🤷career-advice

[lapis iron]

joint adv agency near you

advertising agency

simple

[granite plover]

Are you hoping to build a freelance business? Or would you be willing to work for a studio/firm?

[sour lion]

How can I go about either of those?

[shell heart]

Im a thumbnail creator, anyone know of a website/way for me to get clients?

[alpine stag]

I am

[granite plover]

In either case, you will need a portfolio of work. Prospective freelance clients will need to see what you can do. A design studio will also need to see examples of your work.

[viscid sky]

What skills are recruiters/hiring agencies and/or in house teams looking for from designers? I’ve been wanting to switch from the company I’m currently at and get something else I’ve just had little-no response and am looking to find out what I need to do to stand out.

[granite plover]

I can only speak from a very limited perspective since I’ve worked for the same company for a long time. When we hire, we look for competent basic design skills and some creative flair. We don’t look for perfection. Most young designers have some rough edges. Polish comes with time and experience, and we’re happy to invest that time into someone who shows creative potential. The other quality we look for is a team player. We’ve rejected applicants who came across as a prima donna or a know-it-all. A little humility and a willingness to learn goes a long way. That’s all pretty basic, but I hope it is of some help.

[viscid sky]

Thank you so much @granite plover! That’s very true that starting out there’s a ton of getting used to how the professional world works and that being a team player and collaborating is a major factor. Definitely one of the things I’m looking to get right now is more of that experience. At my current job I feel like there’s little room to collaborate on a project and it’s very much so handing off tasks and not doing much else. I’m getting some polishing with my skills which is great but I’m definitely wanting more of that through work that I can include in my portfolio, show off, and provide stories about how I grew from the project and worked with others.

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @granite plover (current: #916 - 1)

[viscid sky]

Are there any good classes online or certifications worth earning that would help or give some leverage above other candidates?

[granite plover]

I haven't kept up so I'm not aware of any. But if we were interveiwing someone, additional classes/certifications wouldn't factor in very much. The quality of the protfolio and how the person presents themselves are much more important.

[daring swift]

I agree with the sentiments above. I wouldn't worry about certifications until after you have a strong portfolio established. A case could be made that studying for certifications makes you stronger in the use of the apps. However, people are going to want to see the work regardless of certs. Thus, I would put most of the focus on the portfolio. Also, with a strong portfolio, you may not need the certs. :)

[echo stratus]

who does t-shirt graphic design ?

[viscid sky]

Thank you both @granite plover and @daring swift I’ll be sure to strengthen my portfolio even more

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @granite plover (current: #587 - 2)

[plain sparrow]

Seemingly everyone.

[narrow vault]

@plain sparrow could you share your portfolio please, if you dont mind?

[plain sparrow]

I don't have one. - Haven't needed it thankfully.

[solid merlin]

Hey! I have a question for you about managing your career.
Currently, I am a digital artist and previously a graphic designer.
Currently, I'm 17 years old and I have about 3-4 years of experience in Photoshop (I understand it very well) and a bit of Premiere Pro and After Effects
(much less, but I still understand it), because I had a bit of a break, unfortunately.
I don't have any specialization in these programs, currently I do it more for fun, but I would like to monetize it.
I'm wondering what I should pursue, and in order for my future earnings to be very satisfactory (a lot),
I'm wondering whether I should start learning, for example, Figma or Illustrator and be able to make logos or, for example, programming,
so that I can work as an art director or as a very good freelancer etc.
So my question is what is the best option in such a situation? What should I understand to be able to earn more? (actually anything)

[quick zinc]

The smartest move would be to take business classes, esp if you're going to go into freelance.

[solid merlin]

can I find them online, right?

[quick zinc]

Absolutely

In addition, try to network with other freelancers, especially those who have a successful business, so you can learn from them.

[solid merlin]

Thanks a lot!

[icy vector]

A note: working for fun and working with clients are two different animals. It takes a lot of discipline to work as a freelancer or run your own business. There are a lot of distractions if you work from home (TV, family, friends, etc.) that you have to tune out. Also, you'll have to manage the business end, such as accounting, payables and taxes (when you get to 18 in the US). Just a few points to consider.

I would start small. Offer your services to a local business or group. Remember, that your costs should reflect your experience (and quality). Build a clientele, and offer incentives to your client for finding you more clients. But build slowly. Getting a project done early is far better than it being late, so plan your time wisely. If you think a project will take you 10 hours, then say a week. you don't work every day, and that will enable you to do the best possible work. And ALWAYS, try to take time off on weekends. Time off spurs creativity. Again, hope this helps.

[silk hound]

Hey guys, I just finished my graphic design portfolio, it was coded from scratch so, I’d like your honest opinion to see if I should continue or restart and just use a website builder as well as any other feedback. Here’s my portfolio.

https://taylorcamacho.com

[icy vector]

Nice portfolio, did find typos. Example: Should be Environment, you have Enviroment.

[silk hound]

Oh really? Under which project?

[granite plover]

Looks good! There appears to be an unintentional line break on the "About" page.

When I click on a project, or the "About" or "Contact" page, the only way to get back is to use the browser "back" button. It would be nice to have some navigation on each page to return to the home page.

I like the clean, simplicity of the site layout, but the empty space in the bottom right makes it feel imcomplete. It would be nice to have a sixth project to put there. Or you could move the wine label to the right and put your "TC" logo in the middle box.

Other then that, nice work! I really like the "Pulse" logo 👍

I see now that clicking on your name in the top bar takes you home. That works fine. It just took my a minute to figure it out.

[visual hazel]

Have you done a art residency before? For application -- What do I do if I am asked to only submit 10 images for an art residency application? But some book arts can be best shown in multiple inner pages which would be too many images for just one book art, one of the many works.

I am seeking art residency programs in New York City, I'm exploring the relationship between intrinsic human emotions and the collage of colors and lines or patterns. I do illustration and interior design, mainly, and like to expand more on printmaking, painting and book arts. I'm from Taiwan. If you have suggestions for me, I very much appreciate them!

[silk hound]

Thanks for the feedback, I’ll have it noted 🙂

[mental iron]

Is there a common way to do some really entry level photo editing for money? I have PS, a few months of learning with a can do attitude and want to get my foot in the door with really anything. Like I've even replied to people on here and was happy to properly complete their task for just $1 but there's a pattern on people not actually paying out. I'd imagine there must be tons of instagrammers wanting their acne/background removed etc.

[icy vector]

Ascentix, typo Elavate Your Adventure should be Elevate, and last image is a billboard, Environment is spelled wrong. I recommend you spell check all your portfolio 🙂

Also, the name Adobe Creative Suite in your About page should have a caps, not lowercase adobe creative suite 🙂 hope this helps

[silk hound]

Thanks for pointing these out, this definitely helps.

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @icy vector (current: #922 - 1)

[mellow sinew]

I have couple questions regarding Ui designing:

• Do you have to program them when it comes to Game User Interface or Website Blueprints?

• Do you send the finish product as a PS File?

• Where do you mainly get commissions from?

I’m new to UI designs out of Roblox, I’ve been a Roblox UI designer for over 5 years but recently started fully doing my UIs outside of Roblox and was wondering how to actually get non-Roblox customers.

My portfolio is on my profile for works

[mental iron]

Does anyone have experience with PS and Fiverr.com?

[void nest]

no

[limber bone]

How to decrease the brightnes of the text but not the background in photoshop

[mossy skiff]

Is your text on a separate layer?

Then decrease the brightness of the text layer or change the colour of your text.

If this does not work, please show us a complete screenshot with layers panel and title bar visible.

[daring swift]

In the future, please use #❓ask-a-question

[limber bone]

Thanks

[mossy skiff]

For what?
🤔

For my answer? Did it solve your problem?
Or for D.Humann's advice on where to post such questions?

[pine knot]

What to do for if I want to make a 2 photo merge properly

[clever birch]

Hi everyone

I need some experts guidance, I am freelance graphic designer, here is my portfolio www.behance.net/abuzahidbintu

I used to do a remote job on USA, unfortunately because of recent controversial black out situation in Bangladesh, I lost the job, now it become so difficult for me to survive. If anyone can suggest me how can I over come from thhis situation, I would really appreciate that. Please dont tell me to sell services on Fiverr or Upwork. These are already become very very populsted and cheap.

I will really appreciate your feedback

[azure ermine]

gl

[fringe flax]

Hey everyone! I'm having a bit of trouble putting together my portfolio. I’m confident in my work, but I’m finding it challenging to present my portfolio because my work is so varied, ranging from designing posters, websites to creating random 3D stuff in Blender or random work including cars. Also, is it okay to include work as if I've done projects for some big brands? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! thanks in advance

[wheat talon]

There is no problem in posting stuff from various categories just because you're a generalist

[granite plover]

How you set up your portfolio depends on who you are hoping to attract with it. If you want it to be a general catch-all for all kinds of clients and projects, then it's fine to have a wide range of projects types and styles to show. Showing a wide range of abilities might also be attractive if you are looking for a position with a small studio where a range of skills could be desirable. If you are trying to land a particular client, I would focus your portfolio on anything that is most relevant to that client. You want them to see that you have expertise in their field/specialty. As for showing work as if you've worked on big brands; I'd avoid presenting anything that might be seen as dishonest. You'll do better in the long run by keeping everything on the up and up. Good luck!

[tawny marlin]

I'm very sorry about the situation in your country. I hope everything will slowly return to normal now. "How to find gigs?" is a question many people ask themselves. There’s a lot of competition on Upwork and Fiverr, but you have a portfolio and experience, so you're definitely in a better position there.

I would focus on networking.

What kind of clients do you most enjoy working with? Think about where they spend their time, and try to connect with them there. For example, if you want to do game-related work, look for forums where such people gather.

[cold edge]

https://discord.com/events/747837303204085770/1282795933981085716

[plain sparrow]

What kind of clients do you most enjoy working with?
People who aren't friends or family! - They're the biggest pain to work with! 🙂

[tawny marlin]

It's a kind of negative selection 😅

[fervent venture]

Hi, First I would like to suggest to put yourself out to different plattforms not only fivver, etc. but there are MANY Freelancer Design plattforms https://www.websiteplanet.com/blog/best-freelance-websites-hiring-graphic-designers/ then maybe work a bit on your Portfolio. What is your Target group? The Designs are all over the place, maybe organize it a bit. Also if there are already work out there where can it be seen in real life?!

[random pewter]

How do I grow my online portfolio and update it regularly? I use Instagram as a means to share my work bur I find myself lacking the urge to post frequently. I have also come to understand that my posts may not be captivating enough to me. Help🥲

[mental iron]

Can anyone Simon Cowell my fiverr gig page as I want to improve it to get some customers. But I lack a foundation of experience. https://www.fiverr.com/endoplamicedit/change-backgrounds-add-objects-and-change-colors?context_referrer=tailored_homepage_perseus&source=recently_viewed_gigs&ref_ctx_id=a863917574224e09a788a676a707e08b&context=recommendation&pckg_id=1&pos=1&context_alg=recently_viewed&seller_online=true&imp_id=997f2351-400c-4928-b595-a59185af69ac

[stark tusk]

Hey there! 🎨

If you find yourself in need of stunning image editing, I’m here to help! One click on my link below would be greatly appreciated to spread the word about my services.

https://www.upwork.com/services/product/design-adobe-photoshop-background-removal-photo-manipulation-retouching-and-more-1838965857675048551?ref=project_share

But what I’d truly love is the opportunity to work on your images! Whether it’s enhancing photos, retouching portraits, or creating eye-catching graphics, I’m dedicated to delivering high-quality results tailored to your needs.

Let’s turn your vision into reality! Feel free to reach out for any questions or to discuss your project.

Thank you for your support! 💖

[leaden needle]

I have a question, what is the job called where you make movie posters for Hollywood movies? how can you go on this path?

[plain sparrow]

https://chatgpt.com/share/66ffe9dd-0944-8005-aa96-fedae740f6d7

"The job you're referring to is often known as a Key Art designer. These professionals are responsible for creating the promotional imagery for films, including posters, digital banners, and sometimes DVD or Blu-ray covers. They work in the field of graphic design, often within specialised agencies that cater to the entertainment industry."

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I'd say that it's a competitive field, but there are some proper messes out there!
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Terrible-DVD-Blu-ray-Cover-Art/id/14446

[leaden needle]

@plain sparrow Thanks!

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @plain sparrow (current: #5 - 1012)

[sinful jasper]

If I'm looking to advertise myself as proficient in Video, Animation, and Design would the label "Multi-Media Artist" best suit that branding?

[daring swift]

Probably "Motion Graphics" or "Mo-graph" for short. Multimedia is a somewhat dated term. If you want to use "multi-" then I would say "multidisciplinary artist."

[sinful jasper]

maybe Im inexperienced or didn't explain myself too well but using the label "Motion Graphics Artist" feels kinda like limiting myself only to video formats
I guess I want to come across as proficient in Video, Animation, Illustration, photography, design, I guess maybe storytelling?

Maybe that's too ambitious but idonno

[daring swift]

As I said: "multidisciplinary artist."

[inland ice]

Not looking to make a career out of doing PS stuff, but was wondering if its even appropriate as a hobbyist to do Fiverr. I'm also not beginner but I'm also not an expert and I'm kind of intermediate, is there anything wrong with taking on simple fiverr projects? I do struggle with some stuff, but I'm always practicing and I figured this would be a nother way to practice but I'm not sure if that's appropriate to do on Fiverr (plus I'm not going to be charging much anyway and I'm mostly concerned about not being up to snuff for a task, etc).

[amber flower]

Hi, If anyone of you suggest me how to design the best portfolio and I've want to become a designer. So what should i have to do.

[wise zinc]

Post your work and/or current portfolio in #📝project-feedback and we'll be able to help you more there

[empty salmon]

Hey, i wouldnt call my self an expert but i can do all the basics and shadowing and know my way around ps. Im 15 and daily take fiberr and personal discord customers. Ive meet so many designers that make more money then me and they dont have as much skill. If you let the person know your limited then maybe offer a smaller price then its totally alright. But if you lie about your skill and price your self as the pros then you shouldnt go down that path

[alpine stag]

Hello everyone. I recently got called for an interview as a junior graphic designer and I was wondering what someone goes through during the interview and if there are things I need to take care of or be careful about.

[granite plover]

It's impossible to predict what the interview will be like since different companies do things differently. In general, here are a couple of thoughts:

1. Be honest about what you know and don't know. I've had candidates claim expertise in virtually every software program ever written. If you're not a seasoned veteran, that's a big red flag that you are not being honest. Be confident in your talent and skills, but don't oversell it. A little humility can add to a good impression.

2. Present yourself as a team player. Express enthusiasm for working with, and learning from others.

Other than that, just be friendly and honest. Interviews can be nerve wracking, but remember that it's like that for everyone. Good luck!

[alpine stag]

Okay. And what would be the things that need to be printed apart from your cv

[granite plover]

I'm not sure what you mean.

[alpine stag]

What do you need printed out apart from CV and resume

[granite plover]

Bring your portfolio. Include any work you’ve done that’s relevant to the company you are interviewing with.

[alpine stag]

Okay okay

[fervent venture]

First of all, you should find a way to motivate yourself to post regularly about projects that are interesting to you. What are your interests, what are your hobbies, etc. Sometimes it helps to just browse through some news sites about topics that are interesting to you and you think "I like that and it suits me". From this, depending on your style (graphic design, photography, web design, etc.), you can then create a schedule of when to implement which ideas and how, and then post them when. This way you can plan well in advance.

[azure quiver]

Can any one here recommend a good tutorial or ebook on how to effeciently work between Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign. but I'm looking for somthing that demonstrates one or more workflows and covers a variety of projects. I can only find resourses on using CC libraries.

[inland ice]

you'll want to ask in #❓ask-a-question this is the career advice channel 😉 and you'll get better answers there

[azure quiver]

Thanks, I'm new to to the server and did not realize th ere was a special section for this kind of question.

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @inland ice (current: #38 - 51)

[nova gazelle]

Hello! I don't know where to ask this exactly. Is sending a creative brief questionnaire to a company that is ordering a design a better option than just asking questions via email? What are your experiences with this?

[full barn]

I’ve always operated on just asking questions via email, while a questionnaire might seem like it takes some of the burden off of you, it can potentially come off as impersonal. Also depending on how granular you’re making the questionnaire prompts, you might get more detail and specific information from personal correspondence.

You might consider having a saved list of the basic questions that you can copy and paste into emails, if you find yourself asking the same things over and over, and then have an email back and forth from there

That’s my just my take though!

[void umbra]

Hello Everyone! I'm a Graphic Designer from India. Currently I am looking for work opportunities. How can I start work on any ongoing design projects?

[limber hornet]

following this question need same advice

[shell hamlet]

please send me examples of your work, send me up to 10 examples you can send different varieties if you have options. Im constantly looking for more designers and freelancers, i work more in the sporting industry so content you've created relative to sports im more interested in. if you're interested in knowing the type of pictures you could potentially be working with please check my profile for the link to my portfolio, anything and everything on there are examples of what you could receive and work with. Its all 4k-8k content

[brisk olive]

i dont think this is the right channel for recruitment

[misty lance]

GET OUT 🗣️‼️

[runic sluice]

how are you doing

[alpine stag]

Hello hello.

In need of advice on how to be a freelance designer. Does someone have to regularly post on social media and all? Does fiver and Upwork actually work?

Do I need to use LinkedIn?

[daring swift]

If you're freelancing, I would use all of the above. Post your work on all the socials, get on all of the platforms, Behance, Fiverr, Upwork, etc.

[alpine stag]

And be consistent to build a following?

Thank you @daring swift

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @daring swift (current: #3 - 2465)

[shadow lily]

For displaying your portfolio to potential in house or freelance job prospects, would it be best to have your own website to display your portfolio or use a design platform like Behance?

[timid zinc]

Both

[shadow lily]

Which one would you start with?

[timid zinc]

Behance because it’s faster

Then build your website

Like for me, I mostly do video

I uploaded everything to Vimeo back in the day

Then I built my website

From scratch

[floral pike]

Behance is a mobile thing yes?

[daring swift]

No. Not just a mobile thing. Behance is a website for creatives for showcasing projects/work.

(It's operated by Adobe)

[floral pike]

Ohhhh I didn't know that

I wonder why it's "behance"... Like to make something look better is to "Enhance"...

[daring swift]

I never did figure it out. heh

[floral pike]

@daring swift Does the name "behance" also bother you? Cuz I keep thinking it's how someone illiterate tried to spell "Beyonce"

[daring swift]

No. Please ask in the chat. #💬chat-general

[daring swift]

Be-hance-ay

[floral pike]

@daring swift actively cringes That's a terrible name.

[timid zinc]

From the creator

Behance comes from the word “enhance” – to make better, and the desire to “Be” yourself – authentic creative expression paired with enhancing the way you work, your own career prospects, and how you connect with the broader creative community.

[floral pike]

WOW.....

[daring swift]

Nice.

[floral pike]

I'm going to look on there and see what kind of work they do, solid find @timid zinc

[timid zinc]

It’s just a place for artists to post their work

[daring swift]

I never bothered to ask. I figured that the domain name the guy wanted was taken so they just found one that was available and went with it. heh

[floral pike]

LOL I would not have been surprised if that was the case XD

[timid zinc]

Adobe bought it in 2012

[floral pike]

like DeviantArt but less furry, erm, stuff?

[maiden coyote]

Anyone need a fun lil project ? Will pay $

[magic cloak]

what is it

[stiff frost]

Whats the project?

[uneven hollow]

That sounds good, can you share more details to understand it?

[slow shale]

can you share some details of your project like what type of design you want

[wispy mortar]

intrested

[prime current]

Any would like to help me with designs

[steady onyx]

what is you looking for @prime current

[prime current]

Can someone make designs for free

[quick zinc]

Who is thumbnail expert here?

[native cradle]

Depends 👽

[quick zinc]

Like what

[native cradle]

What type of thumbnail u are looking for, Theme, Platform, Realistic or Animated stuff like that

[quick zinc]

Maybe like magnetic media thumbnail
I just wanted to learn

Hahah

[native cradle]

for starters watch YT tutorials and then once u start having idea u can experiment and learn, if u get stuck u can ask questions here #❓ask-a-question

[quick zinc]

How good you are in creating thumbnails?

[native cradle]

Average, boasting won't be as good

[quick zinc]

Can u show your recent design here which you created?

[native cradle]

I did it for Gaming channels for twitch and yt

[quick zinc]

Yeah show me the thumbnail

[native cradle]

IDK

[quick zinc]

Haven't you created any thumbnails like Mr beast?

[native cradle]

I do it for fun, so i haven't tried

but yea those thumbnails can be easy on basic photoshop skills too

These

[quick zinc]

CAn u create it like this now

[native cradle]

hmm, if i have the creative, like what is needed

there should be a theme like what is the thumbnail needed for, and then the character we need to use

[quick zinc]

Create thumbnail like this

Here is the person

Just seeing how you create

[obsidian sandal]

can someone help me? deleting my friends hand from my picture?

[magic cloak]

tell meeee

[light yoke]

Hello everyone

[torpid totem]

hi, guys.

[glacial marlin]

hi

[glacial marlin]

hey there i was looking for some feedback on my portfolio here is the link hope everyone likes it http://billigraphicdesign.ca/

[noble roost]

hello im new can i get some advice

[pearl tree]

It looks great overall, but the thing that sticks out to me is the animating banner/hero in the landing page—it seems a bit blurry, almost like it's low quality. Aside from that, everything looks great!

[vestal sequoia]

Can you be more specific? Is there anything you need help with?

[frail anchor]

Hey guys! I've been learning graphics design for a couple years now and I've recently been trying to get some paid work in so I can save up money for college. How would you guys recommend getting work, and is the quality of my work good at a point where I could get paid for it?

These are a couple of my graphics #📝project-feedback message

[glossy mango]

Hey im designing thimbnails for a yt channel

[mental iron]

I'm on Fiverr and revieved this within 10 minutes of uploading a general photo editing gig for $5. I feel like it's a scam because I feel like Fiverr wouldn't let me complete and post the gig if info was missing. But I'm on the desperate side to get some paid work so I'm kind of considering it since it seems they only want my email. I marked out their username with blue everything else is unedited screenshot.

[mental iron]

Wow nevermind, I've become really popular on Fiverr. Specifically popular on people asking for my email lol.

[eternal wigeon]

someone can do fifa thumbnail?

[real sundial]

Do you want to make or hire someone!

[eternal wigeon]

Hire

[real sundial]

I will do, dm me 🤝

[fervent crypt]

Hello everyone, sorry for the trouble, I'm a guy who has "just started" using photoshop, I know a little about it but I struggle with many things, even looking for tutorials, since I joined this server I've seen wonderful works and I think it's one one of the only places to ask for advice, I have a lot of questions in my head and I've been trying to create something like images for discord servers for days but I'm having a lot of trouble, there's no shortage of ideas, in fact I actually have too many but I don't know how to implement it , for example, where do I find gods really beautiful fonts like for the photo I'm attaching or how I put it and where I find it and how I put images like those and make them all look like a unique image... if anyone can give me some advice or pass me some tutorials from yt or tell me how to do it. the idea of ​​being a profession is still very far away, perhaps even years away, but I hope that one day it will come true... having said this, I apologize to most Europeans for the time, sorry for my English but I'm Italian, I'm trying to do my best.

P.s: if something doesn't add up in the discord it's because it's 3am in my country xD

[tough spire]

Hold up u make yt banners?

[fervent crypt]

I'm trying to learn

[tough spire]

Gunna say I'll pay to make me yt banner mb

[fervent crypt]

I would prefer not to be paid because what I earn is experience but if you really want to give me something 5 dollars is enough to make me happy 🥲

[final hamlet]

<@&548221840750018590> : Need to talk.

[craggy oar]

Is this an emergency?

Otherwise do not ping all moderators please

[final hamlet]

Yes, should I call 911?

[craggy oar]

If you are in the US, yes - anything life threatening

[final hamlet]

No, I think you as a mod might be able to resolve the emergency.

@craggy oar .

If you're still around that is @craggy oar - it's a "modgency" (moderator emergency).

That's why I tagged all of you.

@craggy oar ?

[native cradle]

just state ur emergency which will be looked upon

User left 😭

[native cradle]

i think u should disable the ping so no one can ping a whole role 😭

yk this in the Server Settings< Roles<Moderator<Display (Scroll to bottom)

[daring swift]

They're trolling people and have been removed from the server. Please don't engage them.

[cold edge]

https://discord.com/events/747837303204085770/1328533984442847267

[azure ermine]

https://www.youtube.com/@ScienceSquid
Any career advice on this?

[mental iron]

I have a Fiverr account and have gotten so many messages like this I'm starting to wonder if they are actually real when I initially dismissed them as some type of scam.

The "potential customer" is asking for my email with this screenshot. Dozens of people have done this.

[daring swift]

I'd assume some sort of phishing attempt.

[mental iron]

Is phising when they get your email and send you some sort of bad link or something? Because I'm starting to wonder what would be so bad about sharing my email. Like other than that I can only imagine them signing up to websites with it so I get their spam email lol. I attatched a pic of what I see on Fiverr that makes me definitely worried

[daring swift]

I don't really know how they would use it. Maybe just to spam you. I'm not up on all of the current scams. Sorry. :)

[native cradle]

Give us the CVV

[mental iron]

If you stole my identity you could go to the police and complain that I was the one that ripped you off for giving you such a bad identity.

[native cradle]

[daring swift]

And give the Collection Agency your 'new' address.

[mental iron]

Yeah, giving out my email and even more to the Fiverr people is looking more and more like the right thing to do lol

[nova saffron]

Can anyone explain to me whenever I move things around? It's become laggy

[upper edge]

Good morning
How change language?

[daring swift]

You know everything is A-OK when people use a slang word to name their freelance service and then misspell it. Fiverrrrr. Where your identity goes brrrrrr.

[daring swift]

What language ? Please use the #❓ask-a-question channel.

[daring swift]

Please use #❓ask-a-question

[mental iron]

I've been communicating with someone over email about a job that would probably be good but I am baffled that every email they sent me, inbetween every sentence they use 3-5 spaces after the period. They vary on the amount of spaces but it is never just the normal 1 space. And it's not an accident. It happens after every sentence for 5 emails so far. And some of these emails have multiple paragraphs.

[daring swift]

Be on the defensive. It might be ScamGPT

[mental iron]

Okay wow. Some of these potential scams seem to be just to spread headaches than for someone to somehow profit from them.

[daring swift]

There are AI Agents that people use to automatically reply to emails. Some of them can be pretty good. You might think its an actual reply from a person but its really just ChatGPT or similar AI.

[mental iron]

This would explain some red flags such as repetition and what I otherwise thought was them just not completely reading my emails.

[daring swift]

This type of thing is only going to get worse as time goes one. It won't be an email. It will be a phone call and the voice on the other end will be generated in real-time. heh

[mental iron]

Yay. I wonder what the evolution of spam will be with HUD with glasses or Nerolinkish alterations. So much to look forward too lol

[daring swift]

Time to build an off-grid cabin in the woods. :)

[mental iron]

That is unfortunately actually the best way to describe my living situation. But with electricity.

[glad wedge]

I recenty finished a graphic desing course and i don't know how can i go from here.
How can i star my own small busniness
How can i build a portfolio if i don't have any work ?

[slender crystal]

make a portfolio first, get a job, get some experience, network for freelance clients, quit job and live off of freelance clients, have a therapist on speed dial.

I can elaborate more but i don’t know if you are asking for something specific

[glad wedge]

How can i buipd a portfolio ?

[solemn knoll]

Hey everyone! How are you all doing? I’m curious if anyone has had a similar experience to what I’m going through. If so, I’d love to hear your advice and guidance.

I recently relocated from Sri Lanka to Vancouver, and despite having over a decade of experience as a multimedia designer, I haven’t been able to secure a design job here.

I’m curious if anyone has had a similar experience and would be open to sharing their insights and advice.

[glad wedge]

Im looking for a mentor

[mental iron]

I'm adding things to behance because I'm starting to think of Fiverr as below Craigslist and am left wondering what height to make things. On my smaller laptop, things look like they are too large but I suspect that isn't the case for people with larger screens. The only clear number I can find is max of 1400 pixels for the width, but nothing about the height. I really want to start this with the right foot forward. My goal is for the average behance user to see the full image without having to scroll.

[young sigil]

Unrelated but your comment made me think of the best Tik Tok ever Last calls police on the drugs she was about to sell being stolen. I promise it's a laugh. Sorry that that happened. It had to me before

[primal flume]

the width limit in behance is 1400px, but the height is more flexible

you can make it 1200px to ensure it'll be visible on most screens

if you have longer designs like posters try to break them into sections and not one long image

[tall widget]

/settings

[random lagoon]

i just got my first commission to make a show flyer for a band, but i wasnt sure how much people usually charge for flyers, how should i determine my pricing and what my work is worth?

[warm pivot]

50000$ for one flyer trust me

[daring swift]

Time and materials. Time: total hours required to design and build multiplied by your hourly rate. Materials: the cost for whatever resources you need to purchase to fulfill the project, e.g. stock images, generative AI services, fonts, etc. Add those two things together.

[pale hornet]

Hello How are you guyz I am a professional graphic designer and video editor looking to connect with photoshop designers and clients 😁

[silk hound]

Hi is anyone able to give me feedback on my portfolio? I have the link here. https://taylorcamacho.com

I'm a graphic design student trying to transition into UX/UI.

[trim valve]

Are you using Adobe XD?

That one is best for UX/UI design

[trim valve]

Hi there I am also a professional graphic designer man and am looking for the same things you are lol

[silk hound]

I’m using Figma

I’ve heard adobe has discontinued updates with Adobe XD

[narrow vault]

Hey everyone! I used to freelance but I had very makeshift method such as doing work based of needs on discord servers such as this one, im looking to get back into things and am looking for advice on how to properly freelance with opportunities that are constant and flowing with a decent workload rather than scavenging for clients I’d love for help!

[silk hound]

@pale hornet it’s really good, one of my favorite softwares

[echo flume]

Hey just read your message now, I’m interested on how you approached freelancing

[daring swift]

@novel spade - Sorry. You can't advertise jobs here. If this is a legit opportunity, please use a service like Behance Jobs: https://behance.net/jobs and Behance Hire: https://behance.net/hire

[cursive vault]

same here i would love to connect too and am looking for clients as well

[vivid warren]

deffff how do i find clients

[west orchid]

can anyone help me with portfolio?

[vivid warren]

what do you mean

[solar arch]

Hello everyone! I am currently a freelancer and do not know how to further promote myself. I have collected cases on my portfolio website, launched advertising on Instagram, but there are no clients yet. I would like to work either as a freelancer or online for a foreign company to gain good experience in the field of brand design. Can you tell me how to proceed? My website is https://nurbekezh.com/work

[solemn mantle]

First place to start would be Behance. (Free Adobe Portfolio website)
View how your peers display their projects. Spend some time creating those displays/graphics, and fill out your behance page with as many cool projects as you can.
if you have any questions, feel free to dm me.

[zenith marten]

never found interest in any careers until i found some creative freedom in my ual digital design and photography course being able to preference graphic design in my work, im 20 in september, anyone have any advice on where to start? my preference would be to freelance and im building a portfolio and posting a bit on a tiktok page but im unsure of my next moves wether id be better off finding an apprenticeship or uni while im still young. any tips on how to get my foot in the industry as a freelancer or if that should be a later goal after experience in uni/apprenticeships would be appreciated

[native mist]

https://tenor.com/view/chopper-little-guy-gif-3613285119497602475

[timid charm]

Honestly, it depends how good you are. It’s not enough to know how Photoshop works, you just have to be a good designer. Period.

I’ve done freelance and salary positions in design and illustration. Freelance can be a pain, feeling like you’re always unemployed and looking for more work even when you’re employed.

Design is about making good decisions. Just because something looks good or looks cool doesn’t mean it’s the right decision for the project. It’s not art. If you wanna make money, you’re gonna work on a lot of projects that aren’t cool. You’re gonna have to work with business people who don’t know how to communicate what they want. You’re gonna have to get good at reading your customers. Unfortunately a lot of people don’t want to pay for design work and will try to manipulate you. Every designer feels insecure when they’re just starting. But you have to learn to judge yourself honestly, compare yourself to other designers and what they’re charging so you can be competitive

[jovial hawk]

Hey folks, I could really use some advice. I'm currently in the middle of campus placements and have a decent shot at landing a 3–4 LPA Software job. But honestly, I'm not interested in that kind of work it's not something I enjoy or see myself growing in.

On the other hand, I'm really passionate about UX design. I know that with some effort, I can land an internship or a junior role at a small company or startup. The pay might not be great initially, but at least I’ll enjoy the work and grow into better opportunities later.

My only dilemma is should I go for the campus job just for security and a good company name, even if the work doesn’t excite me? Or should I take the risk and fully focus on UX, knowing it might take a bit longer but would align with my interests?

Would love to hear your thoughts!

[timid charm]

You have to be a really exceptional designer to make good money. It’s better to have a more skilled unique job that pays then you can do design on the side.

[timid charm]

I think it’s more important to be passionate about everything than to have a narrow target dream job that you’re already passionate about

[native mist]

Hi

IDK

[flint anchor]

hi how do I make money freelance with photoshop online? is there a credible way to do it?

because I am doing a photoshop course right now and I have As on every assignment except like four of them in fact I have 100% on nearly every assignment

so I need to know while I'm doing a trade, is there a way to make money in photoshop via the Internet from my laptop?

that isn't prone to scammers?

I want to do freelance photoshop jobs for people

let me know if you know a credible way to make money with thta

I posted a question in the forum

we'll see what comes of it

[slender venture]

In ANY professional setting you will want to present yourself in the best light. Punctuation and grammar are essential for others to take you seriously. After that there are many ways to use Photoshop to make money, but it will be ONE of many skills/tools you will need. What do you want to do/be in your carreer? Doing Photoshop isn't really a career, imo.

[flint anchor]

So what other tools? InDesign? Illustrator? After Effects? The entire adobe suite?

Can you clarify?

I want to make freelance money designing stuff or editing photos, retouching old photos, etc

Stuff like that

[warm zodiac]

Not only tools, but a trade. Motion design, graphic design, fabric industry, printing, etc.

[flint anchor]

Let’s say graphic design

Do I just do a graphic design trade?

Like at a school?

Or is an adobe certification course a good way to learn?

[slender venture]

My honest opinion, unless you are in the top 0.01% in this space, you will find it difficult to make "much" freelance money designing stuff or editing photos in a fulfilling way.

I find using Photoshop in certain circumstances or to enhance one aspect of my work is great, but it does not make up the bulk of my toolset anymore.

Advice I would give to myself would be: to assess what I want and how to achieve it. I would completely change any trajectory I had and focus it mostly on AI tools. Learning AI, especially in the creative space will benefit you the most now and going forward. Then complement those tools with Photoshop and other tools.

[flint anchor]

AI as in artificial intelligence or as in Adobe Illustrator?

[warm zodiac]

Ai (would it be illustrator or Machine learning) are others tools. For graphic design, most go to a school where they learn composition, rules of thirds, Hierarchy, etc. etc. Look at books by Ellen Lupton

[flint anchor]

I’m enrolled in a photoshop class at a trade school. So just complete the whole trade?

Or is Adobe Certified Professional certification worth anything?

I’m just curious

[warm zodiac]

Unless you are naturally gifted to effortlessly create logos, posters, a style guide… I’d say yes.

[flint anchor]

Ok thanks

[slender venture]

As an example I used to spend hours, days, weeks, or even longer on editing and design work. It was good, but very time consuming. It can be fulfilling, but it can also burn you out if there isn't enough creativity in the process.

With AI (Artificial Intelligence) I made this in a relatively short period of time. (With Photoshop, illustrator, Indesign, etc., it would have taken me days, at least.) And now I can reproduce it in many forms in minutes:

[flint anchor]

I do want to do photoshop requests like where someone wants you to edit a photo, not as a career but to make some freelance money

Ok thanks

While I’m doing the trade I mean

If not I could just do the trade and get another part time gig

That’s possible

[warm zodiac]

Might if you intend to teach. But again it would be akin to a paper that says this guy can use a pen or a brush. If you cannot imagine a design it would bring you very far. But if they search a draft man to retrace designs, the pen certificate might be useful. There are countless of different jobs in the creative industry but they change rapidly. I started as graphic artist, but am now photographer, videographer, photojournalist and editor..,

[flint anchor]

Ok well thanks

[warm zodiac]

Yes, but everyone with access to AI does. You’d need to find what makes you stand apart from others, how to spot and fix the problems, such as the blister cutting through the legs.

[flint anchor]

So better to just finish the trade I guess?

I’m acing the one class so far

[slender venture]

And that is where the creative process flows, as well as technical skills in prompt engineering, etc.

Its a fascinating world and direction we are headed in. We adapt and get better, with better tools and technology. But we need to be creative and now how to best use those skills to achieve the reluts we want.

[warm zodiac]

If you like it, are dedicated to it, and are willing to spend night reading books, watching documentaries. obsess over tiny details when you see your or other’s work.

[flint anchor]

Ok thanks.

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @warm zodiac (current: #12 - 225)

[flint anchor]

That answers my question.

[worldly wadi]

Dealing with clients who can't make up their mind and keep changing things even after approval when it costs you time and money. Stories and thoughts?

[warm zodiac]

You might need to insert some wording and rates in your contracts for revisions, and post approval revisions.

[ionic hatch]

This is why I changed focus to art/image licensing instead of taking on clients and custom jobs. It is much less stressful having them choose from a selection of already finished images, rather than working on someone else's unclear ideas.

[worldly wadi]

Thats the direction I’m basically going to head in

[tawny marlin]

Yep, that’s such a common (and frustrating) situation 😬
What really helps is sticking tightly to a clear design process — and breaking the payment into stages. When a client pays part of the fee upfront and knows exactly how many revision rounds are included at each stage, it creates boundaries and helps keep things on track.
It actually improves the final result too — people take feedback more seriously when they know it has structure (and a cost)! 💡💼
Lately, I’ve also seen a growing trend of starting with a paid workshop, where the client (often with their team) co-creates the concept and defines expectations. It does require extra skills — like facilitation and strategic thinking — but it’s often way more profitable than jumping straight into design work.
Funny enough, clients seem more willing to pay good money for a workshop than for the actual project itself 😅 But it makes sense — they feel more ownership and clarity from the start.

[desert torrent]

I am a graphic designer stuck at my job don't know how can I get clients as a sm post, poster, packaging designer ?? 😢 somebody please please guide me

any experience designer please help me give some advice

[lean oxide]

hi everyone! I'm a ready-to-graduate graphic design student (done internship). After I done internship, mentor reflect to me that my attitude when working is nice but my beauty aesthetic (a.k.a works not beautiful or eye catching enough) still not equivalent to become a standard graphic designer.

May I get advices on how to improve my aesthetic? so far I only know that my weakness / pain point is lack of sense on hierarchy

[fervent venture]

The normal way is first to define your Niche and Positioning. (e.g. "Clients don’t just hire graphic designers—they hire specialists."). Then put your portfolio together with your best work (not putting ALL your work on it). Therefor you can go different routes from a Behance Page or to a own website.
Then there is the Marketing part where you put your "Hi, HERE I am. THAT is my work and THIS good Designs I can do for you" Postings, Mails, etc. out there. Also present yourself on social media, etc. also reach out to brands and other Creators yourself. Besides that there are also Freelancer Plattforms where you can present yourself e.g. Behance. Good luck.

[fervent venture]

you can put your work on #📝project-feedback and people can tell you what you can do better. The "Beautifullness" of your work you can work on yourself. Thats something that comes IMHO from inside and what grows.

[lean oxide]

gotcha! Thank you so much for the reply!

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @fervent venture (current: #21 - 113)

[rose rose]

oh wow... there's a lot of people here for this... This is so neat... I could use a lot of advice.. I feel stuck general labouring.. I feel like I could really be a useful member of a team, I just have no real studio experience other than a little Esports when I was younger. I used to design twitter headers and graphics for teams, stream packages... I could have gotten really good. I don't have a portfolio anymore... it'll take a long while to build it again.. and networking takes time.. and connections.. that I do not have.. hm. Probably time to start rebuilding.

[desert torrent]

thnx

❤️

[fervent venture]

its ALLWAYS a good time to start. Have fun.

[fluid fern]

https://tenor.com/view/who-wants-backshots-backshots-steph-tower-of-babel-gaming-tobg-gif-11408804038706811124

[viral maple]

guys,

i just started approaching clients

im approaching book publishers

and creating book designs. for them

any good advice for me?

[rose rose]

Not much, just keep it professional and only promise what you can deliver. If you over promise and under deliver it's a bit of a problem, but if you can find a way to under promise and over deliver on your end, you will have a repeat client and word of mouth traffic will increase. Remember, your reputation with clients is the life blood of your business. 🙏

[viral maple]

that's really helpful. but I'm having trouble even finding a client

[viral maple]

Do u have any tips about finding the first clients??

[rose rose]

Join a community of content creators, artists, website designers, etc.. if you can network with other designers & artists, they'll help find you clients. 😄 It's easier to take over when you have a team.

[rose rose]

@

[viral maple]

do u have a particular community in mind?

like, this discord server is basically a community too

[rose rose]

it is! You're looking for something closer knit, try to look into esports design on X or wherever they're doing it now. There's a lot of people who need graphics in that ecosystem, I haven't been apart of it in quite a few years, but there's good people all over, and the idiots in the community have finally been de-boosted. Just find some people to follow everyone these guys do https://x.com/VBI and try to interact as much as you can, I'm sure someone will be willing to teach you about the ecosystem. You can do stream designs, social media assets, join a team as a design (Keep your reputation tight), take repeat team commissions or setup a monthly payment system of like 1-5 graphics a month.. you can do whatever you want, but those guys are awesome to start with.

Visuals by Impulse (@VBI) on X

Follow us on our new account @elgatoMarket. Need help? Email us [e-mail]

X

They're the inventors of streamlabs (OBS software for streamers), you might even be able to design packages for them one day, I haven't checked into it at all yet.

I said all of this because this is how I got my start here, and that's exactly where I'd go if I had to do it again. 😄

@viral maple

[viral maple]

wow

[viral maple]

oh my

i looked into the profile

im flabberghasted by the designs

as i beginner, i hope to reach that level one fine day

[rose rose]

Yep! Keep going! It's an ever evolving mountain, you get to go as far as you want to with it, but you can't cheat yourself by taking shortcuts, it's a mountain haha!

You could learn project management; it's a $50 per month until completed or cancelled: course via google (https://grow.google/certificates/project-management/)

There's also another UX course by google: https://grow.google/certificates/ux-design/#

The project management course could prove useful if you one day want to do the role of a creative director, UX is a good place to start because you'll learn some of the basics of placement and hierarchy.

Then there's also these courses that are completely free and only really introduction, but sometimes you need to see through the matrix a little before you have enough courage to go in that direction.

Free Harvard Python introduction:

Computer Science
https://learning.edx.org/course/course-v1:HarvardX+CS50+X/home

Python
https://learning.edx.org/course/course-v1:HarvardX+CS50P+Python/home

These are excellent starting points for the future.. if you have a lot of time, the best thing you can do is invest in yourself.. the one resource that money cannot buy for most people is time.. it's the most valuable recourse in your arsenal if you're willing to invest it.

There's also an introduction to marketing, you could try to get hired onto a marketing team / graphic design hybrid role or do it all on your own.

https://grow.google/certificates/digital-marketing-ecommerce/

Also, talk to ChatGPT, if you ask it genuine questions from your heart, if you're inspired, talk to it. It'll be excited to help you plan a way to become the most excellent you, that you want to be. Tons of resources. Just be honest. It's at a human level of cognition now.. just scheme with it haha

/ dream with it.

@viral maple

[viral maple]

im already doing the harvard python course

and i will gladly consume anything useful for my future

thanks @rose rose , ur the best

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @rose rose (current: #988 - 1)

[rose rose]

right on! Those recourses will absolutely help. And you bet! Anytime!

[viral maple]

Once again, Thank You brother.

[rose rose]

and for real! Check out ChatGPT! No worries bro! I love helping, I just do it in my autistic way haha!

[viral maple]

haha i will

[bright saffron]

Hey wsp i'm new and i need a few tips please

[plain sparrow]

Always wash Basmati rice til the water runs clear. Tastes much nicer and makes cleaning the pot a whole lot easier

Ctrl+Shift+T opens closed tabs

When cooking/baking- always use a bigger bowl or pot than you think you need.

[fervent venture]

practice, practice, practice. Then learn more (books, youtube, etc.) and practice more!

[hasty bane]

Where should I promote my work to reach the most clients? Is Behance or Instagram probably the best?

[cold timber]

Everywhere actually

Promoting ur work mostly in every platform u can

[warm zodiac]

You could also use linked in to target local businesses.

[rotund mist]

Hello my name is Gonzalo i am interested in learning and create modern photoshop projects

Any suggestion on how to improve what guides/ roadmaps to follow

Im mostly learning by doing projects

[lilac lark]

Hi guys I am currently at a crossroads in my career path. I possess skills in drawing, but I lack confidence in my abilities. Furthermore, I am facing challenges in finding clients or employment in my field, as the compensation for such services in my local area is quite low. I would greatly appreciate any advice you might have on how I can develop my career in this area and effective strategies for acquiring clients. I included the Behance link as an illustration of some of my work https://www.behance.net/meiwj

[native cradle]

I would say u should reach out to potential clients with samples of your work or build an fan base as I've seen people with artistic skill do on social media, and once they have a certain amount of followers they start selling their work through personalised artwork and stuff

[pine shoal]

Can someone suggest me how can i start posting my work on twitter with 0 followers, how can i grow?

[slender venture]

To upload pictures to X, just use the upload function.

Enjoy!

[spare ridge]

i just started an account and just uploaded whatever i created.. thats all

[spare ridge]

for growing, i belive we should use trending tags and create what people wants and promoting our work

[vivid creek]

Could anyone give some feedback on my portfolio? Thanks in advance :)
https://www.behance.net/horlingsk

[lean oxide]

hi everyone, may I know how you do guys build and maintain new network/connection with people in same industry (which is design industry)

[daring swift]

Get on LinkedIn. Join Groups you're interested in. Connect with people.

[lean oxide]

noted, thank you for the advices!

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @daring swift (current: #2 - 2913)

[tender sapphire]

I am 26 and have already done my bachelors and master in IT. I was not interested in coding so switched to designing. I have 9 months of experience but people don’t seem to like my work. I do know how to use tools also have read design theory but i dont know if i apply them correctly or not. Should I pursue masters in design (M. Des) which would be 1.5 or 2 years or should I do some graphic design course (if yes then which)?

[narrow vault]

Hey everyone! I used to freelance but I had very makeshift method such as doing work based of needs on discord servers such as this one, im looking to get back into things and am looking for advice on how to properly freelance with opportunities that are constant and flowing with a decent workload rather than scavenging for clients I’d love for help!

[young sigil]

prob a stupid question but what is creative carma lol

[daring swift]

Nothing really. Just a points system. You help someone out and they say "thanks" and you get a point.

[daring swift]

Thanks!

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @young sigil (current: #994 - 1)

[young sigil]

Awe. Kind what I thought but was
I wasn’t quite sure lol

Thank you!!!!

[nova igloo]

Anyone here in NYC (Preferably Queens, NY) looking for a graphic design job (In person)?

[daring swift]

If its a legit offer of employment, please post to a service like Behance Jobs: https://behance.net/jobs/

[nova igloo]

its legit and we have post on multiple university job boards, will also going to post on behance as well

thank you

[frosty quail]

I’m a passionate and experienced 2D artist and animator looking to collaborate with people who need high-quality custom art, characters, or animation for their project, brand, music, game, or any creative idea — if you’re working on something awesome and want to bring it to life visually, feel free to message me, I’d love to connect and create together!

[stable fiber]

This ain't Fiverr outreach chief..this channel’s for actual career advice like improving skills..building a portfolio.. navigating the creative industry.. not for pitching affiliate -style gigs... Move it before you catch a mod warning

[glass bolt]

Thanks again!

[stable fiber]

bro tried his best.. to not send in the most obvious channels

[daring swift]

@wary light - You can't advertise here. Sorry. Please use a service like Behance Jobs. https://behance.net/jobs/

[wary light]

@daring swift Acknowledged. Thanks for letting me know.

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @daring swift (current: #2 - 2997)

[short oracle]

Want some suggestions, which type of work is more demanding in graphic designing?

[narrow tundra]

I've gotten really good at working with Photoshop through random personal projects I've done in my free time. I'd like to try to monetize those skills but I have no idea where to start. Can anyone give me the first couple steps I should take if I want to start doing stuff with Photoshop for money?

[echo warren]

According to you guys whats the best photoshop tutorials that made a good designer as i an trying to improve and any advice would be greatly helpful

[warm zodiac]

Masking is paramount, check out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LO4FMCk-V4

then

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiJaxqQMij0
and finally:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LAdBwf5TVk

[warm zodiac]

(This was for @echo warren )

[echo warren]

Thanks alot man i will def check these out

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @warm zodiac (current: #12 - 257)

[neat ivy]

Offer your services on sites like Freelancer or Fiverr. You can also create assets and put them on stock sites or the likes of Envato/Freepik.

[narrow tundra]

I’ll look into this. Have you used any of those sites?

[tawny marlin]

Hi! We’re launching a brand-new channel!
Just for next-gen content creators. Curious? Read on:

🎨 Are you a creative just getting started?
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[sinful jasper]

Idk if this is the best spot to ask this but there wasnt a channel in the Adobe Video server.
So if I put watermarked stock footage in my reel to display a Motion Graphic over would that look bad to potential employers?

[upper matrix]

Hi everyone,

I just joined and looking for some advice. I have tapped into the following things in the years:

-Freelancing on Fiverr and Upwork: I dont really get how you get work when every job has 100+ entries so I didnt bother with this too long

-Stock assets: I generated around 150$ in the past 5 years on Adobe Stock, but still don't get the hang of it, I've been trying to get approved on Envato for some time but can't seem to get approved (I also see that AI generated content flooded theese stock sites and that they are the new meta as I see multiple accounts with the highest traffic selling only AI generated content and i reallllly dont want to make slop)

-I've recently started making design assets in a niche style that people can buy for print and other projects, and want to get into game design or board game design with premade assets but this is pretty fresh

What are your experineces in selling assets on stock sites or on Etsy and others? I have the skill but lack direction and I really want to break off of working in local companyes as I find regular graphic design work really boring

[narrow tundra]

I'm trying to get started using photoshop to make money. It sounds like those are examples of things that won't work?

[upper matrix]

Theese are my experiences, but I think that this field is so oversaturated that selling simple photoshop services just dont work, for every project there are 100+ applications. For stock assets its extremely time consuming and I found it boring but that is a viable probably, you just gotta accept that 95% of your assets will never have downloads until you find your niche. I think the best option is to use your skills to create something that is not just graphic design, like interesting youtube videos, or things like that. Also I found that making animation and 3D assets have a lot more demand because of the higher skill ceiling, but Photoshop serves as the basis for everything.

And then again these were my experiences, maybe you can market yourself better and find projects to work on.

[narrow tundra]

those are good ideas. It sucks that the stuff you tried didn't work but I hope you try those ideas and that they work for you.

[daring swift]

@gentle pasture - You cannot advertise products or services here. Sorry.

[gentle pasture]

Oh sorry

[daring swift]

@stiff breach This isn't a job board. You can't advertise here. Sorry.

[sullen oriole]

iam looking for a photoshop editor for my fashion brand. where can i find one?

[daring swift]

Behance Hire: https://behance.net/hire/

[daring swift]

@haughty oar - This isn't a jobs board. If you have a legit job offer, please use a service like Behance Jobs. https://behance.net/jobs

[daring swift]

@terse stone - You can't advertise products/services here. Sorry.

[willow mica]

I live in Mississippi.
I'm currently looking for a designer to help me with my project.
They must reside in the United States and be available to meet and chat about once a month.

[daring swift]

Try Behance Hire: https://behance.net/hire/

[unreal topaz]

Hey Hi, May I know if we can collaborate. Here's my link

https://www.behance.net/sirishaakurathi

[plush pine]

I just want to hear advice is it possible to make a career in photoshop even though my experience in photoshop is making interesting artworks??

[coarse pebble]

"A career in Photoshop" isn't meaningful. It's like asking about "a career in tractors" or "a career in table saws." Photoshop is a tool used by a professional to create something that has value for someone else. To have a career, you have to be able to turn out something an employer or a client finds valuable, in exchange for income. The valuable thing might be retouched or edited photographs, web banners, murals, billboards, digital art. You can make a career in advertising, photo finishing, book cover designs, creating web assets, even medical or scientific image processing.

Your existing skills with Photoshop are transferable to different types of project or career. From that point of view, you can use your Photoshop skills to make a career, but understand that it isn't your skills that a customer buys, it's the end product you create. That's where your career will come from.

[tardy birch]

Would I be able to make Photoshop my career even though I only know 87% of it?

[celest kite]

I would like to upgrade my career and highlight my portfolio for clients/employers. What could be your suggestions for it?
Does my portfolio have the scope of getting jobs easily? Here's my portfolio link : https://www.behance.net/adarsh610
Please help me through and happy to take your feedback. #🤷career-advice

[tawny marlin]

You have some great variety! My main advice is to cut the excess and focus on designing strong covers for your projects. Quality over quantity always wins!

[tawny marlin]

Instead of proving you can do everything, try to define a specific niche and target client you enjoy working with the most, which will allow you to tailor your portfolio to attract those specific opportunities. If a client senses you have a strong, cohesive style, they will typically trust your ability to execute other tasks, like designing trade show booths, once you receive the proper specifications.

[celest kite]

Your feedback matters me most!
Thanks for the suggestions @tawny marlin I would be thankful to you.

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @tawny marlin (current: #37 - 57)

[shrewd mist]

Is anyone with a photography agency???

I have questions about the qualifications and cost

[ionic vault]

Hi, I am providing with design and web development services please reach out to me if you have any projects for me to work on.

[daring swift]

Olivia - Please don't SPAM the server with this. You can't advertise here. Sorry.

[daring swift]

@velvet ridge - You can't advertise here. Sorry.

[crisp anchor]

I dont want to work a desk job. I want to make remote money. Tell me something true and real. Although I finished my uni degree in May, i feel i have a decent amount of skill to start my own design agency providing social media posts and ad creatives.

Give me the truth, is this realistic, are my dreams of working in my underwear and still being able to eat a myth. How difficult is the current market right now.

I also have a clothing brand I need to give time to but I ran out of money so I invest into it right now.

[wet rapids]

Skill is only one aspect. Experience is extremely important, and running a buiseness is also a skill. If it's something you genuinely want to persue, start saving so you can boot strap it, and pursue it on the side until you are making actual profit. It's not realistic to believe you can just decide to quit your job rn or any time soon and realistically be making any livable amount of money.

[crisp anchor]

Hey. realistically, where do you think im more likely to land clients.

LinkedIn, Upwork, Twitter, Fiverr, etc.
I just need a blueprint. Im really feeling lost. I've had little luck landing any clients these past few weeks besides from my irl friends.

[tawny marlin]

Hey, that’s a fair question! It’s tough. Most freelancers mix platforms at first: LinkedIn for networking, Upwork or Fiverr for steady gigs, and social media for visibility. If you’re just starting, focus on building 2–3 strong case studies and sharing them. Clients come faster when they can see what you do, not just read about it. Friends are actually a great start too; they’re often your first real clients, and staying around people who might need your work is how word-of-mouth begins. From my experience, most of my clients have always come through friends or people they recommended.

[crisp anchor]

Recently upwork has become pay to win. I don’t know why they would do that. Fiverr is essentially a race to the bottom too.

Can I see your portfolio

[crisp anchor]

I mean like I’m 21. I live with my dad. I have no real expenses right now.

[wet rapids]

That's good. It means right now you can save almost everything you are making. The thing about landing clients is that it's a snowball effect. You network and the more you network the easier it becomes to network more. Same thing with clients, you get people who tell others about you, reviews, etc. If you start your own agency it's going to be no different!

Networks take time to build, so keep that in mind! You also have no idea what the future holds. It's just good to have a steady foundation to build off, for any business not just graphic design. If you get ahead now (even if it's doing something you're not exactly thrilled about) you are just giving yourself a better opportunity and more security as you try to pursue this. Obviously you should pay attention to your mental health too and listen to your body.

It's totally normal to not have a ton of clients in the beginning, that's okay. Just focus on the things that you can do to get ahead rn, like saving for the future. If you keep doing the right things, and you're genuinely putting out good work then the clients will come, in time.

[tawny marlin]

As I am not working as a designer since 2022 I don’t have it up to date but I will look what I can show here 🙂

[tawny marlin]

This client came from an employee of a former client I got through a friend. 🙂

My ex-boyfriend recommended me to this client. I’m proud of this one because the client had some awful photos and insisted on using them for the flyers. I convinced him that illustrations I created would be more appropriate for an elegant cardiology conference.

This design was made for the new business of my ex-employer’s wife.

this one was my neighbour 😄

This one I made for my brother 😉

That’s a product design I did for my full-time job, which I got in the regular way — just sent my CV and portfolio then got hired.

[heady sphinx]

Hi, I'm an aspiring graphic designer after I did a career switch. I live in Türkiye and I'm having a very challenging time finding somewhere stable to work here.

Even though I know how to proficiently do almost everything, and have the certificates for PS, AI(still working on ID) and relevant stuff, life experience has taught me to start in the kitchen of anything I work on, only then to go on freelancing. I applied to over 180 relevant job applications in my city, but seeing my CV, certificates and portfolio.... starter places reject me, saying I'm overqualified and everywhere else spurns because I don't have a GD agency experience. So I am in a sort of limbo. I'm open to any suggestions, here or direct-message.

Wishing you all a great evening!

[tawny marlin]

Hey, I’m curious 👀 What’s the job market like in Türkiye right now? Is unemployment high, or are there just too few agency spots for designers? And if you don’t mind sharing, could you drop your portfolio? It’d be great to see your work and maybe suggest where it could fit best.

I use to work in 360 agency.

After some years of freelance.

[heady sphinx]

Hey Dominika_sz! Thanks for reaching out. The challenges where I live is:

• My country is imitating South Korea and China when it comes development and working hard.
• The 2020 global challenge hit my country really hard, economywise.
• The city I live in experienced a mass incoming immigration of 300k people after the 2023 earthquake, due to being away and safe from all fault lines.
• In Turkey, for quit some time the employers mostly demand workers who are jacks of all trades(even in creative areas), offering minimum wage or slightly more, 11 hours a day, 5 days a week.
• I have only come across only twice of job adverts that are willing to train employees from scratch. For those places I mentioned before, I had to go to shops one by one personally and ask, ask, ask, ask, ask, ask the next until someone was willing to interview me.

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @tawny marlin (current: #35 - 60)

[heady sphinx]

• Virtually all work descriptions for graphic design related jobs are demanding social media management(especially foodie instagrams) and their thrice a day content creation all dependent on a single worker.

• About the agencies: I did not notice if there was any increase in agencies, but many people on EkşiSözlük(Sour Dictionary - Turkey's biggest online forums launched in 1999) who claim to be GDs say the teams are downsizing due to Artificial Intelligence.

• Every job opening has at least 100 applicants, averaging at around 200.

[tawny marlin]

Ok, looks like very hard market situation. I see unemployment is around 8%

So, what kind of design are you into?
Do you see yourself incorporating AI into your workflow?
And if you could pick a niche to focus on, what would it be?

You can also check here; https://discord.gg/sW87jZkz

[daring swift]

@hybrid quiver - This isn't a job board. If this is a legit job, use a legit service to list the job.

[blissful escarp]

Could you create a professional enough looking graphic design website on carrd.co and would it attract potential clients?

[heady sphinx]

To answer your questions from last to first:
I think that focus thingy would be a worry for the future as I progress in my career. Right now, the important thing is to get started rather than sharpening the axe. Because I'll never be ready enough to start.

Yes, I can definitely do that. I know all the cutting edge tools of AI generative images. Including Google's latest. I am capable of writing excellent prompts, describing exactly how I want the image to be. I can also edit the mistakes made by AI in Photoshop.

I'm more into digital photo editing, rather than illustrating(but I'm capable of doing that somewhat poorly in Illustrator as well).

I'll post there as well.

Thank you.

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @tawny marlin (current: #35 - 62)

[tawny marlin]

I get your point about just getting started. That really is the most important part.
But thinking one step ahead can help too. It gives your mind a direction and makes it easier to spot opportunities when they appear.

I also looked at your portfolio. It’s a solid starting point and it shows where your interests are.
If you want to make it more appealing for potential clients, adding more “practical” pieces could help a lot. Tthings people actually need every day, like Instagram posts, simple social visuals, small branded sets or campaign-style edits. You can take any brand you like and create a few sample designs in their style.

If you focus on areas you genuinely enjoy, you might already have people around you with similar interests and that’s often where your first real projects come from.

And doing something small for a charity or a cause you care about can also be a great start. It gives you practice, purpose and something meaningful for your portfolio.

Also, photo editing is a different kind of work than design.

[glass bolt]

@heady sphinx Just jumping right here as a Photo Retoucher (It depends on countries but here in the UK, Photo editing is mostly the trade of people who curate large amounts of photography: Think of a librarian. They are found in latge organisations like newspapers etc. I'm just pointing it out because I've been told off many times 😁. It's not important here, but it's important when you look for a job!

I think one of the best background you can have to do photo retouching is photography. And indeed, I, like the vast majority of photo retouchers, started as - or studied - photography first.

I also studied graphic design, and it's a completely different trade, with only a minimal overlap.
I couldn't really help regarding GenAI, I use it only minimally, and depending on clients, sometimes not at all. Some clients require no GenAi to be used because they're in the publishing insdustry and it carries risks (And some people have an ethical stance about it, which is fine by me. As clients, they get to choose)

I work a lot with long term clients (which is not ideal: Basically you need to find new clients, because nothing is sure anymore), and recommendations from those clients. I am not going to lie, the whole freelancing landscape is a bit screwed up at the moment, and it seems to be more or less generalised. There is also a huge increase in return to office, so working from home is the hardest.

But one advice - if you plan to go into freelancing - is to be where your potential clients are: I will just share my situation, because it's the one I know best, so for me that'll be contacting Production agencies (Production agencies are those who are commissionned by a brand to produce (put together) an ad. They will hire the photographer, the set designer, the make up artist (MUA) and stylist and eventually the retoucher. The rest is done by someone else: The design agency will take over for everything graphic design, strategy etc... So I don't show up where design agencies are, I show up where Productions agencies are and of course, photographers

Photographers are the ones I want most to see me. They can influence the choice of the retoucher.

So, I post on LinkedIn a lot, I contact the agencies I want to work with. I show up my work, past and present, And crucially I try to build trust and also be the friendly face on social media. Taking time to comment on other's posts etc...

Communities are also important. I remember, when I started, I was on a forum (which apparently still exists) called Model Mayhem. Building a portfolio as a photo retoucher is hard. Because you need base photos to work with and unless you are fully kitted with a camera/studio and the rest, you can't show your skills. But this forum put photographers, models and retouchers into contact.
The basis is that Models would work with photographers, and photographers would share the raw images for retouchers to work with: With the understanding that everyone can use that in their portfolio.
You need to exercise caution as it could feel exploitative (and it sometimes is) but on the whole, it's an excellent arrangement when you're willing to show your skills

https://www.modelmayhem.com/

There are probably similar platforms doing the same thing

[heady sphinx]

Thank you for the detailed advice! I'll definitely look into this.

[serene nimbus]

Hello, I am a 15 year old looking for a source of income for some experience, and I am particularly familiar with graphic design. A while ago I was doing some logos for Roblox games for fun and I learned the fundamentals plus some more advanced stuff. I was on and off for about 3 years.

Since I can do this at home, at my age and I don't have to start from 0, I was thinking about working in my free time to improve my skills and hopefully start selling services in a couple of months. Do you think this is doable, or should I just try something else? Thank you.

[tawny marlin]

Thank you @glass bolt for help 😍

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @glass bolt (current: #6 - 1078)

[tawny marlin]

Let us know when you have any questions! Also if you have something to show you can ask in #📝project-feedback

[tawny marlin]

Sure! Why not? You start early!
Yes, it’s definitely possible.
You already tried it in practice and got into it naturally, not just in theory. That makes a big difference.
If you keep building small, practical projects, you’ll be able to offer services 🙂

[serene nimbus]

Thank you! I’ll be on the path!

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @tawny marlin (current: #34 - 63)

[glass bolt]

No worries!
One thing that I forgot. Don't overlook freelancing platforms once you got a decent portfolio.
That's where I started. Upwork, PPH, and of course Behance.

I am not going to lie, the competition is fierce and you will be tempted to lower your price to compete with the crowd... Don't!
How to start and eventually succeed on freelance platforms could be a book in itself (but each platform has their own learning material), but this way you can have access to projects from all over the world. This is a world economy. Some of my best, and most friendly, reliable clients are US based (I'm based in the UK) and we work together through one of those platforms. It all comes down to:

• Can you do the job?
• Can you price it in a way that is sustainable to you?
• Can you keep your end of the bargain (Pricing, timeframe)?
• Do you master customer service (This is a service industry, remember)?
• Can you manage your time and workload so you can still enjoy doing this in 10 years time and be better off than when you started?

Hope it helps, and good luck!

[mental iron]

https://youtu.be/VoiGZ47aRao?t=20

[tacit marten]

What’s your name on LinkedIn?

[tacit marten]

You have PS certificates?

[proud geode]

whats is pph ?I know upwork and behance

[glass bolt]

Here is the link
https://www.peopleperhour.com

[storm ginkgo]

I’m looking to make ui for a mobile game in unity and I’ve been using canva till now and have no idea how to use photoshop

The reason I decided to use it is because I saw an old Reddit post that said photoshop is good for unity

[tawny marlin]

That Reddit advice is quite old. Photoshop is still good for textures and visual assets, but it’s not really a UI tool. Today Illustrator (for vectors) or XD make more sense for UI work — although XD is currently not actively developed. It also depends a lot on your game style: flat/vector UI vs. painterly or textured UI may change which tool fits best.

[storm ginkgo]

well the style is whatever canva lets me create

[storm ginkgo]

but its a new project so the style may shift

[tawny marlin]

Yeah, tools definitely shape the style. Sometimes they don't let us create what we imagine, but give other ideas. And that’s totally fine. With a new project it’s normal for the look to evolve also.

I’d experiment and see what feels most comfortable for you over time. You can also mix tools if that gives you more freedom. It doesn’t have to be one or the other.

[blissful escarp]

The bleed is 0.12 in and the margin is 1 in, is this good print on demand?

[warm zodiac]

Maybe post in #❓ask-a-question what are the specs given by your printer?

[blissful escarp]

Well I dont exactly have a printer

[warm zodiac]

Let’s hop to the correct forum first, please ask again there

[quartz jolt]

Ngl photoshop is better for unity ui if you're making like shiny roblox ui with effects but you can draw icons in illustrator

[vital jackal]

cc ya de fr i ci

[delicate flame]

What is the best country in the world for Photography jobs/internships based on expearience

[low sierra]

I’m trying to start a career in video editing and photoshop I have a passion for it but I don’t know if it’s a good idea or not. What type of university courses should I look into more on the photoshop side of things

[tawny marlin]

Yes, it’s a good idea, especially if it’s something you’re genuinely drawn to.
On the Photoshop side, you don’t need a course called “Photoshop” specifically, it’s better to look more broadly.

Good directions to check are:

• graphic design
• visual communication
• digital media
• multimedia design
• film / post-production (especially if you’re into video editing)

What really matters is whether the course focuses on visual thinking, composition, color, storytelling and working with real projects, not just software tools. Those fundamentals last much longer than any specific app.

A lot of people working in video and photo editing build their careers mainly through practice and portfolio, with university being just one possible path.

To give you more accurate advice, it would help to know what country you’re in. Education paths can differ quite a lot depending on that.

[viral goblet]

^

"visual thinking, composition, color, storytelling" are very important in art.

When you learn it, it can transfer anywhere.

[fervent venture]

Besides what is written before... did you made any video so far, did you try to make it as professional as you can get it? Did you try to learn for yourself the basics, read books about it, have maybe already some "heroes" it that area that you follow on youtube or chanels that you follow and learn from? have you tried the professional Tools that are necessary in that area just to get the feeling on how its like to work with those and can you work with Photoshop, Premiere, etc. so far? Because often people say "Oh I'm so passionate" but passion is such a small part of actually doin it...
So I would suggest if do not already could answer the questions with "yes" for yourself just start with that and if you would say "Oh I already make good retouching Photos, can work with the AI Tools to make it better, make my own short-Films or whatever and made maybe some youtube/Instagram/Tiktoks with an amount of substantial viewers and I'm confident of doing that" than you already know where to look 😉 Enjoy the ride.

[low sierra]

Sorry for the late reply but thank you for this I am in northern Ireland and I'm 19 I done creative media practice after secondary school. After that i took a gap year and now I'm looking at which path is best. thanks for the detailed reply 🙏

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @tawny marlin (current: #33 - 69)

[low sierra]

I like photoshop alot more than video editing. When it comes to video editing I'm more of a novice but I think it would work well with getting jobs in the same field and photoshop but im not 100% if im going to fully pursue video editing. Thank you for the reply 🙏

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @fervent venture (current: #20 - 114)

[fervent venture]

Well, that sounds good so far. maybe put some of your work in #📝project-feedback and we can look over it what can be done better or how good it is. From there you now have enough starting points to get the ball rolling. Have fun.

[low sierra]

Okay will do thank you for the help 🙏

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @fervent venture (current: #20 - 115)

[heady hornet]

i want to know bout using ai to do logo

is it good or bad? and whyyy

(advantage - disadvantage)

[daring swift]

You can use AI to help you brainstorm and ideate (develop ideas). The real production of the logo should be done as pristine vector art using a tool like Adobe Illustrator. That's how a professional would work.

[heady hornet]

if I use 100% AI, what will happen? It's bad or not?

[daring swift]

There aren't many AI models that produce vector graphics at the quality that is expected in professional work. That said, if you can produce work that is "good enough" for a client and they pay you for it, I suppose that's a win. Whether it's "good or bad" professionally, that's a personal opinion.

[heady hornet]

thanks for helping me to begin new things🙇‍♀️

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @daring swift (current: #2 - 3219)

[tawny marlin]

What really matters is what the logo communicates, not how it was made.
AI can help you explore ideas or create a rough bitmap concept, which you can then properly rebuild in Illustrator as clean vector art.

The key is the process and intention behind the logo. When real thought and care go into it, people often feel it intuitively and that affects how they relate to a brand.

Sometimes it’s hard to get something truly innovative from AI, because it mostly recombines existing concepts in fairly predictable ways.
A lot depends on what you put into the prompt and the references you use. If your inputs are interesting and original, AI can still help you reach a strong and unexpected result.

[heady hornet]

I think the same a little bit🙂‍↕️

[daring swift]

The artistic portion is only half the battle. Its also in creating the final artwork. The technical execution to create the file that is handed off to the art director, client, printer, etc. First is understanding the difference between raster and vector graphics. Then how "true" logos are created (the technical considerations). The reason why you do things. Design aesthetics is an artistic pursuit. Using computer graphics in design is a technical pursuit.

There is a lot to learn but you just go at it little by little.

[heady hornet]

Now I understand a lot

thanks for the advice 🙇‍♀️

[tawny marlin]

You are welcome! Have fun!

[charred hedge]

Anyone has an advice to help me overcome procrastination?

[fervent venture]

First try to break bigger projects into smaller parts.
E.g. if you want a new Flyer for your Business first begin with the basic document, write one or two maybe messy idea and work 5 minutes on it. After 5 minutes you’ll keep going — but even if you don’t, progress still counts.
Close all other Apps and Tasks and only work on your project.
Identify what kind of procrastination it is

• Overwhelm? → Break it down
• Fear of failure? → Lower the bar
• Boredom? → Add music, a reward, or novelty
• Low energy? → Rest first
  Make Time blocks for about 30-45min. This lowers pressure and prevents burnout. have fun

[winged shard]

I've been using Photoshop for a long time now and I'm pretty good at doing basically anything design related, I used to work as a thumbnail designer for a YouTuber but ever since then, I don't seem to be able to get something out of this skill to financially support myself, I did almost everything I saw other people doing: cold emails with free thumbnails made specifically for them, reaching out on Discord, etc. but to no avail. I wonder if there's some things I'm missing that can help me get some clients. Thank you for your help in advance!

[fervent venture]

Are you ONLY a "Thumbnail Designer" or are there other areas you would work on? Do you want to do Freelance Jobs or are you potentially searching also for a Job at an agency?
Do you have a Website or a Plattform like Behance where people can see your work? Then there are plattforms like fivrr or Behance where you can say "Hey, you can hire me" so you cen tell more people about your work. The there should be in case you are searching for Thumbnail-Jobs some social media Forums or groups where youtubers talk to each other and there you can look for Jobs. ask yourself "who would look where for someone who makes that stuff that I would want to do?!" and go to those places. Good luck.

[winged shard]

I can work on almost anything that can be done in Photoshop, not just thumbnail designing, it's just that it felt easier to find clients for this field as there are so many youtubers who would want better thumbnails, but little did I know, no one out of the 100 people I've reached out to (for half of whom I even had made free thumbnails which took me hundreds of hours) was interested, they didn't even reply. I'm looking for casual freelance oppurtunities as I'm a student and a full-time job will affect my flow, although I can give as much time needed in order to get started with freelancing, but the problem is, freelancing websites like Fiverr are so crowded that they won't even accept any further Photo Editors, others will accept but the market is already taken by some old users so that doesn't work. I have a website showcasing my portfolio, but it is of little worth despite how good the thumbnails are due to the fact that others have more trustworthy portfolios, like ytjobs for example, where the thumbnails aren't just personal recreations, rather those made for youtubers who actively use the thumbnails for their videos, and i tried so hard to make a ytjobs portfolio, but i just can't get a youtuber to hire me in the first place (it's like the "you need experience to get a job but you need a job to get experience" type of scenario). I haven't looked much into forums and groups where youtubers talk to each other, this seems like a nice idea. And thank you for your help, I appreciate it

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @fervent venture (current: #20 - 118)

[vocal estuary]

Does anyone know where can I find clients except fiverr?

[wicked verge]

Upwork

[vocal estuary]

Is it free

[wicked verge]

U need to buy bids to get projects

[daring swift]

Behance from Adobe. https://www.behance.net/joblist

[glass bolt]

Not sure if you can do that without opening an account on freelancing platforms, but all of the reputable one have some sort of end-of-year report with jobs most in demand.
The thing is YT thumbnails are an oversaturated market, and with the ease of use of AI to create avatars and such, it's easy for beginners to slap something with a simplified design software like Adobe Express or Canva.
If you want to stay there, you need to find a unique proposition. Either position yourself higher in terms of quality (but also understand how a thumbnail may affect metrics, because you need to sell your skills AND the outcome. Nobody cares if you're good at Photoshop if you can't get them more views (this is something it took me time to learn in another discipline)
Genuinely nobody cares if you spend hours doing something if they don't see a benefit at the end. So I would suggest learning the marketing side of things as well, so you can understand what drives views and subscriptions and sell that added knowledge as well as your skills with Photoshop.

IMHO time spent working for free for people who don't care about the craft is better spent producing pieces for your portfolio, or simply post about your work, your skill, your workflow on socials such as LinkedIn (an overly under-used SM platform for creatives)

Ultimately, be sure to be where your clients are. If they are on YT, use YT to advertise your skills (subtly), comment on people's videos, offer insights, be the expert everyone knows about. Create a YT channel yourself, do your best work for your own videos instead of trying to groom unappreciative people into hiring you by giving them free perks. Free work smells of desperation and it either turn people off or drives the worst people to you (the ones who will never pay)

Here's the report for Upwork
https://www.upwork.com/resources/in-demand-jobs-and-skills

As far as I know, Behance does not do job reports, but other platforms might do.

[fervent venture]

there are many plattforms like Upwork or fiverr. you can also try Freelancer.com, Guru.com, PeoplePerHour.com, Workana.com, hubstafftalent.net, etc.
what plattform will work best for you that only can you decide for yourself.

[ancient lynx]

Im a photoshop beginner
And I really want to learn it well

[daring swift]

For feedback, please post to the #📝project-feedback channel.

[ancient lynx]

Thanks

[dawn narwhal]

hello guys, i have been working on this brand for 3 months alone struggling (i have been designing for only 1 year) can you guys let me know if there is any feed back... i showed 1 designer from my hometown and he said i need to learn color theory better

https://www.behance.net/gallery/245407953/IROW-Womens-Activewear

[upper oracle]

Hey I think you’re color theory is fine and everything seems professional to me only thing I would say is to not make stuff so clear because some of the girls near the start look ai generated no offense but that’s just how I saw it other then that best of luck on you’re brand

[dawn narwhal]

yeah its mostly an AI project. im single person team and this is just a portfolio project

the imager and mockups^

[quartz jolt]

I wanna maek moneh

Halp

[daring swift]

Try freelnace opportunites using sites like Behance, Fiverr, Upwork and similar places.

[quartz jolt]

I did fiverr

Is there any thing that gives like guaranteed customers or requests or smth for a constant amount of money

Doesn't have to be a lot of money

[daring swift]

Guaranteed? How could anyone guarantee that you get customers?

[quartz jolt]

Idk

Like smth with commissions for Like 5 bucks

And theres a lot

[daring swift]

Doubt it

[quartz jolt]

Ppl talked abt it b ut idk

[daring swift]

No one is going to guarantee that you get constant service work. Sorry.

[quartz jolt]

Well like almost constant

[daring swift]

The only thing that is going to guarantee you a constant paycheck is to get a full-time/part-time job with an org.

[quartz jolt]

Ill just do upwork

[daring swift]

Good luck

[fervent venture]

What should be the goal of that Behance Page? Is it made for other Designers or potential customers that need their own brand designed or advertisements?
The Page shows VERY much, but not for specific Target. The Logo itself looks a bit generic. The Logo is not on every Outfit of the 3 girls on top. Also the brand name is missing.
The dark-bluish girl with the green accent Outfit has also green brand Name and Logo. Why do the other two have only little white Logo on the side? Also the pink watch strap of the girl on the right do not match the lightblue Outfit.
The Lensflares distract more then it helps. Instead of the very lightlue background maybe try a little more contrast with e.g. cement wall or so.
Then there comes the visual explanation and some ey-ish logo that then never exists again on the page?! Here I would assume some scribles on how the Logo evolves from an idea or so.
Then there comes something in a "Style" Section, but then it shows a pink Smartphone only with generic logo?! It is about sportsware, nothing else!
After that I miss the sections "move" and "style" what would have given the perfect oportunity to put some variations into the story.
The Illustrator vector Thingies and Color Swatches I wold get rid of it (its not a Corporate Design book).
Then there was a short section wher it shows different outfits, but not in the three basic color variations and to mixed up.
Also sportsware will not come in cardboard boxes. And again ... Lensflares. Way to much!
Then comes an area whare the blue-limegreen color is shown, but also blured. Never blur a Logo! Also on some of the images to logo (in particular the white one) looks like its not really on the fabric, mor like floating above. maybe try look some Tutorials on how to put Logos/Images on fabrics in Photoshop.

Also make sections for the different sports. maybe swimming, running, play ball, bike. But not to much!

For the colors overall they would not work for me. No interresting combinations, way to pinkish and to blueish, not much variations.
Also the Logo seems only to exist in bright color not in black, why?!
I would try to put the Brand and Logo on the Top of the page and all that explanetory stuff for your porfolio maybe at he bottom or make one extra Page where you explain your workflow.
So, I think that is something that can bring you closer to your goal. Try some more Tutorials on how Brand Design, Target Marketing and Color Combination works that will definity helps there. Also look some other Ad Campaigns in magazins, Behance, youtube, TV, etc. to get a feeling of it. have fun.

[dawn narwhal]

you did raise some good points that i have either ignored intentionally not for creative purposes for example the logo on the top behind a black background i changed that last minute some shortcuts were taken due to the fact that i had taken so long on the brand and i needed to finish it.

some of the logos may look like its floating on top of the clothing because i have probably intentionally not embossed it on the clothing or had a hard time doing it and making it look good due to the color contrast between fabric and logo.

some points im a little confused about like the (smartphone with generic logo) the only smartphone in the project is the App Product page mockup, i have not placed any other smartphones besides that, but yes i will take those more into consideration maybe i would re-publish with your advice taken

the "Eye" logo is the logo of my brand, i only use it in the into/outro of all my projects if im not mistaken

oh you mean the app icon mockup

the watch miss-match is intentional

[radiant coyote]

Hi @dawn narwhal and @fervent venture sorry to jump in to conversation I've just gone onto Youtbe and I found some logo design tutorials done by Tony Harmer and Liz Mosley and Tony Harmer Victoria Stefania https://www.youtube.com/live/V43q3-mP7Pw?si=utL9IbslIcnNt-Yu https://www.youtube.com/live/rn-gzI71P3Q?si=VsG0_TIdoGAX9krY I hope these two video amgned to help.

[pliant coyote]

any work for photoshop

[dawn narwhal]

thank you, ill give it a watch

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @radiant coyote (current: #1039 - 1)

[radiant coyote]

Your very welcome 👍

[daring swift]

@dawn narwhal - Please do not post the same thing in multiple channels. #📝project-feedback is the appropriate place for feedback.

[dawn narwhal]

oh sorry

[daring swift]

@peak dragon - You can't advertise here. Sorry.

[peak dragon]

Qual seria a opção para que eu procure profissionais para trabalhar em um projeto?

[daring swift]

https://behance.net/hire

[wanton stag]

Guys so

[wanton stag]

I’m on here now haha

[wanton stag]

Anyway can I ask, what’s the money like as a free lance graphic designer, photo editor etc?

[wanton stag]

anyone able to educate me on basically being a freelance designer, anyone know about working with musicians on cover art etc

[hollow river]

can anyone let me know what is my pros and cons for any of my design

https://www.behance.net/kevinarcamo

[fierce oak]

Hi my name is adrian gonzalez a current graphic designer/motion designer.

Not only would I be happy to collaborate on anything design but would love some feedback on my portfolio.

Any feedback is good feedback as I try and improve myself so please don’t be shy to reach out!

https://adriangonzalezdesign.com

[viral goblet]

awesome job

[fierce oak]

Thank you! I’m worried about my portfolio because everywhere I apply I get denied and I really can’t figure out the reason why? So sometimes I think maybe it’s my portfolio. Any thoughts?

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral goblet (current: #44 - 50)

[viral goblet]

idk

maybe it's the website design, but i'm not that type of designer.

[fervent venture]

I looked over your website. It is a bit confusing from a navigation standpoint. I would assume that "About me - Contact - Resume - work - Photography - the Library" the Main Topics would be. But after Resume the Navigation seem to "cut" and shift to the side. Confusing. Then Resume opens on another Page instead on your Page. I totally miss a Contact Section (yes, there are some buttons on the bottom left, but not prominent enough). for the "work" part I would try to make more clear what you have actually done and what are Case studies and what the goals of those studies would be.

The Photography Section could be devided into Topics. After the First page probably no-one would go to next pages 😉
Also for the book section there is the question what you have done there? Images, Design, writing, etc.?!

Look over the webpage as someone who is looking and searching. What does a person who does not know you will find and how to guide them.

[fierce oak]

Thank you very much @fervent venture, I’ll make sure to look over it with the new perspective!

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @fervent venture (current: #20 - 121)

[fervent venture]

Maybe bring more structure into the website and show what you have REALLY done.
When I look e.g. at the Nike Images where an sharp Image sits besides a blurry yellow car that makes no sense. Then there are Text that is "cut" by parts of the Image (That is agains avery Design rule...), Mixing a Copyrighted Logo with Text also. For the "Lady in Sunrise" I miss the Variations.
Therefore I do not get the picture what YOUR work makes YOU unique. Also when I would eant to hire you and the Output is not perfect in those details what will I get?! Something to think about.

[cold timber]

can i ahve some feedback in my work https://www.instagram.com/nessdesignhub/ just finished 2 year

[ebon zephyr]

It's very visually cohesive! Do you just have an instagram? I recommend having a website too.

[cold timber]

yes i have

[ebon zephyr]

Oh wait. Yes, I just foind it. Sorry ;O;

[cold timber]

i have a linktrr link in my acc

iuts okay its that insta gets u many follows my website no ones clck it tho

[ebon zephyr]

That’s okay. I feel like Instagram is where people showcase their work publicly, while a portfolio is more tailored to people viewing your work through a professional lens.

[cold timber]

Yes exactly that’s why I use insta more and showing it so people can get to know me portfolio is more like for studios etc like Behance as well

[ebon zephyr]

There are a couple of artists your work reminds me of. Let me see if I can find them.

[cold timber]

sure i would love to

[ebon zephyr]

Here is one! I am struggling to find the other. 😭 👉 https://www.instagram.com/womaszwomasz/

[cold timber]

Oh that’s really cool tho omg he/she is so good

[fervent venture]

Those are many different Artwork Pieces. Try to show only 3-5 of your BEST work (not all). Also you wrote that you are no Motion Designer, but you show Motion Design ... why? I get tha often ppl want to shao ALL the work they are proud of BUT at the end the Viewer is only interrested in the best work that is shown. Thats like have a family Party wher the uncle wants to show his 857 DIA-Photos of the last holiday where he got that camera new as a gift and tries all the different features of the camera and makes everytime a photo of whatever is in front of him and he shows that and comments that .... but in the end there are only 5 really interresting Photos for the hole family 😉 I think you got the picture 😄 Try to choose only the 4-5 of your best work.
If there are areas where is nothing to show, do't show the area at all!
Instead of putting an e-mail link on Top maybe try to put there a contact page where some can find an e-mail form, some links to other social networks you are on, etc. Hope hat helps.

[cold timber]

The holiday photo slide-show analogy actually made me laugh, but you make a great point! It’s so true that less is more when it comes to keeping the viewer hooked, so I’ll definitely curate it down to my top 4-5 strongest projects. But bc studios like variety’s bc I am new yk they like it tho even the sketchbook As for the Motion Design part, that line was honestly a bit of an inside joke with my peers since I’m still learning and don't consider myself a professional animator yet. But you're right if it's on the portfolio, it should speak for itself without confusing explanations.

[wanton stag]

Any advice on doing freelance work?

Does anyone here do freelance work as full time job?

[fervent venture]

What exactly do you want to know? You have a portfolio/Website with your work you can promote? maybe some potential customers that you can contact? At what point are you? What area do you work in?

[fervent venture]

Freelance work is a fulltime job if you want to earn money!

[wanton stag]

As in how have other people found it? I just wondered how other people doing the job full time have found it

What their days look like etc

Just asking how is it

[fervent venture]

Well, not specific speaking you go out, search your customers, do your work, repeat.

[wanton stag]

Hm. Can I ask as im guessing you make graphics in general etc. do pieces usually charge based on complexion or more on how long they’ll take etc

[fervent venture]

Again: what exactly do you want. Without some Keypoints its a little hard to help.

[wanton stag]

Like what’s the general guildine when it comes to charging for graphics

[wanton stag]

I was hoping someone who is a free lancer would just lmk how it is being a freelancer and what they do on a day to day, that’s it

You answered tho mostly

[fervent venture]

Me personally I'm doing Photography, Retouching, Journalistic stuff. The process is from area to area sometimes a little different. For Graphic Design/Art/Designstuff you could begin to calculate based on your costs, etc. what one job or one piece would sell for (backwards calculating). The "how long does it take" part is more complex.
Let's say you make thumbnails for YouTube videos. A typical price is around 3-10, depending on the type/scope. However, these thumbnails are usually due within a day, which is quite quick. Then there are also orders where you accompany an advertising campaign with advertising posters. This takes several days for the photo shoots plus the rework and the creation of the posters. There are easily 4 and 5-digit prices. So it really depends on what area you are in.

[fervent venture]

maybe begin to make some really god stuff, look how other portfolios (e.g. on Behance) look like and build your own. With that you can reach out e.g. on behance, Fiver or other Freelance plattforms and grow.

[wanton stag]

Yes im trying to build a portfolio but hard when I have nothing to build things off of. You know any places where I can find work? Yk cheap work

I mean you said Behance and fiver and other platforms but are those more suited to experience pros or?

[fervent venture]

As I said: look out for other Portfolios. google, youtube, Behance, etc. Search for thinks like "Frelance Portfolio Design" or similar. Look how they have done it. You said "nothing to build things off" that is not true! You are first your own first customer. Think as "Hey, I want a Logo for a Website for Br." Then some products like Protein drink, Lipstic, Sneaker, etc. after that an ad campaign and so on. Try to invent some imaginary products you can make YOUR Designs of.
If you don't have enough imagination to think of something, start with simple things.

[fervent venture]

No, those are platforms for Freelancers. If you want to get to know other people you go to a bar and not alone onto a mountain or into the woods.

[wanton stag]

Fairs I do, but it would be nice to obviously have something to work with from someone, thx tho

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @fervent venture (current: #20 - 123)

[wanton stag]

Hm right

[fervent venture]

If you want to get better make some designs, and post them to #📝project-feedback and get good feedback on how to get better.

[vestal salmon]

There have been some requests for a career-advice channel, so here it is! Feel free to ask and chat about career related questions & topics 😃

[trail lake]

How can I get work? Finding it so difficult to even obtain an interview, any guidance would be welcomed 😀

[terse dawn]

@trail lake I can think of a few ways but one the most effective for me has been investing some time to have a web presence ie: your website portfolio, Behance portfolio, Social Media portfolio... Take your pick. Work on them one at a time, I find that this is helps clients/work find you instead of the other way around.

[trail lake]

@terse dawn - Hey thanks for the note, that was one of the reasons why I like doing the DCC as it keeps you fresh, active and doing stuff alonside your other activities. Will take the steps onboard.😀

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to CynLagos

[amber badge]

Related to that suggestion @terse dawn and @trail lake and of course anyone else lol. How important do you think it is to have same name of Behance and social media accounts and like user name in here and everywhere etc. like if I want to do freelance work should I change them all to something that is exactly the same? And what if the name is not avail ?

[surreal vapor]

@amber badge
Great question! And it actually made me realise what need to do. I think it's the best way for your brand to stick in someone's/anyone's brain, particularly a potential employer.

[austere kettle]

Can someone change low ppi pictures to high ppi pictures?

[amber badge]

@austere kettle anyone can. But it won’t necessarily change the image quality for the better. Menu. Image. Resize image size I think ? Hit resample. And change ppi to whatever you want.

But to get a high ppi Image you really need to get it that way originally if you really want a high quality image.

But this question should be in another channel. And have just noticed it is asked in several lol.

[hexed hamlet]

ok... i was trying to crate myself a temporary logo so i made these, which one is the best?

some where just for fun

[lofty quiver]

@vestal salmon OMG I didn't request this channel, but I'm so loving that it's here!

@hexed hamlet I like the 3rd one after the black, red, and blue logo

[hexed hamlet]

i think so too! gta v style...

[austere ember]

@hexed hamlet call me biased toward 3D, but your red, yellow and blue 3D logo rings my bell.

[hexed hamlet]

the problem is that is inspired by steven universe and its not that well made...

[steep holly]

they almost all look like just a font, in that regard the last one's the best but it has a circus-y vibe

start sketching on paper before you go digital

maybe watch some Aaron Draplin stuff first

[tired cape]

@hexed hamlet Nice job with the Steven Universe font - is that available, or did you make it just for the logo?

[hexed hamlet]

i made it myself

it was made with illustrator

[glossy sedge]

Is anyone out here having knowledge on kinetic typography in after effects.. It's out of topic still would be of great help if anyone could guide or just share tutorial links

[tardy wagon]

@glossy sedge perhaps this will help: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kinetic+typography

[quick zinc]

Does anyone have feedback on my blog (aside from the fact that my alpha channel is having troubles on my last two posts)?

https://www.devendesign.com/

[upbeat kayak]

I have a question for all designers around the world: ¿In your country graphic designers all have to know about web design? i'm just wondering since in my country almost all job offers are about that plus video edition or motion graphics skills. I don't know if in my country are trying to mix several job positions in just one designer or im just outdated and need to know how to build websites asap.

[tardy wagon]

@upbeat kayak I have that same curiosity.

[tacit mulch]

https://tenor.com/view/sheldon-tbbt-paperbag-couch-hyperventilate-gif-4992098

Hi everyone! how are you? I am new in the community and I would like to ask you if you can give me any feedback on my portfolio/website. I am working on my "new"career as a freelancer but so far is been a bit slow. Thanks! Sabrina

https://www.sabrinaddesign.com

[plain hare]

"

@upbeat kayak Gee what can I say, in my country they mix an instructional designer with graphic skills (illustrator, photoshop) video (motion or after effects and edition premiere or final cut), plus programming (javascript) if you can believe that, and to manage an e-Learning platform for the same pay, of course. Good grief!

[plain hare]

@hexed hamlet ofir check https://thelogocompany.net/blog/infographics/5-logo-styles/ for logo ideas. Maybe it would be nice to blend and image with some letters of your name, just throwing ideas. Like https://www.pinterest.com.mx/pin/721701909008887749/Check out the differences https://www.pinterest.com.mx/pin/388928117819888736/

[hexed hamlet]

Thanks! i realy appreciate it!

[amber badge]

@upbeat kayak Hey. Not many answers to your question, I don' t really know because I'm maybe a wannabe graphic desinger lol. Definitely no formal training so I'm not really sure but to keep the conversation going, I suspect that it would depend on how large of an urban area you live in and who you work for. Large city centers (New York, and other comparable places) I would think have large design companies where you could specialize in one thing and be a cog in a design company. But working independently you could also specialize but then are limiting your customer base. I dunno, I would think that knowing about web design would be important as it's increasingly becoming one of the more if not the most important way for a company to interact and advertise its brand. I think people would pay more for a web design than they would for a logo. And I don't mean to say 'just a logo', but I think that's the perception, that a logo is easier to make than a 'whole' webiste. I don't think that's true really, but I think most people probably do. Typing too much.. will stop.

[south holly]

is it really important to select your one niche?

can't a single designer call himself a (logo, UI/UX, Manipulation, Branding and designing) Designer

what if someone feels to do two or three things more?

[upbeat kayak]

@amber badge Yeah i'm starting to think i should move to a place with more job opportunities, but for me is hard since i didn't see anything about web design at all in my university/college. Being autodidactic is hard because you don't know where to start, therefore learning is pretty slow....but debts and expenses never slow their pace.... so it's very frustrating not being able to land many jobs (yet i have a bachelor in graphic design) because i don't know a thing about web design or UX / UI. Thanks for your words anyway.

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to Jon Leo

[upbeat kayak]

@south holly is not so much about selecting one niche, is more like to have the qualities and expertise that the marketplace is demanding from designers. I wanted to know if elsewhere in the world, jobs for designers are requiring web-design knowledge as a must-have or if its just my country and its bad economy that is pushing companies to mix several job positions in just one know-it-all designer (that is poorly paid, btw)

[sharp light]

@upbeat kayak I have a similar issue, but somewhat worse because my BA is in Painting and let's just say that Painter isn't really a position open that most companies have, but you know sometimes you get an awful day job to pay the bills and keep you floating until you manage to get a less awful one and so on until you manage to find a balance between work and life stuff.

[upbeat kayak]

@sharp light Yeah that's the best description, keep floating until we reach a less awful one. We will make our way through hardships but sometimes it seems humanities is the hardest mode of all. We'll keep learning tho, it's the only way to find solutions and be more prepared for sudden changes.

[versed venture]

hi! i started a fiverr page for logos, and i was hoping someone could give me advice on getting requests? im eager to get started making designs 😄

[quick zinc]

Hey. How's everyone doing?

At one of my jobs, I was recently promoted from being in camera production to a technical director role. What future opportunities could this position open up? What are the related industries I could search for and potentially break into?

[topaz glade]

I am trying to start freelancing, in photography specifically. I love to illustrate as well. I decided to join Freelancer on a friends recommendation. He is a writer making 6 figures but I don't see much in the way of photography or illustration for my city. I'm in Columbus and the last photo job request was over 3 months ago. Any idea on how I can get started easier in a smaller market?

[tired cape]

@topaz glade I'm a beginner too, but I would suggest joining subreddits where people ask for simple photo edits and you can add a link to be tipped, just to gather a customer base and get your name out there. Also, networking is crucial. Just by doing these challenges I have found out about Behance, and met awesome people in the industry. The great thing about digital art, is you don't need to be in he same city as your client! Also, find some sites that are a little more tailored to your strengths and put up profiles on there- giant sites like freelancer make it hard to be found. Working on your online profile/site is helpful, too.

That being said, I have yet to get a single commission so take my advice with a giant pile of salt.

[sharp light]

@versed venture For fiverr try to use the buyer request feature and apply to the gigs that are similar to what the client needs. It's time consuming and a really competitive and low paying market though so don't expect to get lots of money there. My advice is to work on your portofolio and keep it tight. Post it on behance and then apply to an actual job as a designer in some company. Freelancing is really hard if you don't have connections and clients already. Networking is an important part of the job and once some people who trust you as a designer exist, getting jobs should be marginally more easy.

[ocean kettle]

what do i do to find digital artist job or 3D artist job in professional company

[quick zinc]

am created fiverr gig of logo animation am new to fiverr anyone give me an idea to improve my gig am designer of motion graphics design

[quaint sandal]

Hi ,I'm a high school graduate and I'm really confused on what I should take up for my degree in design so I decided to take a gap year ,currently I'm doing a certified course in graphic design.I would appreciate if someone could tell me what design field I should look into.Im also interested in doing production design/set design ,I would appreciate if you give few tips on how I can become a set designer and what I should work on to improve my skills

[random cobalt]

@ocean kettle hey! I have the same question actually...

[hollow frigate]

@ocean kettle https://www.behance.net/joblist can be a great starting point 🙂

[quick zinc]

Anyone have tips for my resume? Any small details that pop out?

[bright bloom]

@quick zinc Hey Deven, the information looks fine but I felt that the resume is too cluttered. Headings aren't in order and I can't figure out where to look to see the heading. The lines after/with each para/headings are too distracting too. Maybe you can look into it.
But i like how you have structured everything into one single page :)

I hope this helps.

[quick zinc]

Huh... I'm glad I know it's still cluttered. Any suggestions on how to clear up some space?

Or is it just the lines?

[pliant fern]

@quick zinc You can think as the viewer. Which information you would want to see first? You can control the "eye direction" establishing some hierarchy. That can be done with some font weighs and even graphic elements like shapes. If you want, of course, you can add your photo to the resume, so it can have more personal look 😉

[bronze ether]

@quick zinc there is a lot of interesting resumes out there that you can look at styles for reference, I too believe the lines are a little heavy and distracting, if you removed them you could have more space for you information to stand out, then draw peoples attention to the headers and slow decrease the size. I have attached mine for an idea how I am able to update my skill progression without writing to much or thinking 🙂 otherwise all the best!

some companies could get 100's of resumes, so to have one that is a little powerful doesn't hurt, plus its straight to the point, the back pages can contain all the experiences and what not

[bright bloom]

@quick zinc Hierarchy is very important but i guess you're clear there.
Maybe you'd just want to put the right padding and it is good to have white space. So, in case you do get some white space, let it be there.

Below is one resume that I referred to while creating my own resume.

[quick zinc]

I suppose the linear fashion is not working as well as I would have liked. As @pliant fern said, I could make the headings different scales.

Would it help if I made the lines a light-grey color or moved them to the right of the page?

[pliant fern]

@quick zinc you can rely on alignement to develop he hierarchy. My suggestion is that you can search for references and apply the elements that you see working on your resumé

[quick zinc]

Here's an update of my resume. How does the format look? Also, I'm a bit concerned about my description for Freedom Church and Macy's. Do you all have any suggestions on how to re-phrase them?

[bright bloom]

@quick zinc Much better, I suppose. Is there a specific reason why you've highlighted the Professional experience part of your resume?

[quick zinc]

Because that's the only design experience I really have. I've had 4 years of experience within the graphic design field, but only one of which was a full-time contract job.

[undone patrol]

@upbeat kayak I happen to be a print designer and noticed the trend has changed in the job demand for graphic designers. I have very little web design and animation experience and zero UI/UX experience. UI/UX is a new thing. Personally, I have over 14 years of exp as a print designer and illustrator and realized I need to study web design and animation. I wasn’t interested in UI/UX because I love paper and feeling the design pieces in my hands. I understand that the younger generation is more into the UX/UI stuff since phones were already part of them growing up than it was with me. However, I think having a variety of skills is essential than just one skill set. Some companies want to hire someone with multi skills to save money while other companies will hire each individual type of designer if they can afford it. I think that’s what happening. Hope this helps.

[bright bloom]

@quick zinc Okay, but it looks like you are giving too much weightage to it. And there is no hierarchy of information.
If you want to highlight or give more importance to your experience, then put that above your skills instead of making the text size bigger and bolder.
It is making the resume look unbalanced.

You can get rid of lines with each heading. Padding and proper alignment should be enough.

You have divided Deven Design and Additional experience into 2 columns but the columns aren't aligned with each other which is still making it look a little cluttered.

Sorry for being too specific 🙈 , if I were hiring a designer, i would have looked at the details for sure.
After all, first impression is the most important one.

Goodluck !

[quick zinc]

Don't ever be sorry about critiquing me. I'm not the type of person who's merely looking for approval.

I appreciate the critique.

[severe pasture]

I am pleased 😁 to have a feedback

[tired cape]

I’m sure this has been asked quite a few times, but if I want to go to school to study graphic design, how do I go about doing it? Is it a major of its own, or is it part of a school’s art program? Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[tardy wagon]

@quick zinc Love your comment because approval is nice; improvement, however, is useful.

[gleaming field]

Hi everyone

Can you guys suggest me good name for DESIGNING AGENCY??

[prime widget]

@gleaming field, any name could be a good name! It’s all about the assets. You can use logopond.com to get some inspiration on branding. ❤️

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to shaun

[gleaming field]

@prime widget Thanks. let me check that 🙂

[devout chasm]

Hey guys can someone view my portfolio in photoshop and overall resume?

https://imgur.com/a/lzx7Jkh

Resume on indeed (open original)

[quick zinc]

cv newbie

[delicate zephyr]

This part looks a bit weird

[hollow shadow]

Hi @devout chasm I just looked through your protfolio. I have a few suggestions. Do you have Adobe Photoshop Subscription? If you do, do you know it comes with Adobe Portfolio? I think Adobe Portfolio is a better way to share your work instead f Imgur. It will look more professional. You have good work. I'd suggest you pick about 6-8 of your BEST work.

[devout chasm]

Adobe photoshop comes with a portfolio 💼 ??? I didn’t know that haha 😂 please tell me more. @hollow shadow

[hollow shadow]

@devout chasm YEeah once you make your photoshop account and pay the 9.99 you get adobe protfolio

you should have it right now

https://portfolio.adobe.com/

[minor iron]

do there is a career for translations?

[burnt dune]

I want to be excellent in photoshop to can teach it any advice?

Being Here is amazing

But I want to have the steps to put it in my target

[quick zinc]

Hi

[hollow shadow]

Hi @burnt dune You've come to the right place! THere is currently a creative challenge going on and it can help you learn more about photoshop. There is also photoshop tutorials on youtube made for beginners. Adobe has a few videos to help you learn photoshop too

[severe pasture]

@hollow shadow thank you Temi very much

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to Temi Coker

[severe pasture]

I am so pleased to meet you 😊 and I hope to be friends

[hard briar]

Hi people... I have a little question... I've been doing graphic design thing for years, learning by myself and all that things... but i have a problem and it is that i dont know how to make my portfolio... Or saying it in another way, i dont know what to show on it and how to organise it.

Someone could give me some advice?

[past beacon]

hey @hard briar , if you're not sure what to put in your portfolio, it's a good exercise to think about what kind of work you'd like to be paid to make. Are you really into editorial design? branding? product design? Whatever it is, you can focus on that and make a few practice pieces to add to your portfolio. hope that helps!

[lyric stratus]

Hey, @hard briar, I think what @past beacon said is really helpful. You showcase the work you want to be doing. If you think about it from an employer standpoint, they want to see work that makes them confident you can do the job. There are so many platforms to showcase your portfolio. A lot of people have an online portfolio today and Adobe has a portfolio platform (https://portfolio.adobe.com/).

There are a lot of examples on Behance of how people showcase their work. The way I organize mine is I have 10 strong pieces I display. I organize the portfolio with the first 5 pieces being the eye catching and thoughtful WOW work. The next 2 are good practical pieces, and then the last 3 after B-list WOW pieces. This way they are hit with the good stuff and we still finish strong at the end. I hope that makes sense. Basically, you want to book end your best work so that overall it looks like a solid portfolio. This is at least how I think about organizing it.

I think details about your concepts help too so a short intro about the target, goals, even the process itself is neat.

[hard briar]

Thank u so much 😁 @lyric stratus

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to tcal

[brittle dawn]

So Adobe Portfolio can showcase your work from ALL CC applications? Like animation and videos created with AE aswell?

[autumn junco]

Kind of vauge general question......anyone have any advice on how toswitch from afull time manufacturing job to a design or creative job? I'm kinda stuck in manufacturing and it's soul sucking.

[ripe igloo]

Quick question for freelance designers - when sending clients digital proofs for print projects, do you attach the proofs to an email, or do you have other services that you use? The main issue I am having is I email the proofs to client, they email back that they approve, but sometimes down the line they argue that they never approved the project. Just wondering if anyone else has worked out a smoother system for the approval process?

Thanks in advance!

[blissful mural]

@autumn junco Try to learn design theory from the Internet and then watch tutorials in a specific field when you're at home. Try to build a portfolio in that field so you could get a job and exit from the manufacturing. Start small.

[autumn junco]

@blissful mural thank you. Do you know if there is a feild for retouching? I have a start on a portfolio for that and I really enjoy doing it.

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to Srdjan

[blissful mural]

For sure it exist, it's used for repairing models that are published in magazines or in all kind of commercials.

Just not sure if that field exists as standalone job or as a part of some bigger position.

That could depend on where you are from. Inform yourself, search for design agency in your region and ask them if they need it. Start from smaller magazine agencies so you could get some experience.

Make sure your portfolio has "before" and "after" photos.

Also type high-end retouching in YouTube for some great tutorials. @autumn junco

[autumn junco]

@blissful mural thank you so much. I will start researching my area for work. I appreciate your help. I'm kinda awkward and terrible at things like this.

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to Srdjan

[blissful mural]

You're welcome, almost no one is good at the beginning @autumn junco

[quick zinc]

hi everyone. I need to make a resume. Being a graphic Designer but fresher in this Field what i should write to make it look jus good. Any advice. any points?? Please Suggest. Thanks. Love you all.

[primal cipher]

@ripe igloo There are several web-based show and approve sites for photographers. I don't remember any off the top of my head, but maybe a web search would get you some names. I'm sure they would work for designers as well.

[proven sandal]

@quick zinc There are so many ways you can do it to make it attractive. But I believe the best way to make it look good, you should make it simple and to the point. You can also look for various templates online from where you can choose your colors for your resume. And try to stick with not more than two fonts to make it look professional. you can also get some more information about typography online as well. Then try to apply them. and as the finishing touch use your graphic designer view point to touch up the resume. Overall don't make it hard on eyes. Choose a font that has more readability. See online templates to make your mood board, then get inspired from their styles.

[quick zinc]

@proven sandal Thanks. Yeah i done that. working on it with the same view point.

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to sauvik

[proven sandal]

🙂

[quartz edge]

Guys, I gonna send my portfolio to one company.
If you have time can u give me few feed back about it.
They check our portfolio in presentation office on the big wall, as I seen last time.

And I want to be clear for everything and understandable.. They want every kind of works what we did for companies with references. And I put only works what I got reference letter. here you have link

https://www.behance.net/gallery/86877693/Porftolio-2019 👊

[sharp crag]

Hey Everyone, Would like to introduce myself My name is Priyanka and I have recently made a move to Canada and trying to get into the design industry. I am facing multiple challenges which I would like discuss and get guidance from fellow members. For now to start with I'd like a small feedback on my portfolio so that I can improve my skills.
https://www.behance.net/priyankachanda

[verbal kayak]

Hi 👋🏻 everyone I have some quick questions! I shifted career to become a Graphic Designer and I’m currently studying Photoshop/InDesign/Illustrator... what else should I target in my studies? I understand it’s about the field sometimes but I wanna have more options. What other programs should I consider? I also, have two option between (pro editor diploma includes: UX, Dreamwaver and Bootstrap) or (web design diploma: programming language, HTML5, SQL, Entity Framework)?

[unreal sinew]

To cover most graphic design job offers nowadays you do need the basics you mentioned, Photoshop, illustrator and InDesign, but it's also highly recommended that you know Premiere and after effects or video editing software that allows you to do the same, some companies are specific about the software they want you to use others aren't, when they have a requirement it's usually adobe.
3D editing is also very demanded nowadays, I recommend watching BlenderGuru tutorials, but I am also a beginner in 3D.
Programming languages related with web development are also highly sought and so is UX/UI design, if you have to chose it's entirely up to you, for me personally I think he UX path would be more thrilling, but the HTML5 path might open more job doors if your portfolio lacks impact and you need to get a more programming oriented job.
I am a graphic designer myself, lost my job some months ago and I am struggling to find a job cause my portfolio is lacking and I don't have all the skills that are demanded nowadays.
One advice for the future - request every work request in form of briefing and sent by email, if the briefing emerges from some meeting with brainstorming and stuff, write everything down and share with your superiors and get their written approval that the briefing is right. Never slack and never "assume", be very careful with communication and deadlines.

[unreal sinew]

@sharp crag some of your works appear to be made in cmyk which is recommended for printing, but then your colors don't "shine" as much when you share the works in behance, since monitors work in RGB.

There are a couple images that show pixelated, maybe you need review some sizes, it's just a tiny bit, if you reduce image a bit it would fix it.

That video "say no to everything" would benefit if there was a voice narrating the explaining bits, just to make sure the text is not too fast and the watcher gets the message well - you have some positive results to share about that, so it's important nothing gets missed.

@quartz edge there's only one thing I want to point, the skying books project, the illustration is a bit basic and on the part you zoom in those illustrator gradients look bad (not your fault, illustrator tends to export gradients to image in a way that looks bad, I often do works in Illustrator and then finish in Photoshop to get around that issue)
But if you could get the "character" a bit more detailed and dynamic it would be great, that or just a pure black silhouette.
This might be just my personal opinion, so ask other people as well.

[verbal kayak]

thank you @unreal sinew that was very helpful.

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to Hades

[unreal sinew]

you're welcome @verbal kayak

[manic eagle]

Hey all! Can anyone advice me where i can find resources to learn / improve my mockup skills, its holding me back in my freelancing because it just looks so unrealistic and doesn’t properly convey my designs ( ive tried youtube tutorials nothing is working on i dont know why )

[unreal sinew]

show examples? I never had issues with mockups

[woeful ridge]

PSD text free edit

[hollow shadow]

@manic eagle I did quick research and these are some website I found that allow you to download mock ups for free. Mock ups are really easy to use because usually when you open the file, there is a "Place design here" smart object that you double click on and it allows you to add your design to the mock up.

@obtuse hemlock here's the site. https://unblast.com/mockups/

https://mrmockup.com/freebies/

[manic eagle]

Thank you so much !!! @hollow shadow

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to Temi Coker

[hollow shadow]

@manic eagle No problem!

[vestal salmon]

Jump over to the #ask-me-anything channel for insights with @terse dawn until 10:30am PT!! She is doing an AMA!

[placid glacier]

Hi, about a decade im working in a lot of arts and designs fileds. I should focus in one field to earn money 💰😊 but I don’t know 🤷🏽‍♂️ which field i can go for!?

[ashen saddle]

@placid glacier If you're equally passionate about all of them, I would recommend thinking about what kind of lifestyle the different fields would offer you. Like- would you be able to work from home? Do you want a studio job? Do you want to collaborate with others or manage you own time? I hope that helps!

[trail portal]

@ashen saddle what is your behance profile link? i didn´t find it

[hollow frigate]

@trail portal https://www.behance.net/annadaviscourt

[ashen saddle]

Thank you so much, @hollow frigate ! I'm @quick zincdaviscourt on insta, twitter, fb, behance, youtube, twitch...all the things.

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to evil

[acoustic nebula]

Hey all, can anyone give me some freelance advice. I worked on my first freelance project this year. It was 15 illustrations for a children’s book. The publisher reached back out to me to ask how much it would be to have the lineart so they can make a coloring book, and I gave them a price for the artwork and the license to use it (the original contract said they wouldn’t have the rights to make derivatives of my art and I think a coloring book would count so they would have to pay for that right now...right?) I kind of threw out a number because I didn’t know how to charge for it and I haven’t heard back...
But the publisher contacted me again about another project with a new author who was also on the phone. The author asked how much would it be to buy all the rights to my work up front and I didn’t have an answer b/c I don’t know the scope of their book yet, but I said it would cost significantly more for me to give up my rights than to just give you the right to use my illustrations in a book and they started rapid fire asking me how i was determining this and why I didn’t have a price...

Anyway my question is: How do you determine how much to charge when they want more rights or all the rights to your work?

[placid glacier]

@ashen saddle ya ur right. thank u a lot i got ur point. And i will. 👍

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to Anna Daviscourt

[ashen saddle]

@acoustic nebula Hey! I'm so glad you're questioning this experience, I see a lot of red flags. First of all, professionals in the publishing industry know that you'll not have a number on the spot. The best way to handle a call like that is " if you give me the parameters of the project, I'll get you an estimate asap." Then you email them the estimate after. No one should do rapid fire cornering like that. Take your time, negotiating is important and you are worth it. Second, there are a ton of great assets to figure out a ballpark for pricing licensing- books, blogs, etc.. One free asset is a podcast called Three Point Perspective. You can find it on iTunes, YouTube, or a website for learning about all things illustration/children's books- svslearn.com. one specific episode is called "pricing your work" and i highly recommend you give it a listen. Thirdly, if you're getting regular requests for publishing work, I suggest you consider finding an agent. They can help so much in circumstances like this because they know the industry standards and it allows you to not have to become a licencing expert to avoid getting ripped off. There are a lot of resources out there for finding agents as well, in particular that podcast has a great episode about it. I hope some of this helps!! Great job getting work, and always stand up for yourself like you would for a friend!

[acoustic nebula]

@ashen saddle Thank you so much for the advice.!I’m going to look into that podcast right now.

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to Anna Daviscourt

[wary hawk]

Hi I wish to become a teacher.

[harsh lava]

@wary hawk love to see that day

[ashen saddle]

@wary hawk That's great! I would suggest putting together a curriculum for a class and either reaching out to schools or making a youtube video teaching the concept. Making videos like that can show your skills to whoever might hire you. Also, the best way to become a better teacher is to teach more and take other people's classes!

[edgy raven]

Hey
I am in junior college (12th grade) and I just started Photoshop. I have been learning through tutorials of piximperfect and some other YouTube channels and following artists like Julius and AnnaMcNaught..
I don't know how my work is right now... I don't get much exposure on Instagram as well. And I can't truly know if my art is even good or not. And I truly wanna move ahead on field of visual designs, animation, VFX and gaming.
Your counsel would be helpful, thanks.

[woeful lark]

Hey just wanted to say thank you to all mentors and participants the DCC program and feedback/conversation on discord most definitely helped, even in different app !!!! 🙏🏻💖

[pliant fern]

Congrats @woeful lark 💯

[fluid yarrow]

Congratulation @woeful lark !

Also... Hmm... Is the certificate complicate to get ?
I always got confidence issue, and now i wonder if i could pass it too.

[woeful lark]

@fluid yarrow 🤣 u gota take it and DON'T stop till ...you get that email.

[fluid yarrow]

Don't ?

[woeful lark]

@fluid yarrow JUST DO IT!!

[fluid yarrow]

Oh ! ^^
I'll search how to do it then 🙂

[undone swift]

Good day everyone! I need some help. I have an interview for an internship on Friday and I have no idea how to dress? Should I business professional? But it’s a design internship so should I do business casual? What colors are appropriate? Help?

[hollow frigate]

depends on the company. If it's a startup, business casual is probably fine. If you're looking at a fortune 500 company, maybe not so much 😄

@undone swift

[vestal salmon]

We are performing portfolio reviews on Adobe Live in 30 minutes! Just share your portfolio with this form: https://forms.gle/V6kjwoYd94xdKwu77

Tune in before 11am PT TODAY to see if you were chosen on https://www.behance.net/live/adobelive

[thorny coyote]

Hey there! Anyone have advice if there is any difference in price when working with a non-profit type of client? I assume not, but would like to make sure before I present them with an estimate 🙂 TIA!

[quick zinc]

Does anyone just work from instagram and if so how did you get started?

[pallid horizon]

@quick zinc yes we are ...?
what you want to start ...?

[quick zinc]

I want to work as a freelancer, Where I can find some client on which Websites.

[latent night]

Fiverr is a great place to start @quick zinc

[quick zinc]

Hello, I am going to OFFF conference this April, and I am gonna do it alone, so i am a really puzzled on how will it go since i am going alone. My first question is - is there anyone from the chat who is also going?
And what would be your tips for attending a creative conference?

[past beacon]

@quick zinc lucky! OFFF is a great conference. We've streamed Adobe Live from OFFF in the past, but I don't think we'll be there this year 😦 The great thing about OFFF is everyone is FRIENDLY! If you're trying to find a crew to hangout with, I would recommend going to hands-on workshops and chatting with people while you work. From there, it's easy to invite someone to go grab lunch. Creative conferences can be so daunting... but from experience, I can say that most everyone feels nervous and most everyone would be glad if you struck up a conversation with them 🙂 good luck!

[quick zinc]

@past beacon Thank you for your answer! I heard it is unlikely to meet Adobe team this year, and it is so so sad that i am still hoping for Adobe to arrive, 😄 However, I am greatly excited since it OFFF and I only hear good about it so i will soak up with all possible tips - yours are greatly appreciated.

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to Kathleen

[quick zinc]

@latent night Fiverr is crowded of people who make logo only for 5$. Genuine logo doesn't cost 5$, creating a logo for a brand is not a easy work.😕

[timber vault]

@quick zinc you can look for Creative circle, I personally haven't tried it yet but I think it offers a real job opportunity 🙂

[shy basalt]

Guys following my last graphic project I posted on Behance, I would like you to say what you think about the project.
follow the link - https://www.behance.net/gallery/90440575/Cocalero-Spirit-story-project

thanks in advanced!

[pliant fern]

Hi @shy basalt you can post on #💡portfolio-reviews for feedback 🙂

[dawn notch]

I have a video conference with the "team" at a design firm next week for employment. This is the next step in the hiring process after my submission of a skill assessment project. Does anyone have ANY advice for me? This is one of my first interviews for a graphic designer position, especially with a firm/agency. I had a phone screening with a different company before, but I didn't get any usable feedback on how I did when I asked at that time. Any advice would be appreciated. 😅

[hexed lagoon]

@dawn notch This is now a website in German language. You surely have a possibility to translate it into English or to google a similar site in English. Maybe this will help you a little.

https://karrierebibel.de/vorstellungsgesprach-skype/

[dawn notch]

@hexed lagoon Thank you!

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to ptra

[violet willow]

Hey everyone! I have a bit of a dilemma in terms of getting a job and I was wondering if I could get some advice.
Essentially, I'm trying to get a job in graphic design, but it's proving extremely difficult. I have no network connections per se, so I'm reduced to having to apply via job portals. However, I'm afraid that my more 'graphic' oriented resume created in indesign might be getting me in the refuse pile with the filter bots. At the same time, I'm afraid that making a simpler word resume would make me a less appealing candidate for having a bland-ish resume.
Thoughts?

[pastel token]

@violet willow, I had the same problem. You can easily fix it by making 2-in-1 resume. The first page would be the machine-readible version with some graphics in it. But instead of PS 3 stars with a color and 2 without. You can write advanced or skilled. On the second page of the resume, you can have your stars and such. Make the first page mostly text-based and the second page more of a flattened JPEG ( exported from Indesign). So that the machines don't get confused.. In your coverletter state that you have included the second version of your resume as a demonstration of your skills. ( Tip: if you have more then one skill, for example 2D and 3D or 2D and animation, it is sometimes better to apply for a job with a smaller company, because that way you can use more of your talents, but it is ofcourse riskier. But people will like you more when the job is done right. ) Good luck.

[violet willow]

Thanks so much @pastel token but I kinda already have that...see I was once told to not do the whole stars thing on a resume, so I have a text based resume as my first page, wherein I have my work experience, design experience and some extras [languages, education etc], a graphical "Quick Facts" about me, and then the third page is just brands I've worked with and programs I know how to use. And yet when I upload it to one of those places that parses what I've uploaded and fills in the blanks, it's often jumbled.

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to BAROBA

[pastel token]

@violet willow Unfortunately, it is and always be a mess.. There is no real standard to resumes. Each provider of the screening software pretty does what they want to do. The closest thing to a standard is linkedin.... In Europe there is a push towards Europass https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/documents/curriculum-vitae But it is nothing binding either... Companies are still free to choose what software they want to use...

[unkempt oyster]

What do yo guys think? Thanks! https://dribbble.com/shots/9932768-Daily-UI-006-User-Profile

[violet willow]

Ahh that's fair, not much to do but continue to apply and apply! Thank you again @pastel token

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to BAROBA

[sly bane]

neeko | League of Legends

[lyric kiln]

What do yo guys think? Thanks! https://dribbble.com/shots/9932768-Daily-UI-006-User-Profile
@unkempt oyster I absolutely love it! The color hierarchy is amazing (your eye first goes to the person, who's profile it is, first; and then from top to bottom). The arrangement of information is great (you read left to right). I like how you muted the colors in the photos used (except the profile photo). It does look very professional. Congrats! 👏

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to davedesigns4you

[quick zinc]

LinkedIn makes me feel like I'm not human anymore

[quick zinc]

Why ? @quick zinc

[verbal kayak]

I’m looking for an opinion regarding career progress. So I shifted to graphic design and got the diploma (Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign) last December. Now I intend on continuing education til I find a job. So I have like 3 options and I’m confused at what’s better a choice:
1 - Motion Diploma (includes Aftereffects & Cinema 4D)
2 - Web Design Diploma (includes UX, Dreamweaver, Bootstrap & JQuery)
3 - Mobile Application (IOS) (includes Swift)
The thing is I understand the choice relies on how I intend to progress and stuff but I’m confused at which one of these I should prioritize in general based on what recruiters highly look for. Because I don’t want to just study something that may be a plus on my CV and wind up forgetting all about it because I won’t interact with these apps that often. Plus I’m not surrounded by anyone in the field so everyone’s opinion lately are giving me a headache because none of them understand the field or I get stuff like “The three programs you studied in the diploma are dead, people are only looking for motion” which is odd considering the projects I see on Behance that USE SOLELY THESE PROGRAMS and high demand on UpWork... maybe I’m confused but I’m very depressed from all the pressure of everyone around me and the confusion that I don’t know what to study next.

[stone linden]

Hello,

My name is Diego and I am an Italian digital artist based in the UK.
My experience and influence start in Italy. I studied in Naples Graphic Design and Photography, but more than techniques I’ve learned and how to really see colors and apply them to emotions. After moving to the UK in 2011 I worked in retail for several years in different positions for some of the country’s largest retailers. All those experiences really gave me some perspective on the customer mission and how the right design can make all the difference.
My interest and experience in art go as far back as I can remember and I’ve decided to make 2020 the year where I make my freelance career my full-time job!
Over the last few years, I have built my skillset in a variety of Adobe products such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects and lately XD.
I’m currently studying Xcode to specialize in iOS App Development. There isn't anything I can't do, just something I haven't learned yet! I've applied this principle throughout my personal life and my work career.

Could I have some advice from any of the fantastic Graphic Designer on this channel? My portfolio, having worked in retail for a few years is basically empty!
What are your suggestion on the best platforms to find clients even with a small portfolio and the ones to create some passive income.

I appreciate your help!

Diego

[tacit finch]

neeko | League of Legends
@sly bane this was allready done in 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaoeZkm92t8 are you showing an old project?

[iron leaf]

Hi! I’m a freshman in high school and I want to start my career as an artist! I want to become a concept artist and design creatures in the future. I’m not quite sure of how I should work towards this goal tbh. Does anyone have any tips? I am self taught and I have been drawing digitally for about a year now. Also, is starting commissions a good way to see if people like your art? I use photoshop to draw btw.

[burnt silo]

Good day! I am looking to promote more my digital art. I'm doing it with social media but well it's really hard cause I don't reach much people. I am posting every day. Please, any advice to reach more serious persons interested on my work?

[thin shard]

@burnt silo Find People that might like your art, but don't necessarily have anything to do with art and ask if you can do something for them in exchange for exposure. Example, ask someone on Instagram to create illustration of them in exchange for it to be posted on their profile with your @

[burnt silo]

@thin shard Thanks. That's what i am doing!

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @thin shard

[old walrus]

@burnt silo Use proper #, you can write a little story for each drawing, and keep publishing daily

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @old walrus

[burnt silo]

thanks @old walrus

one daily comic I will continue. I'll post on social media at the moment. Or webtoon dont know yet

[subtle rock]

Hello all! I really want to illustration/design for children's books, particularly children's education materials but I have no idea how to get work for educational books/materials. I don't know what that job would even be called. If anyone could give me any information on that I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks in advance! 🙂

[quartz edge]

Hello Everybody, I hope there is few Art Director, Junior Art Director from Austria or Germany. If you have time, I have few important question which is very important for me. Please pm me.. Thanks for your time..

[rancid pike]

any fashion designer hear?

[past beacon]

hey @subtle rock ! It might be helpful to research materials used in homeschooling or sold in museum gift shops. some things you might look for is "instructional design" or "educational illustration"

[wet tinsel]

Hello all! I really want to illustration/design for children's books, particularly children's education materials but I have no idea how to get work for educational books/materials. I don't know what that job would even be called. If anyone could give me any information on that I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks in advance! 🙂
@subtle rock check out . svslearn.com

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @subtle rock

[dawn coyote]

What kind of career can I build with experience working with the adobe suite and 3d modeling packages (zbrush, substance, mari, 3ds, maya and blender) and would it be better than my current goal of a comp sci related career path? I enjoy doing almost any line of artwork for people significantly more than any computer science stuff

[drowsy orbit]

During our quarantine period, can anyone suggest websites where you can earn passive income. These can also be non-design related

[crystal brook]

What kind of career can I build with experience working with the adobe suite and 3d modeling packages (zbrush, substance, mari, 3ds, maya and blender) and would it be better than my current goal of a comp sci related career path? I enjoy doing almost any line of artwork for people significantly more than any computer science stuff
@dawn coyote
Graphic design, print design, motion design, architecture, vis dev (film, TV, video games), illustration, concept art, previz, 3d drafting, 2d/3d animation, fashion design, FX, VFX just to name a few careers you could go in. I can't really tell you what career path to go in but pursuing the arts is definitely challenging but also rewarding. it also wouldn't hurt continuing your comp sci studies while studying the arts on the side. you can combine coding with say, houdini for example and land a technical role in the VFX industry for example

[dawn coyote]

I'll definitely look into coding and Houdini. I've noticed the comp sci dept. At my school sucks, but I do still enjoy it.. my main concern is income, as I want the financial freedom to be able to pursue side projects without worrying too much about paying for stuff, if that makes sense

[young storm]

Hello everyone ! Need some advice. I would like to submit this poster for a artwork exhibition competition. May I ask for feedback to improve it ? The idea behind is , let your creative juices flow…Thank you so much in advance 😜

[balmy roost]

Hello everyone ! Need some advice. I would like to submit this poster for a artwork exhibition competition. May I ask for feedback to improve it ? The idea behind is , let your creative juices flow…Thank you so much in advance 😜
@young storm I really liked the concept and your project but i think you could try a different frame which would have blended nicely with your background🙂

[nova fable]

Feedback for my poster

[pliant fern]

@nova fable you can use the #📝project-feedback channel to get feedback 😉

[nova fable]

Sorry but i am new i don't know what is this discord

[pliant fern]

No problem @nova fable 😉

[sand wasp]

Hey, everyone
I am a Final Year Mechanical Engineer but love design,
that's not the issue :p
The issue is i have two Job offers 1 with a startup where i will be the only designer
and will have to learn by myself and look after the company also.
The other job offer is from a well established company who has a design team, where i can get guidance and stuff.
As a fresher , as a first job which one should i pick?

[dapper stone]

I think you will grow more and quicker in a environment with other designers. Also you have the opportunity to bounce ideas off each other with fellow creatives.

[sand wasp]

I have the same feeling, but the startup i have been interning with them for last 4 months , designed their Logo , their social media posts , their website UI and now i am kind of attached to it and it's like tough for me to leave. I know i shouldn't bring emotions in this.

[woeful ember]

@sand wasp The other issue to consider is that as a new designer you the start up will expect you to be proficient in your skill immediately and not be able to afford you the time necessary to become proficient. The job with a design team will be able to absorb the costs necessary for you to increase your proficiency.

[dapper stone]

@sand wasp I understand your attachment, you should be proud of your achievements and you can put them in your portfolio. But you're at the start of your career, this will not be the only branding design you'll do. The aim of the game is to make your next project even more amazing!

[sand wasp]

@dapper stone ya should look at the bigger picture i guess

@woeful ember almost every one is telling me to go for the bigger organisation.
maybe its the right thing to do.
Thankyou for your advice 🙂

[severe pasture]

@pliant fern Hello, I want to Know what is the questions which could be in the graphic design test lab to be an assistant coach

I want to have a site from the internet

Any methodology

I want to know how to pass the exam

[pliant fern]

Hi @severe pasture! I'm not familiar with the test but some points that I believe that are important are:

• Design Concepts
• Design as a strategic tool
• Social Media, the correct goals for each one

I recommend you to look on the internet for previous tests or similar ones, so it can give you a direction. 🙂

[severe pasture]

@pliant fern. I can't find any words to thank you

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @pliant fern

[rapid perch]

Hi! I have just finished my high school and am about to enroll for collage. But I cannot figure out which course to take up. I really like doing character designing and stuff like that using photoshop. I am interested in visual graphics and special effects too. Can someone please suggest me what to do and which course to take up?

[quick zinc]

What about photography in general for you? I know it doesn’t have to do with character design or whatever, but it might broaden your horizon? 🙂 give you new input.. @rapid perch

[rapid perch]

Thank you @quick zinc. I don't hate photography. And I am willing to consider it. But I would still like to do something dealing with illustrations and character design. I really love doing it.

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @undone hill

[prisma swift]

@solemn herald not the right channel

[dapper path]

@rapid perch Go for the thing you are passionate about. If there are digital art or character design courses near you, go for it! Graphic design also can work. If you love Art, do art! I am not sure about collages, but Universities around the world have many courses like animation, game design and concept art. You can do it!

[rapid perch]

ok...thank you @dapper path .😃

[solemn zealot]

@rapid perch what you decided?
I do 3d modelling for games and animation .
Not a pro but bigginer.
If you need to know about 3d gaming and animation . Maybe I can help you

[pale viper]

@rapid perch what you decided?
I do 3d modelling for games and animation .
Not a pro but bigginer.
If you need to know about 3d gaming and animation . Maybe I can help you
@solemn zealot Cool, so what game studio do you work for? Rockstar? DICE?

[rapid perch]

@solemn zealot ...thank you for the offer. I am planning to pursue a course in creative computation. I got selected in one of the colleges which is offering the course. In my second year,I am allowed to take up animation and graphic designing, and I think I will. Results from a few more colleges are yet to be declared so my plans can change...

@pale viper @solemn zealot I know very little about 3D gaming...but it does sound interesting. I will look into that too. Thank you so much for your suggestions and help😃 .

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @pale viper

[solemn zealot]

@pale viper
I am just a bigginer . I am self learning . Not working on any gaming companies😢

[pale viper]

@pale viper
I am just a bigginer . I am self learning . Not working on any gaming companies😢
@solemn zealot ahh ok it’s just you said you did 3D modelling for games and animation. I assumed you worked in the industry from that statement - one day eh!

[solemn zealot]

😊

[pale viper]

I used to work for Digital Image Design, then Psygnosis and then Evolution Studios. @solemn zealot

[solemn zealot]

Wow 😲 😲

[solemn zealot]

Why you left the work?
Get tired?
Start your own business?

[pale viper]

@solemn zealot The studios closed. 😦

[solemn zealot]

Sad to here.☹️

[desert belfry]

How to make perfect lights and shadows in it !

[solemn zealot]

@desert belfry
Are you in wrong server?

Or Wrong channel ?

[desert belfry]

@solemn zealot
Actually I'm new to discord ...

[solemn zealot]

I see

@desert belfry
Is that a 3d model?
If yes I can help

[desert belfry]

@solemn zealot
Noo but I started Cinema 4 .
Right now I'm copying tutorials. ..

[solemn zealot]

Ohh

All the best with it

As far I know Cinema 4 is also 3d related software

[desert belfry]

Thankyou @solemn zealot

[austere mango]

Hello everyone, I just graduated from community college. I am planning to learn more graphic design, illustration and interactive design, and now I’m looking for job/work. Recently I work for home (a family business). If I find job on freelance, how / what should I begin?

[solemn zealot]

As I heard you can get job from artstation/

LinkedIn

If you post your work and it depends on the organisation if they like they may haire you

You can also try fever

[past beacon]

@austere mango Your personal network is a great place to start. If you have friends/family that need help with branding or logos, you can start there and they will share your skills via word-of-mouth!

[austere mango]

Thanks @solemn zealot

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @solemn zealot

[austere mango]

Thanks @past beacon

[astral creek]

Where i can show my work im getting confused

Or share

[pale viper]

@astral creek Behance, Flickr. Your own website. 500px. Instagram. Twitter. Facebook even. Anywhere you want to really.

[frosty pagoda]

I am at a beginner level for Photoshop, what kind of projects I should do to learn more?

[silent estuary]

@frosty pagoda what I would suggest is you take some photos
Think what you would do to make it the way you want.
If you get stuck at any point.
Come and post your questions in here #❓ask-a-question

[quick zinc]

@frosty pagoda i would suggest you to do some challenges...watch the videos, they are plenty here and they will teach you do a looooot of stuff 👍

[paper nymph]

Any tips for someone who’s had their first client as a graphic designer, and has had their ideas used but not their actual designs. I’m feeling a bit deflated to say the least, but wondering where I stand when sharing this in a portfolio for future clients as the client has obviously liked the designs I made but for whatever reason has felt the need to make small changes that had they discussed with me I would have made for them. I guess I’m just very unsure if this is even something I can take any credit for anymore, any advice would be so appreciated!

[slim peak]

Hi, can I pls have some advice on graphic design interviews? I'm having my first one soon so would would appreciate any tips. Thank you

[pliant fern]

Hi @slim peak! For these kinds of interviews, it's always a great strategy to show some confidence in the area and to show a willingness to always improve your skills and hear feedback and from clients and the working team. You can use some graphic design cases as a way to demonstrate knowledge in the area depending on the context of the interview. The interviewer will have a nice impression from you and will see you as an authority in the area.

[subtle zodiac]

Any advice on how to land a position out of the state and city that you’re in? Looking to move out west in the US, but seems like a lot of companies won’t consider relocation. Any ideas how to move forward with this? I have three years of design and dev experience.

[slim peak]

Thank you @pliant fern

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @pliant fern

[karmic zenith]

@kind ore , Paul would like to speak with you regarding you presentations. We are starting the school year distance learning and I need to present computer lessons to elementary students, K-6. Would love to duplicate your studio.

[kind ore]

Sure thing! @karmic zenith ! Send me and email and I’ll dig up a post I have on my setup,

[karmic zenith]

[e-mail]. I also do a media group of 4,5 and 6 graders. We do a weekly news segment and a monthly newsprint page in local paper. I have a green screen, teleprompter, cameras etc. What I don't have is the knowledge to do what you do.

[kind ore]

Can you send me an email [e-mail]

[stiff ember]

@karmic zenith and anyone else, here's Paul's page on livestream setup: https://spark.adobe.com/page/WFxw9mbn66crL/

[quick zinc]

Hi there guys. Haven't posted on this discord before but let me introduce myself. My name is James, and I'm currently a creative director for a data driven creative agency in the UK. I'm very much hands on in my day-to-day, working on web, UX&UI design, and a whole host of different digital projects.

I know there's quite a few students and people starting out in the creative industry on this platform, and I wanted to give those people some career advice on one thing, and that's unpaid internships. I would heavily discourage anyone from taking them, and to back off when possible. Companies tend to abuse this to the point of essentially having an entire marketing and design team, without having to pay a single penny! Job postings on sites like Behance are littered with them right now and should be reported IMMEDIATELY.

I could wax lyrical about the many reasons you shouldn't take an unpaid internship, however to keep this as short as I can, If you are looking for an internship, ensure you're being paid the national minimum wage! I currently do this with interns within my company as should most half decent agencies. Just don't EVER give your time away to a business for free! Your time is worth WAY more than the experience you'll gain from it!

Just as an example of above, I've just recently found a company on Behance abusing the platform to gain unpaid interns.

DON'T FALL FOUL TO THIS TRAP YOUNG ONES!

[solemn zealot]

Thank you for information@quick zinc

[mental salmon]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @shadow timber

[swift imp]

Hello! I am looking for some brand guideline / style guide help. I am being asked to make one for my current job (we’ve basically had no marketing/graphic design department and I’m trying to go in head first to create it)

I’ve not made one before, does anyone have good examples of some or a good resource to layout what all should be in it?

[shut pond]

Hey everyone, I am working on my portfolio website these days. I am in the middle of the whole thing. I preety much do a lot of stuff like graphic design, illustration, video editing, motion graphics, filming & photography, photo editing.. Now, I am confused - how to categorize these specializations. Can someone advise me? and help me with this?

[stark ivy]

I cannot, but am very bored, and just wanted to talk to someone.

I assume you're an art student, where did you go to school?

[shut pond]

I am self-thought...

My bachelor's degree is still in progress.. in computer science

[stark ivy]

My nephew is in the art program at Columbus State University in Georgia (USA). I was really trying to get him to go to Savannah College of Art & Design for a myriad of reasons, but I guess quadruple the cost of everything involved was important

Cool, you already know this, but it's worth saying for those who don't. What anyone focuses on for a bachelor's degree, with the obvious exceptions if law and medical careers, is by and large irrelevant.

I think I read somewhere that one study concluded that something like 12% of those with bachelor's degrees actually with in the field related to their degree discipline.

[shut pond]

I have no idea what's going with my life. I preety much do everything.. I can't say I am stable in this particular field. I glitch alot.

[stark ivy]

I almost made the mistake (a few times) of going for a Graduate Degree based on the job I was in or that I thought would advance be professionally. Thankfully, i did not.

Are you in the US?

[shut pond]

Nah! I am from India. People here see like garbage if you don't have a b.tech degree. I am forced into it and I also love to code. So, that's not a problem.

https://mohithchowdary.in/about

[stark ivy]

I almost stated into MBA programs a few times, before I realized (the hard way) that the amount of money being made was absolutely the wrong metric to use to make career decisions. I had a miserable, albeit well paid, two and a half year period of life. And to make matters even worse, I bought a townhouse which was so expensive that had actually licked myself into this job... Lots of lessons we learn are best taught with the greatest amount of pain, unfortunately

You're in the one Continent that I've yet to visit. Well, Australia and Antarctica, but the former I can't visit because I won't want to leave, and the latter would be sorta boring. I guess technically the Middle East is considered Asia, but I kinda lump all the world's nasty miserable deserts into one bucket.

Dang, bro, that's a pretty legit link! I have a business website, but not one dedicated to me! Very cool. Is that common in India? I've gotta think that having the second most people on Earth all inside a footprint ⅓ the size of the only country to have more people, well, it's gotta bring the whole competitive job marketplace to a whole nother level!

Here's my company's "Under Construction" landing page. It's actually what I'm working on this evening, trying to get the actual website ready for prime time! I run a Commercial Drone Business called TCAS Analytics (pronounced Tee-kass)

Www.tcasanalytics.com

How did you get it to any as a link? Do i have to put in all the https stuff at the front?

[shut pond]

Nah! It's rare to have web portfolios in India. Most of them type in wordpad - print them out and showcase them to the interviewer. My thoughts are kinda different so.. I am working on this.

[stark ivy]

I use the Adobe photo and video editing tools for this business, and do so very amateurishly. I'm hoping guys like you will be kind enough to make me smarter!

That's cool, man. You're a next level thinker. Like Elon Musk type, don't ever stop that type of thinking

[shut pond]

I bought the domain and website template for around 100$. I am customizing the whole thing... Which makes it more flexible & catchy.

[stark ivy]

Elon Musk is the super rich guy who I wish all super rich people would emulate. His values are close to mine, "Do the right things for the right reasons" and "prioritize people over profits, always".

It's rare in today's day and age, but I've watched what looks like at least a partial scale global Corporate cultural shift pivoting towards that type of thinking over the 1980's born "profits over everything else" attitudes