Timeout with Karli Ingersoll

Timeouts are lightning-quick interviews, five questions to help you get to know the players holding court at Dribbble. Thanks to Karli for being today’s interviewee.

Who are you? Let us know where you hail from and what you do.

I’m a resident of Spokane, a medium-sized town on the east side of Washington State. I independently design full time which allows me to do a lot of other things like run a design blog and start a music venue with my husband. I’m super involved in the artistic community locally but because of my work, I get to interact with clients all over the world, mostly independent musicians and small businesses. I do a wide range of projects but usually end up getting called on the most for branding projects, editorial illustration and album art.

What are you working on?

Currently I’m working on a logo for a brand new neighborhood brew pub opening in Spokane. I’ve done a few spot illustrations for different random clients this month and am working on some lettering pieces to go on trucker hats for a Canadian hat company called Ambler Apparel. Since I just opened up a music venue in December with my husband, I’m doing a lot of random posters and flyers to promote shows and different events we have scheduled.

Choose a favorite shot of yours. Tell us why it’s a favorite.

Liberty Edits. This shot isn’t my most viewed piece but I feel like it represents what I love about my Dribbble experience the most. The piece never got used by the client and it was basically a progress shot in the middle of a project for a cidery. I was doing a lot of experimenting and I really love being able to share some of those points in the midst of my work that I feel good about, but that maybe won’t make it through revisions. It gives me a chance to step back and appreciate or celebrate the steps of the process more, versus plowing through until it’s done and then moving on to the next job. I also just really enjoy the balance of the piece overall, how simple it is and how the curves flow together.

Tell us about your setup. What tools did you use to create the shot (e.g. hardware, software, pens, paper, blowtorch)?

This particular shot was created mostly in Illustrator using the pen tool with the little effects added in Photoshop to create the shadowing. There were several digital rounds of this particular piece based off an initial sketch. My setup usually is a MacBook Pro, a Wacom Tablet, the Creative Cloud (mostly Illustrator and Photoshop), pens, regular old printer paper and lots of tracing paper. Sometimes I break out other art supplies — paint, brushes, charcoal, watercolors, etc.

Choose a favorite shot from another player. Tell us why you dig it.

Home Loans by Tiffany Patterson. I’m a huge fan of Tiffany Patterson, who is a friend and fellow artist here in Spokane. We live in a pretty artistically conservative town, so when Tiffany was hired to create some bus wraps and billboards for a credit union campaign here, I was so excited! I knew a splash of her whimsical, colorful illustrations would brighten the city. This is my favorite of the pieces she was hired for. I love the colors and her distinct style and I especially love that it’s on a big billboard I drive by almost daily.

Find Karli at Dribbble, on Twitter, and at karliingersoll.com.

Weekly Replay

February 3, 2014

Good Work

• Donate to nonprofit writing and tutoring center 826LA and Ludlow Kingsley will send you a custom-designed bar of chocolate. Details here.
• UNICEF Banner by Serhat Ozirik; UNICEF, the United Nation’s Children’s Fund, provides humanitarian and developmental aid to mothers and children.

Launched

• The Saturn V by David Urbinati
• Sports Illustrated Winter Olympics coverage; SI Olympic Preview in Newsstand by Alicia Hallett
• Peek app, “the calendar humanized”; design team led by Amid Moradganjeh, development team led by Patryk Zoltowski

Get Schooled.

• Layouts for Lettering: Hierarchy, Composition, and Type Systems from Jon Contino at Skillshare. From Jon: “The class covers a brief history of design and layout composition as well as the various steps I use to go from client copy to final product. It does not deal with how to draw letters, rather it covers how to use lettering to help enhance your layout design.”

Ha!

• Overtweeted by Stevan Rodic

Architectural

• The Glen Park Residence by Miguel CM, one in a series of American buildings
• Rear Window by Ryan Putnam
• Field Museum by Shawna X
• The Quirky Headquarters by Patrik Ward

Process

• Wireframes by Creative Dash
• Sanchez Color Palette by Ali Ghandour, part of a branding guide
• Key Symbol by Ven Jandhyala

We Like Circles.

• Logo for Youcanlive Centre by Alexey Malina
• Logo for Innersense Wellbeing yoga studio by Sarah Mangion
• Old School Ball detail from a shirt by RaiseNoChicken

Printed

• Scott Campbell's St. Lucia posters

Off Topic

• Ludovic Riffault spent part of last week composing piano music, and then visually commemorated the work.

Super Bowling

• Passing from Fraser Davidson’s (Sweet Crude) video Guide to American Football, voiced by the crew from Adventures in Design
• Beast Mode by Matt Goold (Seattle’s Space Needle)
• Super Bowl Matchup by Matt Naylor
• Denver by Elias Stein

Teed

• United Pixelworkers is reissuing a favorite Tyler Galpin T-shirt in new colors.

Where’s Dribbble? Uruguay!

• Santiago Alonso, Montevideo: Neonmarks, a bookmarking app for “power users”
• Rodrigo Melián, Pando: Chabot
• Rosina, Montevideo: Ecommerce App version of Puls

Teams

• Buffer social media app is sneak peeking in advance of an iOS 7 redesign.
• Happy #8 to GoSquared. To celebrate, the London-based web analytics platform released a new homepage, a UI update, and a new app. Posted by James Gill.
• KELPie Studio has developed a set of characters and UI elements for a game. “The main issue was to keep every detail serious and simply with a very strong emphasis on the characters.” Designed by Gregory Kozhemyak.

Coaches’ Picks & Projects O’ the Day

• Space by Martin Azambuja, part of a large packaging project
• Groundhog Day by Caroline Hadilaksono
• Function Coffee Roasters by Salih Kucukaga
• In progress: Bear V2 by Chris Leavens, created for his upcoming Skillshare class Creativity, Style, and Efficiency in Adobe Illustrator
• Old Standard Rye by Chad Michael
• Quibbler, part of Pacific Helm’s App Icons project. Click here for full project.
• Scooter Babe by Pavlov Visuals

Since Last Week

Three Northeastern University students swept the Analog Playoff at the HubSpot meetup. Aaron Tenbuuren, Sophie Greenspan and Stephanie Lee each took a turn in the Timeout seat.

Meetup Wrap-up

Hosting a meetup? Visit our Meetups Page and click on “Here’s How to Make It Happen to request a Meetup Kit. Send susanna@dribbble.com a photo after, and we’ll run it here!

Dublin Ireland Thursday Jan. 23

Thanks to organizers Stephanie Francis and Donovan Hutchinson for organizing January’s Dublin Dribbble meetup at Against the Grain. Photo L-R: Alan Guerin, Aoife Crowley, Aislinn Kelly, and Steven Dunne. Photo credit: Ben McCarthy.

Meetups

• San Francisco California USA dddrinks designers & dribbble Tuesday, February 4, 7 p.m. at Southern Pacific Brewing (21+), 620 Treat Avenue. RSVP.
• Washington, DC, USA Utilizing Grids and Color Palettes for Impeccable Iconography featuring Fundrise’s Chris Brauckmuller. Thursday, February 6, 7 p.m., 1400 Key Boulevard, Level A, Arlington, VA. Sponsored by Fluencia. RSVP.
• Vilnius, Lithuania Saturday, February 8, 7 p.m. at the home of organizer Mantas Sutkus, 10 S. Moniuškos g. RSVP.
• Berlin, Germany Thursday, February 13, 7:30 p.m., EyeEm, Brunnenstrasse 9a. RSVP.
• Scottsdale, Arizona, USA Arizona’s First Dribbble Meetup Saturday, February 15, 4 p.m., 29th Drive, 15169 North Scottsdale Road. RSVP.
• Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Saturday, February 15, 7 p.m., Backyard Bistro, 1235 Hurricane Way. RSVP.

Have a shot you’d like considered for Replay? Send the link to susanna@dribbble.com.

Northeastern Sweeps HubSpot Playoffs: Part III

Welcome to the third and final celebration of the “Northeastern Three,” the student-designers who won the Analog Playoff at this month’s HubSpot/Dribbble meetup. Today we fete Northeastern junior and HubSpot co-op Stephanie Lee, who claimed third place by taking the Playoff skyline global.

Who are you? How did you end up at Northeastern, and what is your focus there?

I’m Stephanie and I am a junior graphic design and interactive media student minoring in computer science, currently a web design co-op at HubSpot. I came to Northeastern a thoroughly confused freshman with an undeclared major. What drew me here was the co-op program, and as an undeclared student, the wide range of people studying different things and the possibilities of what I could pursue, not that I had any idea of what that would be at the time. Ever since I was little, creating things, whether it be illustrations for a made-up book, a photo collage, a Valentine’s Day card, or a craft made from glitter and felt, has been my favorite thing to do. Northeastern has taught me that I can transform something I have always loved into a career.

Write a professional description of yourself. In other words, describe yourself as a designer/artist — influences, styles, mediums, favorite subjects or type of work.

I love being able to call myself a designer because it is somewhat vague. I believe being a designer is the way that you think about things and the way you are able to organize information visually. I have a few design-related obsessions that when I see beautiful examples of, have proven to make me giddy, and when I get the opportunity to work on get me even more excited. These include illustrated infographics and poster design, hand lettering, icons, and honestly, web design in general. I’m inspired by how design can tell a story and I enjoy the challenge of trying to tell different kinds of stories. Granted, I also have an infatuation with England so I jump at the opportunity to design anything involving Big Ben, teacups, a Union Jack, or really anything travel-related. I used to do a lot of colored pencil work as well and have always loved watercolor and I think that has a strong influence on the styles I gravitate towards.

What are your post-graduation goals?

I’m very attracted towards print and poster design as well as the technical and logical side of coding. This is why I find web design and development such an awesome medium to work with. I love the fluid, imaginative process of design, and then thinking through a design logically and making it come to life in the form of a website you can interact with and move around in. From past experiences, I think I have discovered that I am drawn to the close and connected feel of a small team. After graduation, I would love to work on a team which does web, graphic design, and branding. However what is most important to me is that I get to work and collaborate with people who are incredibly passionate about what they do and what they are creating. I have learned so much from the people I have had the opportunity to work with so far, and hope to get to continue learning from awesome people throughout my career. I am not positive where exactly all that will take me and if wherever it takes me will lead me into something else, but right now what excites me is the community of professionals which surround the design world as a whole. I cannot wait to hopefully work with many of these people in the future, become a part of that community, and continue creating things that make me excited (and if that path so happens to lead me to London at some point, that would be great too).

Finally, choose a favorite shot. Tell us why it’s a favorite.

I haven’t uploaded very much on Dribbble yet, however my favorite shot is probably my first one (History of Controllers). A really memorable part of my childhood was spending hours on hours playing video games with my older brother. I had a lot of fun doing the illustrations for the different controllers and reminiscing on how much fun those earlier games were, including the Nintendo 64 which I admittedly still play on a regular basis.

Find Stephanie at Dribbble and at stephalee.com.

Did you miss our other Northeastern profiles? Click on their names to read about Aaron Tenbuuren and Sophie Greenspan.

Northeastern Sweeps HubSpot Playoffs: Part II

Yesterday we briefly introduced the three winners of the HubSpot/Dribbble Analog Playoff, all students at/recent graduates of Boston’s Northeastern University. We placed Playoff champ Aaron Tenbuuren in the Timeout seat, where he shared his design aesthetic, his favorite shot, and good news of his new job at Intrepid.

Next up: Graphic design major Sophie Greenspan, who won second place in the Playoff with a lovely hand-lettered “Boston.”

Who are you? How did you end up at Northeastern, and what is your focus there?

My name is Sophie Greenspan and I’m a soon-to-be graduating senior at Northeastern University in Boston, majoring in graphic design with a minor in environmental studies. I ended up here because while design is my passion, I’m also interested in other fields that art schools might not have to offer. And although Northeastern isn’t normally thought of as an art school, we do have a tight-knit artistic community and a great design faculty as well as our experiential co-op program.

Write a professional description of yourself. In other words, describe yourself as a designer/artist — influences, styles, mediums, favorite subjects or type of work.

My favorite projects to work on always involve lettering, which I’ve been doodling forever but only recently started taking seriously. My professors got me obsessed with typography early on in school, and this year I’ve also begun taking on interactive design projects.

I like to incorporate hand-drawn elements into my designs to give the computer a break once in a while. My sketchbooks are a huge influence on my design work, and during the semester I spent studying abroad in Madrid I challenged myself to keep a daily visual diary of my experiences. These sketches gave me a chance to explore new lettering and illustration styles and to develop a personal voice. Other influences include learning about art history, especially surrealism and Dada, and design studios like Post Typography, Anagrama, and Oat Creative.

What are your post-graduation goals?

Goal No. 1 is to travel through Berlin and Amsterdam for a few weeks. After that, I’d love to take the skills I’ve learned and work with one of the many Boston design studios that are putting out great projects. The dream would be to work somewhere that also values travel or social justice causes, to make work even more meaningful.

How do students use Dribbble? How did you discover Dribbble?

I guess I’ll find out soon! I was just invited this week after winning a prize in the HubSpot/Dribbble meetup Analog Playoff, so I don’t have a good feel for the site yet but I’m looking forward to exploring it some more and checking out other designers’ work. [Ed. Note: Welcome Sophie!]

Finally, choose a favorite shot. Tell us why it’s a favorite.

I’m still new so I’ll have to pick my debut shot [Think Globally Bike Locally] as my favorite. For this project I used masking fluid and watercolor to paint letters which resulted in a pretty cool texture. I made this piece for an art auction at Bikes Not Bombs, an organization that is doing great work in Boston and the developing world. Soon though, I’ll have many more shots to choose from!

Find Sophie at Dribbble and at sophiegreenspan.com.

Northeastern Sweeps HupSpot Playoffs

By Susanna Baird

Three young whippersnappers claimed victory in the HubSpot/Dribbble Analog Playoff earlier this month. Community Manager Samuel Fine noticed a connection: All three attend Boston’s Northeastern University.

During an Analog Playoff, meetup organizers give attendees paper and pencil, a theme and a time limit. For the mid-January meet up at their Cambridge (Massachusetts) headquarters, three of HubSpot’s designers created a giant whiteboard cityscape. Portions of a similar mural were reproduced on paper for a Playoff; designers had 20 minutes to augment the skyline.

Recent Northeastern graduate, current lecturer and soon-to-be Intrepid designer Aaron Tenbuuren took the pink for his design “Finishing the City,” featuring a King-Kong-sized designer (Aaron?) sketching skyscrapers. Senior Sophie Greenspan, majoring in graphic design, filled the sky with a lovely hand-lettered “Boston.” Graphic design and interactive media major Stephanie Lee went international, adding famous landmarks from other cities.

When Sam discovered all three winners attended Northeastern, our curiosity was piqued. Who are these upstarts? Are they headed down a design track or did they come for the swill and the swag? How do they use Dribbble? And, of course, what are they working on?

Over the next three days we’ll run Timeouts with the three winners. The questions differ from our usual queries, but the goal is the same: To help you get to know the Players holding court at Dribbble. First up: Playoff champ Aaron Tenbuuren. Enjoy!

Who are you? How did you end up at Northeastern, and what is your focus there?

I’m a recent Northeastern graduate, having finished my last semester this past fall. I chose to go to Northeastern because of their co-op program, and ability to help students find jobs post-graduation. I knew since I was a young child that I wanted to do something related to the arts, and graphic design allowed me to both continue with something I love and make a living doing so. Northeastern tends to focus on the print aspects of design, but places a huge emphasis on typography.

Write a professional description of yourself. In other words, describe yourself as a designer/artist.

I find myself to be a more illustrative designer. A lot of my stuff has an emphasis on graphics and colors rather than strictly typography. I try not to categorize myself in any type of design style, and I want to be able to design for any client. However, recently my stuff has taken a more flat aesthetic.

I’ve always been a pen-and-paper type of person, having never used a computer for design until my first semester of college, so I like to start out in a sketchbook. Rarely do I jump into Illustrator straight away. I find doing that limits me, as I design based on the program rather than what I want to see.

I also really like to play with color a lot. A lot of people don’t realize that I’m colorblind, so I guess I’m doing something right when it comes to color choices. I think that having that slight disability forces me to really be careful as to what colors I choose, and may even give me an advantage when picking colors that need to have high contrast with each other.

What are your professional goals?

Currently, I am working part time for Northeastern, teaching a couple one-credit classes focusing on the basics of After Effects. It’s a lot of fun showing students how to use a program most of them have never heard of before. It’s also really rewarding to see how they react when they make something move or interact like you would see in real life.

I just accepted a position at Intrepid this past week, so I’ll be starting there soon as well. Intrepid is an app developing company, so I’ll be working with a great team of designers and developers, producing some really cool apps for android and iOS devices.

How do students use Dribbble? How did you discover Dribbble?

I was introduced to Dribbble by my roommate [Edwin Morris], who was given an account through his workplace. [Ed. Note: Another Northeasterner, Lise Statelman, drafted Aaron.] I decided it would be a great place to get feedback on my work, and potentially find either a job or make connections with those who would be able to help me with a job search in the long run. It has also been a huge influence on the projects I’m working on. A lot of the time, I like to browse to find what type of styles, colors, patterns, or layouts are trending. It can really help to make sure my stuff is staying up to date with what everyone else is doing.

I’ve also been to two Dribbble meetups now, each of which have been a blast, and allowed me to make tons of connections and friends. It’s really cool to be able to interact with those you follow, and see how their design style is reflected in their personality.

Finally, choose a favorite shot. Tell us why it’s a favorite.

My favorite shot on mine would have to be my debut shot [I want to ride my bicycle] both because I feel it was a pretty nice challenge to illustrate a bike from that particular perspective, as well as the fact that it was my first shot, so it’s a little bit of a sentimental thing. I remember being pretty nervous about uploading a shot, but after it was up, the great encouragement and comments I received from other users really got me in the mood to post more and become more confident with my designs.

Find Aaron at Dribbble, on Twitter, and at aarontenbuuren.com

Weekly Replay

January 27, 2014

Good Work

• Miguel Angel Cardona Jr. transforms coffee cups into singular works of art, sells them at San Francisco’s Cafe Sophie, and donates the proceeds to Project Night Night. Each cup provides one homeless child with a Night Night Package: a canvas bag filled with a security blanket, a toy, and an age-appropriate book.
• Gedy Rivera is working on a giving campaign for Crisis Response International. Goal 1: Create a clear, compelling statement and call to action. Goal 2: Eradicate Comic Sans.

Launched

• Dribbble’s Tristan Dunn did NOT launch his Build a Browser Game digital book but he DID launch his Build a Browser Game digital book landing page. Sign up now and receive a pre-launch sample chapter plus a discount.
• Dash, “an app that pairs with your car to make driving smarter, safer, and social”; designed by Patrick N. Lewis

恭禧發財 • Gong Xi Fa Cai • Gong Hey Fat Choy • Wishing you prosperity in the new year!

Chinese New Year is this Friday, January 31. Happy 2014, the Year of the Horse!

• Year of the Horse theme for LeWa OS5 by fanfan8 (LeWa is an Android ROM)
• Chinese New Year 2014 Year Of The Horse by Lemongraphic
• Award Fly for Weibo by J.Ones; Chinese parents traditionally given their children red envelopes of money at the New Year

Published

• Fish Heads and Folktales: Reflections on Culture, Family, and Life from a Korean Adoptee by Peter M. Moran, cover by Nancy Pappas
• Pé na Rua (Foot on the Street), an illustrated pop-up children’s guide to the cultural institutions of São Paulo by Tayrine Cruz (should be published if it hasn’t been!)

We Like Sushi.

• Sooshi sushi app from Konstantin Datz and Moritz von Volkmann, with coding by Leonard Hecker and brush art by Julian Hrankov
• Delicious Sushi Pattern by Claudio Guglieri, from an in-the-works pattern project from Claudio and Tim Holman
• Gohan Concept sushi restaurant mark in progress by Breanna Rose

1 App 5 Days

• Blake Seufert and Michael Bates challenged themselves to create an app in five days. The result? ONME, an app allowing users to share their style and discover new looks. The guys want feedback, so get busy with your comments!

Cart(e)s

• Cart of Darkness by Lucas Redfern Brooking
• City Map 2 Dijon Burgundy France by Philippe Mignotte
• Homes Antiques The Perche by Zara Picken for an article in Homes & Antiques magazine on vintiquing (shopping for vintage items) in La Perche, a rural region in lower Normandy, about two hours from Paris
• Online Shopping by Anil Yanik

Dribbbling Grammys (A Sampling)

• God is Dead? by Black Sabbath, Best Metal Performance; Black Sabbath (detail) by Jo Fallon
• Please Come Home by Gary Clarke Jr., Best Traditional R&B Performance; Gary Clark Jr. by Brandon Rike
• Get Lucky, Record (single) of the Year off of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories, Album of the Year, Pop Duo/Group Performance of the Year, Best Dance/Electronia Album; Get Lucky by Ricky Linn
• Radioactive by Imagine Dragons, Best Rock Performance; Imagine Dragons by Joel Felix
• Royals, Song of the Year and Pop Performance of the Year, sung by Lorde; Lorde Artwork Concept by Menachem Krinsky
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Best New Artist; Macklemore Art Print by Mitch Shepherd

Branded

• Cowmen, an in-production film about Texas ranching families; logo by Inka Mathew, who runs Green Ink Studio and is “a bit of a girl scout”

Where’s Dribbble? Taiwan!

• Chantil: Crafting System 2 for Dragon’s Prophet fantasy MMO
• Remi Chu, Taipei: Here Comes The Sun
• Bi Yue Lu, Taipei: A-111004-2

Teams

• A Bit Good (Chris Davis and Henry Brown) is designing and developing Feeda, “a content driven social media platform where users can connect using web content, subject based user communities, and interactive discussions.”
• Already tipped off the resolutions wagon? The Noun Project has an icon set just for you: Resolutions, posted by Matt Brooks.
• Speaking of the Noun Project, Squarespace released the Squarespace Logo creation tool with help from the Noun crew. Posted by Stephen Parker.
• Threadless founder Jake Nickell is saving the company some hand model fees, shaggily displaying the T-shirt shop’s in-the-works app.

Since Last Week

Jonathan Quintin talked cool clients (race cars!), personal style (clean, progressive) and workplace must-haves (iMac, moleskin, cup of tea) in last week’s Timeout. Also, we got snazzerooni business cards letterpressed by Mike Dacey/Repeat Press.

Meetup Wrap-up

Hosting a meetup? Visit our Meetups Page and click on “Here’s How to Make It Happen to request a Meetup Kit. Send susanna@dribbble.com a photo after, and we’ll run it here!

Dublin Ireland Thursday Jan. 23 

Thanks to organizers Stephanie Francis and Donovan Hutchinson for organizing January’s Dublin Dribbble meetup at Against the Grain. Photo L-R: Alan Guerin, Aoife Crowley, Aislinn Kelly, and Steven Dunne. Photo credit: Ben McCarthy.

Meetups

San Francisco California USA dddrinks designers & dribbble Tuesday, February 4, 7 p.m. at Southern Pacific Brewing (21+), 620 Treat Avenue. RSVP

Washington, DC, USA Utilizing Grids and Color Palettes for Impeccable Iconography featuring Fundrise’s Chris Brauckmuller. Thursday, February 6, 7 p.m., 1400 Key Boulevard, Level A, Arlington, VA. Sponsored by Fluencia. RSVP

Vilnius, Lithuania Saturday, February 8, 7 p.m. at the home of organizer Mantas Sutkus, 10 S. Moniuškos g. RSVP

Have a shot you’d like considered for Replay? Send the link to susanna@dribbble.com.

Timeout with Jonathan Quintin

Timeouts are lightning-quick interviews, five questions to help you get to know the players holding court at Dribbble. Thanks to Jonathan for being today’s interviewee.

Who are you? Let us know where you hail from and what you do.

Hello, I am Jonathan Quintin, a Bath-born graphic designer/creative director currently living in Bristol, UK. I am the founder of STUDIOJQ, an independent design consultancy based in Bristol, UK. Our aim is to achieve memorable, engaging results through a combination of effective communication, a professional approach, and of course creative ideas. I have been lucky enough to have worked on some amazing projects ranging from infographics to brand design and illustration. Along the way I’ve been honoured to have collaborated on work at the world’s top design studios including Hush, Invisible Light Network, Noise New York and Slate.com. Have been lucky to have worked with some great clients including Bosch, Intel, Mitsubishi Motors, Moscow Raceway, NBC Sports Network and Rockstar Energy Drink.

What are you working on?

I am currently working on a really cool infographics poster for a well-known brand, but unfortunately can’t say more on that at the moment. Am very excited though!

Choose a favorite shot of yours. Tell us why it’s a favourite.

SJQHUB™ // B&I Dashboard. This is my favourite shot as I feel it best displays my style as a designer: clean, progressive and colourful.

Tell us about your setup. What tools did you use to create the shot (e.g. hardware, software, pens, paper, blowtorch)?

Not too original really, love the basics … iMac, Wacom Pen & Touch, HB pencil, white moleskin, a nice cup of Yorkshire tea.

Choose a favorite shot from another player. Tell us why you dig it.

Bad Guy by Arno Kathollnig. It just screams out simplicity and pure talent. Love it!

Find Jonathan at Dribbble, on Twitter, and at STUDIOJQ.

Weekly Replay

January 20, 2014

Good Work

• Bitcoin Microsite landing page for social fundraising site Fundraise.com; posted by Christine Isslander of TheIssland design shop

Launched

• Basket Dribbble client; in the words of creator Matt Donnelly, “fast, beautiful, and designed for iOS7”
• Emojiness puzzle game; posted by Dmitry Prudnikov, who shared a process shot of the game’s Uncle Ji

Handsome Couples

As an exercise to explore the relationship between UI and UX, Handsome designers applied a branded UI to a different brand’s website.

• MySpace UI + UPS, Edgar Briseno
• Snowbird UI + Craiglist, Lance Culbreth
• The Next Web UI + Facebook, Brandon Termini
• Google UI + Reddit, Bryce Thompson

Love the Letters

• Bebas Neue by Fontfabric, “a blend of technical straightforwardness and simple warmth” based on the original Bebas Neue free font by Ryoichi Tsunekawa
• Brandon Printed by HVD Fonts
• 23-57 Calligraphy Logo by Evgeny Tkhorzhevsky

Eggo My LEGO

• Heads by Andrew Berry
• LEGO Canucks by Christian Mezöfi from a LEGO series he’s creating for his kids

Packaged

• Teapot environmentally conscious packaging by Nadia Arioui for her final college project
• Optimin Vitamins by Christian Dorian
• Timeless Treasures basketball cards by John Mata for Panini America

Process

• D Golden ratio by Jacob Nielsen
• After receiving multiple requests for a blog post about his Ai + Id wireframing process, Matt D. Smith not only complied, but also put together a starter kit.
• New logo for Taddeo Zacchini’s My Favorite Thing

Published

• The January issue of New York Magazine, including “Modest Proposals,” featuring illustrations by Tim Boelaars
• The Inferno Collection: A Kim Reynolds Mystery by Jacqueline Seewald; cover art by Jacqui Oakley

Where’s Dribbble? South Africa!

• Regina Casaleggio, Cape Town: Menu and Profile screens of an app Regina is designing; icons inspired by/adapted from Dutch Icon’s Gizmo set
• Reghardt Grobbelaar, Pretoria: Speedy Briefcase
• Jared van de Merwe, Cape Town: Bridge, “an idea for a mate”

Teams

• Adchemy launched its new homepage.
• InVision launched Android Projects; posted by Andy Orsow
• Vox Media’s SB Nation went alligator hunting. Yup, they did. Posted by Uy Tieu, who was joined in designing the feature by Dylan C. Lathrop and Ramla Mahmood. Developed by Josh Laincz.

Coaches’ Picks

• Hand Lettering sketch by Valentina Badeanu, part of a branding project
• If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you watercolor with handlettering by Laura Joseph, who runs a stationery studio and is looking to expand her line of paper goods with Mitten State (AKA Michigan) products
• Yahoo Mural Detail 2 by Chris Leavens
• Window Cleaner by Yustas
• Wanderlust, a personal project by Lin Zagorski “inspired by my love of traveling, ampersands, the color aqua, and shiny things”

Since Last Week

• In last week’s Timeout we caught up with Jay Fletcher, a South Carolinian whose New York took Dribbble by storm. We also tweeted an Insta-peek at our Gameplan Scout Books and pushed the ability to gift a year of Pro to any member.

Meetup Wrap-up

Hosting a meetup? Visit our Meetups Page and click on “Here’s How to Make It Happen to request a Meetup Kit. Send susanna@dribbble.com a photo after, and we’ll run it here!

Austin, Texas @ The Ginger Man Thursday, January 16

Dribbbling Austinites gathered at the Ginger Man pub for the 16th Official ATX Dribbble Meetup. Thanks to sponsor Real HQ and organizer Sophie Shepherd.

Cambridge, Massachusetts @ HubSpot Thursday, January 16

One hundred gathered at HubSpot’s Cambridge HQ for the usual Dribbble merriment and what Dan says was “a great Analog Playoff with some of the best entries we’ve seen so far.” Thanks to Joshua Porter and the HubSpot design team for hosting. Cool whiteboard art by Tyler Blake Littwin, Matt Plays, and Jon Smith. Developed by Ben Lodge.

Meetups

Dublin Ireland Thursday, January 23, 6:30 p.m. at Against the Grain, 11 Wexford Street. RSVP

Durham North Carolina Saturday, January 25, noon at Jubala Village Coffee, 8450 Honeycutt Road #104, Raleigh. RSVP

Have a shot you’d like considered for Replay? Send the link to susanna@dribbble.com.

Give the Gift of Pro

We recently pushed a little feature that’s long been requested. You can now gift a year of Pro to any member! Pro enables extra features like advanced search, lists, and message limitation lifting. Additionally, for designers who have been invited to upload work, Pro unlocks nifty stuff like uploading attachments, organizing work into projects, and advanced stats. (Learn more about Pro at our Help Center.)

To instantly become a Really Nice Person™ and make someone else’s day, just head over to the gear menu on their profile. There you’ll see a link to gift a Pro account to them for 1 year. How incredibly kind of you!

Hive fives to Dribbble Developer, Tristan Dunn, for checking this feature off our lengthy wish list.

Timeout with Jay Fletcher

Timeouts are lightning-quick interviews, five questions to help you get to know the players holding court at Dribbble. Thanks to Jay for being today’s interviewee.

Who are you? Let us know where you hail from and what you do.

My name’s Jay Fletcher and I’m a graphic designer/illustrator in Charleston, South Carolina. I’ve been here for roughly 12 years, freelancing for most of them, and went full-time on my own about five years ago. The bulk of my work is in the identity design realm — logos, supporting elements, collateral, etc. — though I do a little bit of everything from time to time.

What are you working on?

I feel like I’m in a sweet spot at the moment, working mostly on projects that are all close to my heart in some way. Lifestyle brands, a creamery, a chocolate company, a handful of restaurants, a local craftsman, a new beer brand, and a bicycle company being some of the highlights. Very fun stuff right now for some really great people.

Choose a favorite shot of yours. Tell us why it’s a favorite.

This is tough, but I suppose I’d have to go with this New York shot. I don’t necessarily consider it my best or most functional work, but it took on a life of its own. I posted the shot and pretty soon rebounds began trickling in from across the country, then around the world, of designers’ cities executed in the same style. Which was extremely flattering, needless to say.

All the participation inspired me to put together some Charleston iconography of notable landmarks just for the heck of it. At first there wasn’t really a goal in mind, but I ended up assembling them all into a print that seems to have resonated with people who have a connection to Charleston. They quickly sold out and I’ve since gotten hundreds (literally) of e-mails from people asking if I’ll reprint them.

So that original New York shot is my favorite, simply because of how it’s spun off into all these other things.

Tell us about your setup. What tools did you use to create the shot (e.g. hardware, software, pens, paper, blowtorch)?

I usually think and execute very geometrically so I typically don’t sketch much, as blasphemous as that probably sounds to some people. I can almost always get my ideas down more quickly in Illustrator. I’d referenced photos of NYC buildings to make sure I wasn’t misrepresenting anything, but for the most part I knew what I wanted from the get-go and it was just a matter of assembling some curves and lines in AI to make it happen.

Choose a favorite shot from another player. Tell us why you dig it.

Oh lord. I don’t even know how to begin responding to this challenge. Can I break the rules and pick several Dribbblers’ entire portfolios instead? So many people are doing awesome stuff on a daily basis.

For some reason this shot (Blood Brothers) from Dan Christofferson has always stuck in my mind. I have trouble with hands, and I remember seeing this and thinking “holy s***, those hands are so elegant.” All that guy’s stuff is incredible. Truly creative.

Find Jay at Dribbble, on Twitter, and at J Fletcher Design.