Greetings!
I’m Parrish. I’m a Dad, Husband, and Graphic Designer, a creative type, with two athletic sons; I met my wife at an advertising agency, and we ran off and married on the beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. We have a dog and live the good life in San Antonio, Texas. I’m watching my sons play a lot of Baseball, too.
I started writing about my journey watching my boys play Baseball this year. I created a look for it and started posting the stories. You can view them here. I’ve been concentrating on using handwritten custom type in my passion projects. Handwriting is one of the last remaining strongholds against the Robots. Let’s work together on adding custom handwritten type to your next project.
If you need affordable, high-quality graphic design services, consider Design for Digital Marketing (d4DM). I established this service with a personal touch, understanding the challenges digital marketing professionals face and aiming to bring their ideas to life through design. If you’re juggling multiple professional roles, I’m here to help lighten the load. Let’s start a conversation about how I can assist you.
I love graphic design printed on textiles and paper, so I started PRNTDxP to do just that. It was a passion play one month before the Pandemic began, and it’s continued to be a place for me to post fun designs. I love T-shirts. I got bit by the bug working at TEED Shirts in San Marcos, Texas, a long time ago. I’m a fan of a great T-shirt. PRNTDxP is in its Baseball Era right now—this is a period where I’m heavily inspired by the sport and all the games I’m watching in person. Check out my Baseball collections to see the designs. I’m working on turning the Roam and Rally Baseball posts I started at PRNTDxP into a stand-alone space to share my Baseball journey and things I’ve discovered. Stay tuned.
Check out my Design Portfolio on Adobe Portfolio. This is the best place to see the breadth of my work. You can also find relevant portfolio work at d4DM if you are looking for more examples.
Social Proof
If you need social proof that I’m not a robot, check out testimonials on d4DM or look me up on LinkedIn. You can always email me, and I can provide you with references.
Writing
I’ve also been writing more this year. Check out my blog, “The Old Man and His Tees,” or read my writing by scrolling down the page or head over to d4DM to view my blog posts there. I took Brendan Leonard’s “Write One Story Online Course” to start the year, and I produced this story. This course was a great way to jump-start my writing and journaling in 2025.
Connect
Let’s keep up with email. I’m open to talking about Graphic Design or Baseball anytime. I’m spending as much time as I can with family, constantly moving forward, and catching as many sunsets as possible. I believe in firm hand shakes, looking people directly in the eye, telling the truth, and not taking myself too seriously. If you are down with this vibe, then I know we can work together.
Cheers, and happy trails!
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Use this ratio to find the perfect creative balance.
Work Life Balance – The Perfect Creative Balance Ratio Let’s face it: when you join the Advertising and Design profession, you want to do Beer Commercials and car Ads and work on big-time accounts, creating memorable lines that outlive campaigns and creating Award-winning work. For most of us, the reality is that the Sizzle is…
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Your core values frame every opportunity.
My process for evaluating new opportunities starts and ends with my core values, as expressed in my mission statement. My personal mission statement is something that I’ve been revising and tweaking for decades. I will never finish tweaking it, but its essence remains the same. It goes like this: I believe in firm handshakes, looking…
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Setting and measuring goals doesn’t have to be complicated.
My relationship with setting and measuring goals has evolved over the years. I have always been a goal setter, but after reading “Atomic Habits” by James Clear in 2018, I began an earnest effort to wean myself off goal setting and start thinking more about changing my habits. On a personal level, this has worked wonders. But…
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Writing is a crucial component for success.
Spring has sprung – that’s a wrap on Q1 2025. The last three months have felt like 10 lifetimes. Not much happening out there these days, huh? 🙂 I won big in Q1 2025 by completing a writing course. I pounded out 14 posts, and I wrote over 10,000 words. That’s big for me! Check…
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Practice is not just a routine; it’s the key to mastering any skill.
There are no shortcuts to success. I know this because I’ve pioneered taking detours (primarily for fun), but those alternate routes to success take longer and sometimes require driving backward. However, the joy of the learning process, the thrill of mastering a new skill, is a reward. The skill I’m working on improving is my…
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Advocating for Change.
When I started in Corporate Communications at Datapoint in 1991, we were a newly assembled team looking to make our mark. Our office was in the corner of a two-story building designed in typical Corporate fashion with cubicles and desks neatly set in rows facing inwards. When I was parking outside the office every morning…
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Listening is a skill that has to be practiced.
It was a long walk down a short hallway to meet with my boss. I was terrified and uneasy about my decision, but I was committed to going through with my plan: resigning from a great job and starting my own business. Luckily, my boss at the time was Bill West. He was the most…
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Stepping out of your comfort zone.
“Are you wearing the same clothes you wore yesterday?” Maggie had taken until the afternoon to ask the question, but I knew she was thinking that from her puzzled gaze at my frazzled look. I was wearing the same clothes from the previous day. After all, I had spent the last night at the office…
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How to handle constructive feedback, otherwise known as criticism.
“The one with the holes in it sucks.” That was the first comment of my first stand-up critique in Lettering Design 101 at Southwest Texas State University. That comment, however harsh it may have seemed at the time, was a transformative piece of constructive feedback that set the stage for my future success as a…
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One way to prioritize the urgentness of your day.
We all have had that feeling. You are in the groove, in the flow state, and having a productive start to your day. Then you get the “bing” on your computer, the “ding” from your email, the “buzz” from your phone, and before you know it, everything feels urgent. If you have hair, it’s enough…