Journal
Notes on design, branding and running a studio.
Process videos, lessons learned and the occasional thought experiment.
Five Reasons Your Small Business Needs Great Design
You show up every day to grind and grow your business to help it become a sustainable and profitable (and fulfilling!) operation. And as an...
A Thought Experiment in Working Remotely
What if instead of working 60 hours a week in Dallas, TX building a freelance business I was able to work 20 hours a week while living on a beach in...
How to manufacture a product overseas
(Update: I apologize, but my shop has been temprarily taken down. Check back summer 2018) I recently ordered some products from India in...
How to build a hand lettered logo in Adobe Illustrator
I recently finished up a hand lettering logo project for a client and wanted to show you my complete vectorizing process to convert a hand drawn...
Branding & Vectorizing Process (video)
Few things in my life are as tedious or time consuming, but at the same time rewarding and satisfying, as vectoring out an illustration,...
Custom Typography Process
Here’s a peak behind the scenes at my custom typography process. It all starts with sketching and ends with a slight obsession over smoothing out...
2015 Year in Review
I know it’s not New Years Eve or anything, but it’s never too late to take a break and reflect on what you’ve accomplished in the past year and...
The Inspiration Fallacy
Everyday we go out into the world full of fancy cars, perfect packaging, sleek branding, captivating advertisements and we get inspired by the...
Have yourself a funky little Christmas
If you’re anything like me, you might need a little refresh on your Christmas music. If you think your holiday tunes lack a little soul, funk...
Thankfulness
I recently attended my first Creative Mornings event last Friday in downtown Dallas to listen to Jason Franzen of MoreSimple.com speak about his...
Howdy World
Hello world, I can’t believe it’s already November and what an eventful year it has been! I recently left the world of steady paychecks, expense...