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Over the past 10 years I’ve created all kinds of artwork solely for the purpose of explaining how it was made in a tutorial. Beyond that, the files have just been sat unused in my archives, so I decided to make use of all those old designs by setting up a T-Shirt store! Do you remember my intricate vector heart illustration tutorial? That heart graphic makes a really beautiful tee! What about the cute turtle character from my sponge art effect tutorial? He’s available in a range of sizes.
I would have never believed way back in 2007 that an experimental WordPress install on a sub-domain of my design portfolio would become my entire livelihood. It’s now 10 years since the Spoon Graphics Blog was launched, and both the website and my life have changed dramatically over the last decade. Every April I share some behind the scenes insights, which document my site’s growth and the opportunities that came from it. Last year I talked about how my website redesign resulted in a huge growth in newsletter subscribers, so let’s take a look at the latest stats and figures.
To finish off every year I enjoy taking a moment to look back at my content from the past 12 months to compare how they all performed in terms of reader engagement through the total number of social media shares. This time I’m breaking down my posts into a series of top 10 roundups of my articles, freebies, tutorials and videos. Did you miss any of these most popular posts? Which one from the list was your favourite? Or was there a particular piece of content you found really useful that didn’t make the cut?
It’s that time of year when Spoon Graphics gets a little older, with 2016 marking 9 years of tutorial creating, freebie sharing and article writing on what started as a blog that was attached to my portfolio website in 2007. Every April I take some time to reflect over the past 12 months and talk about how things have changed. Last year I talked about some new additions to my site, such as the email newsletter and my video tutorials YouTube channel. Those areas have grown massively since then, so let’s take a look at what’s new.
My friend and talented typographer Tom Chalky is currently running a mega bundle of all his hand crafted fonts, along with over 200 high quality textures and Photoshop Brushes. 88 fonts for 88% off is the original deal, but I’ve managed to persuade him to provide an additional 40% discount for Spoon Graphics readers, bumping the price cut to 93% off! This allows you to get everything you see for $41 (88 fonts, 200+ textures & extras) or all 88 fonts alone for $35. Alternatively, you’re welcome to grab his small bundle of 7 fonts and 20 textures as a free gift!
I’ve been secretly working behind the scenes on a redesign of Spoon Graphics since June, but after 4 months of hard work and a little help from a friend I’m proud to introduce my website’s new look. Previous redesigns and refreshes have been quite conservative evolutions, but I think this new design takes a leap forward into modern web design while retaining the original character of the Spoon Graphics brand from 2007. Let me take you for a little tour and show you what’s new!
