The web & graphic design podcast that offers both practical and creative design advice you can use.
Every episode of The Deeply Graphic DesignCast podcast covers a new graphic design-related topic, and a few relevant tangents along the way. We answer a listener question and offer tips and advice in our “Do Yourself a Favor” segment.
If you like the podcast, please share it! Just use the share buttons to share individual episodes, or use the buttons at the top of the page to share the whole site. We love the support, and your friends might thank you for turning them on to us!
-
Wes McDowell
Lead designer, The Deep End, Los AngelesWes is a graphic and web designer living in Los Angeles. Before launching The Deep End, Wes freelanced for a broad range of clients, has worked in agency settings, as well as on several in-house design teams. Wes specializes in simple, intuitive design, but in his spare time, he loves in-N-out Burger, all things social media, and trashy movies about killer fish.
-
Mikelle Morrison
Independent Designer, MKM Design, SeattleAs a graphic, production and web designer, Mikelle specializes in branding, Corporate identity, websites and print collateral. She focuses on methods and research strategies that strengthen clients products and services. In her spare time, Mikelle loves sipping a stiff drink, making up her own cooking recipes, jogging in a light drizzle and playing competitive softball.
-
Brandon Voss
Creative Director/ UI Designer, San FranciscoBrandon has 20 years of real world working experience as a visual designer from leading design studios to fortune 100 ad agencies and start ups. He has a deep love for typography, music, brewing fine ales, fine tequila, fine foods and friends. Brandon rides a triumph Speed Triple, and owns a 1966 Chevelle Malibu that keeps him tinkering in his off time.
twitter:@zooplancton1
industrydesign.us
Share this episode!
DesignCast 37: Web Design Trends of 2013 Part 1
By: Wes McDowell | May 20th, 2013 | 1 comment
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
We discovered a little gem of a book called The Web Designer’s Idea Book Volume 3 by Patrick McNeil. It is so handy, so chock full of all the newest web trends that we just had to let our listeners in on the action. In this episode, the gang brings up their favorites of the [...]
Share this episode!
DesignCast 36: Should You Ever Offer Discounts?
By: Wes McDowell | May 6th, 2013 | no comments
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
One thing designers constantly hear is to charge what you’re worth, and don’t discount yourself. However, there are times in every designer’s career when it seems like a perfectly reasonable idea to offer a discount. Whether its for a friend or family member, or in an effort to win over a new client, we talk [...]
Share this episode!
DesignCast 35: Designing Within a Niche
By: Wes McDowell | April 22nd, 2013 | 2 comments
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
To be a generalist or a specialist… its one of the biggest quandries we as graphic designers face. While working in a niche will make your appeal somewhat more limited to the mass market, the potential to dominate one particular niche is a very tempting proposition. In this episode of Deeply Graphic, we have Kristi [...]
Share this episode!
DesignCast 34: Branding Yourself as a Graphic Designer
By: Wes McDowell | April 8th, 2013 | 5 comments
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
Of all the things that designers do, coming up with your own branding can be the toughest. More than just a logo, your branding is the personality of your business. It’s important if you want to attract the right types of clients, and to tell the world who you are as a designer or design [...]
Share this episode!
DesignCast 33: The Smart Way to Showcase Your Work (Portfolio Site Pro-Tips Series)
By: Wes McDowell | March 25th, 2013 | 5 comments
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
To conclude our Portfolio Site Pro-tips series, the gang talks about the best ways to show your work on your website. We talk about why lightboxes might be a tired trend, and how to structure your portfolio pages for maximum impact for potential clients, potential bosses AND Google. We also take on a few [...]
Share this episode!
DesignCast 32: How to Get Amazing Client Testimonials (Portfolio Site Pro-Tips Series)
By: Wes McDowell | February 25th, 2013 | 1 comment
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
Would you ever buy a product or service online without seeing a rating or review? Neither would we, and neither would your potential clients! The best way around this is to turn your existing graphic design clients into raving fans, and let them do the heavy lifting of selling you to others. Not sure [...]
Share this episode!
DesignCast 31: How to Make Graphic Design Case Studies Work for You (Portfolio Site Pro-Tips Series)
By: Wes McDowell | February 13th, 2013 | 2 comments
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
Ever wonder how you can make potential clients see what exactly you can do for them? Well the Deeply Graphic gang is on the case! On this episode, we’re talking all about case studies, which can be an extremely powerful tool to help future clients see how you have helped previous clients. When done right, [...]
Share this episode!
DesignCast 30 : The Dirty Thirty Listener Question Show
By: Wes McDowell | January 28th, 2013 | 6 comments
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
Well we made it to 30 episodes, and we have you to thank for it! To show our appreciation, we have put together what may be our best listener question show yet. We get so many great questions from you, our listeners, that this is the best way to get through a bunch of them [...]
Share this episode!
DesignCast 29 : Secrets to a Powerful Homepage (Portfolio Site Pro-Tips Series)
By: Wes McDowell | January 14th, 2013 | 3 comments
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
There’s no place like home! The homepage of your portfolio website is the first impression you will likely make on potential clients, so make it count! In this, our second in our “Portfolio Site Pro-Tips” series, we will take a look at some “above and beyond” things you can do to make your homepage work [...]
Share this episode!
DesignCast 28 : Crafting the Perfect “About” Page (Portfolio Site Pro-Tips Series)
By: Wes McDowell | December 29th, 2012 | 11 comments
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
Since a graphic designer’s most valuable showcase of their work is the portfolio website, we thought it would be a great idea to do a series on how you can make the most of yours. In this, the first installment of the series, Wes, Mikelle and writing expert Kristen Fischer talk about what you can [...]