Timeouts are lightning-quick interviews. Five questions to help you get to know the players holding court at Dribbble. Many thanks to Riley for being today’s interviewee.
Who are you? Let us know where you hail from and what you do.
I’m Riley Cran, I’m an independent designer and illustrator, and I enjoy designing brands and spot illustrations for cool companies.
I live in the Pacific Northwest of Continental North America.
What are you working on?
I’m almost always working on a couple of branding projects, a personal project, and a display face for my pet project with Tyler Galpin, The Lost Type Co-op.
Choose a favorite shot of yours. Why is it a favorite?
I had a great time recently designing a t-shirt for a startup called Yardsale. I wanted to make a shirt that appealed to a set of special interest groups, mainly: Foodies, Photographers, Crafters/Sewers, Electronics Hobbyists, Fashionistas, Artists, Bicyclists, Collectors and Music Lovers.
Tell us about your setup. What tools did you use to create the shot(s)?
I work on a 13” Macbook Pro, and I prefer to use a single button mouse, which I understand is somewhat peculiar these days.
I can’t wrap my head around all the buttons and things. I’m sick of triggering exposé every time I wanna throw a bézier :-)
A majority of my work is done in Illustrator, and I use Photoshop for the other bits.
I like scribbling out ideas in any number of Moleskine/Field Notes books I have laying about.
I work at an ikea desk that has this crazy 10 bulb light fixture on it (here’s a photo):
My walls feature a bunch of prints by fellow Dribbble players. Here’s a shot of some Curtis Jinkins (Neighborhood Studios) prints, and a small portion of the Coke bottles I’ve been collecting for years.
Choose a favorite shot from another Player. Why do you dig it?
Hard to choose! I have enjoyed so much work over the past year or so that I’ve been using dribbble.
Right now, I’m super into this shot by Bobby McKenna:
I love the pattern of those half-circles, and that bold color scheme.
Thanks for having me Dan + Rich, and thanks for keeping Dribbble running so smoothly!
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