tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91935894111715736022024-03-05T14:41:12.007+00:00FayeBrownDesignsFaye Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904333429527288078noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193589411171573602.post-67299475284910797882019-01-14T10:39:00.000+00:002019-01-14T10:40:19.118+00:00Productivity tips! Happy New Year everyone!! I like to start the new year off with good intentions so here are my top 5 productivity tips:<br />
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Print out a daily schedule and fill in the gaps with fixed commitments you have. Here's an example. You can then see what time you have to really dedicate yourself to your business or a side line business. Make you sure you allow time for exercise! (see tip 5)<br />
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<b>2. Turn off distractions</b></div>
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Ok this is the obvious one... we probably all work with our phones right next to us looking down every time we get a notification. Try putting your phone out of sight for an hour or two and really focus on the job at hand. Close your email for hour too!</div>
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<b>3. Stay on top of your accounts and money</b></div>
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Try not to leave it all until the last minute when the tax return is due. Keeping on top of it through-out the year will make you less stressed and more in control. Set aside a morning a month to focus on your accounts. </div>
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<b>4. Get out!</b></div>
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You might think to be productive you need to bury your head in your work and never see the light of day. Not true, get out, network, go to a show, do things you love and meet like minded people. Maybe you'll meet someone you can collaborate with. It's important to keep your creative spark alight so getting out and about will in the end help you be more productive. </div>
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<b>5. Exercise</b></div>
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You don't need to be running marathons but try to make time for exercise that works for you. Don't like to run, don't run. Love yoga, do yoga... Whilst it's great for fitness it's also good for the mind and healthy minds will lead to better work, probably done quicker as well! </div>
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My Skillshare class The Freelancing Guide: How to Organise your Life and Work is currently being offered as part of a much bigger bundle of classes on Productivity, mindset and goal setting. The stack is called Your Best Year Yet. Please do check out everything that is included and there's a massive 97% off the total price of these classes - but the offer runs out tomorrow. There's also a 60 day money back guarantee. <a href="https://fayebrown--infostack.thrivecart.com/ybyy/" target="_blank">Take a look at everything included here - it's huge!</a></div>
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Faye Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904333429527288078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193589411171573602.post-35894458803894862632015-05-07T21:20:00.000+01:002015-05-07T21:20:16.789+01:00Branding your Creative Business<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oooooo I'm so excited! My new course is now live on <a href="http://skl.sh/1EcVwaZ" target="_blank">Skillshare</a>. I've been working on this course for a few months and hope it will help all those people who find the branding of their businesses a little tricky. My main inspiration for this course was meeting a load of talented surface pattern designers and many of them found the branding of their business their biggest hurdle to get started. Even as a graphic designer myself, branding yourself is one of the hardest jobs due to how personal it is.<br />
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This course will break down all the steps to creating a perfect brand. In part 1 of this course - Define your brand - we will look at:<br />
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Part 2 will be all about Designing your logo and part 3 will cover releasing your brand to the world! more details coming soon.<br />
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Hope you can join me on the first part! check out more details here: http://skl.sh/1EcVwaZFaye Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904333429527288078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193589411171573602.post-62353459982485996292015-04-24T21:23:00.000+01:002015-04-24T21:23:52.747+01:00100 days of hand letteringI'm always one for starting new challenges! Advent challenge has been loads of fun but last Christmas I couldn't keep up so when I embarked on #the100dayproject I thought 'this will be a miracle to keep this up!' So I decided to keep it simple and focused on an area I really wanted to get better at...<br />
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#100daysofhandlettering seemed like a good plan as I could be as intricate or as simple and quick as I wanted each day, depending on my time.</div>
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I kicked off on a lovely sunny day so felt I wanted to reflect that in Day 001!!<br />
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Day 002 things got a little more detailed! This took a few hours whilst I watched a film ;) </div>
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And then around day 9-10 I signed up to an app called Steller where I could start recording all the days in a flip book...</div>
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A few days later it was picked up for their <a href="https://steller.co/s/4MVtfpGgxa8" target="_blank">Stellerverse Collection</a> and appeared on their front page! </div>
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This was just what I needed... I'm feeling really inspired now to get to 100! I can already feel my skills and confidence improving...</div>
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I'm using Tombow and Micron pens, sometimes using a guide pencil... And just started using a paint brush too... Next up I really need to master calligraphy!</div>
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Faye Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904333429527288078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193589411171573602.post-85033381766754475142015-03-12T21:02:00.000+00:002015-04-24T21:03:48.922+01:00Branding your creative business - new course!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Oooooo, I'm pretty excited... I'm in the process of creating a new online course all about Branding your Creative Business - really aimed at everyone running a business in a creative field who might need a little help with their branding... This course will be launched on Skillshare in the next few months. </div>
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I hope you can join me soon!</div>
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<br />Faye Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904333429527288078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193589411171573602.post-30717271740159460382014-12-19T21:00:00.002+00:002014-12-19T21:03:10.266+00:00Advent Challenge 2014 Showcase<div class="p1">
I've been so blown away with everyone's responses to Advent Challenge 2014, I just had to do a post showcasing some of the amazing talent taking part...</div>
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For the last few years I've run an Advent Challenge, starting with Advent Doodle in 2012. This year I wanted to go bigger and better suggesting anyone could enter from artists, musicians, poets, dancers and film makers... To be fair, it's mostly been artists - but the level of artistry and creativity is pretty astounding. </div>
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Here's a selection of some awesome people taking part and their work... Sit back, put on the Christmas music and enjoy this feast for your eyes!<br />
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I love Mary's (aka Groovity) bright folky style - check out more of her work <a href="http://marytanana.com/" target="_blank">here.</a> I also need to thank Mary for asking me to do another challenge this year!</div>
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<a href="http://www.rebeccastoner.co.uk/" target="_blank">Rebecca Stoner's</a> illustrations are just lovely, love the colour palette too!</div>
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I love seeing what Meg (<a href="http://may-i-design.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">May I Design</a>) comes up with each day - her embroidery is amazing!</div>
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<a href="http://www.melissaiwai.com/" target="_blank">Melissa Iwai</a> is an illustrator and children's book author. I'm so in love with her magical illustrations - I'd hang most of them on my wall!</div>
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The best thing about running something like this is meeting new designers and illustrators mostly on Instagram using the hashtag #adventchallenge2014 </div>
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<a href="http://katherinelenius.com/" target="_blank">Katherine Lenius</a> is one of those people! Her style is so fun and fresh</div>
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<a href="http://slumbermonkey.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Lindsay Buck (aka Slumbermonkey</a>) is an Advent Challenge veteran, having taken part since the start! She's used the prompts to create a series of awesome patterns and illustrations. Lindsay also set up a <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/SlumberMonkey/advent-challenge-2014/" target="_blank">pinterest board</a> collating some of the designs from people taking part. </div>
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It's great to see the challenge go global, <a href="http://jessicaphillips.ca/" target="_blank">Jessica Phillips</a> is an illustrator from Canada. I love her characters and the colour palette gives her illustrations a really fresh festive feel. </div>
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<a href="http://www.christinegardner.co.uk/" target="_blank">Christine Gardner</a> has used the prompts to create a collection of patterns and illustrations that all look amazing together - I can imagine a whole range of greeting cards, wrapping paper and tags!</div>
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<a href="http://estherbley.com/" target="_blank">Bley Hack</a> has also used the prompts to create a series of fabulous patterns. It's hard to choose but I think my favourite is the Nutcracker top right.</div>
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Other artists have picked a couple of prompts to illustrate. <a href="http://www.suzyspellbound.com/" target="_blank">Suzanne Washington (Suzy Spellbound)</a> illustrated this beautifully intricate tree decoration for Day 3. </div>
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<a href="http://artisticallyafflicted.com/" target="_blank">Julie Hamilton (Artistically Afflicted)</a> created this stunning illustration for Day 7 - Winter Wonderland. Julie was brilliant at spreading the word about the Advent Challenge, helping it to go truly global! Thanks so much Julie, it's been a massive success!</div>
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I can't wait to see what everyone ends of doing with all their new artwork. I'm hoping to see some on the shelves next year. Make sure you check out #adventchallenge on Instagram to view all the amazing work, by many artists. And if you have taken part and would like to be included in this or a future blogpost please email me one jpg. </div>
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Faye Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904333429527288078noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193589411171573602.post-3556487943863659532014-12-01T21:04:00.000+00:002014-12-19T21:04:23.756+00:00Advent Challenge 2014It's back! it's here... go go go...<br />
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<br />Faye Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904333429527288078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193589411171573602.post-24198721109755810992014-10-01T21:13:00.000+01:002014-12-19T21:14:03.302+00:00Latest logo designs...I've had a busy few months with our lovely little baby daughter but managed to squeeze in some branding projects... here's a few logos I've been working on lately.<br />
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Logo for <a href="http://www.originalcinemaposters.co.uk/" target="_blank">Original Cinema Posters</a>. I loved designing this and working with the client closely. I'm going to write a full post about it soon.</div>
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Branding for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Glister-Plumbing-Heating-Ltd/308662085817288" target="_blank">Glister Plumbing and Heating.</a> Craig wanted a professional fresh logo that represented both elements of the business. </div>
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Branding for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChangeOfALifestyle" target="_blank">COAL Fitness</a>. COAL stands for Change of a lifestyle. Liam also wanted to incorporate a diamond element to the design linking to the word COAL. </div>
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<br />Faye Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904333429527288078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193589411171573602.post-2840642587407688342014-08-17T15:44:00.003+01:002014-08-17T15:44:31.246+01:00Summer of Design - Project #5 - Be a fashion designerWeek 5 and project 5 is a fun one you can go to town on! Missed a project? please check out <a href="http://www.fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/summer-of-design-project-1-50-things.html" target="_blank">Project 1 - 50 things</a>, <a href="http://www.fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/summer-of-design-project-2-photograph.html" target="_blank">Project 2 - Alphabet photography</a>, <a href="http://www.fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/summer-of-design-project-3-interior.html" target="_blank">Project 3 - Interior Design</a> and <a href="http://fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/summer-of-design-project-4-designing.html" target="_blank">Project 4 - designing wrapping paper</a> in the links. I hope you are enjoying all the projects and it's keeping your big kids and little kids busy!<br />
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You'll start by doing some all
important research. Either take a trip to the shops and start noting
what outfits and patterns you like... or go online and check out
shops such as Top Shop for latest trends. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest </a>is also a great
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Start sketching down ideas you like, or
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stones, food – could be anything. And then start narrowing down
where you see your collection heading. Start getting together a mood
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And then use the templates to design
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or just sketch with pencils or pens. Maybe you'll design 3 outfits
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This project helps you start thinking
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belongs together but is different too. Surface pattern designers do
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My son has only just started drawing
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designing his first fashion collection yet but encourage them to
think of colours that work well together. You could also get
geometric sticking shapes to get younger kids to use and help start
making patterns.<br />
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This is a very easy project that any age kid can have fun with... the older the kid, the more advanced the designs might be.<br>
Designing for gift wrap, greeting cards, gift bags, tags etc is a massive market within the design world. Next time you go into your local card shop just take note of all the different styles and designs. Maybe take photos of which designs catch your eye and write down why you like them. </div>
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This project is super easy... but to start I want you to decide who you will design this wrapping paper for. Is it for a girl or boy or unisex? Is it for a child, baby, your nan? Is it for a birthday, christmas or a new baby? write your own brief. And once you have a good idea who this paper will be for you can start designing.<br>
Pick a coloured piece of paper and a matching colour pen or pencil or crayon and start designing! This creates a nice effect. Think about your pattern, will it have any text elements? will it be abstract shapes or objects we know like boats and balloons? Or how about using this to tick off one of your 50 from the first project?<br>
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With this project we are starting to look at the world of surface pattern design - so much of our everyday lives are surrounded with surface pattern from wallpaper, bedding, biscuit tins, clothes and stationery. Encourage your kids to start taking notice of all the design around us everyday... what items would they like to design for?<br>
This is also a good project for starting to think about a target market. A design for a 5 year old boy will be much different to a 30 year old female (probably!!).<div><br>
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This is a great one for younger children..! Encourage them to scribble and make marks. Here's something my 3 year old drew when we were doing this project...<br>
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In the third project of Summer of Design we will be looking at Interior Design! Haven't you always wanted to redesign your bedroom? well now is your chance... </div>
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<b><i>You will need</i></b> - if you have access to a computer you can do a lot of this online. But if you find yourselves at a hardware store pick up paint swatches / catalogues and wall paper samples - anything you can get your hands on!</div>
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Designers come in all shapes and forms
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Pick a room in your house or a friends
house that you would like to redesign. It might be your own bedroom
or might be the kitchen or the bathroom. Your job is to come up with
some ideas and designs for that room and then pitch them to your
parents / friends. We will break this project down into steps – all
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Once you've decided on a room answer
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Look on the internet and in magazines
and start collating the ideas that grab you. Think about what colours
your room should be. What furniture would work well? A great website
for finding inspiration and creating online moodboards is <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/">www.pinterest.com</a></div>
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It's good to have an idea of what you are looking for before searching. So if you search 'bathroom' you will get all sorts of bathrooms. If you search 'monochrome bathroom' you will have narrowed down your search to a more specific requirement. Don't pin everything you see!! only what you really like or feel could work within your project. Also don't be too narrow in your search - so for monochrome bathroom you might also search - monochrome art, monochrome patterns, black and white photography etc. </div>
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Start collecting physical items too,
next time you go in a hardware shop pick up paint swatches and
wallpaper samples – and the catalogues or magazines for accessories like
cushions, pictures, vases etc. Or take photos of items you like in shops. </div>
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Create either a digital moodboard like
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As you can see these don't have to be works of art. You can help younger children explore colours. In this example it's quite obvious the dark grey jars against the soft pink and lilac tones - talk to your younger children when creating mood boards like this and ask them what colours they think go well together.</div>
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If you are finding yourselves getting stuck for colour inspiration - check out this fabulous website <a href="http://design-seeds.com/" target="_blank">Design Seeds.</a></div>
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Set a time for your pitch meeting, sit
down and pitch your ideas and moodboards to present to your 'client'. You need
to convince them this room needs this makeover. Take a note book and write down thoughts that were discussed in your meeting. Ask your client for
feedback, maybe you can go and add to your ideas or change certain things. </div>
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In a real life design project you would
probably have been given a budget upfront to work to... but if you
get to the point where your client is considering the make over for
real, it's a really good exercise to work out a budget – how much
does paint cost? How much wallpaper will you need? This is particularly good for older children to work out the maths behind it all. This is usually an area most people assume designers are not great at, but you'd be surprised how much us designers use maths!</div>
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And if your client
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<i><b>What are we learning here?</b></i></div>
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This is mostly a fun project to get you excited about interior design and colour but there's a lot to learn within this brief... from the importance of mood boards, how to present to a client and how to budget. I've used all these skills in almost every design project I've worked on from designing a logo to title sequences.<br />
For those of you who would like to know more about colour theory you'll find some good links here on my <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/fayebrowndesign/colour-theory/" target="_blank">Colour Theory board</a>. And for some inspiration on colour combination you can also look <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/fayebrowndesign/colour-theory/" target="_blank">here.</a><br />
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There are lots more rooms! or if you are looking for a mini project to add on to this one, why not think about designing a print to hang up in the new room? There's a few examples in the pinterest mood boards - have a go at designing your own wall art! Maybe you could look at incorporate something from <a href="http://www.fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/summer-of-design-project-1-50-things.html" target="_blank">Project 1</a> or <a href="http://www.fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/summer-of-design-project-2-photograph.html" target="_blank">Project 2</a> into a print...<br />
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This is quite a grown up project. For younger children approach this project as a fun way to explore colour and pattern. By placing cut out paper next to each other. Another fun option is to create some art for their bedroom. My son and I had fun recently cutting up all his old Thomas the Tank engine magazines and making a Thomas collage for his room (this is a great way of getting rid of all the magazines too!) </div>
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Faye Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904333429527288078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193589411171573602.post-74168905077238113692014-07-27T05:30:00.000+01:002014-07-27T12:02:15.319+01:00Summer of Design - Project #2 - Photograph the alphabetIn the second of our Summer of Design projects we take a look at photography and typography. If you missed the first project take a <a href="http://fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/summer-of-design-project-1-50-things.html" target="_blank">look here.</a><br />
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Photography plays a big part in the
designers life. Photography is often used to help communicate a mood
and emotion. We can also use photography to help us record ideas and
capture inspiration thought out our daily lives. So with this project we combine photography with typography. Typography is the study of letters, words and arranging them. We could go into this in much more depth but let's start of in simple terms... </div>
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As you go about your daily lives this
week take a camera with you and try to capture every letter of the
alphabet. Mix this up with making your own letters using various
items you come across from stones, twigs or coins. Get your friends
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Collate all your photos of letters and if you can, print them out and display them on a cork board or make a poster of the whole alphabet.<br />
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This project not only helps you notice
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letterforms and typography. You'll start to notice all the different
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Why don't you try numbers next or extra symbols like ampersands(&) and pound signs? Another
good photography project is to pick a colour and start snapping
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If you have an interest to learn more about typography then you can get 40% off my Art of Typography Skillshare course by clicking <a href="http://skl.sh/Uhzx2L" target="_blank">on this link.</a></div>
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My son is almost 3 and doesn't know all the letters yet so this might be a tricky one for the really young children. What you can do is use it as an exercise to learn the letters... maybe focus on 1 or 2 at a time. One morning maybe you could set the challenge to find things around you that are S shaped, and take photos of them... for example. Or how about potato printing?! Or you can set a letter and try creating them out of different objects. My son loved helping me recently on the button alphabet... </div>
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Faye Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904333429527288078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193589411171573602.post-9385760111001185852014-07-20T05:30:00.000+01:002014-07-20T05:31:09.468+01:00Summer of Design - Project #1 - 50 thingsFirstly, a quick introduction to the Summer of Design! Over the next 6 weeks I'll be posting a design related project each week which will keep your big kids and little kids nice and busy and get their creative juices flowing... so even on a rainy day they can't complain about being bored!<br>
At the end of the 6 weeks your kids will have worked on a range of fun projects that will have hopefully ignited a passion for design... whatever their age!<br>
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<i><b>You will need </b>- mixed media... whatever you can get your hands on!</i><br>
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This is a great project to get those
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project to this over a summer before starting an Art Foundation
course and I really enjoyed it. I was 18, you are never too old for these projects!</div>
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I had to illustrate the sun in 100
different ways using any materials I wanted – pencils, paint,
plasticine, photography, computer programmes – there were no limitations.
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This is a great project to start at the
beginning of the holidays and keep coming back to, some of the other
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Pick one of the subjects on the image below and find 50 different ways to illustrate it – using
whatever materials you like. If none of the words grab you, decide on
something else. Or if you can't decide, print out all the words and
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There are no right or wrong solutions –
just have lots of fun with it and try to use as many different materials as you can. You could record all your ideas on a big A2 board or maybe photograph each solution instead.<br>
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Whilst the projects are all set to be fun there is also an element of learning and how this would help in the real world of designing. This is more relevant for older kids and teenagers who are really thinking about pursuing a career in design. What this project reveals it that in design there is hardly ever one correct solution to a brief. Let's say there was a brief to design a company logo but it must include a reference to a fish... this project helps you realise there are so many ways to draw or represent a fish (for example!) You will also find that the further down the 50 you get, the more and more you are thinking creatively... you are forced to start thinking of what new ways you could illustrate an apple or a sun. This boosts the thought processes and creative thinking.<br>
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Occasionally some projects might need to be modified for younger children - see how you get on. My suggestion for children under 6 or 7 would be work with them and help them come up with 10 different ideas for say 5 of the subjects. Encourage them to use a mix of materials - you could even make a robot out of cardboard boxes! Or maybe bake heart shaped biscuits!<br>
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The fabulous <a href="http://www.tigerprint.uk.com/" target="_blank">Tigerprinters</a> set a Gifted challenge each year for recent graduates. One of my friends suggested we could play along with some of the themes so here's my Alphabet! </div>
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Faye Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904333429527288078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193589411171573602.post-68590215848888697792014-07-06T03:35:00.001+01:002014-07-06T03:35:54.665+01:00It's been a while...Hello! I've just noticed my last blog post was 27th March which was quite literally a life time ago now... Our little baby girl arrived on the 1st April. Despite a trip back into hospital for 8 days when she was 7 weeks she's now doing really well and she's a little cutie.<div><br></div><div>So I've been a little quiet on the work front but this month I'm taking part in a fun challenge called Gifted Too..! Which is basically playing alongside the wonderful Tigerprinters Gifted challenge (as theirs is just for recent graduates!) </div><div><br></div><div>I'll be posting the themes I complete over the next month...</div>Faye Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904333429527288078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193589411171573602.post-10925166453170164382014-03-27T15:23:00.003+00:002014-03-27T17:06:05.817+00:00Teaching an online course - top tips - Part 3In the third and final part of my top tips for teaching an online course we look at what to do once your course is live and running. If you missed <a href="http://www.fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/teaching-online-course-top-tips-part-1.html" target="_blank">Parts 1</a> and <a href="http://www.fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/teaching-online-course-top-tips-part-2.html" target="_blank">Parts 2</a> just click on the links. (It's a good idea to start at the beginning!)<br />
We've covered what your course might be about, how to structure the course, how to deliver the course and how to price it. But what do you do once the course is up - how do you deal with criticism, how can you improve your course for the future and how do you get people to stay interested or stay in touch? let's take a look... you'll be pleased to know this is a little shorter than the previous 2 posts!<br />
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8 - DEALING WITH FEEDBACK<br />
Your course will be open to receiving feedback whether publicly or maybe someone will pop you a mail. I've received some lovely reviews of my course but then on one dark rainy day I got a thumbs down! I have to say, I was a bit gutted. I previously had a 100% positive response record (thumbs up!). The thumbs down person didn't leave a comment and their profile was private so I couldn't contact them to ask them why. I really genuinely wanted to know what they didn't like - so I in turn could learn from it and either make it right or carry the thought onto another course. I don't mind receiving constructive criticism, as a designer you face it quite regularly... but you have to be able to take it on the chin. So be prepared for the good and bad. You can't please everyone all of the time. Ask your students for feedback, if they all come back saying one particular thing you know that's something you need to improve on.<br />
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9 - BEING YOUR OWN CRITIC<br />
Despite my disappointment receiving a thumbs down, I know my course wasn't perfect and there's a lot I'd do differently now. I'd probably make it shorter and more focused, I'd try to record the videos better quality. Even if you get the best reviews in the world always strive to think of ways to make the course or the way you teach better or more engaging.<br />
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10 - KEEPING IT FRESH & KEEPING IN TOUCH<br />
So your course has been running, you've got students and all is going well... but don't be complacent. How can you keep your course fresh and keep getting people to sign up to it? Can you offer competitions and giveaways? Could you include a new video or an update? And how can you stay in touch with your students to notify them of any new courses or updates? maybe it's a newsletter or facebook page. Keep in touch with your students best you can... build on those relationships. 3 years ago I thought having online friends was a bit strange but since taking part in some courses I've made many online friends who have the same interests as me, can answer questions I have about the industry and can share in frustrations with clients and general work. Build your online network!<br />
Skillshare is good as you can keep in touch with your students, set new challenges with prizes or direct them over to a facebook page. We now have over 200 students in The Art of Typography facebook page which is a great way to stay in touch and stay engaged.<br />
What other ways can you reach new students? Use your testimonials as a marketing tool and use social media - twitter, instagram etc. Have your students written a blog post about the course? don't be shy... share it!<br />
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<a href="http://lynda.com/">Lynda.com</a> for tutorial inspiration!<br />
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Phew... there we go - your 10 top tips! Are you ready to get pen to paper and start brainstorming your online course. Please add any comments or questions below. And do let me know if you run a course. If you decide to use Skillshare as your platform you could be very kind and use my <a href="http://skl.sh/1fOcGPl" target="_blank">referral link</a>, be sure to let me know your course so I can sign up to your course! And if anyone is interested in taking my course The Art of Typography, you can grab <a href="http://skl.sh/1icWrzS" target="_blank">30% off with this link</a> and use the code BLOGPOST. Or maybe you'd like to try out the Skillshare <a href="http://skl.sh/17mBpXu" target="_blank">membership option</a> where you can access loads of courses and see how other people do it.<br />
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I'm currently thinking of a new course, I've got the bug! To keep up to date with any updates please like my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/fayebrowndesigns" target="_blank">facebook page.</a><br />
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<br />Faye Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904333429527288078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193589411171573602.post-91602155455880788962014-03-19T11:01:00.000+00:002014-03-27T17:05:16.127+00:00Teaching an online course - top tips - Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
In mini celebration of reaching over 1000 students in my online class <a href="http://skl.sh/171y93U" target="_blank">The Art of Typography</a>, last week I posted Part 1 of Teaching an online course - top tips which you can read <a href="http://fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/teaching-online-course-top-tips-part-1.html" target="_blank">here</a>. In Part 2 we will think about the best way to deliver your course, whether through video or the written word. We'll also be looking at pricing and marketing your course. And next week I'll be posting the final part (3) giving you tips on what to do once your course is up and running - dealing with feedback and keeping the course fresh... I hope you find it useful and would love to hear your thoughts on what course you would like to run.</div>
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5 - DELIVERY - VIDEOS OR THE WRITTEN WORD?<br />
I'd advise you to take a few online courses yourself before deciding on the best way for YOU to deliver your course. Some courses are entirely made out of video posts - whether that's talking to camera or screen recording tutorials in specific programmes. Some are held on a website where new content may be released each day or week like a blog post. Some are a mixture of both. A lot will depend on your course content and your character!<br />
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Videos are a great way to engage with people, or if you really can't stand the thought of recording yourself think about audio files just recording your voice over a series of relevant images or footage. I can tell you, I didn't feel that comfortable recording myself initially - everyone hates their own voice and I realised I had weird little habits when I spoke... (my nose and mouth seemed to do odd things!!) but the more you do, the better you get, the more confident you become and the more natural you sound so practise practise practise... And give it a go before you rule it out completely.<br />
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I recorded my videos using a mix of Quicktime and After Effects. Quicktime can do screen recording so you can record your screen if you are doing a tutorial, it will also record your voice at the same time. If you select Movie Recording it will record from your computers built in webcam. There are lots of other screen recording software available, like <a href="https://www.shinywhitebox.com/" target="_blank">I Show U </a>also. If you have a lot of background noise - whether that's a dog who might start barking, children or a general hum from your computer, invest in a headset - they aren't overly expensive. Although the dog and children might still be an issue! You could also set up a camera and record yourself talking - if your course is about baking, you'll want to show footage of you baking so get a friend who is handy with a camera to help. <br />
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Try to keep any videos between 5-10 minutes. You can post a few videos for different sections but people's attention spans have decreased and like their info delivered in chunks! The maximum any of my videos have been is just over 20 minutes.<br />
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Skillshare work on a video basis - all their courses involve recording videos. But what if it really isn't for you...?<br />
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Think about how you can structure your course in the form of a blog - a new lesson posted every day or every week and everything is written rather than spoken. I've participated in courses like this that were equally as engaging as any video ones I've done, as long as it's done right! Well you are still reading this rather long blog post... but would you prefer a video of me talking? Or maybe mix it up with an audio file? Be sure to add engaging imagery to break up long text. (note to self - add engaging imagery!!!)<br />
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6 - PRICING YOUR COURSE<br />
Do you want to make money from this venture or are you happy sharing your knowledge for free? Personally I loved the idea of teaching (I've always thought I would teach one day) but I also liked the idea of making some money out of it. You have to get the balance - if it's all about making money, you might not be a good fit for teaching! Or perhaps you think you could offer videos for free on you tube and hopefully make some money from the advertising. Work out your main reasons for doing this...<br />
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Skillshare classes (on average) cost the student $20 to enrol although there is now a membership option where you pay monthly. Please don't think I've made $20x1000!!! Skillshare take a cut, I'm always offering discount codes (see below), and I've signed up to this membership option where I make a fraction of the enrolment fee. But the time I invested in it (and still invest in it) has paid off, yes.<br />
Other courses can literally cost £100s to sign up but then maybe the course numbers are limited and you get more one on one attention. If your course will run for a limited time, can you rerun it biannually maybe? Have you got the network to promote a more expensive course yourself? There's no point running a course costing £250 if no one signs up or hears about it.<br />
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Finally really think about what your course is worth. Some people said to me - are you selling yourself short selling a course for $20? I think the student gets a lot for their money but the bigger picture is anyone can sign up to that course. Almost like selling a photo on a stock photography site - the photo can be bought many times over. Personally I liked the concept of a site like Skillshare - affordable, accessible classes. I've also taken much more expensive courses and equally thought they were worth the money. Once you figure out the best platform for running your course on, the price will probably be easy to judge - but don't forget your research that we discussed in <a href="http://fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/teaching-online-course-top-tips-part-1.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a>!<br />
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7 - MARKETING & PROMOTING<br />
Oh yeah, if only we could all have Paris Hilton's money and contacts! This is a big subject and not an area I felt particularly comfortable with. You might be a marketing guru - hey your course might be teaching people how to be a marketing guru (can I sign up?!)... if so, brilliant! You don't need me to point you in the right direction. If you have no idea where to start, join the club... which is why I liked Skillshare. Although they don't pick up on every class they run and you are expected to do your own promoting, your course is still online at a website which gets a lot of hits. After the first 2 months I felt like I had totally exhausted my network of contacts and friends who might sign up to the course. So then you have to think of new ways to attract people - competitions offering free spots, getting a mention on popular relevant blogs, maybe even advertising in a magazine, using twitter and pinterest. Word of mouth too - will your students talk about it to friends?<br />
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So although I'm no expert in this field you need to think about it. You can create the best course in the world but if no one hears about it, no one will sign up. And don't wait until your course is launched, you need to start creating a buzz about it so you get lots of people signing up in advance!<br />
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Next week in <a href="http://www.fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/teaching-online-course-top-tips-part-3.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a> we will look at what happens once your course is launched. How to deal with feedback and criticism, and how to keep your course fresh. You can check it out <a href="http://www.fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/teaching-online-course-top-tips-part-3.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Check out Monica Lee from <a href="http://smartcreativewomen.com/the-show/" target="_blank">Smart Creative Women</a> for being effortlessly natural in front of the camera. She does this week in week out - and all that practise has paid off in her relaxed style.<br />
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The online course <a href="https://makeitindesign.com/design-school/" target="_blank">The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design</a> - my first online course I took, I was hooked! Module 4 starts on the 24th March and I'm thrilled to be involved teaching a masterclass in typography.<br />
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To get 30% off The Art of Typography <a href="http://skl.sh/171y93U" target="_blank">follow this link</a> and use discount code BLOGPOST, alternatively sign up to the <a href="http://skl.sh/171y93U" target="_blank">membership option</a> for access to lots of classes including mine.<br />
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Have any of you started to think about a potential course yet? please share you ideas and thoughts below...<br />
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So in a mini celebration of this milestone I thought I'd share my experience of teaching an online course, the interaction with students and receiving feedback on the teaching. Hopefully this might inspire some of you to run your own courses as I've definitely learned and gained a lot from the experience.<br />
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This is Part 1 of my top tips. The post got a bit too long and I didn't want to bombard you with information. Points 1-4 are a really good starting point. <a href="http://fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/teaching-online-course-top-tips-part-2.html" target="_blank">Next week</a><u> </u>we will discuss the best way to deliver your course, videos, blog posts etc. and how to market your course.<br />
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1 - WHAT'S YOUR PASSION?<br />
It's all well and good deciding to do an online course but for everyone to get the most out of it (including you) make sure you are passionate about it. This will show in your delivery and should instantly make your course more engaging for potential students. If you are having trouble working out what's your real passion, ask your nearest and dearest. Sometimes they know you better than you know yourself. People would ask my advice about typography without me consciously thinking that's my strong point. I just love designing in general but realised other people saw one of my biggest strengths was type.<br />
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2 - WHAT CAN PEOPLE LEARN FROM YOU?<br />
Once you've worked out your passion you need to work out if this is something other people would like to learn and know about. Be honest with yourself - there's no point putting your heart and soul into something if you and the students get no gain from it, you want people to sign up to your course! Introduce yourself in an intro video or post. But then focus the rest of the course on what the students will be getting out of it. Use examples of your experience and work to support your teaching but be careful not to just talk about yourself, people don't really want to pay to hear all about you... unless you have some sort of celeb status - then they might!<br />
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3 - RESEARCH<br />
This is a two step process... firstly research your topic. Are there similar courses available - there probably are! And if there isn't you need to figure out why. You've either thought of a great course which will have huge success because there's no competition or there's simply no need for your course - maybe there's lots of free videos on you tube already covering the same subject. How can your course offer more or stand apart from anything already out there?<br />
There are now quite a few typography based courses on Skillshare. Some are very specific, maybe on hand drawn lettering or page layout. Mine is more a general introduction to all elements of typography. There can be room for everyone to succeed. Just do your research.<br />
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4 - STRUCTURE YOUR COURSE<br />
This is a very important step and it all depends on what you have planned for your course. Is it a short intense course that will be completed in a week with you on hand constantly to offer feedback, online chats or video calls? Or will it be a 6 week course where you devote 2-3 hours each week? will you set mini projects or one big project? will you be giving feedback to the students? Or maybe you are planning a series of tutorials? You'll have to decide whether the course will have lifetime access once signed up or whether there are set dates the course info is available. Ask yourself all these questions upfront before structuring the course content and working out how the course will be taught... videos, resources, pdf downloads etc.<br />
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So that's your starting point. Feel free to comment below, I'd love to hear your initial thoughts and ideas. <a href="http://fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/teaching-online-course-top-tips-part-2.html" target="_blank">Next week</a> we will be discussing how best to deliver your course. I'd advise you to take a few online courses yourself before deciding on the best route for YOU. Some courses are entirely made out of video posts - whether that's talking to camera or screen recording tutorials in specific programmes. Some are held on a website where new content can be released each day or week like a blog post. Some are a mixture of both. A lot will depend on your course content and your character!<br />
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Useful links - some offer free classes or free trials...<br />
<a href="http://skl.sh/17mBpXu" target="_blank">www.skillshare.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.lynda.com/" target="_blank">www.lynda.com</a><br />
<a href="http://nicolesclasses.com/" target="_blank">www.nicolesclasses.com</a><br />
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Do some research this week, start making notes and take an online course or check out tutorials on you tube. If you fancy taking my The Art of Typography course I'm offering my blog readers a 30% discount if you<a href="http://skl.sh/1icWrzS" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://skl.sh/171y93U" target="_blank">follow this link </a>and use code BLOGPOST - alternatively sign up to the membership option for access to lots of classes!<br />
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<a href="http://fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/teaching-online-course-top-tips-part-2.html" target="_blank">Next week - Delivery, pricing and marketing your online course...</a>Faye Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904333429527288078noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193589411171573602.post-2762621536451474182014-02-18T16:00:00.000+00:002014-02-18T16:13:42.675+00:00Valentine's Challenge winners..!<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3e454c; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; line-height: 13.963635444641113px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are really pleased to annouce the winners of the Skillshare Valentine's Challenge. Majo and I each chose a winner and those lucky two are </span><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3e454c; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; line-height: 13.963635444641113px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Melissa Iwai and Emma Hawman! Whilst we felt most of the designs answered the brief, we were both really impressed by the way the greeting card and gift wrap design worked so well together with Melissa's and Emma's entries. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.818181991577148px;">Thank you to everyone who stopped by, voted and/or commented! </span><span style="font-size: 11.818181991577148px;">We closed the contest this morning at 6am (Colombian time) and had 279 votes altogether! T</span><span style="font-size: 11.818181991577148px;">hank you again to all of the amazing designers that entered the challenge. You all created beautiful work and it was really hard to choose. </span></div>
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</span>Faye Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904333429527288078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193589411171573602.post-76922296555110824592014-02-11T11:53:00.001+00:002014-02-11T11:53:14.448+00:00Skillshare Valentine's Challenge - cast your votes!Just before Christmas I launched a Valentine's Challenge on my <a href="http://skl.sh/171y93U" target="_blank">skillshare typography class</a> in collaboration with <a href="http://www.majobv.com/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #f36c21; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Majo Bautista V</a> and her <a href="http://skl.sh/1es0Pb0" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #f36c21; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Reign Repeats</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21.33333396911621px;"> </span>class. The aim was to create a greeting card with a typographic element along with a matching gift wrap repeat pattern. And here are the lovely projects created by our students! And now we'd love you to get involved and cast your vote for your favourite. Majo and I have each chosen a winner from this group but we will keep that under wraps so we can announce all the winners at the same time. Your job is to vote for 2nd and 3rd place. To see the prizes on offer please click <a href="http://www.fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/exciting-skillshare-challenge.html" target="_blank">here</a>. You have one week to get your votes in before we announce the winners on the 18th February.<br />
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Faye Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904333429527288078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193589411171573602.post-72483707563875516172014-01-16T17:26:00.001+00:002014-01-16T17:26:34.226+00:00Design Process 01 - Window graphics...I thought I'd step into 2014 by starting a new feature on the blog where I take you through my design process for a whole range of different projects... starting with some festive window dressing graphics for a fab London chain called Brissi.<br />
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<b>The Brief</b><br />
To create a corner floral design and text for Brissi's christmas windows.<br />
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<b>Step 1 - little bit of research</b><br />
I was given a reference by the client for the floral design. This is always helpful - as it's important to know if the client is after something elegant or bold and graphic - it's also important to not copy the reference, but use it as a starting point. I was asked to refer to their website for typefaces and style to ensure brand continuity.<br />
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<b>Step 2 - get designing!</b><br />
Floral designs can be quite intricate in nature - here's how I approach a design like this:<br />
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In Illustrator, I started by laying out some circles coming out from the top corner. This is good to get some geometry to use as a base. The middle image shows how I then started adding offshoot stems and twirls. At this point I started to see which lines I could use for the main design. I then started thickening the lines in places. </div>
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Once I got a rough design I could start the fun bit by adding all the flourishes and details. </div>
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<b>Step 3 - send to client for approval and speak to printers</b></div>
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The client was happy with the design... the printer was not quite so happy and worried about just how intricate and thin some of the lines were for the printing technique that was going to be used. So I had to thicken up some of the thinner lines to ensure the design wouldn't tear when the window dressers were sticking the design in place!</div>
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<b>Step 4 - final project </b></div>
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Faye Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904333429527288078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193589411171573602.post-636717621481039342013-12-20T17:16:00.002+00:002013-12-20T17:16:52.023+00:00Ho ho ho, merry christmas and to all a good night..!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I've had a really exciting year in terms of my design work... from working on some lovely branding projects, to some really cool animation briefs and also trying my hand at selling some goodies at craft fairs. A highlight this year has been launching the Skillshare class <a href="http://skl.sh/171y93U" target="_blank">The Art of Typography.</a> Teaching online was new territory for me and one I really wanted to do justice. I've been overwhelmed by the positive response to the class and the projects the students have been working on. And as we close the year, there's over 500 students on the course - something I never imagined saying! I do my best to offer feedback on everyone's project as I think it's really important the students get some communication between them and the teacher.</div>
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Another highlight for me was/is the amazing contributions to #adventchallenge2013. Each day I set a new theme or object for people to do something creative with. Please see the below post <a href="http://www.fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/advent-challenge-days-1-16.html" target="_blank">here</a> to check out days 1-16. I'll do another update after christmas. </div>
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So, that just leaves me to wish you all a wonderful Christmas and 2014. Have a jolly old time and may 2014 bring you everything you could wish for. Our biggest wish will be coming along in the form of a little sister (most probably!) for our toddler Harrison in April. Exciting times ahead!</div>
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Faye Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904333429527288078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193589411171573602.post-48451371463947404312013-12-18T09:54:00.003+00:002013-12-18T09:58:48.181+00:00Advent challenge Days 1-16I have to be honest, I've been totally amazed at some of your designs and submissions to <a href="http://www.fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/advent-challenge-2013.html" target="_blank">Advent Challenge</a> this year! Beautiful, creative, inspiring and unique... here's just a little taster that should get you feeling festive. Thanks to everyone, of all ages who are taking part - I love tuning into facebook, twitter and instagram to see your daily works of art!<br />
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<b>Day 1 - Robin</b></div>
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Kicking us off with a very cute Robin is Jan Shepherd of <a href="http://www.patternmuse.co.uk/" target="_blank">Patternmuse.</a> The Embroidery School even made him into a cute pattern you can <a href="http://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/172067297/christmas-robin-embroidery-design" target="_blank">download.</a></div>
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<b>Day 2 - Santa's letter</b></div>
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There were some fabulous illustrations for Santa's letter. However this verse from <a href="http://makey-cakey.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Ruth Ellis (Makey Cakey) </a>was such a unique and creative addition to the Advent Challenge I just had to share it here!</div>
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<b> Day 3 - stars</b></div>
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Yes please!! Mini <a href="http://www.rockpooltrading.co.uk/" target="_blank">Rockpool Trading</a> fan, aged 3 (who is becoming quite well known on twitter!) helped make these gorgeous looking brownies. </div>
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<b> Day 4 - Cake</b></div>
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Good enough to eat! Lovely christmas cake from <a href="http://jesslewisdesign.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jessica Lewis.</a> The robin keeps making an appearance in her beautiful designs since day 1!</div>
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<b> Day 5 - Gingerbread man</b></div>
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A fab gingerbread man from instagram challenger Banburycakes!</div>
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<b> Day 6 - Angel</b></div>
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<a href="http://www.patternjots.com/" target="_blank">Maike Thoma of Patternjots</a>, has completely embraced #adventchallenge2013 and has created some quite simply stunning designs! She has even set up a <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/maike22/adventchallenge2013/" target="_blank">pinterest board </a>dedicated to the challenge showcasing a number of talented designers. Loving her angel!</div>
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<b> Day 7 - Snowglobe</b></div>
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Fabulous snowglobe from Sonia at <a href="http://www.applekaur.com/" target="_blank">Apple Kaur Designs.</a> You can also check out lots of her other designs on the <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/maike22/adventchallenge2013/" target="_blank">pinterest board.</a></div>
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<b> Day 8 - Favourite christmas song</b></div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/miss_at" target="_blank">Miss A</a>T on twitter has been a supporter of Advent Challenge since last years doodle challenge. I love her simple use of typography to lay out the lyrics from her favourite christmas song. </div>
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Are you ready for some serious cuteness? Logan Grew decided to sing his favourite christmas song for our first Advent Challenge video! This is what it's all about :)</div>
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<b> Day 9 - Christmas tree</b></div>
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It's beginning to feel a lot like christmas!! This made my smile, Christmas Tree from Jen Handbury. </div>
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<b> Day 10 - Snow</b></div>
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Another wonderful design from <a href="http://www.patternjots.com/" target="_blank">Maike at Patternjots </a>for day 10 - snow!</div>
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<b> Day 11 - Elf</b></div>
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The very talented, <a href="http://www.finchfive.co.uk/" target="_blank">Lesley Todd of Finch Five</a> is doing her own Advent Challenge, but I was thrilled to see she had managed to synch up a few days with #adventchallenge2013. To see her wonderful set of illustrations take a look on her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/finchfivedesign" target="_blank">facebook page here.</a></div>
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<b> Day 12 - Favourite christmas word</b></div>
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I've become a big fan of <a href="http://slumbermonkey.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Slumbermonkey's design</a>s (aka Lindsay Buck) since taking part in a Christmas card swap with her. I love the bright happy colours and shapes against the darker background for Day 12. </div>
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<b> Day 13 - A Winter's Scene</b></div>
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The adults were set lose on the play mobil to create this fun winters scene from <a href="http://makey-cakey.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Ruth Ellis.</a> </div>
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<b> Day 14 - Cracker</b></div>
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Love this!! The Grew family have been taking part in Advent Challenge on facebook... and their eldest son Logan was the star of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer rendition above. I love their youngest, Caspian, in the middle of the cracker. </div>
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<b> Day 15 - Bauble</b></div>
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I knew <a href="http://www.victoriajohnsondesign.com/#" target="_blank">Victoria Johnson</a> was taking part but when she sent me a whole batch of her designs so far I was astounded - they are quite beautiful. Keep up to date with her work on her <a href="http://victoriajohnsondesignblog.blogspot.it/" target="_blank">blog.</a></div>
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<b> Day 16 - Snowman</b></div>
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Julie Hamilton of <a href="http://artisticallyafflicted.com/" target="_blank">Artistically Afflicted</a> is creating a captivating page of all the items... I love her drawing style.</div>
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Just a little taster of the fabulous<a href="http://www.pinterest.com/maike22/adventchallenge2013/" target="_blank"> pinterest </a>board set up by Maike Thoma. </div>
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Thanks to everyone who is taking part this year! It brightens up my day seeing what you are all creating. And for anyone who still wants to take part, join in whenever you like - even if you decide to just do 1 or 2. All details are <a href="http://www.fayebrowndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/advent-challenge-2013.html" target="_blank">here.</a> I'll try to do another update before christmas and then a full round up after. </div>
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<br />Faye Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904333429527288078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193589411171573602.post-34542347906088781522013-12-10T19:50:00.000+00:002013-12-10T19:59:58.353+00:00Exciting skillshare challenge!<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm really pleased to announce <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21.33333396911621px;">an exciting challenge in collaboration with my good friend, fellow designer and skillshare teacher</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21.33333396911621px;"> </span><a href="http://www.majobv.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #f36c21; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Majo Bautista V</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21.33333396911621px;">. We are hosting a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21.33333396911621px;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Valentine's Challenge. </span></span><br />
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">So what's the project about?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>Design your perfect Valentine's card and matching gift wrap paper. Enrolling in both courses will give you all the skills you need to do the challenge!</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Guidelines // to participate you must:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Submit your final project to both classrooms (or just one), but remember you have to be signed up to both courses to win! - use code <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">LOVE40</span> to get <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">40%</span> off when you enroll <a href="http://skl.sh/1es0Pb0" style="border: 0px; color: #f36c21; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Reign Repeats</a> and <a href="http://skl.sh/171y93U" target="_blank">The Art of Typography.</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2. Create a coordinated<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> greeting card</span> and a<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> patterned gift wrap design</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">3. Deadline: Saturday, February 8th, 2014</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Majo and I will take the weekend to choose 10 of our favourite projects each. On Tuesday, February 11th we will post our top 20 on this blog and <a href="http://muymajobv.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #f36c21; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Majo's</a>. We will award<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 2 first places</span> that will be chosen by Majo and I based on design quality and overall coherence between both the card and the gift wrap. The 2nd and 3rd place will be chosen by public vote on our blogs from Feb 11th until the 17th. On February 18th we will announce the 4 winners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2nd and 3rd place will choose their choice of these 2 books:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Each of the winners will also win a set of 4 of my typographic celebration cards:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And a free digital download from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MaJoBVdigitals?ref=si_shop" style="border: 0px; color: #f36c21; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Majo's Etsy shop</a></span></div>
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I recently set a fun challenge in my skillshare class <a href="http://skl.sh/172uDpJ" target="_blank">The Art of Typography</a>. I asked the students to design a festive greeting card where the emphasis was on the typography. I was really surprised by the variety of submissions and found it a lot more difficult to judge than I thought I would... </div>
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Nicola Jones of <a href="http://www.gooseberrymoon.co.uk/" target="_blank">Gooseberrymoon</a> designed this card that I chose as the first place. What caught my eye was the cheerful nature of the typography. Even though the type colour is dark it works really well against the red pattern. I also felt it could easily be extended into a whole range of wrapping paper and gift tags. Nicola received a pack of 25 of her very own cards printed. </div>
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I was torn between 3 designs for the 2nd place... What impressed me most about Mel Paul's <a href="http://www.theoriginalthread.com/" target="_blank">(from The Original Thread)</a> design is the process and message. Sometimes, as a designer, I find myself lost for words but I really like the sentiment of the wording here. And also the process Mel went through to design this card. As you can see in the image below she cut out all the lettering to make a stamp. I'm amazed at how well she did this and keeping the kerning in order!</div>
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As you'll now see from some of the designs below, it was a difficult choice judging!</div>
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This stunning card from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/BdazzledScraps" target="_blank">Bonnie Peters</a> would make a perfect christmas card. Whilst I really liked the hand drawn lettering what really catches my eye with this card is the fabulous photo (that Bonnie took herself). </div>
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I love the simplicity and simple messaging of this design by Danielle Perry. I think it could easily be made into a set of 4 cards using a similar style. Great work Danielle!</div>
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Another fun design from Hande Karaaslan. I can see this working on gift tags too. </div>
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This joyful design by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lizperezdesigns" target="_blank">Liz Perez</a> used a nice approach of mixing English and Spanish. I wonder if it could be extended to include some more languages.</div>
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Happy Holidays by Mark Morris was my husband's favourite (he's a designer too!). I love the way Mark got the word Happy to act like a ribbon around the word Holidays. </div>
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Since launching the course I've found it fascinating to see everyone's different styles and when I saw Mei Ling Chan's design above my eyes really lit up! I think it's such a unique approach to a Christmas card, and whilst it might not be to everyone's taste there's a whole market who would absolutely love this design!</div>
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I love the way Sara Fabbro incorporated a Christmas tree shape into her message using hand drawn lettering. Great fun!</div>
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I think Sarah Book chose some perfect typefaces for her striking design. I can really imagine this on the shop shelf along with a few more designs in the collection. </div>
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What's your favourite design?</div>
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I'll be holding another challenge soon in my class. If you would like to sign up I'm offering 25% off with the code XMAS25, so you can learn all about <a href="http://skl.sh/172uDpJ" target="_blank">The Art of Typography</a> for only $15 (about £10). </div>
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