Jen Gordon

As an Art Institute alum, I occasionally have the great opportunity to share my experiences with students in the Interactive Media department. Click here to listen to the (lecture?) or actually design discussion I had with the class. Looking at the list of lecturers in this series I am completely humbled to have been invited to participate. Keep an eye out on Aarron Walter’s blog to hear these upcoming guest lecturers:

• Ben Chestnut, Designer and co-founder of Rocket Science Group, creators of MailChimp.com
• Ryan Hoekman Jr., UI Designer and author of Designing the Obvious
• Mark Boutlon, Author of 5 Simple Steps: Designing for the Web
• Jonathan Snook, Designer/Developer
• Bill Flitter, Co-founder of Pheedo

Looks like the interview I did for SoloGigNews went online this week! SoloGigNews has a LOT of great tips for freelance artists, just like Freelance Tipster! Thanks Jeremy for the opportunity to share my experiences

We’ve all had ‘em. A crush on a font so severe that it starts to pop up everywhere - your client work, your business card, your bath water… So who’s on my January font crush list?

GOTHAM

Shocker, huh? There she sits right up there in the upper left of this site - schmack on my brand. But really… let’s be honest - What’s not to love? As far as sans-serif’s go, she’s the most fantastically fun blend of modern AND peppy!

Hmm… on second thought, maybe she’s just an old habit - I do a lot of work for the ol Yahoo!’s and Gotham is their corporate font. Has my crush been simply a proximity issue? Too much of a good thang?

As I’m thinking - I’ve actually always had a thing for bold, modern, plump & gregarious fonts like Gotham. Prior to my Gotham crush I was nuzzling with Myriad. Then I had a one night stand with Franklin Gothic for which Myriad never forgave me. *sigh* Whatever… Myriad had a shot of an attitude anyway.

Font drama - I need to call up ol Baskerville and see if he’ll go grab a beer with me…

For those of you who don’t know, I caught a shot of “old folks disease” (pneumonia) over the holidays and totally slacked on my client holiday cards. I’m just sick about it.. or i was. Anyway I got to thinkin’ (yes it surprised me too) “wow, what better time for a little ‘hello, I love you’ than Valentines?!?!?”

So I started a collection of little funnies (many of them especially for my Yahoo! crew).

I’m also creating custom buttons - if you’d like a custom button created just give me a holler!

Had an awesome interview with Dan Sturvidant over at Texas Design a couple of weeks ago, and it looks like the interview went live today! Dan’s site has a wealth of information spanning many creative fields and verticals - writing, design, business tips and even a free place to advertise your portfolio.

And you wanna know the best part? You can get something from it even if you’re not in the great site of Texas!!