Aug 28

Freelance Graphic Designer/Illustrator Home Setup

Howdy! My name is Dan Sweet, I do print/web design and illustration.

Before I got the iMac I just used my MBP with a secondary monitor. That worked OK but hurt my neck. I still have to put my iMac on books so I don’t have to look down at it too much.

Someday I plan to get a real desk for my computer workstation so I can use this drawing table for drawing. I hope that day is soon, but space is limited in here.

Check out my portfolio, DAN-SWEET.COM. The desktop wallpapers I made for Smashing Magazine August 2010. Get yours today!

Monitor(s)/Display(s):

iMac 27″

Computer(s):

iMac 27″ i7 Quad-core (2010)
MacBook Pro Intel Core Duo (2006)

Accessories:

Wacom Intuos3 tablet
Magic Mouse!!
Microtex ScanMaker 4800 (old and obsolete, but gets the job done)

Stark Lab v1 (Systems Architect Mood-Lit Home Office)

I’m a cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) systems architect and cloud software engineer (Bash, PHP, MySQL) and work from home full time.
I manage a datacenter private cloud and use the two Apple displays for productivity and RDP tasks and the two HP vertical monitors for NOC graphs and alerts.
Hope you enjoy and find inspiration for your own setup.