about the designer…
Art and design have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. What started as a childhood obsession with doodling on every available surface (sorry, mom) turned into a lifelong creative pursuit. After years of juggling design as a side hustle while working in music and theatre, I finally gave in to the inevitable and made it my primary focus. My eight-year-old self would be smugly nodding right now—he always knew this was the plan.
My background is a bit of a creative whirlwind. I’m a trained classical vocalist, opera and musical theatre director, and voice teacher, which means I’ve spent years telling stories, managing productions, and making sure nobody missed their cue. Those same skills—attention to detail, composition, and bringing big ideas to life—now fuel my work as a designer. Whether I’m crafting a brand identity, custom lettering, or an illustration, I approach every project with a mix of artistic precision and creative enthusiasm (with significantly fewer high notes involved).
I specialize in visual brand identity, custom lettering, illustration, packaging design, merch, and clothing design. Whether you're launching a brand, revamping your aesthetic, or just need something that looks as awesome as your idea is, I’d love to help.
Let’s make something great together.
Services I Offer
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Crafting a visual brand identity is more than just designing a logo; it's about creating a cohesive visual language that speaks to your brand's values and resonates with your audience. I offer comprehensive brand identity services, including logo design, color palette selection, typography, and brand guidelines. Together, we'll build a strong and memorable brand that stands out in the market and leaves a lasting impression.
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Add a unique and personal touch to your projects with custom lettering. Whether you need bespoke typography for branding, hand-lettered invitations, or eye-catching signage, I offer tailor-made lettering solutions that reflect your style and vision. Each piece is meticulously crafted to ensure it’s one-of-a-kind and perfectly suited to your needs.
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Transform your ideas into compelling visuals with my graphic design services. From marketing materials like brochures and flyers to digital assets for social media and websites, I provide creative solutions that align with your brand’s aesthetic and objectives. Let’s work together to create designs that not only look great but also effectively communicate your message and engage your audience.
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Illustration is the art of turning concepts into captivating visuals. Whether you need detailed editorial illustrations, vibrant book art, or engaging infographics, I provide custom illustration services that bring your ideas to life. My approach is tailored to your specific needs, ensuring that each illustration not only enhances your project but also tells a compelling story that resonates with your audience.
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Make your products stand out on the shelf with distinctive packaging design. I offer end-to-end packaging design services, including concept development, structural design, and artwork creation. My goal is to create packaging that not only looks stunning but also communicates your brand’s identity and values, ensuring that your product makes a memorable first impression and attracts customers.
Design Tools
CERTIFICATES & PROFICIENCIES
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This online course provided essential skills in Adobe Illustrator. Topics covered included - drawing shapes and lines, using the pen, pencil and curvature tools, using the shape builder tool, creating custom logos, working with brushes, using type and fonts, masking, repeating patterns, using templates, manipulating elements using bend, warp and liquefy tools. These skills have been demonstrated through completed projects.
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This online course provided advanced skills in Adobe Illustrator. Topics covered included - productivity and workflow techniques, current design styles, anchor point and pen tool techniques, master techniques for drawing lines and strokes, vectorizing and coloring hand drawn sketches, depth and perspective, typography, charts and graphs, creating elements for InDesign documents, gradient meshes and working with color adjustments. These skills have been demonstrated through completed projects.
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This online course provided essential skills in Adobe Photoshop CC. Topics covered included - creating image and text masks, manipulating images using distort and transform tools, photo retouching, blending modes, non-destructive image editing and the use of filters and gradients to create current visual styles. These skills have been demonstrated through completed course projects.
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This online course provided advanced skills in Adobe Photoshop CC. Topics covered included - best selection and masking techniques, advanced 'levels and curves' to enhance colors and skin tones, retouching images, fixing blurry images, creating perspective, using Artboards, typography techniques, creating cinemagraphs, the creation of mock-ups, current visual styles, and editing video. These skills have been demonstrated through completed projects.
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This online course provided essential skills in Adobe InDesign. Topics covered included - creating newsletters, brochures, business cards, and flyers, color principles and using corporate colors, selecting and using fonts, image size manipulation and cropping, creating print-ready PDF files, text manipulation for paragraphs and styles, contents pages, basic shape drawing, and workflow techniques. These skills have been demonstrated through completed projects.
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This online course provided essential skills in Figma. Topics covered included - working with personas and briefs, low-fidelity wireframes, working with color and type styles, creating and managing component libraries, creating variable components, high-fidelity prototyping, desktop and responsive breakpoints, pen tool and icons, working with images, auto-layout, sharing for testing and feedback, UI and Figma best practices, collaborating and developer hand-off. These skills have been demonstrated through completed course projects and knowledge quiz questions.
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This online course provided advanced skills in Figma. Topics covered included - managing design assets, applying styles, advanced components and variants, grid, nested and column layouts, auto layouts, advanced animation, responsive design, image and video styles, typography and responsive text, prototyping, user testing, booleans, advanced effects, accessibility, developer and team collaboration, producing production-ready assets, advanced workflow techniques, widgets and plugins, and advanced user interactions and knowledge quiz questions.
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This online course provided essential skills in Webflow. Topics covered included – creating CSS classes and combo classes, CSS layouts, fonts and styles, color and using gradients, adding images and backgrounds, understanding units, responsive design for mobile, nav bar creation, hyper and anchor links, using designs from other software, creating forms, adding video, interactions and web page animation, dynamic content implementation including a CMS, blog, shopping cart and order forms, SEO, website testing and publishing. These skills have been demonstrated through completed course projects and knowledge quiz questions.
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Those who earn the Google UX Design Certificate have completed seven courses, developed by Google, that include hands-on, practice-based assessments and are designed to prepare them for introductory-level roles in UX design. They can complete the design process from beginning to end: empathizing with users, defining their pain points, coming up with ideas for design solutions, creating wireframes and prototypes, and testing designs to get feedback.
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About BYOL
Bring Your Own Laptop is a world class learning platform for all. We specialise in courses for Adobe and other industry leading creative software. Our courses are created and delivered by Daniel Walter Scott, an authorized Adobe instructor & winner of 2 Adobe MAX awards