pm3 art & design

11/04/2025

Wowser, I haven’t posted anything since Christmas, why? Because I’ve been too bloody busy! And yes, I could get help but I don’t. Why? Because I’m a graphic designer and can’t help wanting to create and creating a social post is another form of creativity and another creative process that as a designer, I love and rely on.

This baby came out of a chat with a friend when I expressed self-mocking concern that I hadn’t posted since Christmas. She laughed and suggested I make a post saying just that. Hmm, ok I will. I’ll do a really simple one just for the sake of posting. Wrong.

As usual the creative process took hold and next thing a simple static text based post needed to be more interesting, so I began to animate said simple post, and then I needed to split one slide into 6 animated scenes, and apply different effects to place emphasis on keywords, then of course that called for audio and then I had to get the timing of the text movements right, then I needed to change the audio, and then, and then, and then… simple turned into detailed and an hour was lost amongst many and this ‘simple’ post was born.

Welcome to my world where social posts take time, creativity, thought and draw upon multiple skills I like to explore and hone. Thats why my posting regime is spontaneous and oh so random.

24/12/2024

Happy Christmas everyone!

13/12/2024

It’s a happy Friday now!

06/12/2024

Brainstorming meeting with Lawson Heath, long time client whose business I branded 10 years ago. Hey Logan Hyperdome Chiropractic Centre, it must be time for a rebrand? 😜

-brisbane

22/11/2024

I seem to have had a run on signage… everyone s’been updating their old signage, from roof and awning signs to flags and merch. Must be a sign of the times 🤔

25/10/2024

Clearly not all my work is done in the office 😉

18/10/2024

Thank you .toohey.coaching its been so much fun! Please don’t ever retire 😍

01/12/2023

Too funny and too true. As a design pro I was reluctant to venture down the Canva path… why would I use it over Illustrator, Photoshop etc? Well let’s face it, those are complex, sophisticated programs and sometimes overkill for a simple task like a social post… the animation function alone is enough of a reason to use it… so simple, so user friendly. And then there’s the ability for clients to finally have a nicely designed document they can edit themselves – instead of asking their designer to ‘create’ it in Word. This is a game changer for me and obliterates Word, once and for all, from my orbit. A designer and Word can never be friends, while Canva can be a collaborative friend with benefits.

06/10/2023

You need to tell them about that... the googling thing🤣

Bloody brilliant !

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