Meghan NewellInterview
Designer, animator, illustrator
Adapted from Meghan Newell's interview on Uses This, published 24 August 2011. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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My only machine currently is a 2.66GHz Intel Core i7 MacBook Pro with the matte screen (essential!).
I use a MCE Tech Hard Drive enclosure to add a 1 TB WD Scorpio Blue drive (name: duran duran) to the 128GB SSD (name: barbarella) that shipped with the computer and only occasionally have to tote my fonts, images and elements on my old faithful WD 100gb Passport portable drive.
Along with my computers, I hook up to a old school silver 20" Cinema Display.
My scanner is a CanoScan LiDe 9000.
I just purchased an Epson Stylus Photo R2000 printer and I'm excited as can be about having a large scale printer with archival inks.
For color, I am in love with TomBow ABT double sided markers.
A complete collection of weights of Staedtler Mars Lumograph pencils rounds out the basics.
Bienfang Designer series Graphics 360 100% Rag Translucent Marker Paper is my favorite for projects.
Finally, I love my Kindle, but I have yet to justify spending the money on an iPad.
Communication
Productivity
Browser
Coding & Development
Design
I do less and less with Flash (CS5) these days, but it still comes in handy for all sorts of things - animation, coding and its particular style of vector drawing.
My font manager (essential) is Suitcase Fusion 3, although I've been really disappointed with this release.
I left after X1 to use the free Linotype Font Explorer, but when that became a paid app I figured I'd return to my roots.