That not everything is done in Photoshop. I like Photoshop and what it does it does very well but I guess I’m to old school in the sense that doing or creating something from scratch is much more fulfilling and some how communicates your idea better than just composing something in photoshop. Great example of this is the new Jay Z album, Blueprint 3. Here is a video showing how a team of designers get together and created the actual cover instead of doing a collage in Photoshop.

ecently I came across this website that just shows designed drop caps. I think it’s a great site and a nice way for people to express themselves. As a designer I’m always trying to find ways to express myself. Designing drop caps is a good one.

For me, it’s drawing and drawing on things. So I always try to find things to be able to draw on. For example, at work we have big white tubes that get tossed out. I draw on them and because of the shape it makes for interesting ideas.

Here is the link.

I do it and every graphic designer should do it. It’s so hard to believe that schools that teach graphics now don’t teach the essence of drawing as much as before. Now it’s mostly concentrated on the programs. But I’m huge believe of drawing. I love doing it and so does Milton Glaser. This video explains why it’s so important from one of the greats.

MILTON GLASER DRAWS & LECTURES from C. Coy on Vimeo.

In a small way we all feel like this sometimes. Especially when we’re first starting out and trying to get as much work and experience as possible. The excitement of designing always clouds the mind when it comes to thinking about the details.

According to Brand New Yale University Press logo will be replaced by the Yale Typeface. This logo is nice in it’s own way and somewhat strange and outdated looking it still has a sense of character and modern qualities to it.

I like the logo but i can see where Yale wants to unify it’s identity that it has created for itself. Read about it yourself HERE.

Today I noticed the re-design of the LA Times newspaper website. I don’t know what to make of it yet. It’s definitely taking it back to simple newspaper design and organization. I like the effort that they have taken to make it organized and more about content, very NY Times website.

One thing I do notice is that they have a lot less advertisements filling up the page. I only see well positioned ad per page I click. They don’t crowed the site or interfere with the content. I like this. Let me have my content back not ads.

Not sure if i like the site yet. It’s simple but feels like it got taken a step backwards, almost like a blog. Aside from the clutter of information and ads the old site wasn’t bad, it was well designed. If anything I feel like they should of just re-organized the content of the site and keep the old design and feel.