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Welcome to the launch of dache daily. This is a new feature which I have been experimenting on twitter where I upload a daily image of works in progress.

Since starting the dacheboard, my website blog space, I have realised that my articles tend to be a bit sporadic. For some time now, I have therefore wanted to create a more regular update for my followers as a point of interest and also as a personal inspiration to keep the quality ideas flowing. I have found this to be a very rewarding and overall positive experience so far.

Below I have summarised the past 5 weeks worth of work in a short article to keep you updated on what I have been up to and to gather feedback on any suggestions for improvement on this idea.

Aug 19
Identity work in progress - grid work for custom lettering

@markdotto said:
“@dache Intense! Looks awesome.“

Aug 20
Custom lettering work in progress. I was thinking of making this kind of tweet a daily occurrence

Aug 21
Recently completed grid work for the Joint identity.

Aug 24
Grid work for the DirectedEdge identity.

Aug 25
Typography.

@henriko75 said:
“@dache Hey man! Thanks for the kind insight! Do you use Illustrator and Pathfinder to finish the job?“
That’s right. Pathfinder & understanding how to get items to snap to angles (30° or 15° as opposed to 45°) was key in this design

Aug 26
Icon design for the mindberry website I have been working on.

Aug 27
Very early sketch work / grid work for the Handful of Feathers identity.

@sreeramanmg said:
“I like 2 one 1 row. It portrays the ‘handful’ concept the best.“

Aug 28
Completed projects over the past 4 months.

Aug 31
Close to complete mindberry website.

Sep 1
Very early ideas for a new logo.

Sep 2
Custom typography work in progress

Sep 3
Early progress on transferring a sketch into vectors

Sep 7
Logo printed out in large so as to improve on line work by hand. Work in progress

Sep 8
16x16 grid work on a pixel style logo. The final solution up on the portfolio tonight

Sep 9
Final grid work on the sponsr identity. The full creative process article coming soon

Sep 15
Final steps to completing a logo which incorporates a hand and a feather.

Sep 16
Initial steps in creating custom type.

@hiemil said:
“@dache Nice! Even looked like the grid was handdrawn (using iPhone) :-)“

Sep 17
custom typography - from sketch to software.

Sep 18
Completed grid work on the handful of feathers design.

Sep 21
recently created logo and type combo

@JClaytonDesign said:
“@dache, thanks for posting these insights to your creative process. It’s very inspirational.“

Sep 23
Logo design work in progress.

@ellenulrik said:
“@dache I really like the kwr.png! Makes me wonder about the stages inbetween - shape and colour. Thanks for sharing these. :)“

Sep 24
Arguably the most harmonious letter ‘e’ I have ever drawn.

Sep 26
An early glimpse at a water color painting from yesterday.

I am planning to automate the posting of these daily updates so that those receiving updates via the rss feed may see these as well. At the moment, I am not entirely convinced on the name “dache daily”. I was thinking of +daily as it was the shortest way to communicate dache in 142 characters but unfortunately the ‘+‘ sign is hard to search for. Here are some appreciated recommendations received so far :

• a dash of dache (via @CobaltCow)
• dache’s dailies (via @Cake_Sama)
• dache cache? (via @dallasgutauckis)
• what you think about dache daily process? (via @LogosGuide)
• daily dache of inspiration (via @dvness)

I would be grateful to receive any suggestions you have for a new name and also any particular areas of my designs that you would like to see so I can keep the content relevant. Hope you have enjoyed the past 5weeks and look forward to hearing from you.

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