Description : Pro Graphic Designers: What blog topics would you find most useful in your job?
Last Answer : converting print publications to kindle.
Description : Web design and graphics courses---What would you recommend?
Last Answer : answer:I went to school to study journalism, and found that most of the jobs I could get were not in editorial but in design and production. So I spent some time concentrating on design ... taglines) and English 101, so your design jobs don't wind up as laughingstock with misused apostrophes.
Description : What is the super fund that graphic designers should use in Australia?
Last Answer : You are probably going to have to talk with a financial adviser and spend some time comparing different fund type performance. There appears to be industry funds as well as broader market funds. Check out www.industrysuper.com to get more information about industry related funds.
Description : Web designers, how did you get so damn good?
Last Answer : answer:Congratulations on choosing your career. Best of luck with it. As for me, I'm a front-end designer and websites are just one of the things I create. I know a fair amount if code, ... at college. Who were your influences? Frank Lloyd Wright, Maurice Sendeck, Rembrandt, Manet, and oodles more.
Description : Any graphic designers going from print to interactive?
Last Answer : When you say interactive design do you mean web site creation, or something more specialized?
Description : What are the major file formats that most graphic designers would require to make letter head, business cards, t-shirts and the like from your images?
Last Answer : answer:found this, it seems like the main types are vector, and pixel. Corel (.cds) being the chief example of vector I think, and pixels as .jpg
Description : I have heard graphic designers have a personal book, which I think is a kind of portfolio. Does anyone know more about this personally designed book?
Last Answer : It can be online, a physical book, etc. To some extent, it depends on the media you create for, and/or the job you're looking for. Do you have any friends who are graphic designers? they ... probably go over how to put one together. this article goes over some of the basics and gives some examples.
Description : Freelance graphic designers...what do you write-off on your taxes?
Last Answer : Internet connection (everyone's got to have one to do business). You can write off computers, cameras, milage, the price of the programs to do you designing. You can write off part of your ... of your apartment for only buisness, you could techinally subsidize part of your rent for your work area.
Description : Graphic Designers... When you export your artwork to PDF, does this automatically make the images CMYK?
Last Answer : I've been told by prepress to always convert the images to CMYK before creating the PDF - I think the PDF itself registers as CMYK, but the image still reads as RGB, thus creating problems. I've had printers call ... useless. So while it seems like a pain in the arse, I don't think it's a waste. :)
Description : I am looking to buy a Pressure-Sensitive Graphics Tablet and I was wondering which was the best for you money. I have about 200 (usd) to spend on one at the moment.
Last Answer : HP is junk, if they even sell a stand alone.
Description : Which Star Wars trilogy had better graphics?
Last Answer : i like the non CGI stuff of the first trilogy better
Description : Any websites that use custom altered colors in the icons for facebook, twitter, myspace, etc.?
Last Answer : you may have to create your own try somewhere like pyzam.com
Description : I need custom T-Shirts, but which website is the best?
Last Answer : answer:Which country are you in @Seth? Streetshirts.com have the best online designer in the UK (I should know, I used to work for them)... Generally speaking, most t-shirt printers use either Gildan, or in ... question) Fluther has used zazzle.com and if it's good enough for Fluther ..........
Description : Custom holiday photo cards that don't look stupid?
Last Answer : Try Qoop
Description : Custom poster prints?
Last Answer : Try photobox? It’s what I use :)
Description : Good nice-looking logo for my website/blog..?
Last Answer : well, it depends what software you have to work with and what skills you have. it also depends what you can do on this site, is it totally coded by you? or are you using something that wont allow ... its free, a program kind of like photoshop, eat up some gimp tutorials on youtube and have at it.
Description : How can i improve my blog to inspire you to visit daily?
Last Answer : A more memorable url? and videos are starting to work for me.
Description : What is the industry standard for web graphic creation?
Last Answer : Sorry I don’t have a fix but I use Photoshop for graphic creation all the time and it’s also great for that.
Description : Graphic Design Question: What should I charge!
Last Answer : I charge $75 an hour. No one has ever questioned that.
Description : What would you think are "sub-skills" of Graphic Design?
Last Answer : Good question. Great graphic design is one of those things like pornography- difficult to define, but I know it when I see it. That said, you're off to a good start listing ... intention, and being able to strike the delicate balance between the comfortably familiar and the provocatively new.
Description : Easiest Way to toss up a portfolio of design work, on my own domain (always more details...)
Last Answer : answer:Squarespace is a one-stop solution of hosting and design, they give you a good amount of design templates, especially ones designed for potfiolios that you can use the visual editor or edit the ... without even asking for credit card info, and offer code GIMME10 saves you 10% when you order.
Description : Do you have a favorite graphic design theme that makes you buy stuff?
Last Answer : Something simple, bold, and interesting, with pleasing colors. No pastels. Unless I’m in a warm part of the world. Even then, I don’t like pink.
Description : What's your favorite Graphic Design reference site?
Last Answer : A List Apart
Description : How can I design a unique wedding invitation?
Last Answer : answer:Have you already been to an invitation store? There are thousands of unique ideas. Some people send their invites in a bottle like a message in a bottle, some have a dressed up messenger hand ... your only limitation here and your wallet, of course. I created my own, and they were creative.
Description : What are the rules of thumb for margins in web design?
Last Answer : You will probably get good responses here, but if not you may also want to check out the user experience stack exchange site for specific UX questions. Good Question.
Description : Appropriate attire for a graphic design interview?
Last Answer : Will you be having cool weather the day of your interview? If so, wear a jacket. If not, don’t. I think you will be fine in what you are wearing.
Description : Are there any places in Central Florida that are hiring graphic design interns?
Last Answer : answer:How have you managed to get to the end of your college career without meeting anyone that is involved in your field, or researching any related businessed in the area? I have a feeling you ... your professors - maybe they could give you a letter of recommendation and provide you with a lead?
Description : How is math used in Graphic Design?
Last Answer : I studied graphic design when I was in college and we didn't really use any math except learning about picas and points when I took my typography class. Also just knowing dimensions for layouts but other ... at math so I tried to go a route that used it minimally haha. I love graphic design though
Description : Following a design brief...is it really important?
Last Answer : answer:What is really important is that the clients needs are truly met and depending on who wrote the design brief it could (or could not) be an important element during the design process. Illustrated here
Description : Need help with a design assignment designing a alcohol beverage label?
Last Answer : First, you need to do a better job defining what the product is. Beer? Wine? What does alcohol range mean? Before you design anything, the first step is to understand how your client sees ... porter, etc.? How? What language would describe beers? Write a creative concept brief first, then design.
Description : What makes great design?
Last Answer : A reflection of the designer…
Description : In your Graphic Design Portofolio is it okay to make example pieces for existing companies?
Last Answer : Yeah, it's okay, as long as your tell the person interviewing you that they are conceptual pieces, and are in no way affiliated with the company. In fact, a lot of my school ... get real world experience in the field, a lot beginning graphic designers have conceptual pieces in their portfolio.
Description : Graphic Design: Client wants too many pictures, what to do?
Last Answer : Sometimes it's just best to do what the client wants, the best you can and let them decide if it works or not. Of course make sure you get paid for the extra work if they decide the don't like ... to a collage? Maybe on the last page of the booklet? Oh, and definitely go with the largest booklet.
Description : Is there a design format that allows you to place a logo in Word on a coloured background, without a white box around the logo?
Last Answer : I was going to recommend .gif or .png, until I realized you had tried that. I'm not sure why .gif and .png don't work, because they do for me. Are you sure transparency exists in the ... format picture tools and set a transparent color (note that it will take out that color everywhere in the logo).
Description : Good book on graphic design?
Last Answer : answer:Here are a few that might interest you as far as the technical "how to's" of graphic design: "The Elements of Graphic Design: Space, Unity, Page Architecture, and Type" - by ... of Creativity: The Complete Guide to Running a Small Graphic Design or Communications Business" - by Cameraon Foote
Description : What is characteristic of the best web design in the UK?
Last Answer : The only UK site I can think of offhand is www.boagworld.com. I can't really think of any stand out differences, although I think accessibility laws vary somewhat.
Description : What is your favourite site design?
Last Answer : Probably anandtech.com It’s clean, useful and pretty. And I really love the Print article button, which is so rare in tech blogs. I’ve singlehandedly deforested several acres of pristine rainforest just to be able to read while commuting to work ;-)
Description : What course should one take when interested in graphic design?
Last Answer : answer:Do you want to learn graphic design or Photoshop? Not knowing the course outline, computer graphics is different then graphic design. You might need an introductory course before GD I. What is your current skill set? What is your objective.
Description : What's a good course book on graphic design?
Last Answer : Might be a little lighter than what you’re looking for, but The Non Designer’s Design Book by Robin Williams is pretty good.
Description : What's an online institute for learning graphic design?
Last Answer : Personally I don't know of any, but I cannot stress to you enough how much going to class, having your work critiqued and being able to learn from a professor helps. If you want to just ... . Without this, you will be doing yourself a disservice by not allowing yourself to be challenged to grow.
Description : What are the different printing methods used in graphic design?
Last Answer : answer:from my perspective, graphic design describes the process that happens before printing. and so to me, the printing isn't really part of the graphic design. that is to say, doing the work of ... variations on these ideas, but hopefully you're now able to get the gist of how printing works
Description : Selling a design.
Last Answer : Set up an eBay or Amazon store.
Description : What is graphic design to you?
Last Answer : when i hear the word i think…indesign…photoshop…and most of all…good customers!
Description : Good graphic design program?
Last Answer : answer:inkscape! http://www.inkscape.org/ my friend used it for his art class last semester and loved it, he said he would have preferred illustrator, but what student has $600 to spend on something like that ? ... 't as UI friendly, but not 100% sure. Check it out! Oh, forgot to mention.. its free!
Description : What do you think of my design?
Last Answer : I like it myself. The logo, colours and font are all really good choices. The only fault I could make is it looks like a lot of the blogs already out there, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Good work.
Description : I want a portfolio site. Bt I am a total noob when it comes to web knowledge. What do I need to contemplate?
Last Answer : answer:I’d recommend that you get your own domain, perhaps http://yourname.com if it is available. Check out this thread for more information about web hosting. Any host worth their salt will have little to no downtime. What is going in your portfolio? What are you planning on putting online?
Description : I want to learn more about building websites. Any advice?
Last Answer : answer:If you are starting from scratch I would suggest going to the bookstore and buying a book on HTML(XHTML) and CSS. That will take care of you. The Internet is great for filling in little holes of ... . I can't really recommend one. I have one from five years ago that I use all the time.
Description : What is the best hosting website for web designers using WordPress?
Last Answer : Blue host is by far the top hosting site everyone is using so far in 2021!!! (delete spaces then copy the link):// yazing .com/deals/bluehost/millionare21Bluehost makes it simple and ... has solid workers, and has some enjoyably astounding security highlights for a spending plan neighborly web have.
Description : Data visualization: Any other "Tuftes" out there?
Last Answer : I am a huge fan of the New York Times graphics department. I think they do a great job of applying many of Tufte's core principles to practical and innovative usage and, in my opinion, ... Q&A with the Graphics Director, Steve Duenes. This interview also includes some examples of their best work.
Description : What red pen should I use to write on black paper?
Last Answer : You might consider a ultra fine point Sharpie in red.