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Freelancer Focus 18th January 2008
2008-01-18 11:21:00 I am looking for more people who would be interested in taking part in Freelancer Focus please see this post for details if you are interested. I am also interested in design case studies too. Freelancer Focus is a regular feature, where freelance designers are invited to answer a series of questions about themselves and freelancing. ... More About: Freelancing , January , January 2008
Book for Logo Design Inspiration
2008-01-16 11:16:00 There are a lot of good websites out there now for logo design inspiration including most well known logopond, while these are great I always prefer looking at reference in printed book form. I bought Dos Logo s about a year ago while working on a logo design project and stuck for inspiration. Unlike many books on ... More About: Design , Inspiration , Book
20 Signs You?re Working for the Wrong Design Company
2008-01-15 10:37:00 A guest post by Louisa Nicholson Listed in order of importance, the top 20 signs that you’re working for the wrong design company: 20. You aren’t making what industry says you should for your area. For the United States, reference the AIGA surveys 19. The clients like you better than your boss. 18. You work overtime when you don’t ... More About: Design , Company , Signs , Wrong , Working
Freelance Focus 11th January 2008
2008-01-11 15:31:00 Freelancer Focus is a regular feature, where freelance designers are invited to answer a series of questions about themselves and freelancing. This week Tara (who runs this blog) (pictured left) is the freelance designer in question. If you would like to take part please read my previous post. Any designer or illustrator can also take ... More About: Freelancing , January , Freelance , January 2008
Your Design Interpretation of the Peace Symbol
2008-01-07 12:17:00 The peace symbol will be 50 years old in 2008. To celebrate this, on the site Happy Birthday Peace , artists and designers are being asked to submit their interpretation of the peace symbol. You can download a template from the site and then upload your own design. Some celebrities who have taken part so ... More About: Design , Interpretation
Freelancer Focus 4th January 2008
2008-01-04 11:40:00 I am looking for more people who would be interested in taking part in Freelancer Focus please see this post for details if you are interested. I am also interested in design case studies too. Freelancer Focus is a regular feature, where freelance designers are invited to answer a series of questions about themselves and freelancing. ... More About: Freelancing , January , January 2008
Problems with Western Digital Mybook Hardrive on Mac
2008-01-03 18:37:00 I bought a Western Digital Mybook for backing up my design work after reading a review, admittedly they were using PC, but it said it was compatible with Macs. The Mybook seemed like a good buy as it was pretty cheap storage with a large capacity. When I tried to use it with my Mac ... More About: Problems , Western Digital
What are your New Year Design Resolutions?
2008-01-03 12:50:00 First I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year . I love the Christmas break, but it’s so hard to get back into work again. We all make New Years resolutions each year - eat healthier get fit etc etc, but what about your design and business resolutions, do you have any? My New Year ... More About: Design , Resolutions
New Book available on Freelancing
2007-12-22 09:00:00 I found out Freelance Switch have produced a new book on freelancing “How to be a Rock Star Freelancer” via Charity at Design Adaptations I haven’t read the book but according to the Freelance switch site: “Weighing in at 212 pages, this is the essential guide to Freelancing . It covers topics like Getting Started, Getting Your First ... More About: Books , Book
Freelancer Focus 21st December 2007
2007-12-21 09:05:00 I am looking for more people who would be interested in taking part in Freelancer Focus please see this post for details if you are interested. I am also interested in design case studies too. Freelancer Focus is a regular feature, where freelance designers are invited to answer a series of questions about themselves and freelancing. ... More About: Freelancing , December , December 2007
David Airey?s Graphic Design Site Has Been Hacked
2007-12-20 18:11:00 I have just found out that David Airey’s popular graphic design blog has been hacked and his domain www.davidairey.com stolen. For those of you who are fans of his design blog he is currently using www.davidairey.co.uk so make sure you change any links to that address (just going to do mine now). Best wishes to ... More About: Design , Graphic Design , Site , Graphic
Design Competition to Win £5000
2007-12-20 10:55:00 Brahma Beer is having an art/design competition with the opportunity to win £5000. The competition is open to artists and designers in the UK aged over 18. To enter the competition you have to create a piece of art or design which communicates the brand of Brahma, its curves (the bottle shape) and its Brazilian heritage. ... More About: Design , Competition , Competitions
Resources for Improving Drawing and Illustration
2007-12-18 10:18:00 I stumbled on squidoo about six months ago but to be honest never really took to much notice of it. Squidoo is a platform where you share your experience of subjects you feel you have a good knowledge of and like I say I hadn’t really thought any more about it until I stumbled across ... More About: Resources , Drawing , Illustration , Stration
Freelance Focus 14th December 2007
2007-12-14 10:29:00 I am looking for more people who would be interested in taking part in Freelance r Focus please see this post for details if you are interested. I am also interested in design case studies too. Freelancer Focus is a regular feature, where freelance designers are invited to answer a series of questions about themselves and freelancing. ... More About: Freelancing , December , December 2007
Why Can?t I Use A Wacom Tablet?
2007-12-13 11:19:00 I got a Wacom tablet - A5 Graphire about a year ago. I love the idea of being able to paint in Painter or ArtRage with the feel of a pencil or brush without the mess of real painting. I see online some amazing work done in these programs and yet when I try to ... More About: Tablet
Design Case Studies 12th December 07
2007-12-12 10:58:00 Design Case Studies is a feature where graphic designers/illustrators are invited to show off a piece of work and talk us through their design process from initial ideas through to their final design. Andrew Davies (pictured left) is featured this week and talks about one of his designs. 1. Your Name? Andrew Davies 2. Your Location (City ... More About: Design , December
Free 3D Design Software
2007-12-10 12:46:00 When I was first looking for a 3D design program several years ago, most of them were very expensive and complicated (far too complicated when I just wanted to use them for print work and packaging visuals).There are now several free 3D options available a couple of which I downloaded to try out. Google Sketch Up I ... More About: Software , Design , Free
Freelancer Focus 7th December 2007
2007-12-07 12:55:00 I am looking for more people who would be interested in taking part in Freelancer Focus please see this post for details if you are interested. I am also interested in design case studies too. Freelancer Focus is a regular feature, where freelance designers are invited to answer a series of questions about themselves and ... More About: Freelancing , December , December 2007
Show off your Designs in Photoshop Friday
2007-12-01 09:10:00 Jennifer over at Laughing Lion Design who is a designer and design instructor is starting a new feature over on her blog. She is looking for people to create images in Photosho p based on a different theme each week. It can be a photograph that has been manipulated, an image you started in illustrator and ... More About: Show , Friday , Designs
Freelancer Focus 30th November 2007
2007-11-30 10:51:00 I am looking for more people who would be interested in taking part in Freelancer Focus please see this post for details if you are interested. I am also interested in design case studies too. Freelancer Focus is a regular feature, where freelance designers are invited to answer a series of questions about themselves and ... More About: Freelancing , November , November 2007
Create Your Wordpress Design Locally on Your Mac
2007-11-28 11:21:00 I have read several articles about how you could set Wordpress up to run locally on your Mac but it always sounded really complicated so I had avoided it and just set up an online test site. I wanted to start creating myself a new website in Wordpress so I gritted my teeth ready for ... More About: Web Design , Design , Tutorials , Create
Image Manipulation in Firefox
2007-11-26 11:39:00 I was recently reading Vivien’s blog over at inspiration bit where she was reviewing a cool firefox add-on which allows you to manipulate images in firefox. The Firefox add-on application is called Picnik Tools and is available for Mac and PC. I downloaded it for my Mac to try it out and it is like ... More About: Web Design , Image , Manipulation , Pula
Freelancer Focus 23rd November 2007
2007-11-23 10:40:00 I am looking for more people who would be interested in taking part in Freelancer Focus please see this post for details if you are interested. I am also interested in design case studies too. Freelancer Focus is a regular feature, where freelance designers are invited to answer a series of questions about themselves and ... More About: Freelancing , November , November 2007
Freelancer or Design Consultant - What?s in a Name?
2007-11-22 11:17:00 After reading David Airey’s article Are freelance designers really suckers? I have been thinking a lot about how I should brand my own design services. I have been postponing the inevitable rebranding of myself for ages as designing for yourself is always so difficult. When became self employed about three years ago I created a simple ... More About: Design , Consultant , Freelancing , Freelancer , Ulta
Hit the Road! (The Nomadic Designer)
2007-11-20 10:02:00 A Guest post by Milosh Zorica portfolio - www.coroflot.com/miloshz Being a design consultant allowed me to travel a lot. Most often all you need is a laptop and a decent Internet connection. Some other tools might be needed as well. Traveling is not luxury affordable only by the richest. Well, no more. Just about anyone who can ... More About: Freelancing , Designer , Road , The Road , Nomadi
Lessons in Character Design
2007-11-19 10:14:00 As some of you may know I am a big fan of character design and try to keep an eye on what is going on online. I discovered Cedric Hohnstadt’s website and blog a little while ago and thought it was worth a mention. What I like about Cedric’s site is the way he ... More About: Design , Character , Lessons , Char , Hara
Freelancer Focus 16th November 2007
2007-11-16 11:01:00 I am looking for more people who would be interested in taking part in Freelancer Focus please see this post for details if you are interested. I am also interested in design case studies too. Freelancer Focus is a regular feature, where freelance designers are invited to answer a series of questions about themselves and ... More About: Freelancing , November , November 2007
Wordpress Design Showcase
2007-11-15 11:05:00 I have just been reading over on Aaron’s blog www.milienzo.com about a new Wordpress showcase called LoopPress. I think this a great idea, I know when I was writing the post Wordpress as a CMS it was very difficult to find a place where you could see sites using Wordpress being used as a CMS ... More About: Web Design , Design , Showcase
Graphic Design Blog has Moved Host
2007-11-15 10:45:00 Graphic Design Blog has just moved host. It was previously hosted with 1 and 1 but the database was getting frighteningly close to their 100MB limit per database and unfortunately they are not flexible enough to allow you to pay extra to expand it (actually I couldn’t even get a response from support). I have ... More About: Graphic Design , Host , Graphic
Graphic Design Competitions November 14th 2007
More articles from this author:2007-11-14 09:44:00 WorldSkill’s Graphic Design Competition WorldSkills is holding a Graphic design competition, entrants can pick from different briefs depending on heir level of experience. The aim of the competition is to showcase your technical and creative skills. More information can be found at Worldskills. The site also features a lot of different areas Design a Snowboard for Moosejaw As ... More About: Graphic Design , Competitions , November 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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