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Writing: Arse In Chair!

When I was at school I was lucky enough to be taught by a very popular teacher: Mr Kinrose was his name, and he was a writer.

The story of Mr Kinrose is a sad and all-too familiar one: he had grown up loving books, tried to be a writer, and never broken through. His life had been one of shattered dreams, and when he came into the class room a big load of them came with him. It weighed More

Villages Are Great

Villages have had a hard time of it in the last few years. Once the thriving miniature metropolis’s of Great Britain, villages are now considered “boring” by rude young people, not very interesting to people who come from the big city, and not exactly fun by…well, more people who should be ashamed of themselves. See, for me, being a graphic designer currently living in the hustle and bustle of London, going to villages is a fantastic thing. Mainly because of More

Making The Most

I often come across people who say they wish they could draw or paint of create like me. My response to this is always “Yes, but I can’t do maths to save my life, whereas you’re like some kind of mathematical genius.” Usually, they’ll then reply, “yes, but I wish I could draw.”

And they are missing the point. And not just by a small amount. Actually, it’s a gaping chasm, if you really want to know.

While drawing and More

Street-Style Inspiration

Although many companies executives probably wouldn’t be happy to admit it, a lot of design ideas actually originate from graffiti and street art / modern art. They start off as ideas in bedrooms, and then they turn into tags, and then eventually, after a while, they turn into full-scale design campagins that cover whole areas and are unmistakable. I say “unhappy” because the very last thing they want you to associate their brand with is something that might be found More

Too Much Progression

One thing I remember fondly from my childhood was the Yellow Pages. I loved the bold black and yellow text, and the big lettering on the front. Also, I loved the adverts inside: back then people made a bit more effort with the way they printed things, just because technology wasn’t as advanced and everything took so long, so you wanted it to be right (for example, a

Doctors in London advert I remember had a little cool picture of More

Unemployment America’s Biggest problem

lladro figurines. About 14 million people are looking for jobs. And, even these figures don’t describe the complete story. The Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that more than 8million people are willing to work full-time but they are working part-time now. Now, people are worried about unemployment more than “the economy” problem.

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Look Up For Inspiration

Us humans do seem to spend an awful lot of time looking around at ground level. If you are one of these kinds of humans – and goodness knows I was until I learnt the secret I am about to bestow you with here – then I suggest you crane your head back and stare up at the things above you, even if it’s just for a minute or two, or at the least a few seconds. If you live More

How To Impress

You’re a graphic designer and it’s your first job interview in three hours. Freelance, contract, whatever: it doesn’t matter, it’s all the same – there are a few things you are going to need to take with you. Things which when used properly will impress the hell out of your employer and leave him no choice but to hire you!

Because the reality is, there’s a lot of competition. So in the end it may come down to something small More

Graphic Design & Simplicity

In this age of complicated things, over-doing it massively and 3D movies – hopefully this fad will be over again as soon as possible and we can, in my opinion, get used to watching movies the proper way they should be watched – there is a temptation to over-do things. It’s easy to over-do things, isn’t it? There are so many options available on Photoshop that it’s virtually impossible not to. Ad let’s be clear as well, over-doing it on More

How To Become A Graphic Designer

In today’s amazing and un-missable post, I thought I would do a kind of lesson. A loose lesson, but a lesson all the same: one about how to go about becoming a graphic designer, and the pros and cons of the two main routes. After all, there is always more than one way to skin a cat, as I shall now demonstrate.

1) The uni route: so you’ve always wanted to study graphic design, and so you go to uni. More