Tim Hankins 8/14/14 Tim Hankins 8/14/14

None More

You can have any color as long as it's black.

- Henry Ford (ish)

Tim Hankins 8/8/14 Tim Hankins 8/8/14

Copy That

We all copy – in the beginning, at least. You copy the things you like or love in order to learn. In doing so you can pick up on different approaches and techniques. At some point you eventually have to stop copying though. Your true voice will never show in the work. You'll be nothing more than an echo.

Tim Hankins 8/8/14 Tim Hankins 8/8/14

Live

"You just have to live and life will give you pictures."

- Henri Cartier-Bresson

Tim Hankins 8/4/14 Tim Hankins 8/4/14

I Want to Go to There

The High Line, New York

Tim Hankins 8/3/14 Tim Hankins 8/3/14

La Brea Tar* Pits

Took a trip to Museum Row and visited the tar* pits.

*The "tar" at La Brea is actually naturally occurring asphalt. You learn something when you take the tour.

Tim Hankins 8/1/14 Tim Hankins 8/1/14

Blue

I don't know about you, but Blue Bottle Coffee is the real deal for me.

This article only reinforces my enthusiasm for such a focused brand:

“Could we be the first 20-store chain, or 50- or 100-store chain that doesn’t suck?” Freeman asked rhetorically…

Tim Hankins 7/29/14 Tim Hankins 7/29/14

The Neighborhood

The long walk home from a mechanic provided me with an opportunity to take some photos of my neighborhood. When life gives you lemons...

Tim Hankins 7/28/14 Tim Hankins 7/28/14

Keep Austin Beard

"Beard-loving hipsters were blamed for the decline in razor sales last summer, and in 2014, razor giants like Procter and Gamble (owner of Gillette) has continued to blame poor sales on the trendiness of beards."

Is there anything beards can't do?

Tim Hankins 7/25/14 Tim Hankins 7/25/14

Completely Honest Resume of a Graphic Designer

Skills: All the computer programs known to man, except for Microsoft Word. That is where graphic design goes to lay down and die.

Tim Hankins 7/25/14 Tim Hankins 7/25/14

Stop

Never stop.

Never stop trying. Never stop growing. Never stop failing. Never stop learning. Never stop loving what you do or you'll just get passed by the person who didn't stop.

Tim Hankins 7/24/14 Tim Hankins 7/24/14

Creativity is Rejected

"In fact, everyone I spoke with agreed on one thing—unexceptional ideas are far more likely to be accepted than wonderful ones."

Well, that's a bit depressing. Creative people should still fight the good fight. Keep pushing your ideas and you'll find someone who responds...eventually. Resilience is key.

Tim Hankins 7/23/14 Tim Hankins 7/23/14

The Voyager

Yeah, you should be listening to this:

You cannot go wrong with Jenny Lewis.

Tim Hankins 7/23/14 Tim Hankins 7/23/14

Photo Walk

The month's theme: letters.

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Gateway Design

Use design as a gateway for your message. Bad design will turn people away from all the good you have to share. Good design is inherently trustworthy. People are skeptical of design that looks void of any thought or skill.

Good design can also initially target a superficial response in people, but now you've made it that much easier to bring them in for your message.

Tim Hankins 7/22/14 Tim Hankins 7/22/14

More: Making for the Sake of Making

"Eventually, if you do it well, and long enough, people will start asking you to do it for them."

- Jonathan Harris

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Make

"Make for the sake of making" is the creative's way of saying "Dance like nobody's watching." Some creations should be just for you. Who cares what others think.