Story Pixel

There are so many talented people whose lack of a site is stunting their opportunities.

I will admit, I’m a very jealous person creatively. Great works both inspire me and goad me. I think that’s a good thing.

Last year a young man from England wrote to ask me what advice I could offer him to grow his Web Design career. I didn’t want to say “do something else” so I wrote this.

In 2010 I’ll be posting one sketch a day to Flickr. I hope you follow along and maybe even get inspired to share your sketches.

Much like spice to food, perfectionism can either differentiate or ruin your project. Know how and when to turn it on and off.

Using my latest collaboration as an example, I cover some basic strategy for pursuing collaborations wisely.

Occasionally I enjoy some logo work. It’s nice when others enjoy that work too.

I have never placed much stock in awards but back-pats for any design work are undeniably nice to receive.

Many times in building a Flash app, you need to know what your current domain is. Sometimes you need to know from where to load in assets depending on if you are testing on your computer in the IDE or if the application is live on a server.

A very useful method of transferring data between Flash and a data source is JSON. Here is some code from a recent project that loads JSON in a usable form.

With the “Creative Harvest” version of Story Pixel, I wished to create a place to share my thoughts and to foster creative growth.

Being an independent has its perks, but one downside is that working in isolation can dull valuable social instincts. I found an answer in coworking.

Sometimes consciously leaving your comfort zone by taking on an unexpected project is a shortcut to inspiration.