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My finished logo for Ketan Mistry, Freelance Web Designer

After sketching out a few ideas for my new logo yesterday, here is the finished version.

19 October 2019 logo logo redesign freelance

Sketching some logo ideas for my brand

Here are some of my sketches from the past weekend; working on redesigning my logo. The green and purple stickers at the top of the photo are a quick version I designed a few years ago to get up and running as a freelancer.

18 October 2019 business logo design freelancer

Another Moleskine filled up!

18 October 2019 ui design logo design graphic design sketchbook

Goodbye LinkedIn

I’ve been a LinkedIn member for a long, long time and I know some people who use it a lot for absolutely everything, but it never grew on me.

24 September 2019 social business linkedin

Goodbye Twitter

I’ve been using Twitter for some time now, and am a casual tweeter using it only to keep up to date with the latest trends in design and development. But lately, I just can’t be bothered with it.

9 September 2019 twitter social freelance

You should be using markdown

I was working on a Wordpress blog redesign recently and came across an issue which reconfirmed my belief that all CMS editors should use markdown.

5 September 2019 web design

My website is an experiment, and so should yours

Whenever something new comes out for the web, I like to try it out somewhere, and there’s nowhere better than my website.

30 August 2019 web design

Wireframes - A key ingredient to my work

When I first started in design over 20 years ago, I would go straight into Fireworks or Photoshop and begin composing the look and feel of the website without much thought about content or messaging. I guess this is how web design was back in those days.

16 June 2019 design ui design wireframing

3 things I learned from working alone to running an agency

It’s been approximately 18 months since I resigned from Project Octo, the agency I co-founded back in Manchester, so I thought I’d share a few things I learned during my experiences.

16 June 2019 business personal Shopit

My reason for switching from BitBucket to GitHub

Now that GitHub provides free private repositories, I decided to switch from BitBucket (yes, even though Microsoft have taken over GitHub!).

8 June 2019 git web development

Sports illustrations for LeagueRepublic

Below are a series of sports illustrations I created for LeagueRepublic, a sports administration platform, as part of their website redesign.

8 March 2019 illustration

A blast from the past - Will Tang CD cover artwork

So, whilst rooting through some old boxes, I came across this old CD by Will Tang for which I designed the cover art for around 15 years ago.

8 March 2019 graphic design music

Linnworks. One bad experience.

I first used Linnworks over ten years ago for a Bristol based superstore who wanted to integrate all their online and offline sales channels into one manageable system.

30 January 2019 ecommerce development business

Flowerpots Online branding & web design

I designed the logo and produced the website for Flowerpots Online, an ecommerce store powered by Shopify.

12 January 2019 project logo design web design

Freelancing in 2018: My year in review

This year has been a significant change for me personally and a very challenging experience.

21 December 2018 freelancing personal business shopit

One dribbble invite to giveaway!

I have 1 dribbble invite to giveaway so if you want to be part of this awesome community, send me 3 of your best shots (or a link to your portfolio) to [email protected] with the subject “Dribbble Invite”. Don’t forget to include your dribbble username!

19 December 2018 dribbble ui design

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