Looking back, he tells me that it was less of a question of if he should join Adobe, but when. I wanted to help shape and change actual advancements in drawing and painting software, and that wouldn’t be possible without Adobe.”Īnd luckily, he’s felt like he’s made the right choice. I couldn’t continue to move beyond that point without more collaboration or resources. “To put it simply, I felt that I reached a point where I wasn’t growing anymore. After all, with more than ten years as a successful freelance artist, joining Adobe was a big career shift. Then, I can’t help but think about what led him to pursue an opportunity at Adobe in the first place.

He explains to me that a lot of his creativity stems through playing, and that inspiration comes in a variety of ways. When you talk to Kyle about his work you can tell he’s passionate about it. I’ll combine random textures and shapes and sometimes I get something really cool.” A dream come true

Other times it comes out of me playing around. Sometimes it’s when I’m working on something and realize I can work more efficiently with a custom brush. “My brushes are always made from one of several places. And I work with marketing teams to help brand our drawing and painting apps at Adobe.”

For the Adobe Capture team, I help improve their UI for brush and pattern creation. But I also work with our product teams to help prototype and test new software. That means I will soon be live streaming frequently and creating tutorial videos. “I deal with the illustration audience and I’m an ambassador to that community. When I ask Kyle what his day-to-day looked like as a Design Evangelist-an ultimately ambiguous job title-I was surprised to hear about the scope of his work.

Today, Kyle is a Design Evangelist on the Adobe Design team and working on a variety of projects, all while making a big impact. And even better-that Kyle would officially be joining our team! And during Adobe MAX last year, we announced that all of Kyle’s 1,000+ brushes would be exclusively available to Creative Cloud members. Founder of and international award-winning illustrator, Kyle’s custom-made brushes are the world’s best-selling Photoshop brushes. Webster’s work, you may actually be familiar with his brushwork. If you’re an illustrator and don’t know Kyle T.

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