There’s no good way around it: Flat out, job hunting is not an enjoyable experience. Finding new gigs can be difficult, and founding new working relationships with prospective clients can be unbelievably challenging. Not to mention the fact that finding legitimate avenues for advertising alone can be difficult. With...
When you’re designing a website, a data sheet or anything else that needs text, you can use filler text to give your client an idea of what it will look like. Lorem Ipsum is the traditional dummy text for graphic designers. It’s not only used to generate text to...
Mm, retro! It’s all over the place these days, regurgitating old badge style icons, unique fonts from decades gone by, and ye olden ad slogans. With that in mind, more and more clients are clamoring for retro designs within their own identities. This means we, as designers, have to...
You’ve finally done it: You’ve abandoned your life-long career, bought all the equipment, and are now pursuing a full-time position as a graphic designer specializing in web design. You have the drive, the motivation (money is a pretty good one) as well as the creative soul necessary to create...
It’s three in the morning, your hand is clutching the Wacom pen like it’s the Holy Grail, and you’re drooping over the keyboard. In this scenario, what’s the one thing you’re craving the most? No, not coffee—though that might help. No, what you’re needing more of is time. If...