As with any job, if you don’t introduce new methods or experiment with alternate ways of working, your graphic design workflow can become monotonous and strenuous. How many times have you thought to yourself, “Man, you mean I have to create another typewall?†If you think it often, there’s...
Becoming a graphic designer, one of the hardest things you learn is that time (believe it or not) really is money. When creating a design, there are no set objectives to meet between the initial construction and finalization of the product. In between, the amount of time you spend...
Sure, you get to sit at home all day with no worries about a morning commute; or a busy office filled with annoying coworkers; or a world in which your boss can drop the hammer on your career at any point in time. However, despite all the benefits freelancing...
Here on the Design Contest blog, we tend to talk a lot about how you can improve your standing or skill as a graphic designer. However, what we don’t talk a lot about is becoming a graphic designer. So many of us didn’t set out to be a graphic...
When new designers come to us looking for advice, one of the most popular questions is: What sort of materials do I need? One which we strongly suggest you look into is a pen tablet. If you hadn’t considered purchasing one before, or don’t know why you even should,...