Leighton Hubbell - Illustrative Designer

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Logo design

and the art of sketching

How to get the most out of your concepting time with an age-old analog skill. Including some of my own projects and what they looked like in sketch form. Check it out.

10 Business cards

and how they are printed.

A good cross-section of my own group of business card designs with their production techniques. Take a look.

Life, balance and your business outlook.

There are plenty of articles about design tutorials and your career out there, but what about you?

My interview

on the Little Box of Ideas design blog

Sneh Roy of the popular LBOI blog asks me some in-depth questions and has me showing some work.

Logo design

and my creative process.

Are you interested in having me bid on your project, but not sure how the whole thing goes? Here's a step-by-step guide to my personal design process.

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I'm in the book.

Directory of Illustration 26

Look for my page in the latest edition of the directory. My collection of new work will be in the current volume, DI 26 published in January 2010.

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Design books

that my work appears.

Design projects by and some references to Leighton Hubbell and Hubbell Design Works have been featured in over two dozen books over the course of my career.

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Creative block – Overcoming logo inspiration overload.

Friday, 05 March 2010 16:38 Leighton Hubbell

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With the constant stream and endless supply of logo inspiration available on the web and in print these days, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Like a kid in a candy store, there is almost too much to consider. Tons of inspirational reference, dozens of tutorials and scores of how-to articles all too willing to help you out of your creative hole.

What you need is some inspirational detox. Read the article

Written on Friday, 05 March 2010 16:38 by Leighton Hubbell

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@braesondesigns @KathrynforAD @r27 @Sandoer Thanks very much for the RTs and mentions. Happy Friday! Link Friday, 30 July 2010 10:50
Working on some icons at the moment. Very fun. Snowglobe. Wash bucket. Coffee pot... Link Friday, 30 July 2010 10:23
Ahhh, beta software. I love to help out developers, but sometimes it can be a bit frustrating with the bugs. Weirdness on the logo blog. Link Friday, 30 July 2010 10:21