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Is it right to use the ideas of non-winning designers in a design contest?
Ethically and morally..... using any "contest" is merely taking advantage of designers.
Contest do nothing but take advantage of designers and give all the benefit to the person running the contest. ...
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How can I do graphic design work for free?
đ You hopefully realize you are asking many professionals, who make their living via design work, how you can charge nothing and essentially compete for the same clients. You gotta "read the ...
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How to handle a request for handing over 6 years of working files?
Don't.
Unless specified in the original contracts of that 6-year body of work, you are not obliged to keep the original working files of past projects. That you do so is only for personal archiving. ...
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Old client wants files from materials created for them 6 years ago
If you performed the work, they were satisfied with it, and you were paid then that's it. Any contract, written or implied, has been filled. There's been accord and satisfaction. You owe them nothing.
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Is âGraphistâ a valid English word?
While there is a Wikipedia entry for "graphist" (given anyone can add or edit Wikipedia), I would state that it's not a valid English word, at least not American English.
It does not appear in the ...
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Just how much information should you share with a former client?
I would let it go 100%.
Answer all their questions and put a deadline date after which you are no longer taking requests. I will gladly help with this information, but you need to take over ...
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Do my potential customers need to understand the "meaning" of a logo, or just recognize it?
Your customers don't have to understand your name. Your customers don't have to understand your logo. Your customers do have to remember both. To make it easier to remember you'll typically make a ...
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How can I practice my design skills in a more motivating and engaging way?
Finding work (as opposed to a job) is part of the motivation in (and reason for) creativity.
Any couch potato can think of a design job â a tee-shirt with four descriptive words that begin with the ...
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Will it hurt my career to work as a graphic designer in a startup for beauty and skin care?
Graphic designers work in all shapes and sizes of companies selling all types of product and services. There's no field which is not suited for a graphic designer if the company markets anything to ...
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What is this type of design called?
These type of illustrations are known as isometric illustrations, can design these easily on Adobe Illustrator with the help of Isometric grid, which can be downloaded here Isometric grid.
Isometric ...
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How can I do graphic design work for free?
Contact a nonprofit that does good work and offer to do volunteer graphic design for them.
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Just how much information should you share with a former client?
I wouldn't give them or any client really anything if its one of your sources.
"Thank you for your inquiry. My sources and vendors are part of the value I bring through my X years of experience. ...
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How to politely accept colleagues' critiques without implementing any/all of it?
criâ˘tique
noun
a detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially
a literary, philosophical, or political theory.
verb
evaluate (a theory or practice) in a detailed and analytical way.
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How to guide an employee to improve his graphic design ablilties?
So it seems to me like you've spotted someone who has great potential, but that potential is not currently fitting your needs completely and you need to partly delegate his training. I can understand ...
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How to deal with making design decisions
Picasso was touring an elementary school and viewing the artwork the children had on display. He was amazed at how good it all was.
He asked the teacher... "What are you teaching these children ...
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How to handle a request for handing over 6 years of working files?
As a designer working on both sides of the fence I will only tell what we did when I was hired as in-company designer.
I revised all contracts with our outsource agencies. I omit the ones where we ...
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How to reveal female symbol a little more in this design?
Ambiguity or unreadability is not always a bad thing in a logo. Being too literal can, at times, cause a design to suffer. It all inevitably comes down to how a mark is going to be used. An unreadable ...
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How can I place the product on a social media post better?
I, personally, won't never rely on the lower left corner of an advertisement to convey anything. It's a dead zone, easily forgotten or overlooked by the viewer.
I, perhaps mistakenly, get the feeling ...
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Can I sell rejected logos to other clients?
As a freelancer you should (hopefully) only give away copyright for final, sold artwork, and keep any unsold alternatives/proposals/variations for yourself. In which case yes, you can sell these older,...
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Is it right to use the ideas of non-winning designers in a design contest?
No, it is not right.
Use what you paid for and make sure all the other contestants you are taking inspiration from are compensated. These authors own their work unless/until you buy it. If you can ...
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Just how much information should you share with a former client?
tl:dr; Don't hold back on information that is not specifically yours, but let them do the leg work since they're not your client anymore. If you want to be non-confrontational, I would definitely try ...
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Just how much information should you share with a former client?
I'm the âget off my lawnâ type. You get nothing by default and I carry pocket sand.
Old design artifacts â in one batch, once, for free.
By old, I mean shipped before. This is a professional ...
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Is it right to use the ideas of non-winning designers in a design contest?
I realized that it is OK to take inspiration from others work, but what I have done is illegal and immoral because I used lots of design ideas from other contestants.
The correct way is to ask for ...
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How to cut lines exactly outline of shape?
Select you letter shapes (you have already done Type> Create Outlines) and all the strokeed paths (lines).
Choose the Shapebuilder Tool.
Hold Alt/ Option as you drag through the lines you want to ...
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How can I do graphic design work for free?
You're asking the wrong question. You're asking where to find work to do for free but your real issue is finding good clients.
Here's a key: Don't work for free. You're bound to get better and more ...
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How can I do graphic design work for free?
If you say your work is free, you are saying that it is not worth it. You are not adding value to a potential client or company.
If you want to design "for free" design a strong portfolio ...
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How to politely accept colleagues' critiques without implementing any/all of it?
People who succeed do not generally follow the opinions of others.
Think about it.. if everyone followed the opinions of others, there'd be no innovation, no creativity, no "style" to anything, ...
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Is âGraphistâ a valid English word?
I've never heard the term... but if I did, a "Graphist" wouldâto meâmean someone who in some way works with and/or creates graphs. Which could be a narrow sub-field of graphic design, but is not the ...
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Charge someone for wasted time?
Absolutely!
The time is only wasted if you're not charging.
This doesn't sound like a client, just a guy asking another guy for occasionally paid advice. I think your client needs to be educated:
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