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  • tools

    • Adobe Design Center
      No brainer source for all things CS.
    • Design Toolbox
      A very rhobust set of guides, tools, and resources for the graphic designer
    • Graphics.com
      Great all-purpose resource for all sorts of designery things
    • Adobe's Illustrator Exchange
      Adobe's community site with tons of resources for Illustrator.
    • Delicious.com's Illustrator Resources
      Good meta page with tons of links to awesome Illustrator stuff.
    • Kuler
      Adobe's own color site. Simply awesome.
    • Color Combos
      A pretty handy online color tool
    • Colour Lovers
      The mother of all color sites

  • inspiration

    • FFFFOUND!
      Best resource EVAR for inspiration.
    • Found Magazine
      Awesome stuff people find from around the world. Yay!
    • Juxtapoz
      Best magazine for street art in world, so far as I know
    • Lovely Package
      Awesome resource for package designs
    • House Industries
      So good it hurts. Can I has typographies?
    • We Love Typography
      Fantastic Source of Typographical Inspiration
    • Pedestrian Typography
      Fantastic inspiration to be had here. Carolyn Sewell has created a one stop shop for finding a wealth of found typography.
    • Ames Bros
      My alltime favorite design shop
    • Switch Creative
      Killer design.
    • Yee Haw Industries
      My favorite old-time print shop
    • Hatch Show Print
      My other favorite old-time print shop
    • Methane Studios
      Another incredible poster shop
    • Andy Smith
      Yes, more silk screen design.
    • Werner Design Werks
      Masters of packaging
    • CP+B
      Who doesn't worship these guys?
    • Creative Closeup > Designer Toy Gallery

  • artists and designers of note

    • Jeff Soto
      My favorite artist - amazing stuff
    • Elizabet McGrath
      seriously creepy and beautiful
    • William Goodman
      Amazing local artist with a great sense of composition and texture

  • design blogs

    • Vinyl Pulse
      Fantastic blog on designer toys <3
    • Tokidoki
      my favorite designer toy, er designer
    • SCHWINDAMANIA!
      Darren Schwindaman's blog on design in Jackson, MS
    • GraphicDesignBlog.org
    • Design Milk
      good for the body and soul

  • employers

    • MadGENIUS, Inc.
      Managing Art Director 2007-Current
    • Maris, West, & Baker
      Designer / Art Director 2002-2007
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