Author Archives: Danny Outlaw

Danny is currently living the freelance dream in sunny (and very hot) Costa Rica with his old lady. You can read some of his freelance work at Costa Rica Travel Scout. He has an obsession with LOST, toys, and Sharpie markers.

Sanna Annukka Portfolio

Sanna Annukka Portfolio via Yay! Monday!

Freelance Safety Net: Taxes, Insurance, and Retirement

For some, leaving the standard office-based workforce is a dream come true. Choosing to work on a freelance basis is liberating in nearly every sense of the word. There is little to no red tape involved when important decisions need to be made, meetings where much is said and little is accomplished are over, and [...]

Our Second Free Grunge Font

This free grunge font comes from an amazing font designer by the name of Carlos Fabian Camargo Guerrero, from Bogota Columbia. He has quite the collection of fonts for sale on his website www.andinistas.net. We plan on seeing great things from him in the future. Let him know what you think about [...]

Yay! Monday! Issue #37

Yay! Monday! is a small site that brings you a weekly collection of cool inspiration links. rather than flood your RSS reader with daily design inspiration, this site bundles it all into one simple post.
The site is easy to read and always has some great stuff.
Check out this weeks issue and let [...]

Suggestion Box Review

Things like blogs and project management software have gone a long way in helping us communicate better with our clients and team members. These services and products are great for getting feedback from clients, but what about when you need an organized system for getting feedback from customers? The days of the [...]

Setting Up a Basic Project Outline

Doing things the same way every time can make any project go faster. Design for a while and you will undoubtedly start to develop a groove that works best for you. If you are new to designing, you may not yet have developed this routine, hopefully this post will help you do just [...]

Punk Rock Pin Up Art

Ever seen a cool punk rock concert poster, cd,or t-shirt with a hot looking girl illustration on it? Odds are it was Dave Glass.
Dave Glass quickly became popular in the punk/rock world for his unique and distinct style of punk rock pin up girls. His designs have graced many a concert poster, t-shirt, [...]

T Shirt Templates: Free and Paid Blank T Shirt Templates

For some reason, trying to find blank t shirt and clothing templates is like looking for a needle in a haystack. With so many t-shirt companies poping up on the internet you would think these would be easy to find.
Unfortunately they are not.
Lucky for you, you found this post.
I have put together a decent [...]

Salty Shadow - Designs that make you melt

As you may have noticed, I spend way too much time browsing the amazing artists on Deviant Art. I have indirectly promoted many of them by linking to their great icons, tutorials, or other resources in the past. But, now I think it is time to start showcasing some of them individually.
This [...]

Discussion: Do all designers have tattoos?

OK, before I get some smart ass commenting saying that not all designers are crazy artists types; let me just say I know that.
I ask, because it only seems natural that a good number of people who design for a living would probably be interested in tattoos. Thats a semi-logical assumption, dont you think?
I [...]