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As new advancements in mobile phone technology continue to appear, so do the mobile phone tutorials. As these new cell phones are released many tutorial writers become inspired to recreate these beautiful new phones in Photoshop and Illustrator
Ok, today we are going to look at how to make grunge / worn style type to use in your art. The process is actually quite simple, and you can get endless variations
When you’re freelancing for a living, you’re trading time for money – so you want to make sure that every hour is time well spent.
There are 4 main reasons why I do consulting and how I think it helps my design business. Keep in mind that these can also be applied to any other business like writing, blogging, programming, etc…
The way that you talk with your clients can heavily influence their attitude and respect towards you. If you use the right language, and avoid talking yourself into a trap, it’s not too difficult to rid yourself of bad clients forever.
A wine store is a paradise for any graphic designer seeking inspiration. Most wine stores have thousands of bottles of wine, all of which are uniquely branded with a wine label. You could spend an entire weekend examining all the different wine labe
How do you use Twitter to find clients? Do you see Twitter as a cool marketing and networking tool or as a complete time-waster? Did potential clients ever contacted you via Twitter? Did you get the gig?
Like many around the world, I’ve enjoyed watching the 2008 Summer Olympics. From the elaborate pageantry of the 2008 Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing to the incredible perseverance of the Olympic athletes, the Olympics represent an ideal of what
Ok! This is a Cinema 4D Tutorial I’ve create for Cinema 4d which will introduce you to object manipulation, textures, fur and also general familiarity with the program itself. I’m using Cinema 4d 10 - And you can download the demo directly from Maxo
Huge list of freelancing tips written by and for readers of Freelance Folder - tips and tricks from people new to the freelancing world to experienced freelancers.
I you run a business chances are you will have to send out letters, such as business letters, invoices and or estimates and having a custom Letterhead Design for your business can really benefit you in terms of branding.
Graphic Design Forums are a great way to really immerse yourself into the graphic design community. You can meet other designers, ask questions, talk about the latest design news, ask for critiques of your work and much more.
As a freelancer, many of us have the DIY (do-it-yourself) attitude. DIY means more work, more potential portfolio pieces, and most importantly… more money. But sometimes, the DIY approach, and taking on too much, can kill creativity and make clients
Designing your own card is no easy task and that is why we created this guide on how to design your own business card. If you decided to have a designer create your cards be sure that the tips below are applied to the design.
These t-shirt designs were created for a variety of reasons such as for bands, apparel companies, events and so on. To see full size images of the shirts or to contact these t shirt designers click the images and you will find their profiles on Beha
Mauro Ramalho is a Brazilian Art Director based in San Francisco. Before coming to United States, Mauro Ramalho worked in São Paulo, Brazil, for agencies like Mccann Erickson and AgenciaClick. After that, he was invited to go to Toronto, Canada to w
Great tutorial on how to create a Twitter bird mascot
Two questions that I’m often asked (and quite frankly, dread) are:
“Do you think that I could succeed as a freelancer?”
“Should I become a freelancer?”
Freelancing is not a ‘paycheck every two weeks‘ type of job. When you get a fixed income every month, it’s easier to plan things and manage your expenses. That’s not the case with freelancing where you can make get $50 today and a thousand next week
I don’t regret my past life as a computer guy.
There was a time, back in the late 90s, when I could switch jobs every 6 months and make 30% more than I’d made previously. In two years, I nearly tripled my salary.
In round 3 you will be asked to design a poster using only fonts provided by FontShop.com and textures provided by iStockphoto.com. Round 3 will be coming soon, so in the meantime we would love to see what you can do with the banners we will use for
Is there anything more rattling than those few seconds after clicking the “Send” button when submitting an article to a publication? Your heart skips a beat. You briefly live out a nightmare where you envision the editor screaming to himself, “What
Producing quality content on a regular basis and then promoting the content on these sites is a sure fire way to bring in large influxes of traffic to your website or blog!
The grunge style and (Vector Grunge Packs) have been around for a long time and continues to play a large role in many design projects. Its often very time consuming to create your won vector grunge elements for designs, but thankfully many vector a
Of the seven deadly sins of freelancing, this is probably the most serious, the most severe, and the one sin with implications far beyond the freelancing business: Sacrificing Integrity
