In this episode of Design Details we had the pleasure of catching up with Ryan Putnam and returning-guest Nick Slater! We chat about illustration, designing a company culture, mixing mediums and finding our spirit animals.


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Ryan on the Web:

Twitter
Instagram
Dribbble
Website

Nick on the Web:

Twitter
Instagram
Dribbble
Website

Show Notes:

1:00 - What are you working on right now?

Operator
Earnest
Stripe
Element Three
Palantir
Tyler Galpin
RadPad
Rogie

5:00 - We discover our spirit animals.

Otters

7:00 - Ryan shares more about his background in illustration.

Design Details Ep. 2 with Nick Slater
Nick on Dribbble
Ryan on Dribbble
Axel Herrmann
Steve Wolf
Jay Fletcher

10:00 - Nick and Ryan share more about their design setups.

Cintiq 22HD
Intuos

13:00 - How does one begin learning illustration? What is product illustration?

Dropbox downgrade page
Betacoin illustration
Linda Eliasen

21:00 - We talk about design within Dropbox and Palantir and how it impacts culture.

Jon Ying and Dropbox culture

31:00 - A brief divergence into DBZ and comics.

Michael DeForge

33:00 - Where do you come up with all of your ideas for illustration and design?

Ryan's shop
Slater's shirts

44:00 - We learn more about freelancing and how it compares to big company work.

Ryan on Instagram

54:00 - Do you have plans for sharing more of your process as blog posts?

Creative South

57:00 - What's the next step in your career?

Guests

Twitter Mentions