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Episode 229. Aired on September 27, 2017 at 2:30 pm ET / 11:30 am PT This week I am excited to have Erik Reagan on the show. Erik was on a panel at Creative South the first year I attended it and I was blown away by the panel and have followed him and FocusLab ever since. Maybe you are like me and want to scale your business or get in a place where scaling is an option, but really don’t know where to begin. I have known I wanted to scale my business but have not had the guts or knowledge to know how to do it successfully. And those are some of the secrets that Erik will be sharing with us. Erik is also going to share how his faith has influenced his decisions and helped as the business has grown. Check out Erik at: https://www.instagram.com/focuslabllc/ http://focuslabllc.com/ erik@focuslabllc.com https://madebysidecar.com/journal/pricing-hourly-rates-vs-fixed-prices Find more great episodes at www.rechargingyou.com Connect on Instagram & Twitter: @designrecharge Or email me at diane [at] rechargin

Episode 228. Aired September 23, 2017 This week I am excited to have Winston Scully on the show. I have been following Winston since he graduated and maybe before. He is super passionate about learning and type, and about growth and challenging himself. He has pushed himself to go move to a new place, dive head first into intense learning, and start a type foundry with a friend (Scott Biersack). Winston works a full-time gig where his strengths in lettering and typography are used daily, he is active in the San Francisco community (on Saturday, he is competing in TYPE JAM), and he has a life. Let’s find out how he balances all this and advice he has for us about keeping up. Find Winston online at: wscully.com instagram: @wscully Twitter: @winstonscully https://continentaltype.co/ For Full Show Notes visit: https://rechargingyou.com/2017/09/18/winston-scully-a-passion-for-type/ Find more great episodes at www.rechargingyou.com Connect on Instagram & Twitter: @designrecharge Or email me at diane [a

Episode 227. Aired September, 13, 2017. This week I am going to talk to you about Customer Service and how you treat your clients. I am going to share an epiphany I had last week in regards how I treat my clients and what I can do better. It wasn't a positive. I have been leaving a ton of money and relationships in a place I am not proud of, but didn't realize it until... My analogy this week is about NAPKINS... that is right, Napkins. You are probably thinking I have completely lost it. But hopefully once I explain to you the analogy you will get it and every time you get (or don't get) napkins at the drive through you will think of what you can do to serve your customers better. Find more great episodes at www.rechargingyou.com Connect on Instagram & Twitter: @designrecharge Or email me at diane [at] rechargingyou.com Become a part of the Design Recharge Family and get access to the interviews each week. Sign up at http://www.rechargingyou.com

Episode 226. Aired on September 6, 2017 This week I am excited to have Alex Lazaris on the show. I started out being impressed by Alex’s designs and his creative eye, but the more I learned about him the more inspired I became. He is not only a talented designer, but he is also leading a creative team, and finds time to encourage and mentor other creatives. Alex and I will talk about how what other people told him he couldn’t do, actually fueled him to do the best work possible along with never wanting anyone to feel the same way. Because of some early discouragement, Alex is passionate about being a champion for other designers. Alex likes to push his limits out of the office too, and is a long board skateboard racer. Not only does Alex dives head first into new challenges at work but he has learned to not let fear hold him back. He has learned to embrace change and expect failure. His story will inspire you to push yourself. Which is exactly what I need this week. #facingfear #designthinking #designme

Episode 225. Aired August 30, 2017. This week I am proud to have my friend and long-time Design Recharge family member back on the show to talk about fear and empathy. We will talk about not feeling like you belong, and understanding how as designers we are communicators. That means we are sales people, we are motivators, we are educators, and information transmitters. We have a purpose and it is inner-woven into all business, that purpose is to get in the shoes of our client’s customers. Joe and I will talk about how fear sets us back and if we look at fear as a friend with something new to teach us it becomes less scary and more exciting. I will find out where Joe has found courage in different times of his life and how he has learned to harness his strengths for the benefit of his clients and colleagues. Find more great episodes at www.rechargingyou.com Connect on Instagram & Twitter: @designrecharge Or email me at diane [at] rechargingyou.com Become a part of the Design Recharge Family and get acce

Aired on August 23, 2017 Episode 224 This week is a Rapid Recharge and we are recapping WMC Fest 8. You will get to hear the talk I gave and understand why I think designers are beavers. I was blessed to have friends in the first two rows who whooped it up for me and laughed at all my jokes. The people at Weapons of Mass Creation (WMC Fest) were incredible. Cleveland was a terrific city and I got to hang out with new and old friends. Find more great episodes at www.rechargingyou.com Connect on Instagram & Twitter: @designrecharge Or email me at diane [at] rechargingyou.com Become a part of the Design Recharge Family and get access to the interviews each week. Sign up at http://www.rechargingyou.com

Episode 223 This week's guest is T.J. Harley. T.J. got his start working in a t-shirt shop while going to college at Clemson University. He worked whenever he didn’t have class and got a chance to learn and use Illustrator. After graduation T.J. got his start in the sports industry and began working for The Collegiate Licensing Company in Atlanta, now IMG College. He worked at IMG for almost 11 years and now runs Harley Creative focusing on the sports and entertainment industries. T.J. has met people within the industry and works on retainer for many of his clients. He has a love for branding but does it all from web design to publication design. Follow T.J.: Harley-Creative.com IG: @tj_harley @harleycreative Twitter: @tj_harley @harley_creative Dribbble: harleycreative Find more great episodes at www.rechargingyou.com Connect on Instagram & Twitter: @designrecharge Or email me at diane [at] rechargingyou.com Become a part of the Design Recharge Family and get access to the interviews each week. Si

Episode 222 This week's guest is Mackenzie Hill. She is a project leader and keeps multiple projects running smoothly. Mackenzie has some tips on client interaction and designer to developer communication. We will learn the tools she uses to make working so much easier. If you are trying to wear multiple hats this is the episode for you, because we will look into the industry from another (very organized) perspective. Want to get more organized? Want to know some tools you can use to help your work flow be efficient then don't miss this episode. Connect with Mackenzie at mackenzie@whiteboard.is or on twitter at @oh_mackenziee or on instagram at @ohmackenziee. Find more great episodes at www.rechargingyou.com Connect on Instagram & Twitter: @designrecharge Or email me at diane [at] rechargingyou.com

Aired on July 19, 2017.
 Episode 220  This week's guest is a Design Recharge favorite, Ryan Hamrick. Ryan is a lettering artist, designer, and entrepreneur with a passion for teaching calligraphy and lettering. We will talk about his Curves Ahead Tour, traveling and working on the road, and teaching workshops. We will find out how much prep work when into planning and marketing for a trip like this and we will find out if you can still sign up for one of these killer workshops. Follow Ryan at: www.ryanhamrick.com Twitter and instagram: @hamrick   Show Notes from the interview: procreate brushes: http://ryanhamrick.com/lettering-brushes shopwithbrooke.com https://curvesaheadtour.com/workshops http://curvesaheadtour.com/ Ryan's new podcast: Curve Cast with Ryan Hamrick Handling the Curve on Medium  https://handlingthecurve.com/ Find more great episodes at www.rechargingyou.com Connect on Instagram & Twitter: @designrecharge Or email me at diane [at] rechargingyou.com Become a part of the Design Recharge Fa

Episode 219 Aired July 12, 2017. This week's guest is Austin Saylor a motion designer with a love for animating lettering. We will talk about telling compelling stories and the challenges of a 10 second animation. We will chat about how he is able to travel and work and how living on the road has changed his life and work. Find out more about Austin: www.austinsaylor.com www.letteringanimation.com www.twitter.com/itsaustinsaylor http://www.instagram.com/itsaustinsaylor Things we talked about during the show: http://www.mographmentor.com/ school of motion bootcamp course: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/animation-bootcamp video platform: wistia.com kyle asked: What are some good resources you recommend for learning storytelling? the invisible ink book: http://amzn.to/2uk5VYz tim ferriss: http://amzn.to/2ua8ATY freelance manifesto: http://amzn.to/2ujYnVm any plugins for AE (after effects): motion2 Motion 2: http://www.mtmograph.com/motion/ Find more great episodes at www.rechargingyou.com Connect

For more awesome interviews subscribe here and to get a link to join in live each week go to www.rechargingyou.com Episode 218 Trying new things and stepping out into something new and uncomfortable is the theme for this week. Amarilys Henderson is an illustrator who works in watercolor mainly and was on the podcast back in April. She is back and we will dig into a little more of her marketing strategy as an illustrator and online teacher. Amarilys had her first solo booth at Surtex this past May, she is busy creating and marketing her new work. She was surprised at the level of interest in her lettering and will share with us the steps that got her to where she is today. Skillshare class: Expressive-Little-Faces-Proportions-Painting-Personality https://medium.com/@kyleTwebster/the-style-problem-for-artists-bb4c79f2582e http://instagram.com/watercolordevo http://facebook.com/watercolordevo http://watercolordevo.com http://watercolordevo.etsy.com http://skillshare.com/r/amarilys For show notes and

Uncomfortable and Afraid, But Doing it Anyway. Episode 217. Recorded live on June 28, 2017 This week I am launching a brand new part of the Recharging You brand. I am launching Recruiting Creatives. Tune in and hear about how tackling this scary thing has me diving off the edge of the starting block. What shape will my dive be? Will I fall flat and belly flop? It doesn’t matter what matters is if I get back up and try again. This has been one of the hardest lessons for me to learn and I had two special guest, Dustin Lee from RetroSupply and Suzanne Sarver also from RetroSupply. Dustin has has been encouraging me all along and he was one of my first matchmaking clients. Find more great episodes at www.rechargingyou.com Connect on Instagram & Twitter: @designrecharge Or email me at diane [at] rechargingyou.com Become a part of the Design Recharge Family and get access to the interviews each week. Sign up at http://www.rechargingyou.com

Never miss an episode, sign up and be part of the LIVE show at www.rechargingyou.com. Become a part of the Design Recharge Family and get access to the interviews each week. Episode 216 . I am excited to have my first official documentary film makers on the show this week. They have made a documentary film about letterpress printing and the people who didn’t let it die. I hope you will join me for this inside look into the phenomenon of letterpress printing and find out why so many designers are fascinated with it. . . Find out more and show notes: The main links would be our website: http://www.letterpressfilm.com/ The trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD0lRVEw2zg Bayonet's website: www.bayonetmedia.com Book a screening: http://www.letterpressfilm.com/screening-requests Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/letterpressfilm/ Shop: https://shop.letterpressfilm.com/ Coupon Code: PRINTLIVESON Some other videos they made while making the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XbknbCZqqM #

Aired June 7, 2017. Episode 215 Never miss an episode, sign up and be part of the LIVE show at www.rechargingyou.com. Become a part of the Design Recharge Family and get access to the interviews each week. I am so excited to welcome back the amazing illustrator and designer Von Glitschka. Von is creative director of Glitschka Studios a small boutique design firm located in the Pacific Northwest. His diverse range of illustrative design has been used by some of the most respected brands in the world. He creatively collaborates with ad agencies, design firms, in-house corporate art departments, and small businesses to produce compelling visual narratives. I hope you will join us as we talk about how he has diversified and used his many talents to be the teacher, product creator, and author we love and admire. We talked about how he recently hired his daughter, Savannah to join Glitschka Studios and discuss the pros and cons of working with family. And we will of course talk about his killer skills and how h

THE DESIGN RECHARGE SHOW: Blake Stevenson // Mining Cuteness Episode 214 Blake Stevenson is one of my heroes, because everything he makes has some sort of cuteness factor in it. I am always afraid of making something ugly and it is like he has a magic pen and with it everything he creates is cute, even his skulls rank high on the cuteness scale. So I say Blake is mining cuteness, he has struck gold and the ore he pulls from his creative mine (I am using a mining analogy) is filled with unstoppable cuteness. . I will ask him if he ever makes anything ugly, or is it still cute? Blake has the  ability to reveal emotion while creating the cutest characters. This week I will be interviewing Blake Stevenson, the mastermind behind Jetpacks and Rollerskates. Blake works a full time job, has a family, and still finds time to create for himself and share those creations with us. This episode will dig into how he makes realistic goals, fights against trend band-wagon-riding, and how he found his style. . On this episo

Episode 213. Aired May 3, 2017. This week on Design Recharge I am excited to have my friend, Emily Carlton on the show, wrapping up the sketch noting series. Emily has taken sketch noting from a hobby to a source of income. She will map out her journey, sharing when her confidence began to grow. Emily uses a limited palette and most of the work she is doing is sketch noting on a larger scale, called graphic recording. On this episode you will find out how she got her first gig and what she has done to improve. She will share some tips for beginners and tell us about her workshops and online course. Part one: 4/12/17 Alma Hoffmann (investigation into the importance of sketching) Part two: 4/21/17 Amarilys Henderson (drawing faces fast and getting things like age, race, expression, and gender down quickly) Part three: 4/26/17 Johnny Gwin (weekly practice and seeing improvement in technique and comprehension) Part four: 5/3/17 Emily Carlton (Taking it to the streets, making a business out of sketch noting) T

Episode 212, Airs April 26, 2017. This week on Design Recharge I am excited to have my good friend, Johnny Gwin back on the show. Johnny started sketch noting a few years ago and has seen growth in his sketch noting abilities and he has uncovered a few tips for anyone who is thinking of starting sketch noting. On this episode you will find out how he got started, what was the most influential and inspiring as he began, and at what point the light bulb went off. He will tell us honestly how much time and commitment it takes to start sketch noting. We will learn how he keeps growing after so many years doing this, how he has improved, and all the ways he uses sketch noting now. I hope you will join us for the LIVE show Wednesday, April 26, at 2:30 pm ET / 11:30 am PT. Part one: 4/12/17 Alma Hoffmann (investigation into the importance of sketching) Part two: 4/21/17 Amarilys Henderson (drawing faces fast and getting things like age, race, expression, and gender down quickly) Part three: 4/26/17 Johnny Gwin (w

Episode 211. Aired Friday, April 21, 2017. Today I will be interviewing entrepreneur, watercolor artist, teacher, and illustrator Amarilys Henderson. She will tell us about how simplifying the face can make all the difference and give us some tips and common hangups when people are drawing faces. We will talk about drawing different expressions, faces from different angles, and how shapes and colors play a role in communicating the vibe and feel of the subject. She is an incredible illustrator and we will peek behind the curtain and see how she is expanding her business and what she is doing to stay creative and keep the ideas flowing. Check out Amarilys at: http://instagram.com/watercolordevo http://fb.com/watercolordevo http://watercolordevo.com http://watercolordevo.etsy.com http://skillshare.com/r/amarilys Links to her supplies from her Florals Skillshare class: SUPPLIES for Modern Watercolor Florals 3 Ways http://skl.sh/1SudhNH by Amarilys Henderson Pan Watercolors http://www.dickblick.c

Episode 210 Wednesday, April 19 @ 2:30 pm ET / 11:30 am PT, Noah Scalin is coming back on the show to tell us about an activity that has revolutionized his professional work. Doing these creativity exercises on a regular basis has allowed him to push past the typical and come up with thought-provoking, original ideas. From these creative sprints new work has been produced and because he is doing them with a community of people at the same time it is building a community of creators who are sharing their creative process and explorations with others daily. We will talk about Noah’s new book and how it is different from his other books and how the idea of the creative sprint has expanded his creativity and his business. Connect with Noah at: Creative Sprint (including book buying links): http://CreativeSprint.co Personal portfolio: http://NoahScalin.com Company: http://AnotherLimitedRebellion.com @CreativeSprint (Instagram) @ALRcreates (twitter) @NoahScalin (instagram/twitter) #CreativeSprint (everywhere) T

THE DESIGN RECHARGE SHOW: Alma Hoffmann // The Why Behind Sketchnoting Episode 209 Wednesday, April 12 @ 2:30 pm ET / 11:30 am PT. Alma Hoffmann is coming back on the show to kick off a four part series on sketchnoting with four different experts in the field. With Alma we will talk about the why behind sketching and how its importance has changed in processing and communicating information. We will dig into how her perspective changed and her daily life has had an impact as a result of exercising this powerful muscle. Part one: Alma Hoffmann (investigation into the importance of sketching) Part two: Amarilys Henderson (drawing faces fast and getting things like age, race, and gender down) Part three: Johnny Gwin (weekly practice and seeing improvement in technique and comprehension) Part four: Emily Carlton (Taking it to the streets, making a business out of sketch noting) This is new for Design Recharge and I am excited to hear what y’all think of it, and if you want me to do more of these. Find more gr