I went to research how blogs and sites that I love show their personality online. Without really any idea of what I was looking for, or what I even felt about who I am going to be on this blog I found a very clear answer. The more I looked, the more I found the sites that really inspire me. I found my personality speaking very clearly through my favorite sites. I found inspiration for who I want to be, the content I want to share, and even how I want to go about sharing it.
The Order of The Good Death
http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/blog
About Caitlin
"Mortician. Author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. Mega-Curmudgeon."
-Caitlin Doughty
This is my favorite Bloger/Youtuber/Twitterer ever. She is smart, hilarious, quirky and someone I would love to go get drinks with. I ALWAYS learn something from watching/reading her posts and I completely get/support her mission.
Snippet of that mission
The Order is about making death a part of your life. That means committing to staring down your death fears- whether it be your own death, the death of those you love, the pain of dying, the afterlife (or lack thereof), grief, corpses, bodily decomposition, or all of the above. Accepting that death itself is natural, but the death anxiety and terror of modern culture are not.
-Order of the Good Death
This blog and Caitlin aren't what you would expect. It's not morbid, in a negative way, (whatever that means) and it well worth a few clicks (or hours).
HUGE
http://www.hugeinc.com/ideas/video/huge-talks-about-2016
HUGE
http://www.hugeinc.com/ideas/video/huge-talks-about-2016
Beautiful Branding. Beautiful Work. Fucking Inspirational.
HUGE makes me want to be a better designer.
Check out their About page
http://www.hugeinc.com/about
Chuck Wendig
http://terribleminds.com/ramble/blog/
I swear, a lot. If I'm comfortable around you, I swear more. I love irreverence. I love people who are honest in a foul mouth, brilliant sort of way. I present to you Chuck Wendig. The first blog of his I ever read was this one:
http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/05/26/how-mad-max-fury-road-turns-your-writing-advice-into-roadkill/
I had watched Mad Max: Fury Road and I didn't like it. Well, I didn't really know what to think. It was beautiful, but IT DIDN'T HAVE A PLOT!!! I kept telling people this and they kept disagreeing with me. How do you disagree with that?! Chuck Wendig's post made so much sense in such a perfect way. I was hooked.
I Love Ligatures
http://iloveligatures.tumblr.com/post/137621852564/frank-edith-by-simon-walker
About I Love Ligatures
Typographic ligatures used to improve the appearance of type are usually character pairs or triplets that have features that tend to overlap when used together. The ligature creates a smoother transition or connection between characters by connecting...
-iloveligatures.tumblr.com
You don't always need to explain things. Sometimes things just need to be beautiful, they need to be functional, and sometimes they just need to inspire you.
I love Ligatures accomplishes all of this.
The DieLine
http://www.thedieline.com/
About The Dieline
What began as a personal blog soon became a dedicated platform for the package design industry and its practitioners, students and enthusiasts. The Dieline's purpose is to define and promote the world's best package design, and provide a place where the package design community can review, critique and stay informed of the latest trends and projects being created in the field.
-The Dieline
What a dieline is
A dieline is used in graphic design as a placeholder for assisting in the proper layout of a document that will be diecut as part of the finishing process. It is usually placed into the graphic's computer file as a separate layer for sizing and orientation purposes.
-Wikipedia
My favorite class in design school was package design. I love making things with my hands. I love cutting out pieces of paper designed on a computer, folding and stitching, glueing and piecing them together until, magically it works. It's magical (I know, I just used that word) to go from a blank screen to a finished, usable package. I love browsing through The Dieline and getting inspired by beautiful, elegant and functional packaging.
Links to some of my package projects
http://elishafrey.com/327726/3506339/gallery/shindig-ware
http://elishafrey.com/327726/3506337/gallery/dark-chocolate-covered-coffee-beans
http://elishafrey.com/327726/3506335/gallery/cylinder-project
http://elishafrey.com/327726/3506335/gallery/cylinder-project
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