One day at a time

"People cope with mental health problems in many different ways. I do it one day at a time"
– A personal zine exploring some of the ways I cope with anxiety and depression

 So this is what I've been working on for the past 2 days and I've really enjoyed it. I've been wanting to make a zine for a while, and I decided on the content idea on Monday whilst not feeling so great about coming back to Carlisle. I know I'm not the worlds greatest artist, nor do I pretend to be, but I'm pleased with myself for actually seeing this through and making something positive from it.

 This is just the digital copy until I print next week

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Look how grubby my Macbook is

Now that I've brought attention to the fact my Macbook is covered in fingerprints etc because I spend too much time on it, let's forget it ever happened and move on. Please don't judge me.

I thought it would be nice to take some ~proper~ photos of derrianbradder.com as it displays on screen, accompanied as always by a brew.

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In with the new

Say hello to my brand spanking new website, shown to you through poor quality screenshots.
You can see it in action at derrianbradder.com – it still needs some work on phone display but works perfectly on desktop. I'm really pleased with it, it feels a lot more "me" (lame I know).

There's a lot more going on this time around, a lot more work went into it, and overall it's just better. There's colour changing rollovers, the blog opening up in a new tab, and tiny flags.

Dreamweaver knowledge originally taught and expanded upon by my trusty illustrator pal Edwin. You can see his work here : edwinburrow.com

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Out with the old

It's not you, it's me.
It was time to finally say goodbye to my first website and start again completely from scratch, with new branding and a ~fresh~ look. But that's not to say I didn't love my first website, it was very me at the time and fitted well with what I was doing.

Here it is in its entirety.
Home page and portfolio which uses a lightbox. 

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YORKSHIRE+TEA

I'm unable to post my final design for this brief at this moment in time as it is being entered into a design competition in a month or so, but here's some very early development work that didn't go any further than this, but I'm still fond of it. All you need to know is it was for Yorkshire* Tea**.

*The best place on Earth.
**The best drink on Earth.

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Sometimes I try to draw

These images were created using Illustrator to manipulate fineliner drawings I had done several months beforehand. I'm still pretty pleased with the result, drawing is definitely something I need to get into doing more of. My worst nightmare is becoming a slave to my Macbook.

I love brooches (trinkets, duh!), and digging through my Nana's collection I found this beauty. You can't beat a good Cameo, hopefully I'll have an extensive collection one day.  

And that's just a lolly.