Who are you? How are you unique? Who are your customers? How will your business grow? If you’re a business owner you will have doubts. That’s just the way life as an entrepreneur is because we take risks. We keep making…
Choosing Fonts for Branding + Web I began my career as a hand-letterer. Yes, before computers we dipped a special pen in ink and carefully hand wrote the advertisements on special paper. The pages we made each week were then…
2017 is huge mile marker for me as a “solopreneur” as it is my 25th year of business. I have built a home-based business that has allowed me to use my God-given talents and through that, have been able to…
I’m often asked what I actually do as a graphic designer… As a graphic designer, I have the opportunity to be an artist, a computer geek and an entrepreneur – all at once! The AIGA, The Professional Association for Design, defines graphic…
The first steps to creating a new logo or identity project I love what this video teaches about using a “mood board” to begin a new logo design. There is an amazing amount of research that needs to be done…
How to start a design project well Listen First, Design Second Every time I begin a new project, my creativity tries to run ahead of my common sense. I think one of the biggest struggles for young designers (and older…
Draw by hand, scan and bring into Illustrator 1. Create a black and white illustration being careful to close objects completely as you draw. 2. Scan the artwork as a high resolution file (I prefer tiff images) 3. Open in…
Book Illustration Recently I was asked by Angela England, UntrainedHousewife.com to illustrate some images for her new book Backyard Farming on an Acre (More or less). I have been drawing with pencil and pen&ink for many years, but it was…
Betty Gray – Reflections on the way to the Platform I was invited to work on this book by another author and friend, Sue Ann Cordell. She told me about this sweet lady Betty Gray, her mentor and dear friend….
The Hungry Hiker Book of Good Cooking The Hungry Hiker Book of Good Cooking was published in 1982 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and subsequently sold over 50,000 copies with at least seven reprints. In 2010 the copyright was released…