Designing lettering that owns the room for design + digital festival, All Flows. Photography by Chris Henley.

Close up of a painted guitar. In cobalt blue with white lettering that reads ADORED, letters are offbeat and the Ds contain pink hearts.

Last couple of weeks to do the Music for the Senses art trail You can find ADORED on Deansgate Mews at Great Northern Warehouse 💚

If you spot Adored on your travels, give us a shout 🫶

Photos by @davidoatesphoto

People like us do things like this.
A shout out to Seth Godin

Join us in Stockport next week for a Creative Gardening Breakfast (with donuts). Yes that’s a thing!

Thursday 1 May, 9-11am
An Ideas Café at What If? Stockport.

Grab your spot here:
www.dotto.studio/events-works...

Ps. Gardening is not compulsory. Feel free to simply eat donuts.

“You see, the stories we tell, they actually have the power to change people’s lives.”

— Samantha Morton. BAFTA Fellowship Award Acceptance Speech 2024.

www.dotto.studio/design/wftv-...

Happy day of looooooooove ❤️

Back to the print room, kicking off the year with some minis

The Government is considering allowing AI companies to freely use your works, unless you opt-out. This is unfair and unworkable.

Now is your chance to tell them what you think! Submit a response to their AI consultation using the guidance below.

www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...

Safeguard Creative Rights in AI

Just a reminder for any UK creatives to send this to your MP to ask them to safeguard creative rights in AI before the government attempt to change copyright laws.

creativerightsinai.eaction.org.uk/MP

#ai #creatives #illustrators #copyright #illustration

How To Handle Nerves + Do Public Speaking Like A Pro. — Dotto® Nerves are very natural when it comes to public speaking. So if you are shit-scared of putting yourself forward for a public speaking gig, but want to do it anyway, here are a few things that might he...

Hey, I wrote a thing about this very subject, it’s here if it’s helpful, good luck!

www.dotto.studio/notes/how-to...

Thanks Will, looks great!

Photograph by Elle Brotherhood

From Manchester with Love
❤️

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ART AS MEDICINE - HOW HAVE THE ARTS AND HEALTH SECTORS EVOLVED TO CREATE SOCIAL WELLBEING? - London Art Fair At a time when the Mayor of London is backing up arts and health sectors working together to improve our wellbeing, join a panel of artists and academics who will discuss recent reports and statistics...

Come and see me at London Art Fair on Fri 24 Jan where I discuss an exciting topic "Art as Medicine" with neuroscientist Dr Tara Swart & artist Dr Charley Peters.

www.londonartfair.co.uk/art-as-medic...

#artist

Digital poster featuring graphic angular lettering in black, on a green, blue and white background. Typography reads, LET THEM, in homage to the book, Let Them by Mel Robbins. This design is by Danielle Molyneux of Dotto Studio, Manchester UK

Five second book reviews:
Let Them by Mel Robbins

The simplest ideas
are always the bestest.
A mantra. A mind hack.
A message for a messy brain.
Let them. Let you. Loved it.

Agreed, its feeling messy out there

Stylised illustration of a young girl looking concerned gesturing to an open window behind her to the left. The girl has blonde hair and a purple tshirt with a cute monster on the front.

uhoh - sneak peek #wip #animation #characterdesign

Ooh it’s a bit of art vs artist type thing for this year 🪩 all looking very loopy in 2024

Mural, hand lettering on big back wall reads tranquility in loopy letters. Off white be ground with white lettering and green and coral details

Mural, hand lettering on big back wall reads tranquility in loopy letters. Off white be ground with white lettering and green and coral details

A corner of tranquility.
Hand painted in Altrincham for Sabai studio 🧘

Two posters on a yellow surface. Typographic design reads, CRY LITTLE SISTER in sharp angular lettering. Blues, white and a yellow accent

Cryyyyyyy Little Sisterrrrr
Created for Little Print Shop of Horrors earlier this year — raising funds for Humans MCR 🩵

The Japan Series.
Kyoto Rain
Tokyo Lights
Fuji Skies
Arashiyama Shade

Letterpressed with ❤️

Black and gold typographic print that reads, TAKE UP MORE SPACE in awkward mono line graphic lettering, gold risograph ink on black Colorplan ebony. On a grey background.

Back in stock.
Take Up More Space.
Gold Riso on Colorplan Ebony
🖤

Hello Tokyo Lights!
Is that a reprint I spot 👀

My ennui / joie board will be at the London Illustration Fair at Truman Brewery this weekend as part of Total Boardom exhibition.

Lemme know if you spot it! 👀

Hello Manchester creative types!
Designers, artists, illustrators, agencies, creative directors, animators etc.

If you’re based in Greater Manchester let me see you. I’m putting together a starter pack.

Black sweater on peach background with typographic design in white lettering. Reads ‘and it hurts’

Black sweater on peach background with typographic design in white lettering. Reads ‘with every heartbeat’

Got a little 10% off thing going this weekend at dotto.clothing use code TAKE10 😘

This design inspired by the words of Robyn 🎵

Woo! Cheers Patricia 💙

Manchester folks, I’ll be doing a screen print demo on stand 322 at Manchester Art Fair tomorrow. Come say hello if you’re there!

Ooh I forgot about this place. Let’s give it a whirl again. Here’s a wall I painted recently 💚