via GIPHY My right hand/arm are dead after some art production monkey work, aka separating out colors into layers + tracing so many objects. My brain is also fried from creating / subtracting a bajillion compound shapes. The automated settings on Illustrator helped out tremendously but there was still a lot that just had to […]

via GIPHY Trying to wrap up loose ends before I go on vacation. of course, it’s right smack dab in the midst of tight deadlines. It’s been a mad scramble.

This year’s deadlines hurt much much more because of supply chain issues…and then it’s summer so you think you’ve built in all this time but then the days start disappearing and before you know it, you’re up against time. But we can only make the best of the situation. Previously, I would’ve let it eat […]

An organic cotton tote needs to be used 20,000 times to offset its overall impact of production, according to a 2018 study by the Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark. That equates to daily use for 54 years — for just one bag. According to that metric, if all 25 of her totes were […]

I was so nervous that none of my design concepts would hit, but they all did so now it’s just a matter of choosing. I feel extra accomplished because I was going through some major creative blocks. But, I kept pulling ideas out and I kept scouring everywhere around me for inspiration. That’s what I […]

Thanks to Tiktok I found a fun kerning game and hell yeah to scoring 100 on this ???? https://type.method.ac/

I’m pretty casual with my work emails. I’ll throw in emojis, shorten words and start every sentence with a lower case letter if I feel like it. You’re not going to find any corporate talk like “per my last email” or “circle back” or “pivot” because I just can’t and I won’t.

when the final doesn’t match up to the approved sample and the ship date has already been delayed for two months bc of the panorama…