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Disc Sport Icon Design

Published on August 19, 2009 in design. 0 Comments Tags: Adobe Illustrator, design, disc golf, disc sport, dog disc, flying disc, freestyle, frisbee, graphic design, guts, icon, sketch, sports, ultimate, vector art.

A set of flying disc sport icons I created for Flying Disc Magazine. These icons were created as part of the redesign of Flying Disc Magazine (of which I was also the designer). The client wanted to expand the magazine further out from the original focus on disc golf to include additional flying disc sports. We needed to figure out a way to indicate that different magazine articles and columns were associated with the different sports.

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Bends Mender

Published on July 22, 2009 in cartooning and design. 0 Comments Tags: art, branding, cartoon, cartoon character, cartoon character design, cartooning, design, drawing, identity, Illustration, illustrator, logo, mascot, packaging, sketch.

This was an interesting project. I was contracted to created a cartoon fish mascot character for a niche fishing tool—basically it’s an air bladder deflate gizmo for fishermen so they can sport fish deeper-sea fish and release the expanded air in the fish’s buoyancy air bladder when they arrive at the surface. this allows the fishermen to release the fish back into the water without permanently harming them.

After an initial phone discussion with the client, I was mailed the existing packaging (as I was to also re-design the packaging) as well as some rough sketches drawn by the client to give me an idea of the fish they wanted to see. Typically when clients do send rough drawings, it’s with the “it’s not the greatest” disclaimer, but I actually encourage clients to suck up the ego and send these over. The more information I have from a client about what they have envisioned for the project, the better.

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Greek Key Border Pattern Generator

Published on April 13, 2009 in resources. 2 Comments Tags: design, pattern, resource.

A handy, exhaustive resource on Greek key border patterns, including a handy online Greek key border pattern generator to create dozens of variations.

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12 Realities of Pricing Design Services

Published on September 30, 2008 in business. 0 Comments Tags: business, client, design, freelance, graphic design, pricing, resources, tip.

Vandelay Design has a great article discussing pricing issues for freelance creatives. The article talks about design services, but it can apply to illustrators, cartoonists – probably any freelancer out there.

More than just a nuts & bolts calculator, the post gets into the nebulous about preceived value, psychology of clients and more. Nothing needing a PhD, but some nice brief insight into the process.

A good read and some good links at the end as well.

12 Realities of Pricing Design Services | Vandelay Website Design.

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The Designer’s Toolbox: Free Print & Web Design Resources

Published on September 27, 2008 in resources. 1 Comment Tags: business, design, forms, free, graphic design, resources, templates.

The Designer’s Toolbox looks to be a handy one-stop shop for free templates, specs, dimensions, and information for standard postcards, envelopes, CD/DVD layouts, HTML characters, and more.