Timeouts are lightning-quick interviews. Five questions to help you get to know the players holding court at Dribbble. Many thanks to Teresa for being today’s interviewee.
Who are you? Let us know where you hail from and what you do.
I’m a student, graphic designer and hand letterer, and I hail from all over Canada: born in Calgary, raised in Ottawa and educated in Halifax.
What are you working on?
I’m always lettering and illustrating something. Right now I’m working on Christmas cards, a cuckoo clock calendar and a bunch of identities.
Choose a favorite shot of yours. Why is it a favorite?
One of my favourite shots is this snapshot of my Bucket List poster. It was probably some of the most fun I’ve ever had making and printing something, and for Pete’s sake, it’s neon:
Tell us about your setup. What tools did you use to create the shot(s)? (e.g. hardware, software, pens, paper, blowtorch, etc.)
My set up is pretty basic. I work mostly in Illustrator for just about everything I do, and only ever use my mouse and trackpad because tablets drive me nuts. When it comes to lettering, I freehand most of it with a nice fine tip Faber-Castell. If I’m doing fraktur lettering, I use a Copic Wide, which honestly every hand letterer should own.
Choose a favorite shot from another Player. Why do you dig it?
This is such a hard question. I love just about everything that Sam Kaufman and Craig Robson crank out. This is my favourite of Sam’s:
Perfect angle, perfect texture, and perfect balance between light and dark—just beautiful.
Craig Robson’s work makes the amateur tattooist in me weep with joy, and this pastel take on traditional rose imagery has a great balance between harsh and soft:
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