Graphic Designer & Calligrapher
To Florida safely thank goodness. The drive down was pretty long and I must say enduring the long drive I know have more respect for truck drivers.
Well I just had to let you all know what happened and that I made it here to Doral Florida safely and getting all settled in. I also uploaded a Vlog of the drive down and how it went. In the meantime check it out below while I get the blog posts coming back.
One of the big debates that people seem to get confused is having a design style vs approach. To me a style is what you come up with from the approach to completing a project. Because if you want to design a poster in a swiss design style then you would have to learn the principles and then take an approach to come up with a similar style.
Your style will mold itself when you continue to work on your approach to projects. The way to improve your approach is to practice thinking about how to approach the project differently. The approach could range from doing things differently then you normally would to designing in a different place.
So with this said do not worry so much about your design style. Style is something that everyone seems to want to have. Your style will develop overtime through looking at more design and designing more. Your approach will develop the more you look at how you are working from beginning to end.
I was pretty shocked with how the finished product turned out. The guy Tony Mora’s illustration skills are definitely amazing.
Would you ever do such a thing to your car?
I’ll be the first to admit that I had no idea how to take photos for instagram. One of the many things that I did was to learn how to take pictures that I would like to see. For example if its interesting to me then out of the hundreds of millions people on instagram, i’m sure someone would find it interesting. Another thing is to be you in your photos.
You have to remember what you post is what people are going to base you on. If you are posting pictures wearing ton’s of jewelry, luxury clothes and etc people are going to expect you are well of. So be careful with doing that. Honestly there is a lot of good people on instagram and a looottt of bots on there. But that could be the same for ton’s of other social networks.
So here are the steps I take when shooting an instagram photo
Now after those steps now its time to set up your shot
What are some ways you use instagram?
I just love seeing handmade products from the beginning to the end. What shocked me about this guitar is how many hours it took.
Have a good weekend
This project was one that I had tested myself to see what I could come with. Since at the time I had thought why not try my hand at rebranding a cafe. Then thinking of how to embody the branding throughout each piece.
A couple of design podcasts that I listen to are and highly recommend for good quality information
When I first came across the deeply graphic design cast I had no idea what to expect. I immediately became more knowledgeable of being a designer. Also I made a good friend from one of the episodes. If you are in college or already in the creative field go ahead and subscribe to this podcast you will not be dissappointed.
The Sean McGabe (Seanwes) and Aaron Dowd podcast is fairly knew to me. I have already listened to all 7 episodes and have learned a lot. Sean and Aaron are a great group of guys who have fun. When your listening you can really tell they are having fun. Definitely go subscribe to their podcast as well you will not be disappointed and will really learn some new techniques from them.
What are some podcasts that you listen to?
We all experience times when we feel as if we are getting burnt out in every shape or form. When that happens it can end up taking away our motivation or it could be another situation that causes us to lose motivation. Because when t comes to creativity we use it daily.
The way we use creativity can be how we avoid running into walls, how we avoid dropping food while eating. But lets stay on topic. Another thing that can happen is we feel that we are burnt out completely creatively. Which has happened with me a couple of times.
Here are some ways that I got back my motivation after getting burnt out and tired with designing.
