Great Idea. I have a Diigo group I would like to share with everyone. I put all of my typography stuff here. You guys can just cherry pick from it, join, not join, whatever. I hope it will free up space here at Arts in General. If you join and contribute low quality or personal or off topic sites I will warn you once then kick you out. If you join and don't post that is great I don't really care.

I am really forgiving and will bend these rules but to cover any long arguments or hurting anyone's feelings I just want to lay those out at the start.

Another thing about this is if a new member joins with higher standards than mine I win because I learn from posting something and the member saying it is bad and why. But I also risk running getting kicked out of my own group : ) I can always forgive someone who is making mistakes while trying to learn something.

If you are an artist your typography probably sucks, I have been into art a long time and just got into typography in 2008. My typography still sucks but at least I am aware. I see a lot of artist make really horrible decisions in this area along with logos. These are learned skills. I am not a teacher but can share all my resources.


http://groups.diigo.com/groups/typography-collective

I joined this group because I looked at your bookmarks Ian. I thought I was a little low brow because I lack formal education and I saw some great stuff.Today I took a break from work to make some post and come here and get something (education/inspiration).
That article on making your own logo while his heart is in the right place is bad information. A logo is a craft like anything else. There are a ton of good resources out there for logo design. The reason most people don't make a good logo is because they don't know how to make a logo. You don't assume that you are good at calligraphy because you are an artist. Then I get a wordpress logo. Is it that good of a logo?
I usually see wallpaper and think no way. I am not here for wallpaper. I think all wallpaper should go in a post like I made a post for tutorials. If you do post a wallpaper you better have a great reason and type that reason out. I found diigo looking for self education/design and fell in love with it. I think this is a great way to educate each other. If you want to post that kind of stuff join deviant art.
Ian I think you should let people join but not post so they can learn and don't feel pressured to contribute. Or have them post anime and manga, wallpaper, photoshopstuff, etc. up here where I know to avoid it.

Ben

I was hoping we could post stuff like this off to the side so the more advanced members don't have to bother with it (hopefully) and people like me can refer to the forum to learn about the basics. We could do this with other topics, it could be a great way to organize content.

This sight deals with the role of sketching in the design process.

http://psd.tutsplus.com/drawing/the-role-of-sketching-in-the-design-process/