Who’s ready to stop working for free? Hopefully you are! If you have any doubts, consult this handy chart created by designer Jessica Hische.ย Start in the middleย and work your way to your answer! (Click for full-size) “WE DIDN’T BUDGET FOR THIS” A funny look at what happens when finicky art clients use their budgeting…
I’m going to focus more on smelling fish while I’m eating my rice. Frank Chimero’s talk from the DO lectures. dolectures.com/speakers/frank-chimero/ dolectures.com/
Autumn is here! Why not swap out that old wallpaper with something seasonal, like these fall-approved patterns? To Download: Select your device below and save the image to your device. Select the image on your phone and set as wallpaper. iPhone 12 iPhone 11 iPhone X iPhone 9 iPhone 8 …
“Getting information on graphic design pricing must be a very frustrating experience for potential clients. There seems to be noย consistency. One designer will charge $50 for a logo, while another will charge $10,000. ย So how is a business owner supposed to know what to do?” This is an issue I deal with a lot. I’m…
As a designer, I devourย fonts and typefaces. I study them, draw my own characters, and regularly purchase and download new and exciting fonts from a host of individuals and sites. It can, however, be frustrating, when I need the use of only a single word in a design, but the font costs $100 or more.…
Tangents are something I struggled with a lot in my early days of drawing. I didn’t know what they were called, but I found them a lot—especially when my drawn elbows met up with an edge in the picture, or the way I cropped an image visually and it just looked awkward. Iย originally discovered this…
One of my favorite blogs,ย Design*Sponge,ย is offering a $10k scholarship for art and design studentsย to assist in the pursuit of their creative endeavors through financial support. The deadline is Monday, so if you’re interested, apply now! (I wish I would have known about something like this when I was in school.) Find out more about the…
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/26038742] Stefan Sagmeister has been one of my favorite designers/artists/creators for quite some time. If you don’t know his name, you might be familiar with some of his work: Stefan has an unorthodox way of working, where, instead of retiring once he’s older and has lost a good deal of his health and vigor,…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfDCNpaPBiA] “I’m not dealing with money…I want everything that I do personally to be beautiful.” Thanks, Saul.