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Share Your AdviceGraphic Design Spotlight10 Graphic Design Quarterly Taxes Due Today Tuesda

Graphic designers working as freelancers or running a business pay quarterly estimated taxes to avoid penalties and large payments at the end of the year. Here are the quarterly estimated tax due dates for 2012. Estimated quarterly taxes are taxes paid throughout the year rather than all at once in April of the following year. These estimated taxes are paid by people working for themselves who do not have tax withheld automatically from the company they are working for. There are two primary benefits to paying quarterly taxes.

“The Design Informants of Information Graphics”Design Informants are meticulous, detailed oriented people. When it comes to laying out information on the canvas, they have organizational skills in their blood. They are very complex and know how to present vital information visually to the target audience. Their task is to make the information flexible and easy to read. Their color palette is usually matched with meanings or codes. These designers are mostly illustrators and believe the weights of stroke marks can communicate various ideas and feelings to the reader. “The Public Designer of Publications” These types of designers design for the public. They within newspapers, books and magazines — circulated written documents. So what’s their specialty? Words, words, words! Which ultimately means typography; choosing the right fonts for the article. This kind of design involves a lot of body copy and knowledge of print production processes is a must. DPI’s and CMYK’s are their allies. Their greatest skills are kerning and leading