Cultivating Your Legacy: Building an international agency with passion, style & influenceJoin Kristy Campbell, a graphic designer, brand identity specialist, and founder of Pink Pony Creative, as she unveils the essential strategies, skills, and tools for crafting a compelling personal brand alongside an international agency. Discover the transformative power of harnessing this dynamic combination. In this energetic session, you’ll be diving into the art of creating an unforgettable and authentically unique brand identity that stands out in today's fiercely competitive market. You'll also explore the art of defining your signature style, scaling your business, and assembling a high-performing team.
Kristy Campbell, founder of Pink Pony Creative and Adobe MAX speaker, is a New Zealand-based Brand Identity and Graphic Designer with over ten years’ of experience in the industry. She expresses herself in daring, vibrant and exciting ways, pushing the boundaries of branding through the combination of loud color, quirky illustrations, and stylized logos. Kristy now undertakes projects for clients worldwide and embraces an ‘anything but boring’ aesthetic in design and business. And with a business name like “Pink Pony”, you know she creates a little differently.
Carnage to Clarity
Made By James, AKA james martin, epitomises his tagline… Design your own way™
He is the Nonconformulator of logo design and his rebellious creativity has allowed him to thrive in one of the most competitive markets on the planet. He pioneers the void between designer and strategist with his unique approach to Brand Identity Design and in this talk he will share HIS brand story. We are all a work in progress, we are all more than the work we create and MBJ will prove that to you in this vulnerable and passionate talk.
“Designing Tomorrow: Unleashing Creativity with AI”
Unlock the limitless potential of graphic design in the digital age! Join us for an inspiring journey as Nick
Longo delves into the captivating world of AI technology and its transformative impact on the graphic
design landscape.
In this thought-provoking session, Nick will unravel the secrets behind seamlessly integrating AI tools and
apps into your creative arsenal. Discover how AI can elevate your design projects, supercharge your
career, and awaken new realms of innovation. From automating repetitive tasks to generating
awe-inspiring visuals, you'll explore the diverse ways AI empowers designers to push boundaries and
achieve unmatched creativity.
Join us for an exploration of the latest AI-driven applications, practical tips for implementation, and
real-world success stories that will leave you inspired and ready to embark on a journey of design
evolution.
Life is not about finding yourself, life Is about creating yourself ». Fabien Barral, known as Mr. Cup, exemplifies this philosophy through his diverse career journey. Transitioning from client work to pursuing independent projects in letterpress, embarking on a year-long trip in Bali to collaborate with local woodworkers, and scouring France for vintage type antiques to sell on Instagram, he shares his unique path. His story underscores how graphic designers aren't just fulfillers of client requests; they are architects of their own creative destinies.
Fabien Barral, alias Mr. Cup, is a French happy graphic designer living in Arles, the city of Van Gogh. He produces beautiful limited edition useful objects like a letterpress calendar, posters, or playing cards that combine his love for nice print, type, and ornaments. His passion for antique typographic items brings him to collect them in Brocante around his Provence’s home, giving himself inspiration and selling them on Instagram.
Orlando "Mexifunk" Arocena - This IS Vector
Introduction to the artist, and his evolution as a nonconventional vector artist, from Global Consumer Brands, to Extravagant Fine Art Exhibitions, to being one of the most sought after within the movie industry scene for key art. Orlando Arocena will be sharing career insights, and how his ongoing creative exploration is powered with Z by HP!
Orlando "Mexifunk" Arocena is an 11 time Clio Award winning vector artist and ZbyHP Global ambassador on a multi-phase creative journey. From traditional to digital, agency to independent—he has collaborated with movie studios, toy companies, has spoken at AdobeMAX, and exhibited at the MET and Miami Art Basel.
The Long Game
Every creative career experiences ups, downs, twists, and turns. Josh will share his journey and how strategic personal projects were a game changer for landing the dream projects he is doing today. We’re all playing the long game, so keep going!
Josh Lewis is an art director, illustrator, and author for the children’s market. Over the course of his career, he has worked across branding, marketing, publishing, and ed tech. He is the author of Ray’s Big Day (Scholastic, 2024) and the illustrator for the LEGO Little Golden Books. He lives in Colorado Springs with his wife and 3 children.
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How to become more intentional with your ideas, creativity and process in this colossal workshop that details his unique process for designing stand out brand Identities for ourselves.
Made By James, AKA James Martin, will teach you how to become more intentional with your ideas, creativity and process in this colossal workshop that details his unique process for designing stand out brand Identities. In this workshop, however, we will be looking inward and focusing on building the foundations for our own identity.
When we position ourselves in front of the right audience, when we understand our purpose and when we visually and verbally execute all that with consistency, we can all thrive. After this workshop you will have all the tools you need to create clarity within your agency or personal brand… the added beauty of this is that you can then sell this knowledge to your clients.
The “Something To Say” Workshop will give artists (of all levels) the means to trust their own handwriting and to communicate with the world!
The “Something To Say” Workshop will give artists (of all levels) the means to trust their own handwriting and to communicate with the world! It is so easy to click on the pre-programmed fonts in your computer, but does Helvetica always convey the energy behind your message? This workshop will challenge us to try new mediums to use the alphabet in new intriguing ways!
Pack your favorite creative tools and join us as we explore the amazing world of custom type design and font creating.
Pack your favorite creative tools and join us as we explore the amazing world of custom type design and font creating. From understanding the rules and structures to daringly breaking them, we'll guide you through our best techniques for transforming your letterforms into a fully realized font production. Get your hands dirty with us and collaborate with fellow enthusiasts in crafting unique and captivating letterforms together. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to explore and push your typographic skills to new heights!
Bring your sketchbook or iPad and join Lincoln Design Co. as we explore tried and true techniques to level-up your own illustrations.
Bring your sketchbook or iPad and join Lincoln Design Co. as we explore tried and true techniques to level-up your own illustrations. We'll share practical tips and methods that transform client briefs into expressive and soulful illustrations. During the workshop, we'll cover the right (and wrong!) ways to use reference images, how to create compelling compositions, and the nuances of style and technique you can employ to fortify your ideas and effectively communicate them to your clients.
In this hands on workshop learn how to incorporate illustration into a brand project to add that extra special vibe your clients will love!
In this workshop, you'll learn how developing and writing and drawing practice will help you stay creatively engaged,take more risks, have fun doing boring sh*t, and even make money!
Visual Notetaking: The fun way to pay attention (and get paid!)
In this workshop, you'll learn how developing and writing and drawing practice will help you stay creatively engaged,take more risks, have fun doing boring sh*t, and even make money! Visual notetaking (aka "sketchnoting") is a personal practice where you take notes using handwriting and lettering and add in illustrations... and the best part? You don't have to be a "good draw-er" to try it! Sketchnoting is a practice you can use at home, at work, or for fun, and it can even be a way to earn some serious cash! Come learn, draw, and see how visual notetaking can open new doors for you and your career! This workshop is for anyone who can hold a pen and make marks on a page. Attendees will receive access to an online course after the workshop.
Emily Mills is an illustrator, educator, and author based in Bend, OR. Best known for her expertise in visualizing content, Emily runs 2 businesses: Sketch Academy, an online platform for learning visual notetaking, drawing, and creativity, and Flavor Graphics, an illustration and animation studio. Her 2019 book, "The Art of Visual Notetaking," has sold almost 20,000 copies worldwide. When she's not drawing her brains out, you can find her adventuring in the PNW with her husband Joseph on bikes, boots, or boats!
As a brand designer turned illustrator, Josh will refresh our color theory knowledge and share his 7 game changers for better understanding color in his work.
Level Up Your Color Game
As a brand designer turned illustrator, Josh will refresh our color theory knowledge and share his 7 game changers for better understanding color in his work. The first half will focus on theory. Then in the second half, we’ll fire up Adobe Illustrator. Using Josh’s Color Palette Builder file, we’ll create several color palettes and apply them to logos and designs. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, you’ll be able to level up the color in your work.
Josh Lewis is an art director, illustrator, and author for the children’s market. Over the course of his career, he has worked across branding, marketing, publishing, and ed tech. He is the author of Ray’s Big Day (Scholastic, 2024) and the illustrator for the LEGO Little Golden Books. He lives in Colorado Springs with his wife and 3 children.
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