David Brown
@orbitstudios.bsky.social
Principal & Creative Director at Orbit Studios, cartoonist, sports fan and musical theatre director and performer.
Doggo at work with me today. She’s resting now after terrorizing people and other dogs earlier upon her arrival and marking my cubicle for protection.
September 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Doggo at work with me today. She’s resting now after terrorizing people and other dogs earlier upon her arrival and marking my cubicle for protection.
This is a perfect day for me.
Drawing new @planetjoey.bsky.social comics on the deck overlooking Lake Nipissing/Callander Bay with the doggo.
Drawing new @planetjoey.bsky.social comics on the deck overlooking Lake Nipissing/Callander Bay with the doggo.
August 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is a perfect day for me.
Drawing new @planetjoey.bsky.social comics on the deck overlooking Lake Nipissing/Callander Bay with the doggo.
Drawing new @planetjoey.bsky.social comics on the deck overlooking Lake Nipissing/Callander Bay with the doggo.
Hey new followers, just FYI I also draw a comic strip in my spare time.
You’re invited to follow @planetjoey.bsky.social!
Read the full archive at planetjoey.ca!
You’re invited to follow @planetjoey.bsky.social!
Read the full archive at planetjoey.ca!
August 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Hey new followers, just FYI I also draw a comic strip in my spare time.
You’re invited to follow @planetjoey.bsky.social!
Read the full archive at planetjoey.ca!
You’re invited to follow @planetjoey.bsky.social!
Read the full archive at planetjoey.ca!
In my latest DesignNova series, I look at the logo that launched a thousand dreams.
📖 open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
📖 open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
July 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
In my latest DesignNova series, I look at the logo that launched a thousand dreams.
📖 open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
📖 open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
How a humble graphic of the Great Lakes (which I’m sure has appeared in your feed) became my most seen work:
open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
July 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
How a humble graphic of the Great Lakes (which I’m sure has appeared in your feed) became my most seen work:
open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
The only change for me is, I would have gone with this striping pattern on the white uniforms on the sleeves and hemline. And perhaps darkened the blue just slightly to match the original swatch — I do love this, but it’s more UCLA than original Blues IMO.
June 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The only change for me is, I would have gone with this striping pattern on the white uniforms on the sleeves and hemline. And perhaps darkened the blue just slightly to match the original swatch — I do love this, but it’s more UCLA than original Blues IMO.
Absolute perfection here by the Blues. Will write about this later on Trajectory (which, ahem, you can subscribe to receive via email): orbitstudios.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Absolute perfection here by the Blues. Will write about this later on Trajectory (which, ahem, you can subscribe to receive via email): orbitstudios.substack.com
Watching the NBA finals while the sun sets on a steamy ass — but kinda beautiful — night.
June 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Watching the NBA finals while the sun sets on a steamy ass — but kinda beautiful — night.
I skipped my own college graduation in 1995. Thought I wouldn’t care. I did.
If you’re graduating this year—high school, college, whatever—go. Put on the robes. Walk that stage. Let your people clap.
My latest from Trajectory:
orbitstudios.substack.com/p/go-get-tha...
If you’re graduating this year—high school, college, whatever—go. Put on the robes. Walk that stage. Let your people clap.
My latest from Trajectory:
orbitstudios.substack.com/p/go-get-tha...
June 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I skipped my own college graduation in 1995. Thought I wouldn’t care. I did.
If you’re graduating this year—high school, college, whatever—go. Put on the robes. Walk that stage. Let your people clap.
My latest from Trajectory:
orbitstudios.substack.com/p/go-get-tha...
If you’re graduating this year—high school, college, whatever—go. Put on the robes. Walk that stage. Let your people clap.
My latest from Trajectory:
orbitstudios.substack.com/p/go-get-tha...
It's shameless plug day! Here's what my newly launched studio — Orbit — can do for your brand this summer!
orbitstudios.substack.com/p/what-orbit...
orbitstudios.substack.com/p/what-orbit...
June 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It's shameless plug day! Here's what my newly launched studio — Orbit — can do for your brand this summer!
orbitstudios.substack.com/p/what-orbit...
orbitstudios.substack.com/p/what-orbit...
The latest from my Substack, Trajectory:
The 2nd instalment of DesignNova, where I look at the stores and secrets behind the world’s biggest global branding icons. This time, it’s the Golden Arches.
open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
The 2nd instalment of DesignNova, where I look at the stores and secrets behind the world’s biggest global branding icons. This time, it’s the Golden Arches.
open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
June 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The latest from my Substack, Trajectory:
The 2nd instalment of DesignNova, where I look at the stores and secrets behind the world’s biggest global branding icons. This time, it’s the Golden Arches.
open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
The 2nd instalment of DesignNova, where I look at the stores and secrets behind the world’s biggest global branding icons. This time, it’s the Golden Arches.
open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
Dad & daughter night out to see Matt Berninger (The National front man on his solo tour) with Ronboy.
May 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Dad & daughter night out to see Matt Berninger (The National front man on his solo tour) with Ronboy.
*cracks open box of new business cards*
May 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
*cracks open box of new business cards*
If you're up late, here's a sneak peak at the first instalment of DesignNova, a series on my blog/Substack Trajectory, where I look at the stories and secrets behind the world's most iconic designs.
No better place to start than the Nike Swoosh:
orbitstudios.ca/2025/05/21/d...
No better place to start than the Nike Swoosh:
orbitstudios.ca/2025/05/21/d...
May 22, 2025 at 5:14 AM
If you're up late, here's a sneak peak at the first instalment of DesignNova, a series on my blog/Substack Trajectory, where I look at the stories and secrets behind the world's most iconic designs.
No better place to start than the Nike Swoosh:
orbitstudios.ca/2025/05/21/d...
No better place to start than the Nike Swoosh:
orbitstudios.ca/2025/05/21/d...
Orbit30 is a feature on my Substack—Trajectory—where I take a look back on 30 years in the design biz while charting a new self-employed path forward.
open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
May 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Orbit30 is a feature on my Substack—Trajectory—where I take a look back on 30 years in the design biz while charting a new self-employed path forward.
open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
Before you log off for the long weekend, you’re invited to read the latest from Trajectory, my Substack/design studio eNewsletter:
open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
May 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Before you log off for the long weekend, you’re invited to read the latest from Trajectory, my Substack/design studio eNewsletter:
open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
open.substack.com/pub/orbitstu...
I'm directing my very first musical which opens 2 weeks from tonight in Halton Hills. I invite you to come out for a night of live music including performances from the cast of 5 that will knock your socks off:
globeproductions.ca
globeproductions.ca
May 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I'm directing my very first musical which opens 2 weeks from tonight in Halton Hills. I invite you to come out for a night of live music including performances from the cast of 5 that will knock your socks off:
globeproductions.ca
globeproductions.ca
A final reminder/invitation for tonight to subscribe to Trajectory, the blog/Substack for my design studio.
I’m excited about the content that’s lined up for May — these images are a tease!
orbitstudios.substack.com
I’m excited about the content that’s lined up for May — these images are a tease!
orbitstudios.substack.com
May 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
A final reminder/invitation for tonight to subscribe to Trajectory, the blog/Substack for my design studio.
I’m excited about the content that’s lined up for May — these images are a tease!
orbitstudios.substack.com
I’m excited about the content that’s lined up for May — these images are a tease!
orbitstudios.substack.com
Yesterday I dropped my rapid reaction to the new Utah Mammoth logo 👉 open.substack.com/pub/orbitstudi…
The TL;DR was, “it shoulda been purple.”
The TL;DR was, “it shoulda been purple.”
May 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Yesterday I dropped my rapid reaction to the new Utah Mammoth logo 👉 open.substack.com/pub/orbitstudi…
The TL;DR was, “it shoulda been purple.”
The TL;DR was, “it shoulda been purple.”
TL;DR
It was on a tee for them:
It was on a tee for them:
May 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
TL;DR
It was on a tee for them:
It was on a tee for them:
Also, this was me: I delivered papers at the end of elementary school and I was passed down this bike with a gigantic metal basket where I'd stack up giant bundles of... The London Free Press.
I did this too:
I did this too:
May 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Also, this was me: I delivered papers at the end of elementary school and I was passed down this bike with a gigantic metal basket where I'd stack up giant bundles of... The London Free Press.
I did this too:
I did this too:
Pics from last week when I went to the Carney event in Milton.
March 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Pics from last week when I went to the Carney event in Milton.
Pictured left to right: Vladimir Putin (hologram), Donald Trump, JD Vance.
March 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Pictured left to right: Vladimir Putin (hologram), Donald Trump, JD Vance.
