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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Taylor E

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What Type of Graphic Designer Are You? - ArtBistro.com - 1 views

  • “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
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    "The Simple Brander" Brand designers love identifying their client. They love to take designated colors and logos and expand their reach to stationary and marketing materials, creating a presence for their clients. They believe solely in positive and negative areas and think minimalism is the best solution to any design problem. The "less is more" motto is their go-to. And, they have the most intricate creative process. The development of logos involves much sketching and experimentation. Their client's Graphic Standards Manual is their BIBLE. Color theory and symbolism are their assistants in creating a logo and brand. Adobe Illustrator is their forte. Although there are separate categories and specialties within the graphic design industry, we must all mastered having an eye for design. Even though we may have our differences, all graphic designers ( no matter shape or size) share the same passion: to communicate visually!
Taylor E

How To Promote Your Graphic Design Business - Part One - 0 views

  • Create an online portfolio Unless you are a web-designer, creating your own website is not essential, although it does give you some advantages. A website will help you to communicate your portfolio via email without sending attachments (clients will be suspicious of emails with attachments from unknown addresses—a link to a website is preferable). A website is also a good opportunity to sell yourself with some hard-working copy. Good copy can help you to win new clients, so buy yourself a good copywriting manual and learn the basic copywriting tricks of the trade. If you have no experience of designing websites, or you don’t have time to create one, don’t be put off, you can buy inexpensive templates online as a temporary solution. www.templateshome.com is a good place to start, where you can buy smart website templates for around $60. Buying a dot.com address and uploading it onto a website browser should cost around $25.
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7 Cool Resumes We Found On Pinterest - Business Insider - 0 views

  • oday everyone is using social media in their job search. People make connections and share their work on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter — and with the recent explosion of Pinterest, there's a new player in the game.  The visual nature of Pinterest, which allows users to create virtual boards onto which they can pin images, is perfect for showing prospective employers what you've done so far.  Tons of users have pinned web images of creative resumes for inspiration. But a few innovative souls — graphic designers, photographers — have already started using Pinterest to extend their personal brand, uploading their resumes, linking to their work and creating an online portfolio. We got permission from these 7 people to post their resumes on Business Insider.
Taylor E

20 Cool Business Cards For Designers - SloDive - 1 views

  • Business cards for all have become the image of the internal functioning that the beholder has. Business cards have led to an all new era of having contact addresses in a set that can fit in the pockets when stuffed in the card holders. These cards portray an image that is not said and is implied. Business cards should however have to be little informative putting in only the essentials.Business cards for designers have to have the extra element in them as these are used by the ones who themselves are creative and are looking for an artistic bent on their cards. Cards for such creative people should also be very impressive to the naked eye on the first sight. We have provided several interesting designs that are of great use to the designers from whatever stream. One very important aspect is the color combination on the card that lets the eyes flow through it easily capturing every bit.If you like this article, you might be interested in some of our other articles on Designer Business Cards, Graphic Design Business Cards, Business Card Designs, and Personal Business
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