Kicked Back Busy

Summer time for most people means beach trips, BBQs, and a tan that doesn’t define where your t-shirt usually is.  For designers it’s hunting season. 

Bands need merchandise for summer tours, businesses need logos and branding ready for their big fall products, and just about everybody somehow needs a website. In summer the average designer, much like Mars, has no life.  And it’s very important, when we have the urge/need to sit at our comp for twelve hours straight on a saturday, to fight it at all costs. 

My personal experience has taught me that I get a lot more done a day after I’ve spent time enjoying the season, than when I function like a design machine, running on energy drinks and triscuts. I spend Saturdays mostly outside with my kickball team. I started the team because, although design is my profession, I needed to have a life.

Design is draining, both in eyefluid and emotionally. Recharging is a necessity, especially during the only 3 months of decent weather New England has.  

Had a wave of illustration requests wash in after my Sesame Six design was released. Expect to see a couple newbies, like the El Zorro sneak peek below, coming soon to a tee near you.