Posts made in November, 2013

Tonight’s post is a quick rant about my recent discovery of my current job title and how I’m feeling about it. So even though my elevator pitch is “graphic designer”, I’ve come to recognize that for the last 15+ years, I’m more of a production designer. I produce someone else’s creative ideas – at least by day. By day, I mean by the companies that I’ve been employed by. Sure, some...

Since yesterday’s post was about local design resources, I wanted to share some of the global design resources I use and often visit. I’ve included some web design links as well. Coroflot – design link that posts jobs and articles CreativeBloq – cool Core77 – industrial design Behance – online porfolio site that brought 99u 99u – awesome resource that encourages ACTION, especially for...

Tonight’s post is about local design resources that I wanted to share. Since I live just outside of Charleston, SC, everything below is within proximity. Tomorrow’s post will about global resources. Thanks for reading! RefreshCHS – is a local quarterly meetup organized by Karl Philips. BarcampCHS – the annual fUNconference of the year Dig South – another annual weekend conference, in the similar vein of...

The AIGA SC Chapter is bringing artist and graphic designer James White, to Blue Ion this Friday, November 22nd for FREE from 5sh to 9sh [according to Blue Ion’s blog]. All you have to do is RSVP! Here’s a little blurb from RefreshCHS. My favorite images from him are his DRIVE movie poster, Green Lantern “Blackest Night” poster, The Smuggler, The Scientist, and Elle. The time is from 5sh to 9sh, according to...

My sister and I volunteer for events that we enjoy. I have to give my sister credit, because she’s the one who always does the research and then convinces me [drags my butt] to do it. But, why do we do it? I wanted to reflect on this today and came up with these reasons: We believe in the cause – whether they’re marathons [Charleston’s only marathon, (the first and third)] or for growth [BarcampCHS 2...