Overtime

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Meg Robichaud Feb 22, 2017

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W’re excited to kick off Overtime, Season 2 with Meg Robichaud! Meg is currently the Illustration Lead at Shopify, but she also has a ton of experience in freelance illustration. In this episode, we discuss how Meg manages illustration work at a large company, whether or not you should do unpaid work for friends, and why she started writing about her illustration process on Medium.

This episode of Overtime is brought to you by Hired. Hired makes your job search faster, focused, and stress-free—plus you get paid to get hired. Overtime listeners can earn an extra $2,000 bucks (that's double the normal hiring bonus) by signing up today at hired.com/dribbble.

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Gleb Kuznetsov Nov 30, 2016

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Our guest this week is Gleb Kuznetsov. Gleb is the design director at Fantasy, where he designs clean, futuristic user interfaces and jaw-dropping animations.

In this episode, we talk about the struggles he overcame while learning design and development in Russia, how he got his job at Fantasy, why it pays to work on side projects just for fun, his process for brainstorming and designing, and so much more.

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Team Dribbble's Adam Darowski Nov 08, 2016

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In this bonus episode, Dan sits down to chat with Dribbble's front-end developer and product designer, Adam Darowski. They discuss the challenges in designing for designers, Adam’s love of baseball and German soccer, how he recorded and produced his own punk rock album, and a shot from Sergio Ingravalle.

Adam Darowski
Scribble Portrait: Aubameyang
Hall of Stats
YAY! an album by Adam Darowski
Power Chords and Fragile Words (opening song)

Team Dribbble's Alison Harshbarger Oct 19, 2016

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In this Overtime bonus episode, Dan sits down for a quick chat with Dribbble’s very own Alison Harshbarger. She's Dribbble's community manager, which means she helps community members with support, makes sure Dribbble Meetup organizers have the resources they need, and she features community members here on Courtside. They discuss her role at Dribbble, the awesome food and design scene in Austin, Texas, a fantastic recent shot from Bushra Mahmood, and more.

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Flwrs by Bushra Mahmood

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Bill Kenney Sep 28, 2016

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Bill Kenney is the creative director and co-founder of Focus Lab, a strategic, creative studio based out of Savannah, Georgia. In this episode, Bill shares the story of how he discovered his love for design and how Focus Lab got started.

He also shares how consistently posting to Dribbble helped Focus Lab earn nearly 1 million dollars in yearly revenue, how get your clients on board with sharing your design process on Dribbble, and how to feel about negative feedback from the designers on the internet who don’t like your work.

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Allison House Jul 11, 2016

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Allison House is an independent designer and visual artist who worked with tech startups like Dropbox, Codecademy and Treehouse before diving into 3D illustration and design. In this episode, she shares how she made the transition to 3D, how she's working to help other designers do the same, and why it's important to push yourself and get into uncomfortable territory.

“The right next move is not to sit and think about what your passion
might be, the right move is to take action and try new things.”

— Allison House

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Bethany Heck May 19, 2016

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This week, Dan is joined by Bethany Heck. Bethany is the Creative Lead for the Microsoft Power BI team, and also runs Eephus League, where she creates products for sports fans with a focus on beautiful typography.

In this episode, Dan and Bethany discuss the importance of firm criticism, learning to accept that you won't always win (and why that's ok), how Eephus League got started, why “stick to two typefaces” is a rule that you can break, and more.

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Justin Mezzell Mar 31, 2016

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In this interview, Dan talks with illustrator and designer Justin Mezzell. Dan and Justin discuss how he got started in design, the importance of asking for help, and prioritizing and choosing what you spend time on. Justin shares his design tools of choice, why he prefers Sketch over Photoshop these days, and talks about what it's like working at Code School.

“You're never going to get more hours out the day, but you can be smarter with the time you do have.” - Justin Mezzell

“If we see success as a static place, it can often feel like somewhere we haven't been, and maybe never will.” - Justin Mezzell

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Laura Bohill Feb 17, 2016

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Topics discussed:

Working as a remote freelancer
How Ghostly Ferns works with clients
Why you don't have to be good at everything to be successful
The importance of only showing off the kinds of work that you'd like to do more of
Filtering clients to only attract the right kinds of clients for you
Laura's design process

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Laura's Website
Laura on Twitter
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Ghostly Ferns
Workshop
Studiomates
Cotton Bureau
InVision
Design Makes Things Possible T-shirt from Marketplace by InVision
Erin Nolan

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Ian Brignell Dec 15, 2015

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Overtime is Dribbble’s audio companion and our first foray into the world of audio. In this episode, Dan Cederholm talks with letter, logo, and font designer, Ian Brignell. Ian’s impressive client list includes Budweiser, Smirnoff, Harvard, Dove, Hershey’s and many more. We were honored to talk to Ian about his background, his process, tips for designing and lettering, collaboration, and advice for young designers.

Dan also asks Ian about a few of his Dribbble shots and the story behind them. Ian shares his process for designing the Coke font and the Budweiser label.. He also told us about his font foundry, IB Type, where he has fonts for purchase. So, not only can you admire Ian's great work, but you can use it in your next project.

It was a really great conversation and we’re excited to share it with you. Enjoy!

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How Ian got started with design and lettering
Ian's design process
Tools and resources Ian uses
Collaborating with teams on projects
Designing the Coke Typeface and Budweiser Label
Ian's best advice for students of design and lettering

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