It’s important as designers we study who’s come before us. There’s an insurmountable number of ads, covers, brochures, and posters we can look at. This is a collection of a few that caught my eye as doing something right. For the most part, the majority of these ads would even look good to today’s trends. [...]
I wanted to update some frequent visitors (and any new comers) over the next week I’m going to be revamping my site. I enjoy Twitter Tuesdays, but lately I’ve been letting them fall to the wayside. I believe it’s a worthy endeavor however, because I repost helpful (sometimes humurous) graphic design related (and some unrelated) [...]
Times are tough folks. You’ve spent the better part of 4-5 years in college earning your BA in Graphic Design. Now you’re looking for a job, but to no avail! What is this madness? Where is this greener pasture your parents promised you’d find after you received your college degree? Well, some believe it’s in [...]
@drwebmagazin – Top 20 graphic design freebies released during 2009 http://bit.ly/7GdYGa
@emilygonsalves – 15 graphic design interview tips | David Airey http://bit.ly/sstMp
@codyrasmussen – RT @lookatlao: Success secrets of the graphic design superstars. http://willsherwood.com #design
@DishyVonDollfac – RT @dandurller: RT @tweetmeme 50 Creative Business Cards of 50 Graphic Designers | The Design Cubicle http://tinyurl.com/der6fu
@abbigshmail – this is fantastic. [...]
Over the years I’ve listened to all sorts of music and this collection doesn’t serve my actual well enough even. However, I wanted to share a couple of my favorite cover art over the years. Hopefully these will stir some creative juices in you or get you over that darn creative “writer’s block”.
And yet again, it’s time already for another Twitter Tuesday!
@essentialimage – If there were Graphic Design police, I would have called them 7 times today.
@kuanluo – ‘To retain respect for sausages and graphic design, one must not watch them in the making.’ -Otto von Bismarck #quote
@jaynesezRemarkable 3D Characters | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and [...]
@orsettamv – 67 Wonderful Typographic Portraits | TutorArt | Graphic Design Inspiration, Case Studies http://ff.im/-dvJEd
@dblizzy – nice article… actually like the graphic at the top: http://www.good.is/post/the-decade-in-design The Decade in Design
@jyohh – top 50 graphic design blogs http://bit.ly/4YuBFf
@CreativeBeard – 2009 was bad for business in general, but especially graphic design: where designers made decisions based on [...]
Once again I’ve dutifully neglected my own Twitter Tuesday schtick! I have good reason this time though! I drove to Atlanta with my mother and my girlfriend to pick up my daughter for Christmas! I am the luckiest father to have such a beauty as my daughter. Shes only two, but brightens my life like [...]
http://www.mographwiki.net/Speculative_Work defines speculative work as
“any requested work for which a fair and reasonable fee has not been agreed upon, preferably in writing”
So essentially you are working for absolutely nothing in hopes that John Q Public will buy your idea.
@Creans – 60 iconic artwork posters: http://www.graphic-design-blog.com/2009/12/60-iconic-album-artwork-posters.html
@DSpragueDesgin – Tips for finding and securing graphic design jobs | David Airey, graphic designer: http://bit.ly/6lscgk via @addthis
