Building a name for yourself is the best investment you can make as a designer and building up your own name recognition really isn’t as hard as you may think. If you are well know and trusted than finding work will be much easier, so check out these tips on how to get your name out there!
A Print Portfolio
Even though it is arguably more important to have a web portfolio, you can’t neglect having a print portfolio! Many studios and companies want to look at a print portfolio because it can tell them more about you as a designer, especially if you are applying for a print design job. You can refer to our graphic design portfolio guide for more info.
Your graphic design portfolio is a representation of yourself and of your skills as a graphic designer and it will become an essential part of landing your graphic design dream job! This guide will help you fine tune your portfolio to make sure its in top shape for your upcoming interviews!
Having a portfolio website is an essential aspect of many designers lives, and optimizing and monitoring your site will benefit you in many ways. If you are seeking freelance work and more recognition then yo will need a to use one or several of these website traffic monitoring methods.
If you have ever gone to design school, you probably have taken an art history course that covered the topic of ww1 propaganda posters and wwii propaganda posters. The use of propaganda dates back many years, but at the time of these wars the use of posters as propaganda took off to a point where almost every country involved had commissioned graphic designers with the task of creating a vast array of posters.
Our latest Adobe tutorial round up showcases several of the latest Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials from the best design tutorial sites. You will learn how to design soft stylized 3D type, how to quickly pick complementary colors, how to make a map in Illustrator, how to create an interstate road sign and how draw a vector home cinema.
Your graphic design resume is going to be just as important as your portfolio, if not more important than your portfolio when it comes to job hunting. This is because most people will examine your resume before they open your portfolio book, meaning your resume is going to be your first impression! You have to remember that the people you will be sending your resume to go through tons of these every day so yours has to be immaculate and memorable, or they wont even bother looking at your portfolio.
I’ve been noticing a new trend in graphic design that has been picking up a lot of steam recently. It’s been around for a little while, but now I’m seeing new designs that fall into this category every day. I don’t think I’ve seen such a popular theme for a while! The designs usually have several things in common; A central photo (usually of a person ) surrounded by tons of sparkles, glow effects and other colorful effect such as swirls and lines.
If you are a graphic designer looking for freelance graphic design jobs or full-time graphic design jobs then you have come to the right place. Below is a list of 10 great places to find graphic design jobs. Most of these sites will also be extremely useful for other creatives such as web designers, animators and illustrators.
While browsing a variety of CSS web design galleries, I started to notice a recurring theme in several website designs. The theme I noticed was out of this world! All the sites had a space theme, where you could see planets, stars and or nebula type effects. Its not like we haven’t see spaced themed websites before, people have been doing them for a while, but whats interesting is when there is a sudden resurgence of an old theme or new theme.
The other day I noticed something interesting in my pile of mail. It was a little pack of Sunflower Mix that you would plant in your garden and was exactly what you would find at your local plant shop, but the catch was it was an ad for a real estate agent!
This is a guest post by Jacob Gube from Six Revisions, a web development and design blog that provides practical and useful information about the topic of web-building.
We’ve all been there… you’ve just pitched an (at least in your mind) amazing design that will revolutionize the client’s company, and you even submitted a few mock-ups and a 20-page (single-spaced of course) design proposal that you did free of charge to try and win them over. Now you’re just waiting for that phone call that will tell you what you already know — that your proposal rocked the house, and now they want to pay you the big bucks.
Written by Jacob Cass
A must know list of very handy shortcut keys for any blogger or designer that is serious about time…You must learn these shortcut keys!
Written by MediaMisfit
Social networking and online portfolios work to a certain degree but at some point in time you’ll have to crawl out from under your shy shell and start networking face to face. There is a certain element about a face to face relationship that creates a stronger bond between you and the people you network with. You’re no longer just a name on a screen or piece of paper. You’re a person with a face, a voice and a unique personality.
Any freelance designer who has been in the business for a few years has probably run into potential clients trying to get work done for free or for insanely low prices. This funny animated video comments on how some people will try to persuade designers to do work for them for free by offering them incentives such as “a footer link”, “future jobs” and “telling all their friends about you”.
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