Sarah's Secret Stuff

A sort of therapy blog for myself to post the stuff I'm doing or feeling without judgement.

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Went for a walk in Glasgow Green yesterday to soak in the very little daylight and caught the sunset reflected on the winter gardens. #glasgow #sunset #cityphotography #glasgowlife #photography #goldenhour (at Glasgow Green) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIL0Wu0MouR/?igshid=1gkjs5rs6vcoj

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Thought I'd show off the branding I did for @gmcaphotography recently! She's just starting out in photography so she hasn't specialised, a blank slate. The lens flare is one effect amateur photographers play with as they start to notice and play with light, surrounded by a circle lens, which fits into the social media profile shapes. #graphicdesign #graphics #branding #brandinginspiration #photography #vector #pastel #logo #logodesigner https://www.instagram.com/p/CHoJ89IMwhA/?igshid=fhyepd3rqri7

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To improve my #typography skills I've started a #poster project surrounding society during #coronavirus. The ideas are taken from a diary I am keeping about living during the pandemic. This idea is from the clapforNHS movement, which didn't help the NHS in the slightest. #graphicdesign #design #bnw #type #design #posters https://www.instagram.com/p/CEAEHDPMy0n/?igshid=49j40vlmw4d9

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Went for a photography wander around Glasgow, found this cool typography in a basketball/football area in Bridgeton #typography #photography #glasgow #glasgowgraffiti #glasgowcity #blackandwhite #urbanphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CD4L_4qsgRe/?igshid=1y1xg5xybtodx

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Watched an #adobe live seminar on #typography on Monday, getting out of my comfort zone will be how I gain confidence in typography, I thought I'd practice this with my letter N in #36daysoftype

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Letter M for the #36daysoftype challenge! I found @paulyblow's work recently, loved it so much I thought I'd give it a shot! What do you think? 

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#36daysoftype Letter L. I wanted to play with the grain texture that has risen in popularity lately. . . . #design #graphicdesign #typography #type #adobe #adobeillustrator #designer https://www.instagram.com/p/CC32QBoMQyn/?igshid=sd9uon1vf039

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#36daysoftype letter K. Remember that colour millenial pink we were obsessed with? Wonder what the colour for this era of quarantine would be. Maybe a shade of red to imply danger, or magnolia to represent the walls of our homes. . . . . #graphicdesign #design #gradient #typography #type #adobe #colour https://www.instagram.com/p/CCywM40MXPJ/?igshid=wgjwylnnrvs3

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Letter J for #36daysoftype #36daysoftype_j There's two ways of pronouncing J here, I say Jai since I lived in Ayrshire, but most others say Jay! Also, drawing letters from scratch is quite difficult! I have a newfound respect for typeface developers. . . . #graphicdesign #design #vector #typography #type #adobeillustrator #adobe #designer #challenge #fun #school https://www.instagram.com/p/CCrOYrgsqxn/?igshid=tzbq95pmpqk7

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Needed to catch up since I missed my letter today. I always see the letter h as very rigid and sturdy, I thought I'd play with a 3D version. It was pretty difficult figuring out how the twists work without having a visual reference. I made multiple vector versions, it was just so fun to play with! . . . . #36daysoftype #typography #3D #graphicdesign #design #vector #type #transparent #adobe #illustrator #designer #letter #lettering https://www.instagram.com/p/CCZZM0lMjXp/?igshid=sh1y0fygws95

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Day... Umm what day is it again? Letter g! . . . #36daysoftype #typography #fun #graphicdesign #design #photoshop #grunge #spraypaint #designer #type https://www.instagram.com/p/CCY-AFEslF1/?igshid=1wz8wg0k4znj0

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Day 6 of #36daysoftype with the letter F. I wanted to play with geometric shapes and negative space, it didn't quite work on paper but I simplified it on the pc. In hindsight it looks very obvious now what letter it is. . . . #graphicdesign #design #vector #typography #type #adobeillustrator #adobe #designer #challenge #minimal #negativespace https://www.instagram.com/p/CCUAHe7sDqr/?igshid=kq6m8vlac4dx

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Day 5 of #36daysoftype with the letter E. I wanted to play with 3D shapes today, however my vector style doesn't work well with it. My pencil sketch does it better. . . . . #graphicdesign #design #vector #typography #type #adobeillustrator #adobe #designer #challenge #fun #3d https://www.instagram.com/p/CCT8kXSMW3K/?igshid=eirsl0zcidbu

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Day 4 of my #36daysoftype challenge with the letter D. I had the idea for this during the day, so this only took 30 mins to create. I think I missed the mark colourwise in previous letters, so I focused on the mark and kept the colours neutral for this letter. . . . #graphicdesign #design #vector #typography #type #adobeillustrator #adobe #designer #challenge #minimal #monochrome #simpledesign https://www.instagram.com/p/CCO0FRmstGp/?igshid=1hr2iuax7xstu

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Day 3 of my 36 days of type with the letter c (sea). I wanted to play with negative space showing the shape of the letter, however I think this might be a bit obvious. I think next time I will explore using shapes to hint at a letter, using the viewer to fill in the gaps. Again this was restricted to an hour of work.

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Day 2 of my 36 days of type with the letter B. I used an asian aesthetic as today is 100 days until my holiday to Japan, fingers crossed it goes ahead!

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Started the #36daysoftype with the letter a. I’ve taking this time during lockdown to chill, now I will be getting back into design with this challenge. I challenged myself to go from sketch to final design within an hour.