Inside my design sketchbooks: 2014–2016
Some of my logo, typography and layout sketches over the last couple of years… along with a fair bit of rough illustration work too. These days I can’t even imagine… read more
Email etiquette
Trying to get tone of voice across in text can be pretty difficult, but there are certain methods you can use in order to keep your messages sounding nice and… read more
Graphic designer self-branding 2014–2017
If you’re a designer and anything like myself, you probably find that you are your own worst client and by far the most difficult to please. It always turns out… read more
File naming conventions for creatives
This is the first proper blog post I’ve written in 21 months, and what a riveting post at that! It’s only within the last year or so where I’ve had… read more
Poster Giveaway: Super Happy Fun Times
Poster giveaway time! I have a few prints of my submission for the ‘Super Happy Fun Times’ exhibit for The Print Social. To enter, simply RT the tweet below… winners… read more
Photoshop vs InDesign for Designing Websites
I’ve fairly recently decided to choose InDesign in favour of Photoshop for designing websites. Before this I’d been happily using Photoshop since the start of my career (even before that… read more
Back to School: My Shillington Experience
Edit: So I’ve recently condensed this article from the 3000+ word behemoth that it was originally when I wrote it in 2015! Now it is more to-the-point with less rambling…. read more
How to Crop Vectors in Adobe Illustrator
If you’re quite new to Adobe Illustrator (or vector based programs in general) it can be tough to get your head around how to crop images and graphics, especially if… read more
Scribbles #03: Dancers
I’ve been crazy busy in recent months working on my portfolio as well as redesigning / building my new website… juggling both of these with client work as well as… read more