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Refine Your Graphic Design Skills
Valerie Atkisson / ArtBistro
The graphic design industry is constantly evolving. Graphic design jobs have become more demanding and competitive than ever before. It is essential to refine your design style to make sure that you stay on top in this industry.
Read these helpful articles to improve your style.
rjambler
6 days ago
14 comments
Thanks for putting all this information together in one place.
rjambler
6 days ago
14 comments
Thanks for putting all this information together in one place.
confio
about 1 month ago
4 comments
thats pretty raw, you got the numbers straight
whats next? What schools are good?
TheDesigner
4 months ago
154 comments
Sometimes i get a little put out with these "art schools" - Sucking in these young kids- how do they sleep at night? I could not recommend this profession to anyone who can Do anything else!!!
It was once a pretty lucrative business- but those days are pretty much long gone- ask someone in there 50s in the business if you can find one. It can be fun- and rewarding- i've won a sh_t load of awards- but someday you're going to be old- and wish you had two nickles to rub together- like so many other occupations- playing in a band etc. 1 in 1000 really make any money at it. Example: the going rate for design and production in the 70s was $20-30 per hour. That was great!! A 3 bedroom house cost $25,000 and new GTO car cost $3.500. Today a house cost $120,000. and a car is $30-$50 thousand...and young free lancers are out there cutting each others throats {including there own someday- by driving the price down} for free lance jobs at $25.ph. One told me if they liked the project- they would do it for $15 per hour. Hello!! How many hours will it take you to buy- your kids a pair of shoes, pay $100. ele. bill or $1,200 per month mortgage, your Iphone bill, cable, gas, car payment, food, insurance, clothes, and someday a baby, a teenage, and how about retirement. just to name a few items. Well i hope i opened some of your eyes. Use your head man.