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Starting Your Career As A Freelance Illustrator Or Graphic Designer |
"For anyone who wants to establish a new career as a freelance designer or illustrator, here's the definitive resource! This valuable guide is packed with expert tips and success techniques for getting started, selling your work, promoting yourself, and even what to do once you're working.Up-and-coming freelancers will also discover practical guidance for creating a portfolio, making initial contacts, developing a financial plan, acquiring supplies and equipment, pricing work, and even marketing on the Web. Plus, special chapters are devoted to selling work to magazines, ad agencies, book publishers, greeting card companies, small businesses, and more. Beginning professionals, working professionals who want to make a change, and entrepreneurs who want to go out on their own will find everything they need in this friendly, easy-to-use guide"
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Current Trends In Web Design - Ondemand Design Webcast |
"This DesignCast is a fresh look at some new industry trends—from a technology as well as a design standpoint. In this presentation, we will look at how design and technology trends go hand-in-hand, and what's in store in the near future. We will also cover some guiding principles in how to put appropriately make use of trends, and how you avoid blindly following them but instead make them your own. In this DesignCast, you'll learn: • A few of the most current design trends • How to leverage these and other trends effectively • How to look for trends to stay ahead of the curve Patrick McNeil is a designer, web developer and author. His diverse interests merge technology and design, resulting in work that touches everything from high design to hard-core programming. Ultimately, his love for design, inspiration, and sharing knowledge has fueled his passion for running DesignMeltdown.com where he has cataloged and observed web design trends for the past six "
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Print Collections: Guest Art Director |
"Special price of $15.99 good through December 31, 2011!Each issue of the 2011 year saw a new collaboration between Print and hand-picked guest art directors from around the world who we invited to design (and in some cases co-edit) our 48-page feature section. One after another, the design teams reinvigorated the magazine with their unique art and editorial visions. To commemorate the project, we've gathered each of the feature sections into one this double-sized special digital version for you to enjoy. You will find featured: Project Projects and the Collaboration issue Counterspace and the Future of Design issue Kokoro & Moi and the Surprise issue Spin and the Movement issue Metahaven and the Identity issue"
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Persuasive Presentations Presented By Darryl Salerno (Mp3) |
Did you know that you have a better chance of winning new business with bad ideas that are presented well than with good ideas that are presented badly? Your ability to develop a compelling presentation and deliver it well is the key to success on the new business front. This session from business consultant Darryl Salerno will help you produce a winning presentation that will engage your audience and persuade them to take the actions you desire.
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Grace Under Pressure: Photoshop Cs3 And A Wacom Pen Display (Mp3) |
"Join Wacom senior evangelist Wes Maggio as he extols the virtues of pen pressure in the latest version of Photoshop. He'll uncover all the Photoshop tools that aren't available to you through a mouse, and showcase the latest tablets and pen displays from Wacom Technology."
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Telling A Brand's Story |
"How brands become personified with Yo Santosa, the brand designer behind Pinkberry, TBS, Echo Beverages, Hustler Toys, Skywatch and her own retail brand, früute. Yo will discuss the parallels between branding and motion design, and how brands build personality, connect emotionally and ultimately tell their story. See how memorable brands launch and evolve, while building a uniquely compelling narrative across all mediums."
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How Magazine January 2013 Digital Download |
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Getting Unstuck: Moving From Web 1.0 To 2.0 Presented By Kelly Goto |
"Update your web design toolkit—and your mindset—as web expert Kelly Goto helps you and your team embrace an agile and user-centered approach to the web. You'll gain a better understanding of the appropriate platforms, frameworks and processes needed to take your (and your clients') outdated web presence to the next level."
Price: 15
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Making A Living As A Socially Conscious Designer Presented By: Noah |
"Noah Scalin was told he'd never make it as a socially conscious designer. Eight years later, business is booming. Learn how Noah came to apply his beliefs to his work and the benefits of working from an ethical perspective. He'll also share a few simple ways to apply socially conscious ideas to your own work."
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How Magazine June 2009 Digital Download |
"HOW's annual Creativity Issue dives deep into the issue that both challenges and enthralls designers, with tips, inspiration and eye candy to fuel your best ideas. FEATURES Daily Deadlines Learn how a commitment to producing a piece of work every day helped five designers dip into their deep wells of creativity. Perhaps you'll be inspired to join the art-a-day movement. Java Jolts of Creativity Your team's brainstorm sessions suck. Collaboration is a chore. You're mired in the same-old same-old. Sound familiar? We've got a host of idea-generating exercises guaranteed to bring fresh thinking—and even fun—to your group's creative process. Write More Good As project budgets shrink, are you forced to write text to go along with your layout? Do you cringe when you read the sales copy your clients provide? Here are 4 simple strategies for developing your own writing skills so you can draft headlines with flair and edit the marketing mumbo jumbo out of your clients' "
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Print Singles: Serial Box Surrealism |
"In the late '60s, magazine-in-a-box SMS radically pushed theboundaries of art and publishing with its populist assemblage of avant-gardetreasures. Read more about SMS Magazine."
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Print Singles: The Dark Side Of The Glow |
"Promise was embraced by the ad world, scientists, and the public at large'but that enchanting glimmer would turn very sinister. Learn all about selling radium!"
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Creative Bootcamp Part 2: Designing Faster By Timeboxing - Ondemand |
"This is Part 2 of a 3-part series hosted by David Sherwin Speed up your creative ideation process by using a time management technique called timeboxing. This technique is regularly used in the world of software development, but it's also useful for any creative professional looking to produce better work faster. The activity of timeboxing will teach you to switch on your creativity at will and to think more intuitively. Discover how timeboxing can fit into your creative process See examples of timeboxing for everything from interactive design to print design and beyond Learn how to supercharge brainstorming methods by placing them inside timeboxes Take part in a creative challenge that will help you start timeboxing right away About David Sherwin David Sherwin is a Principal Designer at frog, a global innovation firm. At frog, David helps guide the research, strategy and design of novel products and services for some of today's leading companies. He has worked at a wide rang"
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I.D. Magazine September/October 2008 Digital Download |
"Features Being Kathleen Walsh A day in the mind of a California designer. by David Barringer To Dream the Impossible Design Behind every technically challenging product on the market stands a hero, a lunatic, or maybe a bit of both. by Nicole Dyer The Next Italians Italy may be the cradle of design, but who's rocking it these days? by Susan Yelavich Fringe Benefits Even if Disturbance Design weren't located in a subequatorial African city on the Indian Ocean, it would still be out there. by Sean O'Toole Whittle While You Work Swedish design duo TAF has more talents than you can shake a stick at. by Fiona Rattray Cultivating the Garden Why Tivoli's old-world charm will never die. by Sune Aagaard Student Design Review 2008 This year's jury honored emotionally evocative objects and projects that yielded small delights. A sense of humor didn't hurt, either. by Sarah Verdone Departments ...letters Responses from Karim Rashid and Jason Miller to ou"
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How Singles: Bird's Eye View (Download) |
"Part design startup, part business incubator, Hatch Design is a groundbreaking company that lives up to its name."
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How Singles: In-House Design Awards 2010 |
"2010 In-Howse Design Awards View award-winning design work from the 2010 INHOWSE Design Awards in many categories, including Client, Designer, Personal, Pro-bono, Illustrator, Photographer, Student and Miscellaneous Promotions. This PDF download article has 37 pages."
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Print Singles: Sacred Tech |
"Ranjit Makkuni is using sophisticated technology to change how we interact with computers. In the process, he's taking traditional Indian beliefs back to the future."
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Print Singles: First On Deco |
A Parisian printer's opus from the '30s contains the origins of a design staple. Steven Heller gives a unique snapshot of design history and the beginning of Art Deco.
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How Singles: Promotion Design Awards 2011 (Download) |
"View award-winning design work from the 2011 Promotion Design Awards in many categories, including Client, Designer, Personal, Pro-bono, Illustrator, Photographer, Student and Miscellaneous Promotions."
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21 Days To Your First Wordpress Blog |
"Though it began as a blogging platform, WordPress now powers everything from personal pages to campaign websites to major news portals. In this download, you'll learn how to build and design your first WordPress blog. Whether you need a simple site for your business, want to start a blog or just want to build a website, you'll learn all the basics in these daily lessons."
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Advice For The Young Creative Presented By: Hank Richardson (Mp3) |
"The Portfolio Center's Hank Richardson will explore the importance of channeling your time and energy into establishing an identity and making the kind of difference only you can make. You'll learn how to discover your voice, channel your work through your own experience and values, and how to face conflict with a creative mindset."
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"Resume Review Presented By Steve Morris, Bob Kilpatrick, Tracey Turner" |
"Find out if your resume is up to par as a panel of design pros analyzes several resumes submitted by Conference attendees onstage. You'll learn the dos and don'ts, along with tips for getting noticed. The panel includes Steve Morris, Bob Kilpatrick and Tracey Turner and is moderated by HOW senior art director Tricia Bateman."
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Web Strategy That Works&Hellip; Presented By: Mark O'brien (Mp3) |
"In this session, Mark O'Brien will explain why developing and maintaining an effective web strategy is a rich and rewarding effort. He'll debunk the myth that creating a robust content strategy is too time-consuming and stress the importance of tying your web strategy to content rather than technology."
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Strengthen Your Business Bootcamp Part 1: Build A Rock-Solid Vision - |
"Design-firm-owner-turned-business-coach Marcia Hoeck presents a 3-part series designed to help you, as a creative business owner, get a firm grasp on the top three areas needed to get your business supporting you, instead of you supporting it — and they're not what you think. This HOW Learning Series is based on Marcia's own successful 25-year design firm experience and her recent work coaching entrepreneurs, which has led her to believe in the power of laying a strong foundation of purpose, confidence, and value. We'll examine the basics of plotting a course for your business based on a solid purpose, taking control of overwhelm and getting unstuck so you can project the right kind of client-attractive confidence, and being able to talk about what really makes you different and valuable to clients so they'll choose you over the other guy. Because of her quirks (only recently identified as ADHD tendencies), Marcia often found the business aspects of her work daunting. Out of "
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Creating A Career Map Presented By Tracey Turner (Mp3) |
"Does your career lack direction? Have you taken a wrong turn and aren't sure how to find the right professional path? The Creative Group's Tracey Turner will offer practical advice for breaking free of a dead-end job, fine-tuning your career compass and mapping out your next move."
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"Pretty Green: How To Design Truly Sustainable, Truly Beautiful" |
"Joshua Onysko, Pangea's owner, and Josh Ivy, the company's lead designer, take sustainable packaging to a whole new level. Not only are the boxes for their soaps and gift sets completely biodegradable—you can actually plant one, and grow a tree! Colorado Blue Spruce Seeds are embedded in each box. How did they come up with this fantastic idea, and how do they manage to make green packaging that's still gorgeous to look at? You now have the chance to ask them in this live webcast. You'll also learn: How to find the most sustainable materials for your project. How to talk to manufacturers and printers about issues of sustainability. The best ways to include green practices in your everyday design work. About the presenters: Joshua Onysko, Pangea's owner, and Josh Ivy, the company's lead designer, take sustainable packaging to a whole new level. Pangea does its best to source sustainable materials in everything we create, say Onysko and Ivy. We want to reduce waste w"
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Finding And Reaching The Right Prospects - Ondemand Design Webcast |
"Part 1 of Controlling the Money Conversation with Clients, the Creative Freelancer Fall 2009 Webcast Series.If you want to make big bucks, you must specialize in a target market (or two) and maybe you've even chosen a couple on which to focus. But how do you find the actual people you want to reach out to? You'll learn how to locate your prospects, get their contact information without spending a lot of money, effectively reach out to them and more. About the presenter: Ilise Benun is a national speaker and the author of several books including the The Designer's Guide to Marketing and Pricing (HOW Books 2008), The Art of Self Promotion (Marketing Mentor Press) and more. She is the founder of Marketing Mentor, through which she works closely with designers, teaching them how to best develop their business through creativity, sell their services and talents, and implement efficient systems and procedures to run the business smoothly. Her work has been featured in national newspa"
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