All to often designers use their portfolio to flex their creative muscle. They want to show off their design and/or coding skills by creating a monster of a website. more time then not, this ends up in a visually stunning design, but lacks the fundamentals. The design may get you some street [...]
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How to Procrastinate Better
I think it is safe to say that many of us as freelancers tend to put things off and procrastinate more than we should. This is probably in part due to the fact that we sometimes take on more than we can handle. Thus, we put off the less interesting projects for the [...]
Funding Your Web Startup
Think you have the next Facebook or YouTube idea ready to make you million, but don’t have the finds to get it off the ground? Outlaw Design Blog is here to help with a collection of sources to help you find funding for your startup, how to contact investors, and advice on finding the [...]
Design Inspiration - Group Writing Project
There is no shortage design inspiration online these days. You don’t have to search to hard to find a CSS, Flash, logo, or graphic design gallery. In fact, I think it is safe to say that many of us have probably wasted more hours on these types of sites than we [...]
Educating Your Client
It’s not secret that we as designers, either web or graphic, have a love hate relationship with many of our clients. Many of them just don’t understand the process of the business, what good design looks like, or how not to act like an idiot. But, in their defense, it’s not all their [...]
How to Make Money Selling Wallpapers
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Last weeks post about adding Powerpoint presentations to your arsenal really got me thinking about untapped niches for graphic designers. While I was deep in meditation on the subject online, I came across this post by Smashing Magazine. The post is nothing more than some free icon and wallpapers, but one [...]
Pick Your Clients and Bill Them Too!
Tired of putting up with bad clients? Instead of endlessly browsing job boards, hoping for a job with a friendly client, why not go out and pick who you want to work with? Believe it or not, this isn’t a joke. Hand picking your clients is easier than you think. All [...]
Making Money When Things Get Slow
Unless you’re design rockstar, the freelance lifestyle tends to be feast or famine. One minute your taking your girl to steak houses and clubs, the next your stuck at home with takeout and a movie rental. That’s just the way it goes. So how can one make money when things get slow? [...]
