Overtime

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Being a Professional Encourager with Andy J Pizza from the Creative Pep Talk Podcast Jan 23, 2018

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Season 3 of Overtime is here! Our first guest is Andy J. (Pizza) Miller. Andy is the creator of the podcast and book Creative Pep Talk. He also has a successful illustration career and has created illustrations for clients like Nickelodeon, Google, Converse, Sony, Smart Car, Oreo, The Boston Globe & Nutella.

In this episode, we find out what pizza and Dribbble have in common, how Andy transitioned from illustration to podcasting, and the secret to Creative Pep Talk’s success.

Andy also shares how to “find your gift,” what he thinks all creative people have in common, how to embrace change when it comes to your career, his hope for the creative future, and much more.

“I always tell people to look for wilderness instead of paved roads. Once there’s 8,000 tutorials and 50 apps to make that thing the easiest thing possible, the treasure at the end of that road is gone.”

This episode is brought to you by Wix. Push the limits of design and start creating beautiful, impactful websites that are uniquely yours at wix.com/dribbble.

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Transcript forthcoming.

Ryan Hamrick Dec 12, 2017

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It's our final episode of Overtime, season 2! We'll be back in 2018 but before then, we'd love to hear from you. If you're an avid Overtime listener, please take a short survey to let us know what you love about Overtime and what we can improve on. Additionally, we’re experimenting with our format, so you’ll see chapters in this episode if you're listening in a podcast app that supports chapters (like Overcast).

And now on to episode 27! In this episode, we chat with Ryan Hamrick, an independent letterer and designer, living in Austin, TX. Ryan shares how he got started with lettering back in 2011, the story behind the Curves Ahead Tour, a few lettering tricks he saves for live workshops, why he's starting an artist representation agency, and more.

This week’s episode is brought to you by Wix. Wix believes the web is your playground. With advanced features like retina-ready image galleries, custom font sets, and sophisticated design effects, you’ll have real creative freedom to tell your story online—exactly the way you’ve envisioned it. Go to wix.com/dribbble to get started today.

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Khoi Vinh Nov 28, 2017

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In episode 26, we chat with Khoi Vinh, Principal Designer at Adobe, co-founder of Mixel and Kidpost, and former Design Director of New York Times Online.

In this episode, we discuss Khoi's role at Adobe, the recent launch of Adobe XD, the pros and cons of working for big (or small) companies, Adobe's recent effort to impact diversity in creativity in a positive way, how Khoi got started with design, publishing on personal websites vs Medium, the benefits of having your own custom blog, and more.

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Vlad Magdalin Nov 14, 2017

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Vlad Magdalin is the CEO and founder of Webflow, an all-in-one web design tool that allows you to design, build, and launch responsive websites visually.

In this episode, we talk to Vlad about his early career in animation, the origin of Webflow, it's unique position in the market of web design tools, the current state of web design tooling, why democratization of web design is a good thing, and more.

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Ethan Marcotte Oct 24, 2017

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In this episode, you’ll hear a conversation with Dan Cederholm and Ethan Marcotte. It was recorded at the Hang Time Boston after-party at Coppersmith. You may hear a bit of bar noise, but you’ll also hear some great insights on responsive web design, GIFs, and more.

Ethan shares the story of how responsive web design came to be, the complexity of the design process, the best way to get started with responsive web design, advice for teams building pattern libraries and style guides, why he started a GIF repository, and more.

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Ethan Marcotte
Ethan Marcotte on Dribbble
Ethan Marcotte on Twitter
A List Apart: Responsive Web Design
Responsive Web Design Podcast
RWD Twitter
The Dao of Web Design
Bukkit
Design Systems by Alla Kholmatova
From Pages to Patterns: An Exercise for Everyone by Charlotte Jackson

Meg Lewis Oct 12, 2017

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Meg Lewis is a designer and founder of Ghostly Ferns—a family of freelancer BFFs. She also founded Fool Proof—a coworking space to support creativity in Minnesota. She’s also a really nice person.

In this episode, Meg tells us about her recent move to Minnesota, why she started a coworking space, the importance of working with friends, why you should be yourself when working with clients, personal branding, and much more.

This episode is brought to you by FreshBooks. The all-new FreshBooks makes ridiculously easy accounting software that’s completely transformed how those self-employed professionals and small business owners deal with their day-to-day paperwork. FreshBooks is offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to Overtime listeners. To claim it, just go to freshbooks.com/overtime and enter OVERTIME in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section.

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Louie Mantia Sep 26, 2017

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In episode 22, Dan chats with icon designer Louie Mantia. Louie is a co-founder of Parakeet—a small design studio with a concentration on icons, logos, illustrations, and emoji.

In this episode, Dan and Louie chat about getting inspired by Disney, bringing fun back to app icons, typeface vs icon design, advice for new designers, and more.

Louie also shares how and why Parakeet created Primaries—a stock set of icons that anyone can buy.

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Lydia Nichols Sep 12, 2017

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In episode 21, Dan chats with Lydia Nichols, an illustrator and designer who loves anthropomorphizing animals. She's done amazing work for companies like Mailchimp, Google, the New York Times, and more.

In this episode, Lydia shares why she fell in love with illustration, her workflow in Illustrator and Photoshop, how she handles a 6-hour time frame for creating and delivering an illustration, lessons she learned from producing a book, and more.

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This episode is brought to you by FreshBooks. The all new FreshBooks makes ridiculously easy accounting software that’s completely transformed how those self-employed professionals and small business owners deal with their day-to-day paperwork. FreshBooks is offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to Overtime listeners. To claim it, just go to freshbooks.com/overtime and enter OVERTIME in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section.

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Alice Lee Aug 22, 2017

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Our guest this week is Alice Lee, an independent San Francisco-based illustrator and designer who loves drawing and telling clever stories. She's also part of a studio of artists known as the 1099 Group. Before going independent, she was the second illustrator at Dropbox.

In this episode, we talk about how she transitioned from product designer into illustration, the pros and cons of working remotely, why she thinks of her career as a garden, and more.

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This episode is brought to you by FreshBooks. It's no secret that the nature of work is changing again. The internet has enabled more people to become self-employed professionals and small business owners—and better yet working in new jobs that they could not have been imagined just a few years ago.

The all new FreshBooks makes ridiculously easy accounting software that’s completely transformed how those self-employed professionals and small business owners deal with their day-to-day paperwork. FreshBooks is offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to Overtime listeners. To claim it, just go to freshbooks.com/overtime and enter OVERTIME in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section.

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Ryan Putnam Aug 08, 2017

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In episode 19, Dan chats with Ryan Putnam. Ryan is a designer, illustrator, and potter, long time Dribbble member. He previously worked at Dropbox and was instrumental in organizing some epic Dribbble Meetups.

Dan and Ryan chat about being creative. Ryan is always looking for different ways to make stuff that's functional but beautiful at the same time. They also discuss Riso printing, how Ryan got into pottery, building a shared illustration language, experimenting on the web, and more.