Comments on: Truly Ace Travels Ooop North

By: neil

neil — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:14:32 +0000

originality and simplicity does exist .In this hectic world we hardly have time to spare our thoughts for mundane things which we use in our daily life and whether the soap is from australia or austria but when we want to experiment we hardly look what inside but the illustration of the product.And simplicity does attract human heart

By: zoe

zoe — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:42:10 +0000

I have seen her work before and she does some great design that really are inspiring and something different to the usual. I like how she makes them seem real

By: Amanda - Truly Ace Graphic Designer

Amanda - Truly Ace Graphic Designer — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:08:22 +0000

My camera is stuck to my hip all day and night, it’s in my phone

By: damion

damion — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:44:06 +0000

Very smart and cool illustrations. Great find Amanda. Makes me want to keep my camera stuck to my hip all day and everyday without fail.

Damion.

By: Amanda - Truly Ace Graphic Designer

Amanda - Truly Ace Graphic Designer — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:24:29 +0000

Really? You thought it was unprofessional? I thought it was perfectly professional.

I think it’s good if a blog has a bit of a unprofessional feel to it though, otherwise how are you supposed to get across the real character and daily life of the person writing it. If the writer stays in ‘full on’ professional mode, you’ll never get a feel for the real person behind the business.

I think blogs that sound like a series of articles aren’t as good as those blogs that are more conversational and give a feel for the person behind the blog. I think blogs should be a bit like diaries ideally.

Let me know when the new blog goes live

Amanda

By: Danny Hinde

Danny Hinde — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:10:56 +0000

Hi Amanda,

There are MANY reasons I decided to shut down the blog, but I guess the main reason was how unprofessional it felt – considering I was offering design services through it.

I will DEFINITELY be including a new blog when I relaunch in a few weeks, blogging and owning a website has taught me more than I could ever imagine and I hope it is something I will always enjoy. I also hope to launch another site soon based on technology (yes, a geek blog) focusing on user generated content.

Thanks for your kind comments on the site & looking forward to seeing some more great stuff from you!

Thanks,

Danny.

By: Amanda - Truly Ace Graphic Designer

Amanda - Truly Ace Graphic Designer — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:07:57 +0000

Oh brilliant, I’m so pleased you posted a comment because I went to my Google reader to read blogs for the first time in two months and your links were all dead. I was miffed because I really liked your blog!

So, why did you shut down the blog? It was really interesting. Will your new domain going to feature the blog now?

In the 1950s we used illustration so much more than we do now, but thankfully it’s not a dead art in terms of advertising/marketing yet, and actually of recent years I think it’s grown in popularity.

Thanks

Amanda

By: Danny Hinde

Danny Hinde — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:51:55 +0000

Mmmm stunning illustrations! I LOVE LOVE LOVE illustration, it can make a brand SO much more appealing.

Great find Amanda.