Well, what a busy old month I’ve had! I’ve crossed several time zones and been on more flights than I care to mention. But all for good reason.
Earlier this month I went to Gratz to record an After Effects training DVD for the amazing folks at Video2Brain. It was really good to [...]

I was describing a friend of mine as suffering from creative constipation recently. It’s a common complaint, many designers suffer from it and it can be the result of multifarious causes; tight deadlines, the distractions of every-day life, worrying about friends and families, an untidy desk. All of these have been my obstructions at one [...]

I’m busy preparing to leave on a mammoth journey to San Fransisco to speak at the Macworld 2010 conference for the first time.
I’ll be talking about production workflow, specifically broadcast production as that’s where I spent 12 years of my life freelancing as a motion graphic designer/ animator.
I’ll also share some of the challenges I’ve [...]

I’m interested in the trend of decoupling going on in the world of TV and film production companies. It’s the world that I used to live in so it’s close to my heart. Decoupling refers to the process of reducing costs to the client by outsourcing some of the work to freelancers or external services, [...]

I’m hoping to see a few of you at MacWorld 2010 where I’ll be speaking next year. I love San Fransisco so will be taking a little extra time out to hang out with my old friends, Amacker and Nina at the Lucky 13 bar on Castro. I also hope to catch up with all [...]

I was asked on Twitter to write a blog about the early days of Punk in the UK and it’s influence on the world of design. I, probably more than most, am influenced strongly by the punk movement that started in the seventies in New York and London. I was 12 when it all started [...]

Creative Director (Europe) - Gridiron Software
As research for my book I’ve been looking at the effects of drugs on creativity, and finding out if the two are linked. I’m hoping to get some feedback from the readers of my blog regarding their own experiences but first I guess it’s fair to give you my own [...]

By Angie Taylor - Creative Director, Gridiron Software
I love the software industry for its diversity. It’s pretty unique and is made up from people with backgrounds ranging from designers, artists, musicians, scientists, technical wizards, PR, sales and marketing gurus, hobbyists, enthusiasts, the list goes on.
People like myself can cross the divide from user into maker [...]

by Angie Taylor - Creative Director (Europe), Gridiron Software
Well, I’ve just left Broadcast Video Forum 2009 after a successful launch event for our new software, Flow. And I must say I’m pretty exhausted, I don’t think I’ve ever talked so much in my life!
I’ve only been with the Gridiron Software for three months but already [...]

Creative Director > Gridiron Software
Software features can dominate our designs, the design becomes prevalent to such an extent that it takes precedent over the designer. We’ve all heard an ad or feature described this way; ‘y’know, the one with the puppet tool and the new 3D text animators’.
Isn’t it about time that we escaped from [...]

Creative Director > Gridiron Software
I met up with a friend this weekend who I always enjoy some amateur philosophy with. We chatted about time and how, as we get older, it seems to diminish more rapidly, declaring, like our parents, that ‘there’s never enough time in the day!’
It’s a constant struggle to keep up with [...]

Sr. Evangelist > GridIron Software
Given the economic climate, more and more people are being asked to justify both time and money. Now, more than ever, efficiency is key.
Yet, for all of the power in Apple’s latest operating system, or in the much-debated Vista, the job of an OS has not been to make you productive [...]

Creative Director > Gridiron Software
With desktop software being so accessible it means that a growing number of jobbing designers are self-taught. In many cases they are great at design but lacking in areas such as project management and development.
We have all experienced situations where our work gets challenging so we distract ourselves and procrastinate by [...]