By Douglas Bonneville on February 10, 2010
I am a lo-res TIFThe dreams of graphic designers can be very interesting as well unintentionally revealing. I speak from personal experience. Let me tell you about an episode and then you can make of what you will, and perhaps apply the lesson to your own life as a designer and human being.
Posted in Graphic Design | Tagged Graphic Design
By Douglas Bonneville on November 27, 2009
100 Funny Typos from my Graphic Design Blog StatsPart of the fun of running a graphic design blog is getting to see how people find the site through Google. I recently took a look at my analytics, and found some crazy typos and hilarious search strings! While most of my traffic comes from other designers [...]
Posted in Graphic Design, Print Design, Typography, WordPress Blogging | Tagged Graphic Design, monitor resolution, printing press, Typography
By Douglas Bonneville on November 9, 2009
15 Top Graphic Design Limericks for your AmusementUpdate: T-Shirts of some of these are now available at CafePress…
My son nabbed Edward Lear’s Complete Book of Nonsense from the library some time ago. It was one of my favorite books growing up. I wondered if it was possible to write limericks about Graphic Design. I penned [...]
Posted in Creativity, Graphic Design, Most Popular, Totally Random | Tagged Creativity, Graphic Design, random
By Douglas Bonneville on November 3, 2009
28 Crazy Geometric Graphic Design Inspirations from 500 Years AgoBoy, the term “been there, done that, got the t-shirt” rings true today. I’m a big fan of M.C. Escher and deeply appreciate and am inspired by his work, both as a graphic designer and artist, and so I was astonished today to find what is [...]
Posted in Art, Drawing, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blogs | Tagged Art, Drawing, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blogs
By Douglas Bonneville on October 29, 2009
How to Use a Typewriter to Promote Your Logo Design BusinessWe all need a clever marketing piece from time to time to garner attention and promote our wares as graphic designers. Lot’s of great competition out there! I discovered a secret way of promoting your business though. I probably shouldn’t tell you, but I’m going [...]
Posted in Graphic Design Business, Photography | Tagged Graphic Design, Typography
By Douglas Bonneville on October 20, 2009
The Best Monitor for Graphic DesignApple just released the all-new iMac 27-inch today, along with a 21.5-inch. The 24-inch model has been retired.
The new iMac monitor is crazy good for graphic designers for several reasons:
Posted in Freelance Graphic Design, Graphic Design | Tagged Freelance Graphic Design, Graphic Design
By Douglas Bonneville on September 3, 2009
Every good graphic design starts with a good drawingAs soon as I could hold pencil, I was drawing. I drew through grade school where I spent time out of boring classes and instead got to decorate the hall bulletin boards. I drew through high school and three years of art studio time every day. I [...]
Posted in Drawing, Graphic Design | Tagged Drawing, Graphic Design