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Hello All, I've recently started a buisness and I've decided to get buisness cards, but I'm not sure where or how to go about expressing my idea to have it made, well atleast not to these buisness card websites. Would anyone want to give it a shot? I would need something that can be sent over the phone, i.e Pdf, or something I can screenshot to send to the Buisness Card website, I don't have much money but DM me a price for the following concept and I can see if I can afford it The Buisness is a Pressure Washing Buisness, my main focus is going to be Box Truck Fleets and Semi Trucks. So I'm thinking 2 Box Trucks and 2 Semi Truck(or however many you feel looks better) facing the 'Card Reader'. (but the Trucks are the background of the photo), the main focus would be a person with a powerwasher gun spraying soap foam on the trucks(or just water[whichever is easier/looks better iyo]), I also think having the company name on the guys shirt back would look nice, if anyone is down for the task please DM me , TIA

We need an experienced designer for a couple of design project. Interested? Please DM or reply with your portfolio/work samples/rates.

Hi all!

I’ve graduated a little while ago from my graphic design course and have been working on my portfolio to apply for internships and/or junior roles. I’ve tried to keep it to my personal branding show my personality, but I was hoping to get some feedback!

https://ismini258.wixsite.com/ismini-portfolio

Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks!

It's an illustrator design that this client wants to use as a shirt graphic. What file format is best for the final project? Thank you in advance ☺️

Usually I’m pretty on it with tech stuff but ever since Apple’s silicon I really have no idea where to go here. I’m looking at a refurbished M1 Air but also worry a bit about future proofing. Here’s some context:

Running a base model MacBook Pro from 2016. 2Ghz i5 8gb RAM 256gb ssd Intel iris 540

It’s so beat the keys are falling off and the rubber seal is crumbling. Let alone keeping up with my work.

I do primarily print based vector work but it can get bloated when it comes to working at scale for signage and stuff, or when brand builds get big. At this point it’s hanging hard on just about every file I open. I was working off a 2018 i7 MBP at my previous job and it was better, but still hung on really big builds or layer-dense PSDs (probably over the 100 layer mark. I won’t even try that on my current computer)

I don’t do any 3D or motion, though I would like the ability to do light edits of HD footage from time to time for hobby stuff. Probably not 4K but it’s possible I guess. I’d also like to be able to do simple motion eventually but definitely not full animations or anything. Basic title cards or transition animations. Would also like to be able to do light hobby music recording, but not any crazy huge multitrack files or mixing stuff. Just writing demos for me.

Ultimately I need something that can handle 2D print work at scale and the occasional Photoshop matte painting or simple video project.

Debating between a refurbished M1 Air, a new M2 Air, or an M3 MacBook Pro. Cost is my biggest determining factor - I can’t get a future proof 16” M3 Max with all the beef.

Thanks!

Saw this originally on LinkedIn with the caption “Design by Committee”

We’ve all been there where we get a design just how we like and all of a sudden, everyone has something to say. Over the years, I’ve learned how to preemptively defend my work and choices. However, there are times when I know it’s just not worth it depending on the stakeholders.

What are some of your tips on incorporating suggestions and listening, while maintains the integrity of your design and style?

I find that I am still mainly using this as a basis for my designs. I went to a really prestigious art college here in Chicago where Swiss design projects were the norm. It was praised to make sure to use this influence at the college. Now I find as a junior designer that my designs are starting to look stale. How do I break free from this principle and start to create more meaningful work?

My primary job is managing our customer portal and occasionally help out with marketing. I do manage all design for the company and provide feedback to our vendors. Our current SEO vendor helping our marketing team (I say marketing, but it's our sales team) wants to post LinkedIn ads targeted to our partner. This partner is a massive brand and his plan is to design ads in the partner's very distinct branding that match similar posts their company does. Hoping to get their team to act on our product.

I feel this is shady and could lead to a cease and desist. I've kept all communication in email as I want to keep a log of my concerns in case this goes south. I'm extremely concerned we could lose this partnership and send them to a competitor.

I let them know I could mimic the designs but in our branding. They pushed back hard and said the ads are only targeted to the partner's internal team and won't be an issue.

Am I overreacting?

I (24f) need help. I’ve recently moved to london from Australia. I’m currently working as admin, honestly I took the role because I needed to pay rent and get on my feet as it was too hard finding a graphic design job while also packing up my life and moving to london, bills needed to get paid.

I’m currently looking for a graphic design role and it is so hard to even get an interview. Is the market right now really bad? I’ve applied to probably over 200 roles and yet nothing. I have a post graduate diploma in design but I’ve only had one year of working as a graphic designer in Aus. Any tips?? Honestly anything is helpful, maybe I need to simplify my cv. Any tips on portfolio? I’ve started adding to my portfolio with prototypes of designs so just a waiting game now 😩

The job I’m doing right now feels so un filling and I am becoming desperate

Have any of you ever made a box office header for a play or performance? I’m making assets for a ballet. The box office header is to be 1280x768. Are title, dates, and production company enough info, or should I include more? Client says just do what’s normal.

Welp, I received, deservedly, a fair amount of roasting about not actually creating the Graphic Design Careers subreddit so I've gone ahead and created it. It's up to this community's mods if they'd actually like to offload career related posts or not so I'll leave it up to the larger GD communities but it's here.

It only works if people join and we continue to foster growth among GDs. Totally up to the community but it exists now!

https://www.reddit.com/r/graphicdesigncareers/

We are ceramicists and so graphic design is not our strong suit. Which graphic should we use to share our plant swap and why?

I appreciate constructive feedback. Thank you!

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Hi everyone, recently I hired a graphic designer and I think I want to break away from the situation and I'm trying to figure out the best way to do so. Here's the basic rundown

• I hired a designer whom I was a fan of on IG, this designer is more of avant garde niche designer and does Blender, After Effects work. I hired him for a 30 sec audio visualizer to be used on Facebook ads.
• When reaching out and giving an a very rough explanation of what I was looking for, he quoted me $1500, with $750 upfront as a deposit.
• He asked for more details and I put together a Google Doc of what I was looking for with sample draft videos that I put together in After Effects to give the best idea of what I was looking for to minimize revisions and give the best vision that I could with my limited skills of design software
• Anyways as we start working through this I am realizing that we are not a good fit as I'm seeing the first drafts. The truth is I think I can just do the job better and have a easier time satisfying myself, because it seems like we aren't getting each other and I think there might be a language barrier where things are getting lost in translation (I offered to meet on a Zoom, but at this point I think I am just going to cut my losses).

So anyways, now I am trying to figure out how to best approach terminating this transaction. I'd like to get some of the deposit back since he hasn't really done half the work. I do want to pay him for this time even though I'm not walking away with a deliverable. I made a massive mistake of not talking about these contract details before we started and yes I realize this was a HUGE mistake on my part. It's been a learning process for me in working with designers, and honestly moving forward I am only going to contract designers for art visuals that have already been created. What's my best course of action here? I feel I have two options.

1. Be honest and just let him know we are a bad fit and I'd like to terminate things and ask for half of a deposit back
2. Say something a long the lines of "yeah, I no longer this project done because circumstances have changed blah blah. It was going great though!" (and ask for half of the deposit back too).

My goal with 2. is to avoid coming off like an asshole and agitating him to the point he ends up keeping the full deposit. I'm leaning on 1 because I like to be honest. I would love to hear how most of you guys like to hear about terminations like this. Any advice is welcome. I would really like to atleast get half of the deposit bag, but it seems like ultimately, it's going to be up to him. I really would rather not start trouble here as I don't want to burn bridges unnecessarily (I basically won't but its going to sting if I lose the full deposit).

Thanks for reading y'all

Just wondered what it’s like to work at a popular creative ad agency like saatchi and saatchi or similar ? Any designers have experience ?

As the title suggests. As a newly freelancer but seasoned designer how do you pickup new clients?

Network? Upwork? Cold emailing? Other freelancing platforms?

As I keep searching for a full time gig and how it’s been, securing freelance clients to have money flowing in.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Also, I know sometimes this sub can be toxic so let’s play nice.

Hey folks I'm gearing up to reel in some new clients in a different country gotta say here in Brazil it's been tough getting some love from the locals. Any tips to help me snag some new clients from other countries?

Hi guys,

I have a client who wants templates for poster design that they can give to student workers to complete (in Canva). What advice would you give to a freelancer for this type of work?

Usually I work on an hourly basis rather than per-project. Would you recommend setting up an agreement to switch it to a project? What other stipulations would you consider?

One of the reasons I suggested the templates model was because this particular client doesn’t seem to be able to afford my hourly.

What’s fair? What should I look out for? Thanks for your help!

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Sometimes I just want to be done. Sometimes I just want to take my lunch break a bit early. Sometimes I just want to give someone a design and there isn’t a “can you just-“ added to the “good job!”

I have been doing this for years and somehow my reaction to constant criticism is getting even worse

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I’m looking for a better workflow between myself and the other designers at work. We work for a printing company so we’re getting in orders from project managers all day and I’m just trying to build a better work flow. Does anyone have a good system they really like?

Hello everyone, I am looking at niching down into brand design, because I love design but would like to try and make a decent salary as well. But wanted to get a pulse on this career and how people generally feel. Looking for more experienced feedback please.

Location: (HCOL, LCOL, MCOL)
Salary or rates:
Role type: (In-house, freelance...)
YOE:
Do you enjoy it?
What kind of projects do you work on regularly?

Hi. i had to crop 10-20images as 4:3 ratio.
is there any way to do it faster?
thanks

What site or sites have with reputable graphic designers for logo design?

I have had several people request my skills and personally I just don’t want to do freelancing. I have done volunteer work for nonprofits, but don’t want to deal with businesses and other deadlines plus filing taxes for it.

Trying to direct people to a site of designers they can discuss, review and request their needs. People who will not rip them off and provide crappy artwork which has already happened.

Hello my dear Design community. So this morning I checked my email right after my dentist’s appointment at 9:40 AM, and saw a response to my job application for a remote job ( one out of 100s I applied to), to answer their interview questions online and submit within exactly 240 minutes of receiving their email. This email came to my email box at 6:27 AM. So I went ahead, copied the questions and answered them right on my iPhone while sitting in the parking lot, and sent them back, about eight minutes later than the 240 minutes expired. I’m sure this was the worst professional form of answering interview questions ever! Did anyone hear about interview practices like this one? No scheduled time, no warning. I mean, I can roll with weirdness, but this?

I’ve been doing graphic design freelance now for 3 years and Im really having a hard time figuring out my pricing. I’m wondering if anyone can give me some advice and let me know what the average price for some design work is. I don’t know any other freelance designers so I haven’t had anyone to ask. I mostly work in the music industry for small artists making logos or cover art. Right now my price for cover art is $80-100 depending on how detailed it is and $20 for each revision afterwards. Logos I charge $150-$200. My close friends tell me that’s way too cheap but I worry if I tell people any higher they won’t work with me. I honestly love doing this work and it’s not my full time job so I’m usually just happy to make some money and grow as an artist. How ever I do want to make it more full time and I do want to be able to live a better life (hopefully move out soon). I find the imposter syndrome also gets to me a lot and I feel bad charging more. I don’t have a degree and dropped out of school so that really doesn’t help the imposter syndrome when most of my talent has been self taught. Sorry if this has been answered already in this sub, I’ve tried doing a search and nothing helpful comes up. Really just looking for some example pricing from other freelance artists. Thanks in advance :)