Kristen Caston

About Kristen:

I’m Kristen Caston, a designer/illustrator/photographer/creative person with an extreme passion for typography and hand-drawn anything.

My experience ranges from freelancing for small clients to designing for a large ad agency. I love surrounding myself with creative people and inspiring things. I get antsy if I’m not learning something new.

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Blog:GuideGuide Photoshop Plug-in

GuideGuide Photoshop Plug-in

A friend sent me a link to this amazing Plug-In that adds guides, columns and midpoints in Photoshop MUCH easier and faster than by hand. I personally spend a lot of time building files for print in Photoshop so it saves me a ton of time and is definitely a feature Photoshop should’ve had before!…

Wallpaper:Squiggles

Squiggles

This desktop wallpaper is by Kristen Caston, a designer / illustrator / photographer / creative person with an extreme passion for typography and hand-drawn anything.

Blog:Word Lens App

Word Lens App

This app claims to instantly translate English to Spanish, and vice versa with character recognition by holding your camera in front of whatever you wish to translate. The translation appears on your screen. So far the reviews are a bit shaky. You must hold your phone very still and the text must be very clean.…

Blog:J.Pap’s Diecut Drawings

J.Pap’s Diecut Drawings

J.Pap is an art director and graphic designer. I’m amazed at his set of diecut packaging drawings on Flickr. For the last year, he’s turned every-day packaging into works of art by flattening then composing detailed illustrations on the inside. Created with no commercial intent, he says: The shape of the package usually suggests which…

Blog:Zeichen Press

Zeichen Press

Zeichen Press is Fran & Jen Shea, a Minneapolis-based letterpressing duo. Their collection ranges from postcards to mixtape cases. They combine vintage art, bold, simple design with wit and humor. Well done. Zeichen’s alphabet posters are available to purchase at Room & Board. You can also shop online here.

Blog:Happy HelloDays

Happy HelloDays

We know everyone’s scrambling around to get ready for the Holidays, but there’s nothing stressful or time-consuming about doodling on a little Post-It®. The peeps at The Hello Project are running a holiday-themed-hello contest. They’re even giving away an iTunes prize for the best holiday-themed-hello. Get to doodlin’!