Graphic Design Career: Building Your Network Online
Some of the most effective networking tools are absolutely free, which is perfect for someone who is just breaking in to the industry. The first step is to create a dynamite portfolio. Then all you have to do is track down the places where graphic designers and potential clients get together on the internet.
Good Portfolio is Key
Since you will be selling your skills through an online portal rather than face to face, the most powerful tool you have is your portfolio. Put together something that showcases the best of the best of your work in several different styles…
Full Story »
The art of animation has evolved considerably over the past 20 years or so; from Walt Disney’s sketchy Mickey Mouse to the 3D marvel of modern productions like Rango and Toy Story 3. From animated musical movies about princesses to stories with far greater adult appeal, like Wall-E and Tintin, and games like Resident Evil 6; yep, animation has come a long way.
What this essentially means is that whereas before, if you wanted to become an animator, you might have got away with fantastic drawing skills, these days you need a degree in fine arts, media or graphic design.…
For many years, web developers were forced to rely solely on third party plugins like Flash and Java in order to create reliable, interactive animations for web pages. Using an external plugin has its disadvantages, as most search engine spiders cannot crawl content made to run in an applet which made SEO impossible, and sometimes applets could cause older generations of computers to perform slowly and make a page instantly unattractive to a potential browser. A “better” choice was the combination of JavaScript, jQuery and CSS2, but this often fell into problems with incompatibility between browsers.
Old Languages
However, these…
Contemporary art often makes us think of abstracts, or deep and insightful explorations of the human condition. What we tend to forget is that there are also a lot of artists who show us the humourous side of life. Here are seven artists that bring us a lighter look at life.
Craig Davison – Starting life as a cartoonist in Birmingham, Craig Davison has developed other skills such as a computer games animator and a sculptor. It wasn’t until 2008 that Davison took up painting. His work is beautifully nostalgic, catapulting us to a world of make believe, when we…
by Bob Hartzell -
Graphic designers have a wealth of new opportunities opening up in the workplace. The importance of web usage in business today has put virtually every operating concern in need of some sort of employee or consultant who can assemble a good graphics and/or multimedia driven web page.
Career oriented graphics designers today need a bachelor’s degree. It is required for most entry level jobs. Graphic designers bring creativity and imagination to their work, but they must also bring a mastery of the tools, and those tools include sophisticated software programs and computer techniques as well as…
