Labels: graphic design, Illustration, t-shirt design

Atheists have started advertising on buses. Do you want to see your
own message on the side of a bus? Well now's your chance. TRY IT YOURSELF

How it works: you type in a slogan, and it comes out in the style of the atheist bus ad.

Labels: Fun Stuff, graphic design, Personal

Dear friends and family,

I wanted to tell you about something I did recently. All I hear is how bad the economy is on the news, which is over dramatized for the sake of ratings. I guess I’m fortunate, because the bad economy is not affecting me so badly, or rather I refuse to let the doom and gloom affect me in a negative way. I tend to focus on the positive, like how hard people work to earn the money they use to support their family. There is a lot of good things happening out there, you just have to notice it.

I decided to try to applaud some of that hard work I see accomplished in my neighborhood grocery store by writing a letter to the CEO of the Company, just to see what might happen. I was very happy with the response I got. I attached my letter and the response I got from Jewel-Osco Grocery Chain.

I am so happy I wrote the letter, not because of the $25 gift card they sent me, but by recognizing the hard work of the two people I highlighted in my letter. I knew the name of the store manager but I didn’t know the name of the cashier, but I included the transaction information on my receipt, which has the cashier’s ID number, so they knew who she was.

They sent me a $25 gift card as well as a $25 gift card for the Manager and the cashier. The positive in the 25 minutes it took me to sit down and write a letter is at least $75 and the feeling two people will have when they are recognized by their supervisor for their hard work. I look at as if I just added $25 dollars to that cashier’s paycheck for that week just by writing a letter. At $7.50 per hour for her it would take her 3.3 hours to earn that $25, now that is positive.

I would like to ask you all to take the time this week to single out someone out there who works for a big corporation and take the time to write a letter to their CEO praising that employee’s performance. It won’t be hard to find a hard worker; they are all over the place. It takes such little time to write down an employee’s name and sit down and write a few lines praising their service. Even if they only get a pat on the back, it will mean so much to that person to know someone valued their service. I have written a letter like this a couple of times in the past and I assure you companies love to get the chance to praise their people. Please forward this e-mail to all your friends and let’s all do something nice for someone else.

John McDowell

Labels: Personal

Nick states on his blog: "Since I don't believe Friday the 13 is unlucky, I'm going to try to break the “spell” of the so-called unlucky Friday the 13th and make it a Lucky 13 day for one lucky person!"

Labels: Colleagues, Contest, Illustration

You can WIN this 8x10 digital print by telling Mary: What's the luckiest thing that's ever happened to you?

Labels: Colleagues, Contest, Illustration

The two logos that made the cut are both from a self-promotion effort to brand my business, Delineate Design. The first logo, a hand drawing the letter "D," was my initial identity design effort. It soon transitioned into a more modern and simple representation which is the second logo selected (see above).

• Initials & Crests


• Typography


• People


• Animals, Birds and Mythology


• Shapes and Symbols


• Nature and Food


• Arts and Culture (including transportation, sports and architecture)

Labels: graphic design, logo design, Personal, self promotion