Author Archives: Danny Outlaw

Danny is currently living the freelance dream in sunny (and very hot) Costa Rica with his old lady. You can read some of his freelance work at Costa Rica Travel Scout. He has an obsession with LOST, toys, and Sharpie markers.

How to Get Work Locally

Achieving success in a freelance career is not as simplistic as one may wish, but by following a few simple guidelines, freelance work in your local area can be obtained and can lead to greatly fulfilling vocation. So many freelancers don’t spend enough time “shaking hands and kissing babies.” Just going out every [...]

Discussion: What type of free resources would you like?

Im working on adding some more free resources to the site. You can see some of my recent free resources in these posts; Pre Design Questionnaire, Free Grunge Brushes, and Follow Up Email.
I was wondering what type of resources you would like to see more of? Would you like more forms, [...]

Wordpress Themes: 20+ Tutorials, Clubs, Themes, and Resources

There is so much going on with the Wordpress niche that its not even funny. New and impressive designs come out every day. Businesses based around the Wordpress platform are popping up everywhere. With so many new things happening in the Wordpress community it can be hard to keep track of them.
Im a [...]

Freebies - Paint Peel Brush Pack

This free brush pack is long over due. I made a small, but useful photoshop brush pack. The free photoshop brush pack contains 7 high quality brushes that all have a paint peel effect to them.
All of the photos used in this free photoshop brush pack were made from large high def pics.
These [...]

30 New (Free) Grunge Fonts

Its been a while since I did the first free grunge fonts post. So, while I had some free time here in paradise, I thought I would do anther one. While there are not quite as many as the first post, these are just as good.
I have been noticing there aren’t as many [...]

Six Shooter Links on CSS Stuff

While I am no web developer by any stretch of the imagination, I do enjoy some cool CSS tricks and AJAX scripts. Today’s Six Shooter Links cover some cool CSS resources I have come across over the last few months.
I know some of these are old news, but I felt they were worth sharing.
If [...]

51 Stunning Movie and TV Posters

I have wanted to be a graphic designer since I got my first clipart program and dot matrix printer back in the day. I knew after I printed my first real “garage sale” flyer that this is what I wanted to do. As I grew older, the one thing that always caught my [...]

8 Super Sexy Web Statistic Software

Webstats can be a pretty boring thing to look at even if you are obsessed with your stats and traffic. Luckily, there are plenty of web analytic programs out there that have added a little spice to web statistics.
Many of these website analytic tools offer a free trial or online demo. This way [...]

Discussion: What Premium Apps Do You Use?

It seems like everyday there are more and more paid applications coming out to make our life easier. Pioneers like Freshbooks and Basecamp have set the bar for such applications. But with so many great (and not so great) alternatives to these, how do you know which premium apps are worth paying for [...]

Just Say No - The Art of Saying Yes

Nobody likes a “yes man” unless they can actually follow through on everything they say yes to. This is rarely the case with designers.
Saying yes to anything that comes your way will quickly leave you overworked, missing deadlines, and worst of all…scope creep. Saying yes to every job [...]