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Q&A: As a freelance graphic designer, should you design exactly what the client wants or…?

Randy Sprock — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:39:11 +0000

Question by I Said So: As a freelance graphic designer, should you design exactly what the client wants or…?
Should you design what would look the best and is most compelling?
The client wants me to come up with a logo but it really doesn’t illustrate the association well at all. What should i do?

Best answer:

Answer by David Bandel
Do what the client asks for. Your input is of zero importance to your client. Everyone has their own take on things and if they’re getting paid to further someone ELSE’S, they should do just that.

What do…

When you create an art portfolio should the picture of your work fill the frame?

David Montgomery Jr. — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:48:54 +0000

I have to create an art portfolio for a graduate program, my undergrad did not require it so it is my first time. I have done a graphic design portfolio but this is different to me. When I take pictures of my work should i have the painting or photograph fill the entire frame or have it up against a background hanging against a white or black wall? Thank you so much.

Graphic Design Essentials That Every Designer Should Know

David Montgomery Jr. — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:30:26 +0000

Graphic designing is an extremely challenging field and it needs a lot of creativity and dedication to excel in it. To create a splendid graphic design is a job that is easier said than done. In addition to being creative, you need to be careful about the various details and intricacies of the design. In order to come up with a beautiful design that talks volumes about the business there are a few things that you need to keep in mind.

Understand the objective

First of all, before you get going on creating the graphic design, you have a…

What should I as a freelance graphic designer charge for my time?

David Montgomery Jr. — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:16:44 +0000

I live in the midwest in a city with about 40,000. I’ve started doing some graphic design work from home recently. So far nothing super big and fancy, just some small ads for the local newspapers. I just don’t know what is reasonable as far as how much my time is worth! So what should I charge (per hour) for my services?

Why should i use Joomla CMS For My Website Design

David Montgomery Jr. — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:25:20 +0000

Joomla is an opensource freely available on internet from joomla.com site.

Joomla is the dynamic portal engine and content management system. It has many built in components ready required by cms websites like photo gallery, news, article management, contact form management, slide show, Blogs, Comment Posting. A main goal of joomla cms is that providing solution to user website so user can easily manage their website without technical skill. One more thing Joomla websites looks very interactive and big content full.

How joomla help in SEO

Joomla has existing built in seo friendly component. It generates seo friendly urls.…

What graphic design / animation courses should I take up?

David Montgomery Jr. — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:05:23 +0000

I know wee bit of Corel Draw and Macromedia Flash and little of Photoshop which I learnt myself through its in-built tutorials, online and trial and error.
What I don’t know is how to enhance what little I know to make professional looking images (right now they look little amateurish).

I would like to
>> create logos
>> collages
>> create images
>> do simple animation and
basically be able to draw graphics and maintain my website. There are tons of courses available and I really don’t know which ones to take!

Basically…

What web techniques should I know to design a blog on WordPress?

David Montgomery Jr. — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 14:00:08 +0000

I would like to design a nice blog on WordPress. I understand that I will need to upgrade to their premium version to get more features and options. That’s ok with me. What web techniques (things like CSS, HTML, etc..) should I need to design a nice blog? I have been working with HTML in Dreamweaver in designing a few websites but that was a “long” time ago! I haven’t kept paced with new things like XML, CSS, etc.. Do I need to learn those things? Also, do I still design the whole thing (say, using Dreamweaver) on my local…

What should I major in?

David Montgomery Jr. — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 10:55:24 +0000

I am interested in graphic design because I want to be a layout artist or web designer. But, I’m afraid that I won’t have enough talent for it and I also don’t have a portfolio. Also a graphic designer does not make alot of money. And if I major in graphic design then I would go to an art college but I kind of want to go to a university. Im slightly interested in computers so I was thinking of majoring in computer science or computer engineering but I researched it and your suppose to be great in math and…

Graphic Designer, how much should I make?

David Montgomery Jr. — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:22:55 +0000

I’m a stay at home mom, I have one client, my past employer. I don’t have much time, anyway I still do work for my last employer and I want to raise my rate because I do not get paid enough in my opinion. I have an associates degree, its not in graphic design, but something very close. I design guides, booklets, flyers, pretty soon a power point presentation, cd labels, and I can do much more. My stuff is for in-house printing (with a consumer printer) or to be e-mailed, or to be viewed on a cd (pdf). I…

Why one should use CSS while designing website

David Montgomery Jr. — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:08:40 +0000

CSS is an acronym for Cascading Style Sheets. CSS allows you to create fast loading pages, boost your search engine rankings, and alter your whole site with one style sheet. Then why don’t more people use them? This is for the reason that they got so used to html design and are afraid or too lazy to improve their skills. Some will also use ready made templates that contain flashy graphics, stuffed code and sometimes even contain hidden code embedded in the page.

CSS has been around for several years and is supported by all the major browsers available…