up for 3 months at $.99 one of the very first classes I took was poster design class.

Then I found out aaron draplin from DDC has classes on there. Learning from him and how he works has helped me a lot and it continues to help. Therefore it has allowed me to give more in my design work. The process is what you can learn from a lot of people and use their techniques to give more in your design work.

There is no need for any of us to not be able to give more in our work. By giving more I mean to give more of yourself in what you do. Avoid falling into the trap of being comfortable with just doing what is required. Remember why be average when we can be great?

Amazement calligraphy and brush pen lettering

 

I have been posting a weekly video of my calligraphy and brush pen lettering to my youtube channel. Make sure to check in weekly on Friday at 6pm Est. The whole process of shooting editing and adding the instrumental has been very fun.

I am going to start adding in new videos soon. If there is any type of video that you’d like me to add in feel free to let me know.

How Do Vending Machines Detect Fake Coins?

After watching this video on how vending machines can detect fake coins I am blown away. Because I have always wondered how the machines work. Well we know that you put money in and press buttons to get your food. But there is more to them than just doing that.

I will never forget the days of paying for your snack and it not coming out and or it would get stuck right at the edge.

Why I stopped listening to podcasts so often

The reason why I stopped listening to podcasts is because to me it felt like I was being motivated but taking no action. There was something that I noticed about myself I liked listening to them and learning but nothing was coming from it. I was being a learner but no practice and or action was being taken.

So one day I started to realize that I needed to rethink my strategy with many things. Another thing was I needed to be consistent. The thing is that there is nothing wrong with listening to podcasts but you have to stop and think for yourself. There are many podcasts that are putting many things into your head and telling you what to do and how to think.

I am not saying that there is anything wrong with that if you enjoy it. But for me there came a time when I just had to depart from listening to certain podcasts on the regular. Because it just seemed repetitive and there was no longer much value in it for me. Another thing is that I wanted to take what I learned from listening to the podcasts and put it into action.

Putting what I learned into action is such a rewarding feeling. The same as the people who you get advice from that have built businesses compared to those who have not built them. So you have to take time and decide what makes the best use of your time.

How I lost my vectored calligraphy work

The way that I lost my calligraphy/ brush lettering work was by being careless. There was one day that I what I thought I did was transferred the files from my macbook to my external hard drive. Which I did. But you know what I did not do. I wasn’t being careful while doing it.

I just thought oh yeah this is the same as its always been. So I know that I transferred my work to the external hard drive so why double check .Well there was one day that I did check and realized that there was none of the files that I had vectorized.

I was upset at first just thinking how in the hell can I be so careless with such a simple thing. The reason I was upset more than just a little bit was because I am not a newbie to any of this. Just think of how such a simple thing can mess up a major project and etc. So the reason I am sharing this is to let you know that we all make mistakes.

The idea of double checking your work and etc is key. There is no need to think at any point in your career or life that you are top notch. Well the reason I say this is because you can make a simple mistake and Fuck up something or somethings very important.

So from all of this I am now even more careful with the process and way I go about doing things. I for one will make sure that this will not happen again. Because at first I was hurt about it but then just thought you know you have the hard copies so why are you upset just take this as a learning experience.

 

Doyald Young Dangerous Curves flip through

Here’s a brief flip through of the doyald youngs book dangerous curves. I know that there is a lot of people that are debating whether or not to make the investment. The reason I made the investment in my career was a great decision. The amount of money that I will make back is greater than the cost.

So whatever it is you are hesitating to do with your career do it. There is not need to waste time as long as whatever you can do to improve is worth it. Then you want to make sure you have the desire to improve and get better.