For use in questions ABOUT the designers themselves: being a designer, becoming a designer, forming the designer ethos etc.
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How to hire a graphic designer?
I am developing the backend for a website. I always had the trouble of making an attractive design for my websites and have never hired any graphic designer yet. I have no logo nor web template.
What ...
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Charging an Intellectual Property transfer fee for design work
So, you've finished a design job (eg. a logo design) and the client asks for your IP surrounding the logo, eg copyright, original artwork files, notes, sketches, all of that stuff that went into ...
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Which tools for digital art & paintings
i like digital art and paintings. I want to create my own. Which software/tools i need to accomplish?
Below are the examples:
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What makes a design professional?
Can anyone define why something might not look "professional"?
What differentiates between professional/unprofessional designs?
I have clients who have said my design does not look very ...
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How would I know how good of a designer I am?
To me my designs looks good, at least for some months.
But to others not so much.
I want to go freelancing but I don't want to be a bad designer.
So how do I find out if my logo/website/business ...
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What kind of Interview Questions should one expect at their first design job interview?
If you were interviewing for your first graphic design position, what kind of questions should you expect? The posting is fairly vague, aside from the assumption of basic design skills.
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What do I do when I quote a price for a design but the client keeps asking for revisions and redesigns?
I'm a freelance graphic designer, so mostly, my pricing and what not is pretty casual and I don't work 24/7 as I have other things to take care of, so when I quote someone, I figure out how long it ...
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Is a graphical/original resume a good idea for a designer?
This is more a question about graphic design as a field than about methods.
I am applying for web designer jobs out there, and have been wondering more and more about my resume. I have a quite ...
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How much software experience do I need to be a well-rounded graphic designer?
How many different software applications should a designer be familiar with? I've been asked to work on Illustrator, and also .paint [Paint.NET? -Ed]. I'm confused about how many applications I need ...
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Must one have a knowledge of fine art to be a Graphic Designer? Should all Graphic Designers know how to draw?
it is said that nice design comes with a nice drawing
Do I have to know how to draw to be a good designer or not?
I don't have drawing skills :(
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Is it ethical to copy the work of other designers?
I am not a graphic designer. I do not consider myself one. I have no grasp of color theory, nor the means or sense of style to create harmonious and tasteful designs. I do, however, possess a good ...
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The role of the designer in content – should he have one and how big should it be?
I'm a designer, not a marketer, and not a writer (at least not professionally). A lot of the work I do involves working with material in a field that can be above my head. Because of that, I'm content ...
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Where to ask for free work?
I am keeping a close eye on the question about logo design contests, and I hope that my 1st Question here does not get completely slammed.
It never really occurred to me that 'logo design contests' ...
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What kind of tablet are pros using?
This is more of a curiosity, but I was wondering what professional graphics designers/artists are using now that tablet pcs have been much more common and powerful in the passed few years than they ...
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Why was my experience with a logo contest so miserable?
I'm starting out as a freelance designer (and no job experience at any company before) and I decided to join "contests" held by freelancer.com's users.
I've joined several of them already and I can ...
