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Alex Cottles is the man behind The Routine Creative (), a brand identity design business that helps entrepreneurs take their branding from boring to worthwhile. Alex is the kind of person you hope to be in business with one day. Not only does he offer his unique expertise in graphic design to help your business-level up, but he does it in a way that's fun and engaging.

🎙Take a listen to Alex talk about how and why he does what he does on the Scotch Parlor Podcast. Available on ScotchParlor.com & All Podcast Platforms.

The Routine Creative - Alex Cottles - Capturing & Sharing Stories | Inspire, Explore & Create Alex Cottles is the man behind The Routine Creative, a brand identity design business that helps entrepreneurs take their branding from boring to worthwhile. Alex is the kind of person you hope to be in business with one day. Not only does he offer his unique expertise in graphic design to help your...

Ready for the smoke! 🍖👌🏽

When you first look at Jono Melamed’s photography, you’re quite literally stunned. The detail is exquisite, and you feel like, for the first time in the day, that you’re alone and at peace. His incredible skill and talent for capturing the wild comes from how he lives his life and finds inspiration in the most isolating parts of the world.

Head over to ScotchParlor.com or listen on your favorite Podcast Platform. Thanks for listening.

Cheers & Go Create. 📸🎥🎙😀

The Dirt, The Wild & Jono - Capturing & Sharing Stories | Inspire, Explore & Create When you first look at Jono Melamed’s photography, you’re quite literally stunned. The detail is exquisite, and you feel like, for the first time in the day, that you’re alone and at peace. His incredible skill and talent for capturing the wild comes from how he lives his life and finds inspir...

🎙”Karl what’s your Cocktail of choice?”

Karl: “The Mezcal Negroni. It just gets me.”

Ingredients:
1 ounce mezcal
1 ounce sweet vermouth
1 ounce Campari

🎧Take a listen to Episode 32 with Founder and Digital Creator of .

Cheers 🥃

“You have to get through ‘the suck’ [challenging times]..and you need to love ‘the suck’ because I know on the other side of ‘the suck’, you will be better.”

Get to know the Illustrator and Founder behind Kings Wild Project on Scotch Parlor Podcast #31 🎧

DID YOU KNOW???
Cards Symbolize The Calendar 🤔

An interesting theory on why there are 52 cards in a deck is that the number of cards corresponds to the number of weeks within a year.

Some say that the two colors — red and black — reflect day and night, and that the four suits represent the four seasons.

It gets even freakier when you notice that there are 13 cards in a suit to match the number of lunar cycles, and 12 court cards that represent the 12 months of the year.

And, if you add up all the symbols in a deck of cards, there are 365…

Fascinating. (Casino.org)

Cheers & Go Create.

📚Scotch Parlor Bookshelf

This book is one of my favorites about photography. It’s written almost like poetry while it teaches you to be a better photographer.

BOOK DESCRIPTION:

“Chris Orwig's insights - to reduce and simplify, participate rather than critique, and capture a story - have made him an immensely popular workshop speaker and faculty member at the prestigious Brooks Institute. His engaging stories presented in this accessible and beautifully illustrated four-color guide you will help readers *Use less to say more with your subject matter *Learn to see light, color, shape, and expression *Understand what gear is essential *Create compelling portraits *Make lasting memories of your family and kids *Capture the outdoors and adventure *Begin the transition from amateur to professional.”

📚From The Wingback Library

The Book: The System by Ryan Gattis.

Book Description:
On December 6, 1993, a drug dealer called Scrappy is shot and left for dead on the lawn outside her mother’s house in South Central Los Angeles. Augie, a he**in addict, witnesses the whole thing―before he steals all the drugs on her person, as well as the gun that was dropped at the scene. When Augie gets busted, he names local gang members Wizard and Dreamer the shooters.

But only one of them is guilty.

Played out in the streets, precincts, jails, and courtrooms of Los Angeles, Ryan Gattis's The System is the harrowing story of a crime―from moments before the bullets are fired, to the verdict and its violent aftershocks―told through the vivid chorus of those involved, guilty, the innocent, and everyone in between.

Cheers to the weekend!

📚From The Wingback Library

Creativity comes in many forms. It's not just about drawing or producing a beautiful photo. Creativity can come from looking at ways to create better solutions. It's about being a creative explorer and having the confidence to do so.

BOOK DESCRIPTION:
In an incredibly entertaining and inspiring narrative that draws on countless stories from their work at IDEO, the Stanford d.school, and with many of the world's top companies, David and Tom Kelley identify the principles and strategies that will allow us to tap into our creative potential in our work lives, and in our personal lives, and allow us to innovate in terms of how we approach and solve problems.  It is a book that will help each of us be more productive and successful in our lives and in our careers.

"I want to have a real interaction with people who like my work; I really want to engage with the community and be accessible to them."

Summer is around the corner— such a dope shot by .

Take a listen to how he does what he does on Scotch Parlor Episode 29 - Capturing Suspense: Neo-Noir Photographer

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