How did this young designer get freelance jobs and a full time job in design by posting daily on Instagram? How did he do it? What did he learn from posting daily type challenges? New York based designer, Roy Cranston will be joining our show to talk about what it takes to design a poster every day, how he grew his following from 30 followers to 30k, and how he landed a job in NYC.
https://www.instagram.com/roy_cranston/
03:30 – Did Roy Cranston go to school?
04:00 – How did Roy get so good at design
05:12 – What got Roy Cranston to make a poster everyday?
07:00 – The hashtags that Roy used to grow from 50 followers to 30k?
08:00 – How Roy got a job in nyc?
13:00 – How much Roy gets hit up for?
15:00 – 36 days of type?
18:00 – Don’t be worried to fail
21:00 – How Roy gets all of his textures
27:00 – Roy’s Future texture pack
30:00 – What price will take Roy to work with Nike
31:30 – How Roy finds words to put in his posters
34:00 – How does someone start designing/creating
36:00 – When does Roy start? After work or before work?
38:00 – What resources does Roy recommend?
40:00 – What’re Roy’s favorite fonts?
42:30 – Roy’s advice for people just looking to start
50:00 – What Chris suggests Roy do for the future
53:00 – Why you should be bored more often
56:00 – How should Roy monetize his work
1:00:00:00 – When did you know design was your calling?
1:13:00 – Recap
36 days of type
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