Gift Guide for Self-Employed Designers
Is there a self-employed/freelance designer in your life that you’re struggling to find a gift for? Have no fear, last-minute shopper. As most self-employed peeps will tell you, buying treats or gadgets for themselves tends to fall to the bottom of the to-do...
25 Free Script Fonts
Need Help Choosing Fonts for Your Business?Pssst… this is a core part of what I do as a brand designer! Work With Me Continuing the full exposure of my font obsession, today I’m sharing with you 25 script fonts. Just in case you still need to put together...
2014 Freelance Conference Recap
The first ever Freelance Conference was this past Tuesday. It was billed as an event “created by freelancers, for freelancers […] those who leave a J-O-B with the dream of freedom, better income, and the ability to control our own careers.” I had met the...
20 Free Handwritten Fonts
Need Help Choosing Fonts for Your Business?Pssst… this is a core part of what I do as a brand designer! Work With Me Hello, my name is Amanda, and I’m a font addict. As of this writing, I have over 1,000 fonts installed on my computer. There are probably...
5 Rules of Freelancing You Should Follow
I have been 100% self-employed for over 8 years now. Freelancing as a graphic designer has been (and still is) my full-time job and main source of income. As any self-employed person can tell you, it can be a bit of a bumpy road. Especially if, like me, you never...
Decoding Design: Print Lingo
We’re diving into print terminology in this edition of Decoding Design! No need to be scared of bleeds, crops, and stocks.
Client/Vendor Relations: Real World
Possibly the best internet video ever, this little gem takes some of the lines that freelancers get all of the time, and puts them in other client/vendor situations to show just how ridiculous they are. Take a look: What’s the craziest line you’ve ever...
Decoding Design: Web Lingo
This edition of Decoding Design dives in web lingo – the terminology and parts of a website. I stretch the ‘home on the web’ metaphor to its limits.