Last week I completed the first class of my “Basic Marketing for Artists”… it was a class that was specifically related to how an artist can use Twitter as a tool for research, networking, promoting their work, and even finding deals on equipment and gear. As I drove back home, I was reflecting on the [...]
Some Valuable Tips for Clients
You’re a client. You need some design work done, and a designer has expressed interest in doing some work for you. Maybe you need some print work done, maybe your website needs to be freshened up, maybe you need an annual report put together for your company. Whether you’re a small business owner, or pull [...]
Addressing an issue with photography…
Just sending off a quick link to you all. Anne and I had a talk about this recent experience she had today… thought I’d pass it along. Good stuff. Click here to read it.
A couple hours with JUG
I got a call from Erin Bott the other day. She’s got a rockin’ band called JUG. She needed to get some new shots of the band, and we scheduled some time. We decided to shoot in a dusty old barn… complete with big hairy barn spiders. I set up (with a little help from [...]
A bit of inspiration on a cloudy Thursday
Happened upon a really cool video (originally posted on Bitrebels) Check this guy out. He’s Diego Stocco, and he’s got the right idea. Rethink, innovate, and create. Download an MP3 of the song here. Diego Stocco – Music From A Tree from Diego Stocco on Vimeo.
A Walk through the Woods… June
Fiona, my Daughter put me on the spot for the interview part… I may sound a bit unprepared. What a nice walk. Make sure to check this out in HD, where it shines in all it’s 720p glory.
A blank sheet and an idea… thoughts on the process.
Sometimes it starts simply. One artist (or client), one designer, and a lot of ideas. We get together with some paper, some pens and pencils, and our respective tools. This time around, the project was something my dear friend (and client) Jason Rosen needed to get rolling on. With his incredible project Monsterwood gaining momentum, [...]
“Rovetti Print” – A new free font for you!
So here it is… the new “Rovetti Print” font. I have huge respect for type designers. It’s truly a completely immersive experience to actually produce a font. You get into it. This font contains all alphabet characters, standard punctuations, numbers, brackets, and more. As this is the beta, it obviously doesn’t contain many of the [...]







