DESIGN #56: PRISSYCAT

After only 1 sketch last week, I was admittedly not back onto the sketch a day bandwagon. I've contemplated as to whether I'm allowed to use recovering from jet lag then traveling to Denver the weekend after we returned from the UK as an excuse. It's a poor excuse at the very least, but regardless - I'm back. During the extremely short month of March, I rediscovered my love for "chunky textures" in my drawings and have decided to finish out this week with sketches. According to my schedule, April is to be dedicated to ampersands.

featured again!

So, apparently my site was featured again, this time on Smashing Magazine under Textures and Pattern Designs Showcase.  What an honor!

As a designer, I find myself feeling like my work isn't quite up to parr, or I get depressed because there are so many designers out there who are so much more talented. So when things like this happen and my work is featured on multiple sites, it's a nice little pick-me-up.  A reminder that I'm on the right track and that those designers who are so much better than me, are actually the same people who are pushing me and motivating me to be a better designer.

So here's to all of the amazing designers in the world who have brought me to where I am and are pushing me to where I am going.

got wood?

I'm terribly excited. Today, my website was featured on a new Design Meltdown chapter Got Wood 5. As Patrick says, "Sometimes there is a trend, and sometimes there is a trend. Is the use of wood the new glossy style? It just might be the case. I have noticed for some time now the shift from a technical aesthetic (things like shiny sites, badges, saturated colors etc) to a more organic style (think brown and muted colors, and wood of course).

As I researched my database of sites for this article I couldn't believe how many sites I found that used wood. There were so many I just got tired of looking to be honest. But this wasn't until I had 40 samples to provide here. Which by my standards certainly establishes this as a solid trend.

Sure the style has been around for a long time, in fact it was one of the first articles on Design Meltdown. However, there is a massive surge of design using this style and it easily warrants a fresh collection here on Design Meltdown."

...and I'm number 3!

Yeah!