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Notes on working for free

Lisa Maltby

If you choose to regularly create artistic work, whether it’s your main source of income or knitting scarves in front of the telly, you will likely have been met with comments such as “ooh, could you do me something like that?” “Could you whip me up a quick logo?” or “Could you draw my portrait?” (and the list goes on). It is a constant issue – and although I hate to say it – I don’t think it’s going to go away anytime soon.

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A DITKO TRIBUTE

Illustration Art

Last week Steve Ditko left us to join the hoary hosts of Hoggoth. He will be remembered worldwide for his role in creating Spiderman , definitely one of his lesser artistic achievements. Ditko was a highly imaginative comic artist whose half baked political philosophies eventually led him to a role as a hermit and an outsider artist. He would disapprove of any tribute that purported to interpret his work.

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How To Create A Flat Vector Illustration In Affinity Designer

Smashing Magazine Graphics

How To Create A Flat Vector Illustration In Affinity Designer. How To Create A Flat Vector Illustration In Affinity Designer. Isabel Aracama. 2018-07-11T20:00:02+02:00. 2019-10-16T18:36:56+00:00. ( This is a sponsored post.) If you are in the design world, chances are that you’ve already heard about Affinity Designer , a vector graphics editor for Apple’s macOS and Microsoft Windows.

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Optometry Today Magazine illustrations and lettering

Lisa Maltby

I was commissioned by Think Publishing to create lettering and illustration for a the cover and feature article in Optometry Today magazine. The feature was all about Dry Eye Syndrome and how to treat it and so I was commissioned to create some elaborate lettering for the cover and some illustrations to sit alongside the article that helped to illustrate the text.

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Let's Talk Trends: Designing for Maximum Impact

Speaker: Amber Asay, Creative Director and Founder of award-winning design studio Nice People

Understanding what trends are happening and how they’re impacting the competitive landscape is crucial to providing top dollar design strategy to your clients. With so many trends coming and going, it can be overwhelming to determine which ones you should capitalize on and which ones might not be worth the trouble. In this exclusive webinar with Amber Asay, we’ll explore graphic design trends that need to die, trends that are starting to pick up and why, trends that have come and gone, and how t