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New site dedicated to freelance graphic design: input wanted
There are a lot of great freelance graphic design resource websites out there today. From Smashing Magazine to Freelance Switch and everything in between. Enough said—these are indispensable web resources for freelancers. But is there too much information? I’d like to address the information-overload aspect of freelance graphic design resources.
The Number One Secret Skill of Graphic Designers
Many of you know of what secret skill I’m referring to. I’m talking about graphic designers who write great copy, but keep their writing chops hidden in plain sight. Why do they do this?
Top New England cities for Graphic Designers and Artists
ArtBistro at Monster.com has released the top 25 US cities for graphic designers and artists. We are glad to see that 4 New England cities made the cut!
Top 10 annoying graphic design bloggers
What has happened to these 10 great graphic design blogs and their bloggers?
72 Questions to Ask New Web Design Clients with PDF Chart
How many times have you hung up the phone after a chat with a new prospective client and then immediately slapped your forehead and said “I can’t believe I forgot to ask ______!”. Yes, fill in the blank. You have done this, right? If not, you will shortly. Well, I jotted down my own personal [...]
Art House Co-Op’s “The Sketchbook Project” Moleskine sketches, pages 12-13
For pages 12-13 of my Art House Co-Op “Sketchbook Project” Moleskine, I wanted to do a simple exercise using quasi-isometric shapes. The inclusion of Blackletter type is just totally random. I drew the substructure in pencil and did the black and white work with a Micron .01. The Moleskine paper in this particular book has [...]
The Best Monitor for Graphic Design
Apple just released the all-new iMac 27-inch today, along with a 21.5-inch. The 24-inch model has been retired. The new iMac monitor is crazy good for graphic designers for several reasons:
Logo Design Portfolio update
I’ve posted a sampling of recent and past logo design work over at Behance. net. Take a look at the logo design portfolio and then search around the site a little. The interface and presentation are very unique. I really like their approach of creating “projects” rather than just the generic portfolio, though I did [...]
Art House Co-Op’s “The Sketchbook Project” Moleskine sketches, pages 10-11
For pages 10-11 of my Art House Co-Op “Sketchbook Project” Moleskine, I created a character who snubs his high-class nose at anything green. This bourgeois tea-totaller cannot be bothered with solar-techies, tree-huggers, or GM “Volt” supporters on any level. I also have a fascination with hand-drawn 3d lettering which finds its way into many a [...]
4 things a freelance graphic designer must do every day
There are 4 vital ways every freelance graphic designer must divide up their day if they want to continue to develop as an artist and stay ahead of the competition, be it agencies, design firms, or even other freelance designers. Let’s start with the first 3 you might already be able to guess:
Logo Design Chosen for Brands of Interest III
The logo for “BonFX” (see the top-left corner of the website!) was recently selected for the third installation of “Brands of Interest” over at Dache. All of the logos are shown in black and white which reduces them to the same elemental level of design. The logos are all presented at roughly the same size [...]
Top 10 Freelance Graphic Designers: A (small) Milestone
Today for the first time, by following all the rules and working hard, and also by having a bit of luck owning an old domain (9 years) that has always been about freelance graphic design, we cracked the Google top 10 for the following searches simultaneously: “freelance graphic design” “freelance graphic designer” “freelance graphic designers” [...]
20 Top Design Competitions and Calls to Artists for Exposure!
Want a reason to create some great new portfolio pieces, get some exposure for your freelance graphic design business and maybe win an award or get published? Now is your chance to work! In lieu of pro-bono work, which is actually surprisingly tricky to give way while also getting a decent portfolio-worthy piece at the [...]
6 Tips for PDF Brochure Design on the Web
A quick way to give customers fast complete access to a printable version of your business or products is to get a PDF version of your brochure on your website. Smart move! But you don’t want to put just any PDF brochure design on the web. If you want to communicate your services or products [...]
28 Top Typography Blogs Ranked by Top Graphic Design Blogs
Grab your beveled pica ruler, Letraset rub downs, and your favorite browser. We did some fresh research to discover what the best typography blogs are, according to the top graphic design blogs. We went through our own lists (see Related Posts below) of top graphic design blogs, some other lists, and tallied up all of [...]
First report: Hubspot’s Website Grader for BonFX
I have the good fortune of having owned “bonfx.com” for the last 10 years. It could be any domain name, but having had it for so long with the same subject matter is a benefit for SEO. It has always been a freelance graphic design website focused on my portfolio of web, print, and logo [...]
100 most popular books about graphic design
Here are 100 of the most popular books on graphic design. Some are old and some are really old. The great thing about the fundamentals of graphic design is that they never change. How many of these books are in your personal libray? Enjoy! 100 of the most popular books on graphic design Thinking with [...]
Logo design process revealed in 23 steps
Learn how the creative brainstorming process works and how the logo design process flows along all the way to the final vector art. Understanding what a graphic designer does when designing a logo mark is valuable because it helps clients understand just how tactile a process it is. We’ll show you how we do it [...]
Why should you focus on a niche as a freelance graphic designer?
Taking a buckshot approach to the graphic design business is a sure-fire way to miss your target. Perhaps I should rephrase that. The buckshot approach to the graphic design business is a sure-fire way of making sure you don’t know what business you are in. You’ve been to “those” websites as you researched creating your [...]
How many pieces should be in my freelance graphic design portfolio?
How much is enough? How much is too much? How much work you should show in your freelance graphic design portfolio depends on a variety of factors. Let’s examine some of them. But first, let’s say a few words about the reality of freelancers showing their portfolio. In the “old” days, like several years ago, [...]
Hourly rate or by-the-project pros and cons for graphic design fees
This is a great topic we’ll revisit in one way or another many times. For now, I’m going to list out some pros and cons in the form of bullets for each type of payment. There is no right or wrong answer here, but rather we have pros and cons based on situations. Pros for [...]
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