Hello- what are the best design sites!!!!!

[goober]

hey guys I am new to this design forum. I want to know what the best sites are to put your work on? what are the best design contest sites? I am new to the graphic art world and I am pretty lost. All links will be helpful

Thanks

[PrintDriver]

Welcome to the forum Goober.
When you get a chance, you may want to read the FAQ here (http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=42). You may find this forum a bit different from other graphics sites you've visited.

The best site to put your work on is your own portfolio site. ;)
As for contests, you are looking for practice contests, right? Not speculative contests.

I think you'll find most of the pros here are busy doing real work, not contests, but maybe some of the students will chime in.

[goober]

thanks -- I am a student myself. I hope there are more experienced students that chime in. I dont have any experience-- so for me i think a good place to start practicing will be design competitions-- get my work scene and fix my craft

[PrintDriver]

You might do better to get yourself a subscription to Lynda.com or similar and work on some tutorials there. ;)

[nichole34]

Hi welcome...

A good place to get some experience and to see what other designers are doing is crowdspring.com. Its a site where companies post logos and such that they need designed and ppl sign up to design it for them and you compete with other fellow artists for the job.

[PrintDriver]

Crowdspring. The future of all graphic design.

<one can hope NOT>

If the OP is new to design, does he even know the basics of what goes into a good logo and the file formats it should be submitted in?

[Typically]

A good place to get some experience and to see what other designers are doing is crowdspring.com.

:rolleyes:

if you have the skills to do actual work try doing work for a nonprofit or interning somewhere. don't waste your time on or support spec work.

[John_Scianna]

Only one I'm familiar with is *************.net.

Well, that got censored -- maybe it's for the best, I think it demeans the industry a bit ;)

[shmoo]

Ah the online competitions where nobody actually wins.. they just steal the work they want and have somebody make it cheaper.

[pecchi17]

check out

www.behance.net

mine is
www.behance.net/pecchi17