PinnedNEW Domestika Course: Expressive Lettering of Inspirational Quotes in Adobe FrescoI'm excited to announce that I created this lettering course with the lovely folks at Domestika to teach you how to create your own expressive lettering in Adobe Fresco! All you need for the course is an iPad, Adobe Fresco and a stylus. …Lettering3 min readLettering3 min read
PinnedHow I Got A 10,000+ view YouTube Video as a Small CreatorIn addition to my freelance lettering work that I take on for my business AGF Design Studio, I publish educational videos for creatives to my YouTube channel of the same name. I create videos teaching lettering, digital art, and share product reviews. This article, however, isn’t about my hugely successful…YouTube6 min readYouTube6 min read
PinnedMy 1st Year as a Freelancer: 10 Lessons LearnedOn January 1st, 2021 I launched my business, AGF Design Studio. Within my first year I worked with clients like Adobe, American Greetings, LUNA Bar, and Little Brown Young Readers to create lettering and illustrations for a variety of projects. As I celebrate the first anniversary of my business, I…Freelance7 min readFreelance7 min read
May 25, 2022Top 3 Freelance Business Books for ArtistsThese are 3 freelance books artists need to run a professional freelance business practice. All 3 of these books have helped me tremendously as I have continued to grow my business as a freelance lettering artist and designer. After working with commercial clients like Adobe, American Greetings, and the LA…Freelance3 min readFreelance3 min read
Dec 15, 2021How to Backup Your Procreate Art & iPadAs artists, it’s important for us to have a workflow for saving and backing up our work and devices. I’ve lost all of my Procreate files before and to prevent that from happening to anyone else, I decided to write this article. Here are 3 methods and some best practices…Procreate5 min readProcreate5 min read
Published inMac O’Clock·Aug 21, 2021Which iPad is best for digital artists? A Review.Have you ever wondered which iPad is best for digital art? Well, I’m going to give you a full in-depth review of my experience with the iPad Pro 9.7"and the new iPad Pro 12.9” (4th generation). This will be from my perspective as a lettering artist and digital creator so…IPad5 min readIPad5 min read
May 10, 2021#RIPTwitterCrop: What it means for artists and creatorsLast week, Twitter announced that they were getting rid of the Twitter auto-cropping image feature. If you’re an artist like me, you probably saw the celebration all over your timeline. The announcement from Twitter caused #RIPTwitterCrop to trend as photographers, illustrators, (and skeptics) flooded the timeline to test it out…Twitter4 min readTwitter4 min read
Apr 22, 202136 Days of Type and the Power of CommunityAt the time of me writing this article we are currently in the middle of 36 Days of Type. This yearly creative challenge is the source of great excitement (and admittedly a bit of stress) for artists around the world. …Design3 min readDesign3 min read
Mar 5, 2021Procreate vs. Adobe Fresco (A Review)As a professional lettering artist and designer, I’ve been using Procreate for over 3 years now on my iPad Pro. For this reason, I’ll admit that I was slow to adopt Adobe Fresco. I figured that Procreate was the best digital drawing app out there, and since I found myself…Procreate6 min readProcreate6 min read
