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Alright, let’s write more about CSS! CSS! CSS! Change I’ve been writing CSS since the early 2000s, shortly after we ditched building web layouts with tables and spacer GIFs in favor of hacking our designs together with floats. CSS has since become my favorite programming l...

Design process is messy. You might be following a structured approach, but with all the last-minute changes and overlooked details, too often it takes a life of its own. And before you know it, you are designing in a chaotic environment, full of refinements, final-final-deli...

Sign up for my upcoming series of free workshops "Secrets to Success as a Commercial Artist" at ➡️ https://www.martinaflor.com/secretsworkshop Breaking news: The lettering and illustration market is NOT oversaturated! 📣 In this episode, I'm going to show you the four key factors you need to embrace to find your unique place and thrive with your work. Sign up for my upcoming series of free workshops "Secrets to Success as a Commercial Artist" at ➡️ https://www.martinaflor.com/secretsworkshop Mark your calendar and sign up for the waiting list at ➡️ https://www.maketheleapnow.com See full show notes at ➡️ https://www.martinaflor.com/podcast

Sign up for my upcoming series of free workshops "Secrets to Success as a Commercial Artist" at ➡️ https://www.martinaflor.com/secretsworkshop What is the one thing that has the power to elevate you or bring you down? The factor that can determine your success or failure? Th...

SEE THE SURVEY RESULTS 👉🏼 https://www.martinaflor.com/survey-results

Wondering how to make an income with your creative skills? Curious about how much other commercial artists are charging for editorial, publishing, advertising and packaging assignments? Get ready because today I’ll share with you the results of the survey on the business of lettering and illustration, and the insights are eye opening. Let’s dive in!

Sign up for my upcoming series of free workshops "Secrets to Success as a Commercial Artist" at ➡️ https://www.martinaflor.com/secretsworkshop

Mark your calendar and sign up for the waiting list at ➡️ https://www.maketheleapnow.com

See full show notes at ➡️ https://www.martinaflor.com/podcast

TAKE THE SURVEY 👉🏼 https://www.martinaflor.com/survey Prepare yourselves to get the inside scoop on what a real working lettering artist makes for an income. If you've ever wondered about the nitty-gritty details of income streams in this biz, you're in for a treat. I'm about to spill the beans on all the different ways I make money and share how much I charge for different projects. This episode is about to give you a front-row seat to the financial realities of a lettering artist's business. Let's dive in! Mark your calendar and sign up for the waiting list at ➡️ https://www.maketheleapnow.com See full show notes at ➡️ https://www.martinaflor.com/podcast

Sign up for the waiting list of my business coaching program for lettering artists, illustrators and creatives Leap Now on https://www.maketheleapnow.com. We are opening registration soon! You don’t need clients to make a living with your art! In this episode I’m going to get your creative juices flowing around the myriad of things you could be doing to monetize your work. Mark your calendar and sign up for the waiting list at ➡️ https://www.maketheleapnow.com See full show notes at ➡️ https://www.martinaflor.com/podcast

This piece by Cory Doctorow about blogging, which I read a few days ago, is exceptional. Why? I already knew that blogging – and having a personal website in general – is a superpower. I had heard before of Vannevar Bush’s groundbreaking essay “As We May Think” that directly...

This piece by Cory Doctorow about blogging, which I read a few days ago, is exceptional. Why? I already knew that blogging – and having a personal website in general – is a superpower. I had heard before of Vannevar Bush’s groundbreaking essay “As We May Think” that direct...

Sign up for the waiting list of my business coaching program for lettering artists, illustrators and creatives Leap Now on https://www.maketheleapnow.com. We are opening registration soon! Today we will be speaking about how to build a career as a lettering artist or illustrator. This is the first episode of a series that is coming in anticipation to my group business coaching program for lettering artists and illustrators that is opening registrations at the end of June. Mark your calendar and sign up for the waiting list on https://www.maketheleapnow.com See full show notes at https://www.martinaflor.com/podcast

We often rely on sticky headers to point user's attention to critical features or calls to action. Think of sidebar navigation, CTAs, sticky headers and footers, “fixed” rows or columns in tables and floating buttons. We've already looked into mobile navigation patterns in S...

Today I’m celebrating the episode number 100 🤩 of this podcast by having a conversation with Jessica Hische. Jessica is a lettering artist and ​New York Times Best-selling ​author​ based in Oakland, California​. ​She specializes in typographical work for logos, film, books, ...

Nobody knows you.

You are not entitled to anyone’s attention.

Be respectful, be helpful, be kind.

Your personal website isn’t a replacement for social media. It’s much more than that.

Who is your site for?

Document your life.

Your perspective matters.

Capture your thoughts.

Share what makes you lean forward.

Use RSS.

You never know what sticks.

Make it easy to publish.

Enjoy the process.

The adverb is not your friend.

Typography is everything.

You will surprise yourself.

You will grow.

Be curious. Be intentional.

This is your playground. Play.

Your canvas is limitless.

Sell the world.

Hit publish.

It’s yours.

Nobody knows you.

You are not entitled to anyone’s attention.

Be respectful, be helpful, be kind.

Your personal website isn’t a replacement for social media. It’s much more than that.

Who is your site for?

Document your life.

Your perspective matters.

Capture your thoughts.

Share what makes you lean forward.

Use RSS.

You never know what sticks.

Make it easy to publish.

Enjoy the process.

The adverb is not your friend.

Typography is everything.

You will surprise yourself.

You will grow.

Be curious. Be intentional.

This is your playground. Play.

Your canvas is limitless.

Sell the world.

Hit publish.

It’s yours.

Manuel asked: Is there a good rea­son why we’re defin­ing glob­al cus­tom prop­er­ties on :root/​html and not on body?” It’s a g...

Manuel asked: Is there a good reason why we’re defining global custom properties on :root/html and not on body?” It’s a great question: Everybody just...

Rage taps are annoying and frustrating. These wonderful occurrences in our interface when we need to tap twice, or sometimes three times to continue our journeys. Of course sometimes they happen because the website is too slow, but sometimes it’s the target size of interacti...

Today, I started a new project with Kirby CMS. (No, it’s not my personal site. That one’s still brewing…) Kirby is a lightweight, no-fuzz content management system (CMS) created by Bastian Allgeier, which works well for projects of any size. It is easy to install and amazing...

Today, I started a new project with Kirby CMS. (No, it’s not my personal site. That one’s still brewing…) Kirby is a lightweight, no-fuzz content management system (CMS) created by Bastian Allgeier, which works well for projects of any size. It is easy to install and amazin...

In past episodes we have been speaking about ways to build your portfolio. I even shared a checklist which you that you can still download on ➡️ https://www.martinaflor.com/portfoliochecklist In this episode we are going to: 👉🏼 Look into the 5 steps you need to take to lan...