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My Life as a Cartoon #35

Posted 30 Aug 2010 - 7 Gratefully received comments

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The Great Design Myth – Exposure

Posted 26 Aug 2010 - 12 Gratefully received comments

Just you wait kid. I’m gonna make you a star!
I wonder how many bright eyed young starlets were lured into the clutches of an unscrupulous agent with those very words?
I also wonder how many young designers have undertaken unpaid work with the promise of that great design myth ‘exposure?’

The idea of exposure is the design equivalent of a unicorn.
To assume that you will do some work for a company free of charge, and it will be so well received that you are bound to get more work from it is fanciful, and not based in reality.

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My Life as a Cartoon #34

Posted 23 Aug 2010 - No Comments - leave yours now!

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Why I set up a Facebook page for my Business

Posted 19 Aug 2010 - 7 Gratefully received comments

When it comes to social networking I’m not what you’d call a trendsetter. I’m not the first to try something new and plough the furrow for others to follow. I hang back to see if something works well for others before jumping in myself.

This might seem cowardly, but it makes perfect sense to me. I like to know what I’m getting myself into before deciding whether I can commit to it or not. After much deliberation I’ve finally decided to set up a facebook page for my little freelance business.

You may ask why I had to think about it?
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Finding First Gear – Returning to Work after a Holiday

Posted 16 Aug 2010 - 2 Gratefully received comments

Do you remember that feeling of waking up on the first morning of a new school term? The anxious lethargy that accompanied the fact that the holidays were over and it was time to get back to work. I don’t get that anymore, but that doesn’t mean going back to work isn’t a struggle.

I generally accept the fact that I’m a bit of an odd person. I had a great holiday, but I struggled to let go. Admittedly I stuck to the terms I set out for myself when I planned the break, but I couldn’t quite let go mentally.
I may not have physically completed any work, but I got quite a bit done in my head.

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Kustom Graphics – Book Review #7

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I’ve tried in the past to catagorise design books. Some inform, others instruct and there are a few out there that simply dazzle you with page after page of creativity and skill that leave you wishing you had done some of the works yourself.

Kustom Graphics is such a book.

Kustom Graphics – Introduction by Julian Balme, Compiled by Yak El- Droubie, Text by Ian C. Parliament

Blurb: Over the past 15 years, the art of kustom kulture has seen an explosion of energy and imagination, fuelled by a crossover of genres. Hot rod artists are now creating work for rock n roll bands, t-shirt designers are using the body as a canvas and creating amazing tattoos, tattoo artists are embracing tiki motifs, music poster screenprinters are adopting the raunch of burlesque in their work and skateboard artists are embracing the spirit of hot rods.

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My Life as a Cartoon #33

Posted 09 Aug 2010 - One gratefully received comment

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