The author shares insights on their 2025 portfolio refresh, emphasizing playful design techniques and the technical challenges of creating a responsive fixed-width website.
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Lynn Fisher is a creative web designer and illustrator from Phoenix, passionate about unique web projects and pop culture.
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The author answers questions about their blogging experience, including why they started blogging, the platforms they use, their writing process, and future plans for their blog.
0Ten years of A Single Div
2024-05-22 •
The author reflects on ten years of A Single Div, a side project where they create single div illustrations. They discuss their participation in #divtober, the challenges and growth they experienced, and the decision to call the p...
0When your work disappears
2024-05-07 •
The author discusses the sadness of seeing her work disappear from the web as companies change and domains expire. She shares her experience with the oss.love project and the challenges of maintaining it. The post ends with gratit...
0I archived my tweets
2024-03-11 •
The author discusses the process of archiving her Twitter feed using 11ty and the philosophical and technical issues she encountered, such as archiving other people's words and restoration. She ultimately decided to include her qu...
0Case Study: lynnandtonic.com 2023 refresh
2024-03-04 •
The blog post discusses the 2023 refresh of lynnandtonic.com, focusing on the concept and inspiration, color themes, walking animation, transitions, and performance. The author experimented with view transitions and responsive ide...
0A decade of working remotely
2024-02-22 •
The author reflects on their experience of working remotely for a decade, highlighting the benefits and challenges of remote work, including the importance of trust, the impact on personal life, and the need for accessibility and ...
0SVG export wishlist
2024-01-27 •
The blog post discusses the author's wishlist for SVG export, including exporting layer names as classes, namespaced output, export with CSS custom properties, adding <title> and <description> at artboard level, optimizing on expo...
0The nbsp; was breaking after all
2023-02-24 •
The author discusses the process of migrating her blog off wordpress.com to Eleventy, a static site generator. She explains the reasons for the move, the benefits and downsides of using Eleventy, and the challenges she faced durin...
0Put your name on it
2023-02-21 •
The post discusses the concept of personal branding and the importance of being true to oneself in creative work. The author reflects on the advice to 'put your name on it' as a guiding principle for decision-making and maintainin...
The author discusses the things she wants from a job, including work that benefits from her skills, a comfortable salary, flexibility, a fun and small team, autonomy, good leadership, health insurance, and work that requires creat...
0Case Study: lynnandtonic.com 2022 refresh
2023-01-24 •
Lynn Fisher discusses the challenges and creative process behind the 2022 refresh of her website lynnandtonic.com. She details her struggles with ideas, the use of CSS features like :has(), drag and drop interactions, and the impl...
0Some things I worked on at Netlify
2022-11-22 •
The blog post is about Lynn Fisher's work at Netlify, where she worked on various projects such as Dusty Domains, Your Year on Netlify, Open source, Open hearts, New Netlify Drop, Matterday, Loading animation, Jamstack Conf, and S...
0Fun CSS-only scrolling effects for Matterday
2022-06-15 •
The blog post discusses the creation of a website called Matterday and the use of CSS-only scrolling effects to enhance the narrative portion of the site. The author explains the process of creating HTML and CSS layers, parallax v...
0Case Study: lynnandtonic.com 2021 refresh
2022-01-11 •
Lynn Fisher discusses the process of creating the 2021 refresh of her website, lynnandtonic.com. She explains the challenges she faced and the techniques she used to achieve the desired effect, including the use of Typetura and an...
The blog post discusses the author's experience with replacing their kitchen sink and the design flaw in the industry standard. The new sink they installed fixes the flaw but also comes with potential challenges and risks. The aut...
0Case Study: lynnandtonic.com 2020 refresh
2020-12-14 •
The blog post is a case study of the 2020 refresh of Lynn Fisher's website. It details the creative process and techniques used to create a unique and interactive web design. The post covers the inspiration, artwork creation, and ...
0Cookies and a year of learning a new skill
2019-12-29 •
The author shares her experience of learning to decorate cookies with royal icing, and how it relates to design and development. She discusses the importance of community, planning, patience, and making mistakes. She also provides...
0Case Study: lynnandtonic.com 2019 refresh
2019-11-26 •
Lynn Fisher released her latest portfolio refresh, aiming to create an experience enhanced by resizing the browser window. She initially set out to explore depth and forward/backward motion, using layered illustration to simulate ...
0The value of an outside perspective
2019-06-20 •
The blog post discusses the value of an outside perspective in reviewing work, highlighting the limitations of feedback from people who are too familiar with the work and the benefits of seeking feedback from those who are unfamil...
0Five years of A Single Div
2019-05-22 •
The author reflects on the five-year anniversary of A Single Div, a project where they draw illustrations using CSS and one HTML element. They share their journey from the first camera illustration to being featured in Net Magazin...
0Sabbaticals and muscle memory
2019-02-06 •
The author shares her experience of taking a 3-month sabbatical from work, discussing the challenges and philosophical questions she faced, as well as the realization of the importance of rest and the concept of muscle memory. She...