Overtime

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

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

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. 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. Links Mentioned in Overtime Khoi's website and blog Khoi on Dribbble Khoi on Twitter Mixel Never Use Futura How to Demo Software for 11,000 People Khoi's book How They Got There Adob

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. Links Mentioned in Overtime: Vlad Magdalin on Twitter Webflow Flexbox Game A (Cheeky) Guide to Creative Tools IDEO U Design Thinking Course

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. Links Mentioned in Overtime 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 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. Links Mentioned in Overtime: Meg Lewis Meg Lewis on Dribbble Meg Lewis on Twitter My Darn Good Office Fool Proof Ghostly Ferns Ghostly Ferns on Dribbble A Desig

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. 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. Links Mentioned in Overtime: Louie Mantia Louie Mantia on Dribbble Louie Mantia on Twitter Louie Mantia on Instagram Parakeet FontLab App Primarie

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. Dribbble Shots: Mouse with Floating Ears Happy Tiger You Don't Want to Buy Groceries From a Robot The Summer Zoolympics 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. Links Mentioned

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. Dribbble Shots: Slack Fund 01 WordPress — Characters & Inclusion 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 paperwo

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. 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

In episode 18, Dan chats with Jared Erondu. Jared is the head of design at Lattice and he's also building a Q&A platform for designers called Playbook. Additionally, he's the co-host of High Resolution, a video series on design. In this episode we dig into the origin story of Playbook, what Jared's trying to accomplish at Lattice, why sharing knowledge is key to growing the design community, the idea behind the High Resolution video series, dealing with burnout, maintaining a healthy lifestyle while still getting work done, and more. This episode is brought to you by Freshbooks. The working world has changed. With the growth of the internet, there’s never been more opportunities for the self-employed. To meet this need, FreshBooks is excited to announce the launch of an all new version of their cloud accounting software! 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?” sect

Our guest this week is Jon Contino. Jon is a very talented branding consultant, creative director and a monster of a design force, creating custom lettering and illustrations for brands like ESPN, Nike, Stephen King, Flip Skateboards, Jack Daniels, and more. He also produces his own clothing and goods, JC NYC. In this episode, we discuss his process and his background, his custom lettering workshop, the challenges of balancing design life with family life, how New York has influenced his designs, and more. “Everyone wants to be known for something. Step one is really caring about what you're doing.” - Jon Contino This episode is brought to you by Freshbooks. The working world has changed. With the growth of the internet, there’s never been more opportunities for the self-employed. To meet this need, FreshBooks is excited to announce the launch of an all new version of their cloud accounting software! FreshBooks is offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to Overtime listeners. To claim it, just go to fres

In our 16th Overtime episode, Dan chats with Danielle Evans—a visual artist, letterer, and designer from Columbus, Ohio. Back in 2013, she combined lettering, photography, and dad jokes to start food typography. Since then she's been doing amazing stuff with food and real life objects to create lettering masterpieces. She's worked with incredible companies like Target, Disney, American Greetings, Parade, Conde Nast, and more. This episode is brought to you by HelloSign—the most powerful platform for your business agreements. With HelloSign's API, you can collect eSignatures right from your own interface. That's great for all us product folks interested in building seamless useful experiences right in our own products. Start using HelloSign to embed documents directly on your website with just a few lines of code! In this episode, Danielle recounts starting a design career during the recession and how she got the idea for food typography. Dan and Danielle also talk about talks about how she prepares for her f

Our guest on Overtime episode 15 is Rogie King. Rogie is a talented illustrator, designer, and developer and he's been a long time Dribbble member. Recently he's worked on NeonMob and Super Team Deluxe. In this episode, we talk about how Rogie got into design, the origin story of Super Team Deluxe, the challenges of working alone, the benefits of collaboration, Rogie's plans for the future, and more. A big thank you to Jamf Now for sponsoring this episode. Jamf Now helps small business owners manage their Apple devices from anywhere and on demand. With Jamf Now, you can configure settings, protect sensitive information, even lock or wipe a device—from anywhere. No IT expertise needed. Dribbble listeners can start securing their business today—by setting up the first 3 devices for free. Add more, for just two bucks a month, per device. Create your free account today at jamf.com/dribbble. Dribbble Shots: Sailer Jerry X Disney X Rogie Pen Tool Enamal Pin Links Mentioned in Overtime: Rogie King on Dribbble Rog

Our guest on Overtime episode 14 is Aaron Draplin of Draplin Design Co. He's usually based in Portland, Oregon, but he's currently on the road promoting his new book, Pretty Much Everything. In this episode, Dan and Aaron discuss dropping the jargon and talking about graphic design in normal terms, how Aaron uses Instagram, why he doesn't waste time policing the internet, why he believes everyone deserves great design, who inspires him, and the challenges of shipping merch and managing work while touring. This episode is brought to you by MyFonts, the world's largest font marketplace. The MyFonts team is always on the lookout for talented folks like yourself to bring into the MyFonts family. If you've always wanted to sell your fonts but didn't know how to get started, drop them a line at signup@myfonts.com to learn how they can help walk you through setting up shop. Links Mentioned in Overtime: Aaron Draplin's Website The Big Orange Van Draplin Design Co. on Twitter Aaron on Instagram Aaron's book Pretty Mu

Our guests for lucky episode 13 are Amy and Jennifer Hood of Hoodzpah Design Co., a boutique branding firm specializing in bold, unapologetic design across print and web. They also run Odds and Sods, an online shop where they sell enamel pins, shirts, posters, and other unnecessary necessaries. This episode of Overtime is brought to you by My Favorite Five, the brand new MyFonts newsletter series that profiles hardworking designers. In each issue, designers share their five go-to typefaces and a behind-the-scenes look at their process. Read the current issues of My Favorite Five and sign up for upcoming newsletters at MyFonts.com/newsletters. In this episode, Dan chats with Amy and Jennifer about how they got into design, why they started a business together, how they run their agency, overcoming the challenges of designing an enamel pin, the importance of selling products in addition to selling services, why you should always do your best work even if the project kinda sucks, and much more. This episode is j

In our latest Overtime episode, Dan chats with Linda Eliasen—a designer, illustrator, art director, and all-around creative. Linda currently freelances in NYC, but before that, she worked at Ueno, Dropbox, Mailchimp, and Squarespace. In this episode, Linda walks us through her illustration workflow and shares her process for creating production-ready work with the Apple Pencil and iPad Pro. In addition, you'll learn about Iceland's terrifying Yule Cat. She also shares the story behind Dropbox's recruiting video starring puppets. Lastly, Linda talks about her recent move to New York to try something new—improv. "It's awesome to be at the stage in my career, where I've been doing what I've been doing for 9 years. To start over—it feels like being a brand new baby junior designer." This episode of Overtime is brought to you by SiteGround. SiteGround offers web hosting crafted for the creative community. Whether you’re using a custom solution or a popular open-source software like WordPress, SiteGround

We're excited to have Kelli Anderson as our guest for episode 11 of Overtime. Kelli is a tinkerer, designer, artist, printmaker, and all-around creative force in the design world. Kellie also makes the impossible possible—like a record player made out of paper and a book that's also a camera. Dan and Kelli chat about the inspiration behind her unique design projects, how science plays a role in her work, her upcoming book, This Book Is a Planetarium: And Other Extraordinary Pop-Up Contraptions, and more. This episode of Overtime is brought to you by SiteGround. SiteGround offers web hosting crafted for the creative community. Whether you’re using a custom solution or a popular open-source software like WordPress, SiteGround has plenty of hosting options that your website can grow into. Overtime listeners get 50% off at siteground.com/dribbble. Dribbble Shots: Paper Record Player This Book Is a Camera The Human Body Now Featuring Skin Links Mentioned in Overtime Kelli Anderson on Dribbble kellianderson.com

In episode 10 of Overtime, Dan chats with Fraser Davidson—an award-winning motion graphic designer and animator and one of the founding members of Cub Studio. Cub Studio has worked with big name clients like ESPN, the NFL, BBC, and more. Fraser and Dan discuss the recent resurgence of the GIF, Fraser's creative process and how he started Cub Studio, and a behind-the-scenes look at a few of Fraser's recent motion graphics. This episode of Overtime is brought to you by SiteGround. SiteGround offers web hosting crafted for the creative community. Whether you’re using a custom solution or a popular open-source software like WordPress, SiteGround has plenty of hosting options that your website can grow into. Overtime listeners get 50% off at siteground.com/dribbble. Dribbble Shots: Six Nations Rugby NFL Christmas Card Skillshare Month of Learning​ Show Notes: Fraser Davidson on Dribbble Cub Studio on Dribbble Fraser Davidson on Twitter Fraser Davidson on Instagram Cub Studio's Website Cub Studio on Instagram A

In our Overtime 9th episode, Dan chats with JP Boneyard, Creative Director of The Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series and producer of the National Poster Retrospecticus. JP shares what it's like to work with other designers, how he got into curating and hosting events at a young age, an in-depth explanation of the screen printing process, and more. Links mentioned in Overtime: JP Boneyard JP on Dribbble JP on Instagram Follow JP on Twitter Fifty-Nine Parks Project Fifty-Nine Parks Project Instagram National Poster Retrospecticus