David MacIsaac
@typography.bsky.social
Brand design professional, video game enjoyer, power tool enthusiast.
https://dmacisaac.com
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Hey #PortfolioDay —
I’m David, a brand designer, and I make logos, brand style guidelines, websites, UI, decks, and bespoke typefaces.
I love working with video game studios and artists of all types. And I’m currently available for new projects.
dmacisaac.com
IG: @david.macisaac
I’m David, a brand designer, and I make logos, brand style guidelines, websites, UI, decks, and bespoke typefaces.
I love working with video game studios and artists of all types. And I’m currently available for new projects.
dmacisaac.com
IG: @david.macisaac
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Stumbled upon this study on the evolution of Strategy Game UI over the years by Treeform. Cool to see the reduction in screen real-estate
medium.com/@treeform/st...
medium.com/@treeform/st...
Strategy Game Battle UI
I was doing research on trends in the Strategy Game UI styles. And you can see a clear pattern that starts with simple left or right bar…
medium.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Stumbled upon this study on the evolution of Strategy Game UI over the years by Treeform. Cool to see the reduction in screen real-estate
medium.com/@treeform/st...
medium.com/@treeform/st...
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We are modernizing the user interface
Pray we do not modernize it further
Pray we do not modernize it further
July 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We are modernizing the user interface
Pray we do not modernize it further
Pray we do not modernize it further
Figma rolling out an actual entry in the effect dropdown for Apple’s Liquid Glass is not something I expected, but it’s pretty neato
July 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Figma rolling out an actual entry in the effect dropdown for Apple’s Liquid Glass is not something I expected, but it’s pretty neato
Brewed a Potion of Haste
July 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Brewed a Potion of Haste
Death Stranding 2 is consuming me, I love it. More than the thought of getting a walking pad for under a standing desk while I work, the thought of using a walking pad while playing DS2 is now probably going to put me over the edge to buying one today lol
June 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Death Stranding 2 is consuming me, I love it. More than the thought of getting a walking pad for under a standing desk while I work, the thought of using a walking pad while playing DS2 is now probably going to put me over the edge to buying one today lol
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Found a Ridge Racer Type 4 press disc on archive.org absolutely loaded with high-res renders. This is my Holy Grail.
📀 archive.org/details/redu...
📀 archive.org/details/redu...
June 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Found a Ridge Racer Type 4 press disc on archive.org absolutely loaded with high-res renders. This is my Holy Grail.
📀 archive.org/details/redu...
📀 archive.org/details/redu...
Today the discord found out that the bluesky logo SVG has — probably erroneously — what they’re calling a benis
June 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Today the discord found out that the bluesky logo SVG has — probably erroneously — what they’re calling a benis
Beat another Night Lord last evening, can finally access new fashion options. The real Dark Souls begins here
June 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Beat another Night Lord last evening, can finally access new fashion options. The real Dark Souls begins here
Just beat the big doggie(s) in Night Reign for the first time (for me) with @fartdirector.bsky.social & @notexactly.bsky.social — played as Ironeye which apparently turns Elden Ring into a third-person action shooter _and I loved it_
June 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Just beat the big doggie(s) in Night Reign for the first time (for me) with @fartdirector.bsky.social & @notexactly.bsky.social — played as Ironeye which apparently turns Elden Ring into a third-person action shooter _and I loved it_
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Maybe you’ve heard: every font is free! Since fonts aren’t subject to copyright, you can legally ‘pirate’ them if you use a specific loophole!
...except that’s not really true. I’ve seen this claim repeated quite a lot recently, and it’s missing some pretty important nuance.
🧵 A thread:
...except that’s not really true. I’ve seen this claim repeated quite a lot recently, and it’s missing some pretty important nuance.
🧵 A thread:
June 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Maybe you’ve heard: every font is free! Since fonts aren’t subject to copyright, you can legally ‘pirate’ them if you use a specific loophole!
...except that’s not really true. I’ve seen this claim repeated quite a lot recently, and it’s missing some pretty important nuance.
🧵 A thread:
...except that’s not really true. I’ve seen this claim repeated quite a lot recently, and it’s missing some pretty important nuance.
🧵 A thread:
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The APWOT Trilogy Reprint campaign is NOW LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! 📚
Help us bring back these 3 timeless publications that are as creative and playful as the people and games featured within them: ⭐️ kck.st/4kjrqhj ⭐️
Sound on! 🔉
Help us bring back these 3 timeless publications that are as creative and playful as the people and games featured within them: ⭐️ kck.st/4kjrqhj ⭐️
Sound on! 🔉
June 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The APWOT Trilogy Reprint campaign is NOW LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! 📚
Help us bring back these 3 timeless publications that are as creative and playful as the people and games featured within them: ⭐️ kck.st/4kjrqhj ⭐️
Sound on! 🔉
Help us bring back these 3 timeless publications that are as creative and playful as the people and games featured within them: ⭐️ kck.st/4kjrqhj ⭐️
Sound on! 🔉
Really like the look of this app (seems legitimately useful for B&W photo enthusiasts, and it’s a one-time purchase; no subscription) and its marketing site: www.nuevo.tokyo/agbr
AgBr — B&W Film Emulator — Nuevo.Tokyo™
Process your photos with real B&W film emulations and film grain, generated in real time. All in a minimal, smooth interface.
Crafted in Tokyo, based on long-term R&D using real modern and expired fil...
www.nuevo.tokyo
May 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Really like the look of this app (seems legitimately useful for B&W photo enthusiasts, and it’s a one-time purchase; no subscription) and its marketing site: www.nuevo.tokyo/agbr
The new sans serif font family, GT Standard, from @grillitype.bsky.social is crazy good: gt-standard.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The new sans serif font family, GT Standard, from @grillitype.bsky.social is crazy good: gt-standard.com
What pharmaceuticals did you use to complete your portfolio, and then promote yourself on social media without crippling anxiety, feelings of unworthiness, imposter syndrome, heavy procrastination, the urge to escape, depression, and/or shame? Asking for a friend
May 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
What pharmaceuticals did you use to complete your portfolio, and then promote yourself on social media without crippling anxiety, feelings of unworthiness, imposter syndrome, heavy procrastination, the urge to escape, depression, and/or shame? Asking for a friend
I guess this leak of Figma Sites was real after all, neat
This screenshot excerpt of Figma shows a supposedly leaked new ability to create a “Website”
I first saw it on LinkedIn but it could have originated on twitter. It feels real, even if things like this are easily faked.
Really interesting to me, as someone who worked on a website builder for years…
I first saw it on LinkedIn but it could have originated on twitter. It feels real, even if things like this are easily faked.
Really interesting to me, as someone who worked on a website builder for years…
May 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I guess this leak of Figma Sites was real after all, neat
Hello, happy Friday. I wanted to publicly note that I’ll be moving internationally from Orlando, Florida to South Korea sometime at the end of June or early July with my partner.
This is a major move for us and I’m super excited. We’ve lived for months at a time there, but this time, it’s one-way ✈️
This is a major move for us and I’m super excited. We’ve lived for months at a time there, but this time, it’s one-way ✈️
May 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Hello, happy Friday. I wanted to publicly note that I’ll be moving internationally from Orlando, Florida to South Korea sometime at the end of June or early July with my partner.
This is a major move for us and I’m super excited. We’ve lived for months at a time there, but this time, it’s one-way ✈️
This is a major move for us and I’m super excited. We’ve lived for months at a time there, but this time, it’s one-way ✈️
I hadn’t cleaned up my files for at least a year, so, it’s sort of like as close as I can get to a spiritual cleanse, a ritual, to wipe away the afterimage or scarred battlefield of old projects — which can accumulate so many files chaotically during their time — and stand ready for something new
April 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I hadn’t cleaned up my files for at least a year, so, it’s sort of like as close as I can get to a spiritual cleanse, a ritual, to wipe away the afterimage or scarred battlefield of old projects — which can accumulate so many files chaotically during their time — and stand ready for something new
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Folks, I’m happy to report that we are down to only 43 unsorted files in the Download folder, and the number is dropping steadily
April 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Folks, I’m happy to report that we are down to only 43 unsorted files in the Download folder, and the number is dropping steadily
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No.164 for My Famicase Exhibition 2025 at METEOR in Tokyo. The characters depicted here are fictitious and any similarity to actual persons is purely coincidental. #famicase
April 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
No.164 for My Famicase Exhibition 2025 at METEOR in Tokyo. The characters depicted here are fictitious and any similarity to actual persons is purely coincidental. #famicase
MEGA—CORPORATE WARS 2
LIMITED CODE RED EDITION
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[Unused, but I liked this colorway too] Cartridge design for the 2025 My Famicase Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan by METEOR.
famicase.com #famicase
LIMITED CODE RED EDITION
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[Unused, but I liked this colorway too] Cartridge design for the 2025 My Famicase Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan by METEOR.
famicase.com #famicase
April 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
MEGA—CORPORATE WARS 2
LIMITED CODE RED EDITION
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[Unused, but I liked this colorway too] Cartridge design for the 2025 My Famicase Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan by METEOR.
famicase.com #famicase
LIMITED CODE RED EDITION
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[Unused, but I liked this colorway too] Cartridge design for the 2025 My Famicase Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan by METEOR.
famicase.com #famicase
MEGA—CORPORATE WARS 2
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Cartridge design for the 2025 My Famicase Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan by METEOR.
famicase.com #famicase
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Cartridge design for the 2025 My Famicase Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan by METEOR.
famicase.com #famicase
April 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
MEGA—CORPORATE WARS 2
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Cartridge design for the 2025 My Famicase Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan by METEOR.
famicase.com #famicase
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Cartridge design for the 2025 My Famicase Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan by METEOR.
famicase.com #famicase
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The ‘Piracy. It’s a Crime’ campaign used pirated music, *and* as it turns out, also used pirated fonts. Incredible.
April 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The ‘Piracy. It’s a Crime’ campaign used pirated music, *and* as it turns out, also used pirated fonts. Incredible.
What would be most interesting to see from me, in terms of a case study?
— Logo & brand design process for a AAA video game studio
— Story of rebranding a sneaker company and putting the logo on the new shoes
— Refresh of a ecommerce brand’s visual identity that +40% conversion
— Logo & brand design process for a AAA video game studio
— Story of rebranding a sneaker company and putting the logo on the new shoes
— Refresh of a ecommerce brand’s visual identity that +40% conversion
April 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
What would be most interesting to see from me, in terms of a case study?
— Logo & brand design process for a AAA video game studio
— Story of rebranding a sneaker company and putting the logo on the new shoes
— Refresh of a ecommerce brand’s visual identity that +40% conversion
— Logo & brand design process for a AAA video game studio
— Story of rebranding a sneaker company and putting the logo on the new shoes
— Refresh of a ecommerce brand’s visual identity that +40% conversion
Finally did some weightlifting after a 16-day break. Depression & anxiety wombo combo’d me. What helped for me was doing a writing exercise last night. Feel like it broke some ice in my brain; re-engaging the neurological pathways towards feeling sadness and anger I was probably suppressing, helps
April 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Finally did some weightlifting after a 16-day break. Depression & anxiety wombo combo’d me. What helped for me was doing a writing exercise last night. Feel like it broke some ice in my brain; re-engaging the neurological pathways towards feeling sadness and anger I was probably suppressing, helps