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Heya, i've just finished college and i really want to get into becoming a graphic designer, i need somewhere to start though, the college has been hopeless at helping me find something.
Is there any where that i can post up my stuff, (odd posters and leaflets and things, like that) i just really want to get my name out there.
I would love to have an online porfolio at the moment. Does any one know of anywhere?:confused:
I'd appreiciate it so much if you could help me.
thank you!
:)
CkretAjint
06-09-2007, 05:38 PM
Heya, i've just finished college and i really want to get into becoming a graphic designer, i need somewhere to start though, the college has been hopeless at helping me find something.
Www.monster.com, www.hotjobs.com, www.dice.com, www.gag.org No courses on marketing yourself in college? Buisness 101? Get out there and market yourself. Your not going to find a whole lot of work hanging up flyers at the local super market.
Is there any where that i can post up my stuff, (odd posters and leaflets and things, like that) i just really want to get my name out there.
Build a website and post it up there. You can also try a place like www.coroflot.com to post up some of you works.
I would love to have an online porfolio at the moment. Does any one know of anywhere?
Again, build a website and market yourself...
O, and welcome!!! :D
urstwile
06-09-2007, 06:02 PM
Hi megs, and welcome to the forum. Please take a look at this thread (http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13650) while you get acclimated to our forum.
You might also find these threads useful:
New User FAQ (http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7786)
and
GDF Member Portfolios (http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27667)
Coroflot is exactly what i was looking for! College only taught me how to use Photoshop, i'm self taught in everything else,
I just want something so i can say 'why not check out my portfolio' building a website sounds cool, i'm so hot at it tho:(. I will check some of the threads here for tips,
I've a few oppurtunities at the moment, posters, and advertising my exhibition so that will get me started, i heard a few bigwigs are coming to look at everyones work. that should turn up something.
Wish me luck!
thanks!
PrintDriver
06-10-2007, 12:34 AM
College only taught me how to use Photoshop, i'm self taught in everything else
What was your major in College? If it was Graphic Design and all they taught you was Photoshop, go ask for a refund of your tuition. :D
Red Kittie Kat
06-10-2007, 01:26 AM
PD you slay me darlin :D
Welcome aboard megs ;)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/welcomes/newbie.jpg
Zendada
06-10-2007, 04:12 AM
I’d suggest joining AIGA, but I don’t know if they have a chapter in Shrewsbury...
Anyway, welcome!
Coroflot is exactly what i was looking for! College only taught me how to use Photoshop, i'm self taught in everything else,
I just want something so i can say 'why not check out my portfolio' building a website sounds cool, i'm so hot at it tho:(. I will check some of the threads here for tips,
It is not necessary to know how to build a website, if you are a graphic designer. I wish people would stop trying the mix the two fields all the time. :) That is what portfolio hosting sites like Coroflot, Deviant Art, Portfolios.com, are for; or a number of others that escape my mind because of the stupid pills the doctor gave me (no, seriously, I will try to post some of the better ones when I'm of sound mind). Another new one I can mention is ImpactFolios. I joined in on a trial beta run, and actually found that my portfolio on their site ranked fairly high in google searches. Although their templates suck, they must've put a fair bit of effort into SEO, which is far more important in my eyes.
As Mr. PD said, if college was supposed to teach you "Graphic Design" or "Visual Communications", then you need a refund on your tuition. Photoshop is one of the lesser-used software tools of a graphic designer. We generally use it for fixing and clipping images. Design is more often created in other applications, like Illustrator or InDesign.
PrintDriver
06-11-2007, 10:39 AM
Mr. Ned, I'd steer clear of DeviantArt as a portfolio site. Have you read their terms of usage lately???
"As Mr. PD said, if college was supposed to teach you "Graphic Design" or "Visual Communications", then you need a refund on your tuition. Photoshop is one of the lesser-used software tools of a graphic designer. We generally use it for fixing and clipping images. Design is more often created in other applications, like Illustrator or InDesign."
I understand that, thats why i'm teaching myself Quark, InDesign and Illustrator.
In college they said that it was the perfect corse to become a graphic designer, lol. so much for that! a few choice words were exchanged!
i'm on deviantart but i never use it now. I used to use it for drawings.
thanks for the help, i gonna work on my own website anyway,
on that subject how do you work transpaency on dreamweaver CS3? i've been saving images as GIF's half transparency but it hasen't worked.
any help?:o
morea
06-11-2007, 01:09 PM
be sure to check out our frequently discussed topics thread, here:
http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7892
Crimson
06-11-2007, 01:41 PM
Megs- you sound like a spunky one. Welcome to the boards. Finding a job is your job right now. School is great for teaching Theory. Time ( substitute experience) is the best teacher. Unfortunately, she kills all her students.
Virgo Nightingale
06-11-2007, 01:43 PM
Welcome aboard, megs!
Ben Kessler
06-11-2007, 01:55 PM
Megs, welcome to the Forum!
PrintDriver
06-11-2007, 02:00 PM
Is that Shrewsbury UK or somewhere in the US?
I got lost once driving in Shrewsbury UK. We stopped to ask a woman for directions and she said, "I don't drive in this city." I can understand why. You can get in but you can't get out.
Broacher
06-11-2007, 02:10 PM
"As Mr. PD said, if college was supposed to teach you "Graphic Design" or "Visual Communications", then you need a refund on your tuition. Photoshop is one of the lesser-used software tools of a graphic designer. We generally use it for fixing and clipping images. Design is more often created in other applications, like Illustrator or InDesign."
I understand that, thats why i'm teaching myself Quark, InDesign and Illustrator.
In college they said that it was the perfect corse to become a graphic designer, lol. so much for that! a few choice words were exchanged!
i'm on deviantart but i never use it now. I used to use it for drawings.
thanks for the help, i gonna work on my own website anyway,
on that subject how do you work transpaency on dreamweaver CS3? i've been saving images as GIF's half transparency but it hasen't worked.
any help?:o
If you (or any design school) is serious about design, you should be less focused on the software list, and much more on the non-computer design skills list.
To paraphrase my friend PD a little (no offence):
GOOD design is more often created in other applications, like establishing good client communication and relationship, articulating communication objectives, understanding market needs and realities, and being able to quickly sketch out lots of experimental ideas on paper before you even turn on the monitor.
Design itself is an application. An application of very powerful principles that have stood the test of time, but also the ever renewable application of what you, as a person in a society, a culture, with all that experience represents, brings into the process. It's an application that amazingly upgrades itself. It gets faster, more precise, more full of possibilities as you master it. How do you do that? Can you 'pirate' design skills? Sure, I think we all do, all the time. But we also benefit greatly by one on one guidance by those instructors who have taken the trip and are willing to share the designer experience, enthusiastically, with others. Find the right school with these kind of teachers and jump in. you'll be way ahead of the bulk of the 'design=Adobe' crowd.
PrintDriver
06-11-2007, 05:02 PM
I said that?.
I like how you said it better.
:D
DougFa
06-11-2007, 08:03 PM
HI Megs,
Congrats on your decision to become a designer.
It is fraught with all sorts of interesting twists and turns:-)
Yes, I would beging assembling some pieces of your work so you can have something to present.
You might want to check out www.creativehotlist.com. You can create a very nice online portfolio for $70 for the year. I have nothing to do with them but we do have "another" online portfolio there and are quite pleased with it.
You also might want to check out the free article of mine called "8 "Must Have* Graphic Design Skills for Today's Market" - just follow the link below.
If you have any other further questions I am happy to help. (I have had my own firm for over 4 years now)
Very best,
Doug
www.thedesignersinnercirclereport.com
on that subject how do you work transpaency on dreamweaver CS3? i've been saving images as GIF's half transparency but it hasen't worked.
any help?:o
Dreamweaver CS3 is only a visual editor to help you write code, if you can't write it yourself. What you use to write the code makes no difference on how it's rendered. It is the browser which renders the code, nothing else. The browser makes no differentation between code written in Dreamweaver, Notepad, etc., if the code is the same.
Every browser should be able to handle GIF transparency, and all newer browsers can handle PNG transparency even better. First off, how are you placing your images? Is it all on one layer, or are you using CSS layers via DIV tags and Z-Index? Secondly, what browser and version are you testing on? PS - remember that what you see in Dreamweaver's window is not the same as what appears on the web. Make sure you browser test the page by pressing F12 (or is it F10?), first.
Mr. PD: I have not read DeviantArt's terms lately, or in fact, ever at all. Being capable in web design, even though it's not what I "do", I never had need for it. I only use portfolio sites if they tell me, "Sign up now for FREE!" - then it affords me a little bit of extra exposure for a short while. If they say anything about retaining rights to images hosted on their website, though - then I would certainly concur, and stay away!
PrintDriver
06-12-2007, 11:24 AM
I would say they do a little more than host images.
Part 3d exacts a hefty price for using this 'service'.
From DeviantArt's Submission Policy:
2. Ownership. Artist at all times retains all right, title and interest in and to the Artist Materials provided by Artist hereunder (including, without limitation, the copyrights in and to the Artist Materials), subject to the non-exclusive rights in the licenses granted to deviantART under this Agreement. Artist is free to grant similar rights to others during and after the Term of this Agreement.
3. License To Use Artist Materials. As and when Artist Materials are uploaded to the deviantART Site(s), Artist grants to deviantART a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to do the following things during the Term:
a) to prepare and encode Artist Materials or any part of them for digital or analog transmission, manipulation and exhibition in any format and by any means now known or not yet known or invented;
b) to display, copy, reproduce, exhibit, publicly perform, broadcast, rebroadcast, transmit, retransmit, distribute through any electronic means (including analog and digital) or other means, and electronically or otherwise publish any or all of the Artist Materials, including any part of them, and to include them in compilations for publication, by any and all means and media now known or not yet known or invented ;
c) to modify, adapt, change or otherwise alter the Artist Materials (e.g., change the size) and use the Artist Materials as described in Section 3(b); and
d) the right to sublicense to any other person or company any of the licensed rights in the Artist Materials, or any part of them, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
e) Artist acknowledges that Artist will not have any right, title, or interest in any other materials with which Artist Materials may be combined or into which all or any portion of Artist Materials may be incorporated.
f) During the Term, deviantART's licenses under this Agreement include the right to use any part of the Artist Materials in the promotion, advertising or marketing of the DeviantART Sites.
g) As used in this Agreement, the term "Artist Materials" means any content uploaded to the deviantART Site(s) which may include without limitation Artist's name(s) (including professional names), trademarks, trade names, likenesses, photographs, biographical materials, artwork, liner notes, and other graphical or textual materials and any and all "skins," computer-generated images or other artwork or images that Artist submits to deviantART.
See
http://about.deviantart.com/policy/submission for full text of policy. More people should read the fine print in EULAs...