Freelance Design Blog - 4.4.8

Its been a while since my last post as I have been extremely busy, my apologies to those expecting a weekly blog. So I have managed to flunk rule number 1 of blogging - keep it regular and consistent.

The past few months

I have continued to work with the cosmetics company and moved on to their second more youthful/funky product brand and packaging which is a really exciting as it has a broader consumer market. I have also started to create their website, although I tend to avoid these they are very happy taking a more simplified stylised approach rather than high quantity database/e-commerce website.

I recently hit a problem with the printers who didn't let the ink dry long enough on some business cards and it rubbed onto the ones in front. I'm not a confrontational person and find it difficult to complain. But to the printers credit they were very helpful and reprinted the lot. I would say to people new in the industry is don'to worry about these things, go in and be polite, everyone can make a mistake and often they are happy to sort it out. Don't let the problem build in your head it will probably sort itself out.

I have been working on some digital artwork for a virtual space which was very new as I'm more used to designing to convey information rather just for looks. It's really quite different as you have to view it from a more arty perspective and I'm no artist! It worked out well and look forward to seeing the final environment and doing a bit more in the future.

Went to meet another potential client (a big design consultancy) who really liked my portfolio and got a bit of feedback. It gave me another opportunity to re-assess my work and print some more stuff out so the portfolio was fresh. Try to assess your portfolio every couple of months. Have you printed your work out to the highest quality? Have you structured your portfolio in a cohesive manner? I always put one of the best pieces first and end on something really impressive. Take the viewer on a journey and show then how diverse you are.

That brings things right up to date, sorry there are no pics, maybe next week. I bet I'm going to get a release on all this work at the same time and have a massive picture blog. But until then thanks for reading!