Have you ever done one thing every day for a year? This week's Creative Juice features interesting daily challenges, a portfolio website in motion, and some very puzzling advertisements from way back. Let's get into it.
Creative Juice is a weekly newsletter published every Monday morning so you can start your week feeling inspired creatively to make cool sh*t and get paid for it. Every Monday I share something gorgeous, a portfolio of the week, three creative finds, one amazing post from social media, and one lesson I learned recently.
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TL:DR
SOMETHING GORGEOUS: Life in Living Pantone Color
PORTFOLIO OF THE WEEK: Keep Things Moving, Keep The Attention
CREATIVE FIND 01: Backpack, Backpack
CREATIVE FIND 02: Designing Brick by Brick
CREATIVE FIND 03: Two Decades of Visual Diaries
One Tweet: Video Game Ads of the 90s Were Tasty
ONE LESSON: Sticking Up For Your Design Sanity
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Something Gorgeous
Life in Living Pantone Color
Pantone Series by Andrea Antoni
Andrea Antoni has a gorgeous series of images posted on his instagram account where he matches the scene to Pantone colors. While the photos in Andrea's images contain a wide range of color. The colors that occupy most of the image are eye-dropped and selected for the swatch. So very, very, very satisfying.
Portfolio of the Week
Keep Things Moving, Keep The Attention
Sarah Oh
Sarah Oh is a motion designer based in California. She has worked with companies like Google, Robinhood, Snapchat, and many more. Her portfolio website is filled with motion and energy keeping your eyes glued as you scroll. If I didn't spend so much time scanning her portfolio website. I wouldn't have even noticed (or cared) that I could read the full case studies of her projects.
Sarah's homepage is a powerhouse when it comes to portfolio websites. She has done a great job creating a variety of image assets that tell the story of the projects without me needing to dig into the full case studies. This is something I am starting to see across portfolio websites. Using multiple images instead of just one as the "thumbnail" of the project. And I am fully here for it. Sarah's portfolio website reminds me of this portfolio website that I shared a few editions back.
Score: 9.7/10
Built with: Cargo
Creative Finds
Backpack, Backpack
Branding for Break by Alex Gibon
Break is a travel agency offering travelers a way to experience the world in a meaningful and authentic way. I really like the breakdown of the B logo and how Alex was able to incorporate the shape of the B and a backpack.
Designing Brick by Brick
Lego Design Elements by Interbrand
Not exactly a rebrand but with a company like Lego. That isn't something that happens over night. Interbrand collaborates with the brick company to help create consistency across their portfolio of physical products and digital platforms.
Two Decades of Visual Diaries
Daily Drawings by Pep Carrió
That's what I call dedication. Artist Pep Carrió has done a daily sketchbook drawing everyday for the last two decades. Kind of insane to see this level of dedication the the craft. But it's exactly what I think is needed if you plan to be one of the best in whatever you do.
One Tweet
Video Game Ads of the 90s Were Tasty
@punishedgummies
Very interesting Twitter thread on the outrageous ads that were designed for video games in the 90s. One of my favorites being the Gameboy tongue ad but there are a ton of examples displaying how far we have come as a society.
One Lesson
Sticking Up For Your Design Sanity
When a client hands you less than stellar content for a project that can potentially be very rewarding for them. When they expect you to pick up the slack with services that you definitely don't offer. Do not be afraid to stop and say no. Do not be afraid to tack on an extra fee for the extra work they expect you to just hand over.
We all have that fear of not delivering what the client expects. It happened to me this week where a client asked me to build a new page for their website. The page was meant to be simple. A place for them to list items. After initial designs were sent through they began to ask about additional functionality. There comes a time where you need to stand your ground and say no. When you begin to think to yourself "Wow that's way more than you originally asked for".
It's not wrong to know your worth. It's not wrong to ask for more. It's not wrong to say no.
Your design sanity will thank you later.
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