Cozy Productivity Club No.9 The lessons of spring

Still sharing my little #design journals, every other Sunday. 🎧💻☁️

Brand and marketing designers, how we feeling about the new @figma.com releases? (specifically Figma Buzz and Draw) ✏️ Are we ready to jump ship on that other platform?? 👀

We need a platform that acts as a better bridge between illustration work and design.

Cozy Productivity Club no.7 Ready to bloom

Cozy Productivity Club no.7 is out. ☕️🎧🫧

A weekly internet diary series for those seeking a peaceful pace of work.

Case is pending, as I provided proof of terms and fulfillment. Not concerned bc I had a contract in place.

All this to say, to my creative biz friends: stand your ground! ⚡️ Don't let anyone bully you, especially grown men who will lie to get their way instead of supporting women-owned businesses.

Happy #InternationalWomen'sDay! Woke up to a man disputing a fully paid invoice for a project that was fulfilled within agreed terms. The claim was marked as a "false charge", when in fact, he wanted another round of work free and wasn't happy when I quoted him for the additional request.

Using this down time to test out Womp and Nomad Sculpt for 3D. Wish me luck! 🤞🏻

Pexels just updated their wordmark logo to script. As a lettering artist, I have thoughts. 👀 Wdyt?

My new strategy for being successful in 2025: asking myself where I want to be 1 year from now and actioning those goals NOW.

A Yoda shaped cake that looks like it's melting and has leprosy with orangeish red eyes and birthday candles on its head

me posting about how things could turn around at any time, it's gonna be my year etc

my orb would be dark grey fading to black today 🫠 but hoping my weekend is more of a pastel pink to warm orange

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Finally live on #Substack 📝

I've spent the entire day setting up #Substack and feel as though I've barely scratched the surface of this platform. The customization options are impressive and appreciated, yet also daunting. I just want to publish my first post. I feel bombarded with choices.

A grid of decorative numbers drawn by hand. Two cells in the grid, WED and THU, indicate it’s a cropped detail of a calendar.

A calendar grid of decorative numbers drawn by hand.

A grid of decorative numbers drawn by hand.

Artwork with a variety of patterns, scribbles and drawings. In the center is the title, “CALENDAR 25 / TEZZO SUZUKI”. At the top right is “EDITION ASSET MANAGEMENT”.

Every year, Japanese designer Tezzo Suzuki makes a calendar of hand-drawn dates. The 2025 edition features picks from his 12-year archive of 2,592 numbers.

We’re proud to be Tezzo’s exclusive online retailer in the US. Order now to ensure delivery by Dec 25.

letterformarchive.org/shop/tezzo-s...

Oh hey look at that, the government knew all about the use of GenAi for this project. Awesome. Thanks for engaging in the exploitation of artists, the public and the environment, while displacing artists just so the US can be* checks notes* a prosperous nation… 💀

ow.ly/iU9L50UgZ9w

designers are some of the hardest people to gift because they can be a little particular 😇! here are some ideas that my friend lisa and i put together~

www.artofvisualdesign.com/gift-guide

My entire feed rn is photos of beer, pizza, Thanksgiving turkey, or space. 🫠 What is this place? I'm desperately trying to train my feed. Show me art!!

Someone pls tell me why this platform's algorithm suddenly thinks I love space and photos of galaxies? I show up every day not knowing what random themes it's going to throw at me. #designers and #illustrators of bsky—where you at? 🎨✏️

Oh amazing. Tysm. Will take you up on that. :) And great tidbit!

I'll be creating my very first official font (or 2) this coming month. Just waiting to receive handwriting samples to begin creating. It's a very special project. ✍🏻🤍

Any #type designers out there have words of wisdom for the creation process?

As we head into the holiday season, please remember that small businesses are run by humans & have feelings to match.

Been there. I sometimes tap my notebook with 2 fingers, hoping for an undo like in Procreate. 🤦🏻‍♀️

hard agree! serious downgrade

Holy smokes!

Great starter pack! Many thanks 🤗

If some of you Graphic Designers want to add a small collection of type related accounts ⬇️

go.bsky.app/sNogNK