DesignBuddy @DesignBuddy

Derek Kimball (DesignBuddy) is an experienced freelance graphic designer specializing in logo design & visual identity. DesignBuddy.com Corning NY Joined May 2009

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DesignBuddy @DesignBuddy

3 years ago

Free 100 Masking Tape Overlays dealjumbo.com/downloads/100-… #designfreebies #designers #freebies

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@GarrisonFrost @logogeek For whatever reason, backwards N’s are used in design (Nine Inch Nails and Korn logos are two examples). So it’s understandable why some people might read the KIA logo as KN, even though the average person still knows what it’s supposed to say.

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4 years ago

@logogeek Interesting to know I’m not the only one who reads “KN” every time I pass a KIA dealership. While it does look better visually, it was still a bad idea to implement this as their revamped logo. A possible solution would have been to separate each letter with a connecting line.

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5 years ago

Apple admits that OSX isn’t very secure in an attempt to convince a judge against ordering Apple to loosen its stranglehold on app developers and the current monopolized app submission process. #applenews theverge.com/2021/9/10/2266…

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5 years ago

Hey Logo Designers! “Logo Package Express” is $30 off for the next 300 customers. If you’ve yet to buy this amazingly useful time saving Illustrator extension, now’s a good time. I highly recommend this tool. gumroad.com/a/174699635 #logo_design #logodesigners #logocreation

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5 years ago

@elemntor Looking forward to trying out the changes! Hoping to see future improvements to mobile editing & a simplified approach to margins/padding would be amazing. I seem to spend more time fixing spacing & mobile inconsistencies than anything. Please consider (I know some others agree).

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5 years ago

@eekphoto @ckelley @Photoshop @AdobeCare I get the need to save a copy to keep the original file open, but this approach is strange. Like, why is it auto adding "copy" to file names? I'm guessing this is going to break actions, plugins & scripts. And imagine having to manually remove "copy" from large file batches.

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5 years ago

@AdobeCare @ckelley Even the simplest of things are overlooked. For ex: why did Adobe do away with the cmd H (hide text selection box) functionality? Currently you can't preview color & font changes to selected text without disabling the necessary "GPU Performance" each time. That's the solution?🤦‍♂️

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5 years ago

@adobecare @ckelley @adobecare I've shared detailed bug reports to multiple Adobe reps regarding Illustrator Pantone issues, blurry raster exports, no touch bar controls & more. For 2+ yrs I've been given the runaround by many reps who confirm the bugs yet fail to address them. Adobe doesn't "care".

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5 years ago

@ckelley @Photoshop @adobeCare @adobe This file saving change is going to cause all sorts of problems... actions will break, plugins & scripts will require updates, & worst of all it's going to waste huge amounts of time having to remove the added "copy" from large collections of files (ex: logo packages).

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5 years ago

@gradiate @studiokoto Looks great. Love your work. You’re one of my favorite design agencies. Just a heads up... when viewing your site on my iphone 10 some of the animated gifs (ex: on the portfolio pages) are getting stuck and flickering between two frames. Figured I’d let you know.

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5 years ago

@stickermule I never received new customers from ads on any platform. Complete waste of money. Most of the ads seem to target fake and non relevant accounts. All of my design clients come from organic seo from my website, blog and referrals. Your giveaways are the way to go.

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5 years ago

@stickermule I think it’s great how you give money away to your followers. It’s a win win (Sticker Mule gets exposure and new followers, and lucky participants get some 💰). @ADHD_Rebel

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5 years ago

@stickermule If you’re looking to add to the team I’d be glad to help with design work. I specialize in brand identity design, print design and logo creation. I’m also good with image editing, Photoshop and vector artwork.

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5 years ago

@stickermule Stickermule doesn’t need to buy followers. Your use of giveaways instead of paid ads seems to be working quite well.

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5 years ago

@elemntor Please create a more reliable user friendly way to maintain margin & padding between desktop & tablet/mobile views. Maybe an automated option that creates appropriate spacing between elements in tablet / mobile views. I personally find this to be the weak point in Elementor.

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5 years ago

Another uninspiring brand logo revamp. With the kind of money these companies have to throw around you'd think they could do better. If not, just leave it be. theverge.com/2021/1/8/22220… #gm #branding-fail #brand-revamp #branding

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6 years ago

#design #designhistory #designthinking fastcompany.com/90589560/why-t…

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6 years ago

Save up to 75% off your first year of web hosting with Siteground's cyber Monday sale. I use Siteground for all of my sites and highly recommend them. siteground.com/recommended?re… #cybermonday #webdesignsale

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6 years ago

@Blake_Jakely @keldotlauren @Adobe @Blackmagic_News @figmadesign @Blender But it doesn’t allow full editing of Adobe native files unfortunately. At least that’s what I’ve read. It also seems to lack many features that I feel are necessary for professional design work.