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Webfolio: Portfolio Website

Have a vision that exceeds your web skills. This helpful tutorial shows you how to create a polished webfolio by standing on the shoulders of giants.

Posted in Course Related, Portfolio Workshop, Repost From Cited Source, Resources, Tutorial, Vocation & Profession, Web

Freelance Designer, J.D.

Force a new designer to contemplate a law degree in 8 easy steps!

“8. FINISH HIM
As he realizes that he just can’t satisfy your needs, the graphic designer will most likely abandon all hope. You want that in purple? Purple it is. Six different fonts? Sure! Don’t forget the goal: he has to quit this business. The final blow: When making final [edits], tell him that you are disappointed by his lack of initiative. Tell him that, after all, he is the designer, not you.”

Posted in Amusement, Repost From Cited Source, Resources, Vocation & Profession

Girls’ Art Camp Needs Speakers!

Come challenge kids to throw their lives into the creative disciplines!

Posted in Education, Resources, Vocation & Profession

Publishing Is Dead.

What a great time to start a magazine or small press! New print-on-demand technologies allow one to both wet your feet and whet the appetite of potential readers with little capital outlay!

Posted in Course Related, Education, PrePress, Resources, Vocation & Profession

Stop complaining about your broken computer and use a d*mn sharpie.

Feeling out of your depth on a project? The illustrations of of Korean artist Kim Daehyun are excellent inspiration for projects that hinge upon iconographic presentation of the ephemeral. Um yeah. Did I mention they are done with a sharpie? Very cool.

Posted in Amusement, Artists & Designers, Course Related, Design History, Drawing, Education, Resources, Visual Concepts, Vocation & Profession