Blog « Brand Identity Designer Mark McCorkell

01 Feb

Web Inspired Typographic Poster Designs

When an artist has something to say… they paint, and similarly, when a writer has something to say… they write. So I figured I’d design some funky typographic posters based around current inspirations and hot topics on the web that are relevant to me and what I’m doing at the moment. These designs were inspired Sam Brown’s blog articles. Read the rest of this entry »

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24 Jan

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I am a Designer… Not a Construction Worker

This week I read an excellent blog article by Sam Brown, and it really hit the nail on the head of exactly how I approach website projects. It was so good I had to blog about this. In a nutshell, the article is about how it is important to educate clients, and not simply be let yourself become their construction worker. Read the rest of this entry »

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19 Jan

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New Year… New Logo

With the arrival of the new year, I thought it was time to give my blog a fresh look, and more importantly… a fresh logo. My new logo was the final result of about a week of work. I know… I probably should have spent the remainder of my Christmas holidays eating left over Turkey, and chocolate, but I wanted to do something productive with my time. Read the rest of this entry »

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14 Dec

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Illustration by Kotryna Zukauskaite

Last week I was fortunate enough to stumble upon Kotryna Zukauskaite, a Lithuanian born student of Illustration and Animation at Kingston University, London. Kotryna emailed me directly expressing a sincere appreciation of my blog, and asked if I would be interested in sharing some of her work on my blog. Read the rest of this entry »

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10 Nov

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Beautiful Art & Illustration by Shadow Chen

Being a following of artist Chuck Anderson on Twitter @nopattern has a few benefits, one of which is the chance to discover new artists and illustrators that Chuck often tweets about. Recently Chuck tweeted about Shadow Chen, a very talented Chinese-born artist and illustrator that he may be collaborating with soon. Read the rest of this entry »

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