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Breaking into Graphic Design

Helping designers everywhere

About Me

I want this page to be a resource center for designers. I will not approve any comments that relate to free ringtones, free handbags, free gift cards, or profile trackers. Please stop sending them. If you have a comment that has anything to do with graphic design or art I will gladly approve that.
"Breaking into Graphic Design" is a book I highly recommend. I read it and it helped me get my design job. The book provides a wealth of information on finding full-time employment, freelance work, and owning a business in the graphic design industry.
Through interviews, the book gives insider prospectives on the business side of design. It also has a gallery of professional designers' resumes. More information about the book is available HERE .
It can be ordered from:
    Buy.com Half.com Amazon.com Walmart.com Any other book web site or store

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Design news:

    100 Designer Friendly Companies GDUSA eNewsletter design : talkboard

Design Firms:
    TAMZ
    n o o n
    Vonster
    group94
    Hydro 74
    Interbrand
    R&R Partners
    Wallace Church
    Hornall Anderson
    2Advanced Studios

Resources and Inspiration:
    Hurricane Poster Project - Posters created to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina
    CSS Zen Garden
    The FWA: Favourite Website Awards
    Identity Works
    Logo Lounge
    Dimensions of a CD
    Designer's Toolbox
    Movie Posters
    COLOURlovers
    Designing with type
    Swiss Posters: 1970 to Present
    Brands of the World
    Prepress: Preparing Files for Print
    Before and After Magazine
    Annual Report Gallery
    Design Clichés
    Design Internship Information
    Graphic Design Glossary
    W3Schools CSS Tutorials
    Dave Werner's Portfolio 2006
    No!Spec
    A graphic design overview according to the Dept. of Labor
    The Icon Factory
    Internet Archive: Wayback Machine
    Veerle's blog - Design phase of my new blog

Fonts:
    LetterHead fonts
    Font Savvy
    Da Font
    Font Shop
    misprinted type
    MyFonts
    Font Freak
    Dinctype
    Blue Vinyl Fonts

Stock Images:
    iStockphoto
    Getty Images
    Veer
    Corbis
    stock.xchng

Entertainment:
    Bad Logos
    Bad Design Kills
    12 Breeds of Client and How to Work with Them
    Discover Music - Pandora
    Clientcopia: Stupid Client Quotes
    Make a snowflake
    Pimp my Nutcracker
    Turn yourself into a South Park character
    Future Me - Send an email to your future self
    AdVerbatims

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Creative types.

My Blog

MySpace, the internet, and your portfolio

Everything written below is based on my experiences working as a professional designer. Whether or not you choose to accept this advice is your choice. Do not use your MySpace login email as the emai...
Posted by Breaking into Graphic Design on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:12:00 PST

Design Internships

If you are in school, get a part time design job if you can. If not, get an internship. You need it. If you don't, you will have little to nothing to put on your resume when you graduate. Employers do...
Posted by Breaking into Graphic Design on Wed, 10 May 2006 04:33:00 PST