Occupation: Letterer Birth: 1984
The awesome thing about lettering - which is different from many forms of art - is that you can actually see your mistakes. There are sophomore mista….
If you are on Craigslist to get a sofa, and you see one for free. You think there’s something tragically wrong with it - maybe there are bedbugs. But….
I always love design but the more I designed for clients, the less I liked the process of designing for them. I do lettering and illustration for mon….
If you say that you're a cheap designer, you're a cheap designer. It's really hard to recover from that..
Every new thing you make will be (should be) the nicest thing you’ve made so far, because you’re learning and getting better with each and every new ….
The reason why many clients don't value design is because haven't had a designer prove to them the value of it. You need to prove it to clients who'v….
When I have to critique someone else's web design, rather than write up a giant email or take a screengrab and move stuff around in Photoshop, I put ….
If you try in whatever ways you can to brighten someone's day, to be fair and respectful to everyone, and to grow your network without being "network….
Web design is something that's super technical but can be super tedious if you have to deal with asshole clients..
I was a generalist in college. You take a lot of courses to feel out what you're interested in. I really felt web design was too limited for me to in….
To be a good artist / letterer / designer / guitar player it takes practice. A lot of it. More than you can even fathom when you're starting out..