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Dan Kellner (That's me!) is a self-employed, award-winning graphic designer, web development consultant, and Olympic fencer. He spends a lot of time working from his sofa, and this is a platform for his thoughts and illustrations about working from home, the view from the couch, fencing, and just about anything else he feels like.

 

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19
Jan

10

A Blank Piece of Paper…

 

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A blank piece of paper is God’s way of telling us how hard it is to be God.

-Sidney Sheldon

 

How do you beat your creative/writer’s block?

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19
Jan

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Today’s Links That Just Make Me Want to Be Better: 01/19/09

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Here is a list of links found today that just make me want to be a better illustrator/designer/creative-type person:

  1. Nothing is Original - swissmiss
  2. “Vision” - Joshua Budich - Design You Trust
  3. What Should You Get From Your Logo Designer - The Design Cubicle
  4. You Are Beautiful - winterdrawings
  5. 45 Sites, Free Icons And PSD Resources For Web-Design - 1stwebdesigner
  6. 50 Illustrator Tutorials Every Designer Should See - Spoon Graphics
  7. Vintage Images From Japan - Drawn!
  8. The Beauty Of Urban Decay - Smashing Magazine
  9. How to Create Advanced Isometric Illustrations Using the SSR Method - vectortuts

 

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16
Jan

1

Just a Reminder of What to Focus On

 

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8
Jan

1

Today’s Links That Just Make Me Want to Be Better: 01/08/09

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Here is a list of links found today that just make me want to be a better illustrator/designer/creative-type person:

  1. The Efficiency of Efficiency - BrainFuel
  2. The___Cards - the-breeding-ground.com
  3. Murray Moss: Design Hates a Depression - Design Observer
  4. The Hyperrealist Sculptures of Ron Mueck - Design You Trust
  5. Tim Dinter
  6. Freaky Production House
  7. Hope Gangloff - booooooom
  8. 45 Vintage ‘Space Age’ Illustrations - Well Medicated
  9. 16 Outstanding free Dreamweaver extensions - Woork

 

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7
Jan

1

Today’s Links That Just Make Me Want to Be Better: 01/07/09

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Here is a list of links found today that just make me want to be a better illustrator/designer/creative-type person:

  1. Daily Inspiration - abduzeedo
  2. Dude-A-Day - AtomicToy
  3. jQuery plugin - Easy Image or Content Slider - CSS Globe
  4. All the Logo Design Resources You Will Ever Need - The Design Cubicle
  5. James Jean
  6. How to Draw a Portrait in Photoshop - PSDTUTS
  7. 30 Awesome CSS Galleries - Spoonfed Design
  8. Business Card Design Project Walkthrough - Spoon Graphics

 

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2
Jan

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Today’s Links That Just Make Me Want to Be Better: 01/02/09

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Happy New Year! I can’t believe it’s 2009, but here is a list of links found today that just make me want to be a better illustrator/designer/creative-type person:

  1. Photoshopped Ads - abduzeedo
  2. Portraits by Mel Stringer - Drawn!
  3. Jeff Kulak
  4. HOW TO: Raise Money in a Down Economy - Mashable
  5. 5 Techniques to Acquaint You With CSS 3 - nettuts
  6. 30 Super-Juicy Photoshop Illustration Tutorials - psdtuts
  7. 53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn’t Live Without - Smashing Magazine
  8. 9 Design Blogs to Follow in 2009 - Tutorial 9
  9. 50 Inspiring Vintage Advertisements - Well Medicated

 

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30
Dec

1

Today’s Links That Just Make Me Want to Be Better: 12/30/08

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Here is a list of links found today that just make me want to be a better illustrator/designer/creative-type person:

  1. Astonishing Children Photography - abduzeedo
  2. 50 Brilliant Design Articles of 2008 in 23 Categories + 40 Reader Submitted Posts - The Design Cubicle
  3. The Anatomy of a Commercial Art Gig by S.britt - Drawn!
  4. The Ultimate Guide to Building a Wordpress Plugin - nettuts
  5. Make a Cut and Paste Rock Club Flyer - psdtuts
  6. Seagulls Fly
  7. The Celebration Of Cartoons and Comic Strip Art - Smashing Magazine
  8. Looking Back On 2008 With Top Web Designers - Smashing Magazine
  9. 25 Modest Websites With a Muted Colour Scheme - Spoon Graphics Blog
  10. William Laskin
  11. All WordPress Unusual Uses - Wordpress Feed

 

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27
Dec

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Today’s Links That Just Make Me Want to Be Better: 12/27/08

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Here is a list of links found today that just make me want to be a better illustrator/designer/creative-type person:

  1. 40 Promotional Sites Where To Submit Your Design Related Links - 1stwebdesigner
  2. Retro-Futuristic Art Inspiration: Part 2 - abduzeedo
  3. Taking WordPress Widgets To The Next Level - Blogging Tips
  4. Design Observer
  5. My favourite Typefaces of 2008 - I Love Typography
  6. The 2009 Eustace Tilley Contest - Lines and Color
  7. The World From Above: The Beauty Of Aerial Photography - Smashing Magazine

 

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26
Dec

0

Today’s Links That Just Make Me Want to Be Better: 12/26/08

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Here is a list of links found today that just make me want to be a better illustrator/designer/creative-type person:

  1. Daily Inspiration - abduzeedo
  2. Academy Student Photoshop Works - 1stwebdesigner
  3. Art of Wong
  4. Best of CSS Design 2008 - Web Designer Wall
  5. Danny Blackman
  6. The EqualHeights jQuery Plugin - CSS Newbie
  7. 15 Minimalist Designs - Spyre Studios
  8. Weekly Faves - Spoon Graphics

 

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23
Dec

0

Today’s Links That Just Make Me Want to Be Better

Here is a list of links found today that just make me want to be a better illustrator/designer/creative-type person:

  1. Thinking About Design Trends - Design Mind
  2. Designer Neologisms - Design Mind
  3. Barney Bubbles: Optics and Semantics - Design Observer
  4. 8 Inspiring Type Specimens - Designer Daily
  5. From Pascal - Drawn and Quarterly
  6. 100 Cereal Box Covers - from the aeron
  7. A - Z of Web Design - iampaddy
  8. Doug Chiang - Lines and Colors
  9. Mediocore - Mediocore

 

Please feel free to add links you’ve found today below.

 

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