Wednesday, 24 May 2017

[Request] Paying 50$ for a logo for my russ group (Norwegian party bus basically)

In Norway you celebrate Russ when finishing highschool, me and 10 other friends need a logo for our buss called "Solkysten" Some examples of what typical russ logos look like: http://ift.tt/2rzO8KW So for our logo we want a Lighthouse on a hill with the ocean in the background and a shining sun



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Tuesday, 23 May 2017

Any idea how to do the edge effect in photoshop?

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted May 24, 2017 at 01:05AM by lazo95 http://ift.tt/2q9htMe

Illustrating a more human brand (part 2) — The history of Dropbox illustration

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted May 23, 2017 at 08:16PM by kurtvarner http://ift.tt/2rNsSPe

We're still here and growing: United Designers Slack community, a chat for designers, now with an easier way to apply

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted May 23, 2017 at 03:31PM by jaxdesign http://ift.tt/2qLhk0s

Manchester ambulances have mirrored "ambulance" text so people can see it in the rearview mirror - functional design

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted May 23, 2017 at 02:45PM by Soopernova01 http://ift.tt/2rwJE7J

Book cover by Helen Yentus

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted May 23, 2017 at 02:26PM by speckz http://ift.tt/2q7lIrN

Monday, 22 May 2017

Looking for some freelance advice

Hi r/design, I'm looking for some insight into a freelance job I have right now.

I'm full time employee doing work much more akin to industrial design, but in college I was really into archaeology and found myself being a sort of artist in retainer for a very reputable schools archaeology department. It was mostly technical illustration for publications and it's work I really love doing.

Because of this connection I'm passed around for various artistic needs. I was recently asked to help out for some visuals for a low budget museum project. I have some internship related experience to doing this sort of work and was open to helping out.

However, I'm not a formally trained graphic designer, and despite knowing my way around illustrator and indesign, this is proving to be out of my depth a bit...they have very few resources for visual assets and materials but a demanding turn around schedule. I do this work for a very small hourly fee on the grounds of working around my full time job, which they were aware of on the onset.

I was expecting that simple, no frills layout of their text and images would be acceptable, but I'm discovering this is being overseen by an organization which is expecting work usually done by a team of professional designers in a government museum setting...as in I have been pointed to very well made examples to aspire to.

I think this project would be trying even on someone who does this work everyday, but for me with my little laptop and minimal free time, it's starting to feel soul sucking. I don't think they even have the rights to any of the images they're giving me, they're all easily found with a google search and low resolution to boot.

I'm tempted to start looking for a graphic design student or philanthropic professional to give this work to. I feel bad both for trying to abandon this project and unloading an unsuspecting victim this mess, but I also think that I'm simply not the right person for this job.

Any thoughts, advice or similar experiences?



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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted May 23, 2017 at 04:06AM by wideeyelove http://ift.tt/2qJxxDg