I Like Your Type: Assembly Font
My first font release…ever. Be gentle.
Assembly is a bold, condensed display font that originates from a wide mix of places - athletics, album covers, vintage packaging and science fiction book covers. It can be both retro and contemporary. It’s all up to you and how you choose to use it.
Tell Your Tale with Storybook Brushes for Photoshop and Procreate
Some of the oldest books in our children’s collection have these lovely, messy and gritty textures in all of their illustrations. I usually get distracted by the designs when I should be reading. I’ve tried to capture the spirit of these illustrations in the Storybook brushes for Photoshop and Procreate.
This brush set has tons of variety for every designer: grain shaders, messy markers, shapers and liner brushes.
So, what stories will you tell?
Now for Procreate
You can now get all of my Photoshop brushes made just for Procreate. Check them out and go create something today: Procreate Brushes.
That Boozy Egg Nog Recipe
Egg nog is my official “Welcome to December.” I have no idea why, but “Christmas in Hollis” popped in my head last night when I went to create this and it worked out pretty well as an homage to Run DMC’s Christmas jam. I’ve also included a recipe for the boozy Egg Nog that I make every year. It’s a riff on the traditional Crema de Vie from Cuba and it’s rich and delicious. And boozy. Did I mention that? Enjoy! 🥃
Not today?
Look, not every day is going to be your best day and that’s cool. Don’t indulge your worst habits though. That will kill your momentum like a motherf#%ker. Been there. Done THAT. Just today though, Satan.
On Point Stippling Digital Brushes for Photoshop and Procreate
Analog stippling now made extremely fast and easy through digital brushes. You’ll get 50+ stippling brushes made of different sized dots and intensities. Each dot size group has its own liners, detailing brushes, scatter brushes and more.
Also included are 3 pointillism pattern brushes in 4 different sizes to layer and create your own level of textures, shading and patterns in your designs.
California Dreaming Watercolor Digital Brushes for Photoshop and Procreate
Sand between your toes and the peaceful lull of waves lapping at the coast–this is where these dreamy watercolor brushes originated.
This watercolor brush pack includes soft wash brushes, all built with authentic paper textures. You’ll also get spatter brushes to add those perfect imperfections to your work.
BONUS! Sandy stamp texture brushes will help add some real Californian beach texture to your designs.
Supertones Digital Brushes for Photoshop and Procreate
Settle down and huddle up, there are a ton of new halftone brushes to cover. 248 to be exact.
Supertones provide you with the widest variety of super clean halftones. You’ll get crosshatching, angled lines and plenty of dot patterns to take your next project over the goal line.
These are 100% seamless brushes that have 4 sizes included per brush—so you can add super subtle shading to your work or go big and bold with a simple tap. Each grouping is clearly named with a type, number, and size so you can navigate between each one easily.
Supertones were all built on the same grid so they always align. You’ll encounter plenty of happy accidents when you start to play with the layering these so now’s the time to Go Create Something.
Subtle Grunge Digital Brushes for Photoshop and Procreate
Sometimes you’re not in the mood for a full grunge layer, you just need a touch of grime. You don’t want Bleach, you need Unplugged in New York. I’ve got you covered.
Scans from hi-res images of paper, corrugate, card stock and other sources helped create this set of super subtle grunge brushes. They are meant to be used as a stamp–just one click or tap and you’re on your way to being just a tad more grungy. You can layer them to create your own levels of texture and even play with the edges to create your own grungy seams.
“On Main” Ink and Paint Digital Brushes for Photoshop and Procreate
When the gates to Disneyland first open, one of the things I always notice is the grain of the rocks and bricks as you walk across them into the town square. There is so much to take in, in such a short time. I really wanted to capture that for this product.
On Main is the first release of digital brushes from the Theme Park Provisions lineup. It contains 15 brushes that hearken back to the days of the ink and paint departments of early animation studios. The set includes super clean brushes, gritty inkers, and clean strokes and liners so that you can build your latest idea from a range of starting points. You’ll even get a great sketching pencil thrown In for good measure.
Grunge Digital Brushes for Photoshop and Procreate
This brush pack is ready to get down and dirty with all of its grimy shader and texture brushes.
You’ll get 20 grungy digital brushes to choose from – all with varying levels of grunge and grit!
Cosmic Energy Digital Brushes for Photoshop and Procreate
The Cosmic Energy brush pack makes tapping into the classic look of comic book multiverses a snap.
You have total control of the effect through pressure controlled brushes or you can embrace the chaos and use scatter brushes to design the unknown.
Who knows what celestial world these brushes will take you to next!
New Release: The Artist Toolbox Digital Brushes for Photoshop and Procreate
This set of brushes is a digital recreation of all of my favorite analog drawing tools made for Adobe Photoshop, Fresco and Procreate. This toolbox includes a ball point pen, crayon, pencils, markers and many more!
You’ll get 20 unique brushes that provide plenty of variety to choose from for your next project. Textures from high quality scans of the original source materials provides you with an authentic set of brushes to use in your work.
Cloud Shaper Digital Brushes for Photoshop and Procreate
Do you ever see shapes in the clouds? Have you ever wanted to make them become a part of your work? You can now with these Cloud Shaper digital brushes.
You’ll get 5 unique cloud brushes built from the skies of my own photographs that you can use to create any shape you imagine. There are two smaller brushes for detailing and three larger brushes for general shape-building.
Timeless, Not Timely
Don't design for the here and now, design work that can stand the test of time.
It's so easy to fall into a type trend, for instance, but then you just look like everyone else doing the same thing. Resisting a trend is the harder path, but one you have to be willing to take in order to stand out and truly be different.
Design Your Own Limitations
Use permanent ink to sketch your next idea. No erasing. No restarting. Whatever ink hits the page stays there. Do it a few times with different types of pens or markers and see how the design evolves. Don't get caught up in it being “perfect.”
Try these:
Use only one font in your design.
Use only two colors.
Don’t use the Undo command.
Don’t design with layers.
You'll force yourself to be creative where you might not have normally been simply by creating your own limitations.
Tiny
It's the tiny moments that mean the most. Details matter. Sometimes I spend more time perfecting the small pieces of a design just to ensure a tiny "discovery."
Think about that little jolt of delight the first time you noticed a tiny detail in something you love. Didn't it make you fall in love all over again? You may not have even noticed it the first time you watched/listened to/touched it, but it was there all along just waiting to be discovered.
Tiny moments create advocates. The "Oh, but did you see this..." sort of advocate.
