VelvetAnt Blog, The Beginning

Posted by Antonea Nabors on January 16, 2009

Welcome to the Velvet Ant blog! This blog is a resource for you, others, and myself to showcase our creativity and share our knowledge as designers. This blog will mostly focus on Graphic Design, Logo Design, Typography, Web, 3D Design, and many other tools to apply to your everyday way of living in hopes to better yourself as a professional.

Quick Background about myself:
My name is Antonea Nabors and I am a Graphic Designer who lives and works out of Melbourne, Florida. I am employed by a company where I do mostly print and web work, but I also love to freelance in my spare time. I majored in Digital Arts and Design at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida about 2 years ago and I have not regretted my career path for a second! I have been intrigued by computers and what you are able to accomplish on them since the first day I connected to the internet with my 56k modem! I love everything that is design and I don’t know what my life would be today without it!

Never go see a movie with me because I will tell you how many titles in the opening previews are using the Trajan typeface. I have been surfing since I was about 11 years old, and I almost love it as much as design. I am easily inspired by nature and I love being faced with situations that really make me think on my toes. I like solving problems. I love music and finding new music to listen to. You will find me posting entries here and there that will tell you what I am currently listening to, so if you feel that you might have new music that I’d be into or that I should give a listen to, please leave me a comment! I have never blogged a day in my life. I wouldn’t consider myself much of a writer. I am just a Designer looking for a way to effectively communicate with other Designers and Creatives.

Now, what is this whole ‘VelvetAnt’ thing about? When I was graduating from college and was setting myself up with a marketing plan, I didn’t want it to be boring. I didn’t want to market myself just as ‘Antonea Nabors.’ So, why VelvetAnt? My nickname is Ant, and a velvet ant is actually a type of wasp that closely resembles an ant. A velvet ant is known for its painful, venom-filled sting, whose fur resembles the appearance of velvet. In a nut shell, VelvetAnt is my way of marketing myself as a small, yet powerful freelance designer.

5 Comments

On February 10, 2009 at 8:52 am David Airey wrote:

Good luck with the new blog, Ant. Hope it brings you lots of top freelance projects. I’ve enjoyed reading your first few articles, and look forward to more. Subscribed.

Here’s a tip, check out the ‘subscribe to comments’ plugin for WordPress. It’s the first I’d activate on any new WP blog, and will help your readers keep track of conversations.

On February 10, 2009 at 9:34 am Antonea Nabors wrote:

Thanks so much David. Yeah, I was looking into that by searching for it via google, but I was never able to find it and incorporate it. I am a wordpress newbie! I’ll have to read up on it today and get it in there asap. It is a nice feature. Thanks for the wishes. I hope to bring a lot of new designers understanding, and experienced designers refreshing knowledge

On February 10, 2009 at 10:39 am David Airey wrote:

If you ever think I can help, feel free to send an email. Nice work getting the plugin installed so quickly too.

On March 6, 2009 at 12:16 pm Manoj Sachwani wrote:

Ms. VANT Great blog! Love the surfing bit and If people go out to watch movies with me, I tell them how it was shot and if its the right angle or not! Lols, far away from the type face of the credits tho. I personally drag them to watch movies with, irritates the hell outa them. … anyhoo great designs, great blog, great marketing concept! Not just saying that… Have a nice one!