Creatives Ignite

Episode 228. Aired September 23, 2017

This week I am excited to have Winston Scully on the show. I have been following Winston since he graduated and maybe before. He is super passionate about learning and type, and about growth and challenging himself. He has pushed himself to go move to a new place, dive head first into intense learning, and start a type foundry with a friend (Scott Biersack).

Winston works a full-time gig where his strengths in lettering and typography are used daily, he is active in the San Francisco community (on Saturday, he is competing in TYPE JAM), and he has a life. Let’s find out how he balances all this and advice he has for us about keeping up.

Find Winston online at:

wscully.com

instagram: @wscully

Twitter: @winstonscully

https://continentaltype.co/

For Full Show Notes visit: https://rechargingyou.com/2017/09/18/winston-scully-a-passion-for-type/

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Episode 227. Aired September, 13, 2017.

This week I am going to talk to you about Customer Service and how you treat your clients. I am going to share an epiphany I had last week in regards how I treat my clients and what I can do better. It wasn't a positive. I have been leaving a ton of money and relationships in a place I am not proud of, but didn't realize it until...

My analogy this week is about NAPKINS... that is right, Napkins. You are probably thinking I have completely lost it. But hopefully once I explain to you the analogy you will get it and every time you get (or don't get) napkins at the drive through you will think of what you can do to serve your customers better.

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Episode 226. Aired on September 6, 2017

This week I am excited to have Alex Lazaris on the show. I started out being impressed by Alex’s designs and his creative eye, but the more I learned about him the more inspired I became. He is not only a talented designer, but he is also leading a creative team, and finds time to encourage and mentor other creatives.

Alex and I will talk about how what other people told him he couldn’t do, actually fueled him to do the best work possible along with never wanting anyone to feel the same way. Because of some early discouragement, Alex is passionate about being a champion for other designers.

Alex likes to push his limits out of the office too, and is a long board skateboard racer. Not only does Alex dives head first into new challenges at work but he has learned to not let fear hold him back. He has learned to embrace change and expect failure. His story will inspire you to push yourself. Which is exactly what I need this week.

#facingfear #designthinking #designmentor #mentoring #mentoringdesigners #leadingcreativeteams #creativeteamlead #creativeteam #nofearoffailure #fearofFailure #embracechange

Best places to see Alex's work:

https://www.behance.net/alexlazaris

https://dribbble.com/Alex_Lazaris

Follow Alex on social at:

Best place is instagram @lazaris

Twitch.tv/lazaris (below)

Twitter: @alex_lazaris

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Episode 225.

Aired August 30, 2017.

This week I am proud to have my friend and long-time Design Recharge family member back on the show to talk about fear and empathy. We will talk about not feeling like you belong, and understanding how as designers we are communicators. That means we are sales people, we are motivators, we are educators, and information transmitters. We have a purpose and it is inner-woven into all business, that purpose is to get in the shoes of our client’s customers.

Joe and I will talk about how fear sets us back and if we look at fear as a friend with something new to teach us it becomes less scary and more exciting. I will find out where Joe has found courage in different times of his life and how he has learned to harness his strengths for the benefit of his clients and colleagues.

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Follow Joe at:

www.anthonybrowncreates.com

@abrowncreates (Instagram & Twitter)

https://2017.baltimore.wordcamp.org/schedule/

Aired on August 23, 2017

Episode 224

This week is a Rapid Recharge and we are recapping WMC Fest 8. You will get to hear the talk I gave and understand why I think designers are beavers. I was blessed to have friends in the first two rows who whooped it up for me and laughed at all my jokes. The people at Weapons of Mass Creation (WMC Fest) were incredible. Cleveland was a terrific city and I got to hang out with new and old friends.

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Episode 223

This week's guest is T.J. Harley. T.J. got his start working in a t-shirt shop while going to college at Clemson University. He worked whenever he didn’t have class and got a chance to learn and use Illustrator. After graduation T.J. got his start in the sports industry and began working for The Collegiate Licensing Company in Atlanta, now IMG College. He worked at IMG for almost 11 years and now runs Harley Creative focusing on the sports and entertainment industries.

T.J. has met people within the industry and works on retainer for many of his clients. He has a love for branding but does it all from web design to publication design.

Follow T.J.:

Harley-Creative.com

IG: @tj_harley @harleycreative

Twitter: @tj_harley @harley_creative

Dribbble: harleycreative

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Episode 222

This week's guest is Mackenzie Hill. She is a project leader and keeps multiple projects running smoothly. Mackenzie has some tips on client interaction and designer to developer communication. We will learn the tools she uses to make working so much easier. If you are trying to wear multiple hats this is the episode for you, because we will look into the industry from another (very organized) perspective.

Want to get more organized? Want to know some tools you can use to help your work flow be efficient then don't miss this episode.

Connect with Mackenzie at [email protected] or on twitter at @oh_mackenziee or on instagram at @ohmackenziee.

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Aired on July 19, 2017.
 Episode 220



This week's guest is a Design Recharge favorite, Ryan Hamrick. Ryan is a lettering artist, designer, and entrepreneur with a passion for teaching calligraphy and lettering. We will talk about his Curves Ahead Tour, traveling and working on the road, and teaching workshops. We will find out how much prep work when into planning and marketing for a trip like this and we will find out if you can still sign up for one of these killer workshops.

Follow Ryan at:

www.ryanhamrick.com

Twitter and instagram: @hamrick

 

Show Notes from the interview:

procreate brushes: http://ryanhamrick.com/lettering-brushes

shopwithbrooke.com

https://curvesaheadtour.com/workshops

http://curvesaheadtour.com/

Ryan's new podcast: Curve Cast with Ryan Hamrick

Handling the Curve on Medium  https://handlingthecurve.com/

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Episode 219

Aired July 12, 2017.

This week's guest is Austin Saylor a motion designer with a love for animating lettering. We will talk about telling compelling stories and the challenges of a 10 second animation. We will chat about how he is able to travel and work and how living on the road has changed his life and work.

Find out more about Austin:

www.austinsaylor.com

www.letteringanimation.com

www.twitter.com/itsaustinsaylor

http://www.instagram.com/itsaustinsaylor

Things we talked about during the show:

http://www.mographmentor.com/

school of motion bootcamp course:

https://www.schoolofmotion.com/animation-bootcamp

video platform: wistia.com

kyle asked: What are some good resources you recommend for learning storytelling?

the invisible ink book: http://amzn.to/2uk5VYz

tim ferriss: http://amzn.to/2ua8ATY

freelance manifesto: http://amzn.to/2ujYnVm

any plugins for AE (after effects): motion2

Motion 2: http://www.mtmograph.com/motion/

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Episode 218

Trying new things and stepping out into something new and uncomfortable is the theme for this week. Amarilys Henderson is an illustrator who works in watercolor mainly and was on the podcast back in April. She is back and we will dig into a little more of her marketing strategy as an illustrator and online teacher.

Amarilys had her first solo booth at Surtex this past May, she is busy creating and marketing her new work. She was surprised at the level of interest in her lettering and will share with us the steps that got her to where she is today.

Skillshare class: Expressive-Little-Faces-Proportions-Painting-Personality

https://medium.com/@kyleTwebster/the-style-problem-for-artists-bb4c79f2582e

http://instagram.com/watercolordevo

http://facebook.com/watercolordevo

http://watercolordevo.com

http://watercolordevo.etsy.com

http://skillshare.com/r/amarilys

For show notes and clickable links go to: Things we talked about today: https://rechargingyou.com/2017/06/27/amarilys-henderson-stepping-out-at-surtex/