I recently had a discussion with a friend who’s an interior designer in the process of putting together a new portfolio. While she was telling me about it, and the trials and triumphs she’s come across during the process, I took some mental notes of the points we touched on. I thought I’d share parts of our conversation with all of you.
The task of getting organized can sometimes be a very daunting prospect to those who don’t think of themselves as organizers. Some people love to have a place for everything, arranged in 90o angles, sorted by color, size, theme and cross-referenced.
Some people don’t.
You’re sitting down with people throwing ideas around. You’re writing stuff down more than usual. You’re keeping an eye out for a standout idea that you can roll with. You’re storming that brain. You’re brainstorming.
Taking photos at parties, or any social event for that matter, can be tricky but fun! In this article, I’ll share some of my most guarded techniques for taking awesome event photos. If you’re in charge of taking photos at your next holiday party, Christmas party, birthday party, office party, or any other type of social event, these tips will hopefully help you get better and more interesting event photography shots.
When I decided to embark on this journey of becoming a creative professional, I had all these ideas of what kind of place I’d like to work in — the kind of place that would get the proverbial "creative juices" flowing. In my mind, it was a place with good music playing at all times, colorful things, cool stuff and "things I like." It was a dream space where I would be free to explore my ideas and my thoughts so I could transform them into good work.
We recently published an amazing coloring tutorial by our friends at Wet Black Ghost. If you haven’t had the chance to follow along Matt Fox’s digital coloring techniques tutorial, we highly suggest you do so!
A few weeks back, I was scouring the Internet for a showcase we wanted to do about fresh illustrators that we think are producing amazing work. It was a simple enough showcase that we thought was cool and we thought our readers might like. Little did I know that that showcase would bring us to a new Design Instruct feature that we’ll call Spotlight.
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