Learn about design:
Resources, Tutorials, Downloads & more
favorite Design Resources
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Steal Like An Artist - Austin Kleon
Sagmeister & Walsh: Beauty - Sagmeister & Walsh
Articulating Design Decisions - Tom Greever
Don’t Make Me Think - Steve Krug
Laying The Foundations - Andrew Couldwell
Becoming a Graphic Designer - Heller & Fernades
In the company of women - Grace Bonney
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TedTalks - Variety of lectures
Hubspot Academy - Enroll in courses
Udemy - Enroll in courses
Coursera - Enroll in courses
Skillshare - Enroll in courses
LinkedIn Learning - Enroll in courses
General Assembly - Enroll in courses and lectures
Creative Mornings - Enroll in workshops and lectures
Adobe Certifications - Enroll in courses
American Ad Federation - Enroll in workshops and lectures
Nielsen Norman Group - UX/UI courses and lectures
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The Professional Creative - Talking about all things creative
Design Matters - Talking with Creatives
Like Nobody’s Business - Career Advice
Artful Contracts - Legal Information
Sunlight Tax - Legal Information
Nielsen Norman Group - UX/UI Design
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Moo - Printer (message me for a discount code!)
Sticker Mule - Printer for swag
Squarespace - Website builder
SEM Rush - SEO monitor
Mail Chimp - Email marketing
Dafont.com - Free fonts
Free Faces - Free fonts
Fontshare - Free fonts
Open Foundry - Free fonts
Font Awesome - Icons
Lordicon - Animated Icons
Vecteezy - Stock vectors
Lottie - Animation vectors
Placeit - Design mock-ups & video editor
Pexels - Free images
Unsplash - Free images
Nappy - Free images
Pixabay - Free images
Adobe Stock Images - Stock images
Printful - Printing service for custom work
Miro - Tool for visual collaboration
Typescale - Generate typography scale
Hot Jar - Website analytics
Lovable - Web Design with AI
Brief Up - Mock Project Briefs To Help You Learn & Improve
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Jessica Walsh - art director
Stefan Sagmeister - art director
Aaron Draplin - designer / branding
Timothy Goodman - designer / muralist
Jessica Hische - designer / lettering
Megan Weeks - designer
Nadia Hassan - designer / illustrator
Jeff Dehut - designer / illustrator
Greg Mike - muralist
Caitlin Nicholson - designer
Alan Schneller - designer
April Starr - designer
Brandt Farmer - screen-printer
Jesse Showalter - UX/UI designer
Joseph Angelo Todaro - UX/UI designer
Vy Alechnavicius - UX specialist
Aona Yang - UX researcher
Zac Taylor - web developer
James Ferrell- web developer
Nick Crim- web developer
Shelby Chowning - photographer
Carly LaGrange - designer
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POTTERY
Southern Crossing Pottery Festival / March 7-8, 2025 @ Louisville, KY ($FREE)
NCECA / March 26-29, 2025 @ Salt Lake City, UT ($175+))
DESIGN
Adobe MAX Conference / Date @ Location ($Price)
AIGA Design Conference / Oct. 9-11, 2025 @ Los Angeles, CA ($150+)
Creative South / April 10-12, 2025 @ Columbus, GA ($247+)
HOW Design Live / Date @ Location ($Price)
Config / May 6-8, 2025 @ San Francisco, CA ($Price)
CAKE
SoFLO Cake and Candy Expo/ Date @ Location ($Price)
The Bake Fest / Oct. 4-5, 2025 @ Virtual ($TBD)
Graphic Design Tutorials
Illustrator Tutorial: Converting an image to a vector
Why is my image blurry?
Should you charge per hour or per project
InDesign Tutorial: How to outline text
DESIGN CONSULTATION
Book a 45min design consultation with me via phone or zoom for $45. We can talk about anything you want like…
Brainstorm about an upcoming project
Design career advice and tips
Portfolio review
and more!
Learn about Cake decorating with “The Cake Companion”
“The Cake Companion” is for any level of cake decorator - covering topics a newcomer to cakes needs to know (like what tools to get, or how to fill a pasty bag) as well as tips for more advanced bakers (like how to stack a wedding cake or traveling long distances with a cake). It has over 45 resources, tips and answers to cake questions that I have found the most helpful in my 25 years of cake decorating. I put all of these insights in one spot for you, making it the perfect cake companion!
*Free Downloads
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Desktop Background (1920x1080px)
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Phone Background (640x960px)
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Bookmark (8.5x11” PDF to print)
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