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Tips and Rules for Designing Wine Labels

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Editor’s note: This post was written by  Scott Huntington, a graphic designer and blogger from Pennsylvania. Follow him on Twitter @SMHUntington. If you’re a freelance designer, chances are you’re asked to create designs for products you know nothing about. This was the case when I got hired as a graphic designer at a small winery. I knew […]

Top Free Sites for PSD Voice Balloons and Fonts

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Editor’s note: This post was written by Alicia R. Norman, a freelance writer as well as a graphic illustrator/animator. Norman’s primary goal is combine the vivid storytelling with animation in order to make scintillating, fun and/or thought provoking films. As a content provider, Alicia R. Norman is driven to create quality compositions at affordable prices. […]

7 Ways Time-Tracking Leads to More Creative Work

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Editor’s Note: This post was written by Tom Braley, who worked as an advertising creative for nearly 20 years before making the switch to the technology sector. He now writes copy, blogs and marketing material for Thrive Software, creators of Solo, a beautifully designed project management tool for creative freelancers. You can follow him on Twitter: @Tom_ThriveSolo. The business […]

10 Ways to Create an Effective Website Design Brief

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Editor’s Note: This post was written by Egle Karalyte, strategist and designpreneur.  Together with her team, Egle is creating a design briefing tool for designers – My Visual Brief, with a mission to help designers communicate more effectively with their clients. She has also founded a strategic design agency InfinVision in Paris, France and has been […]

Top 4 Web Design Trends for 2014

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Editor’s note: This post was written by Claude Clement, professional web designer and blogger in Pelicanforce, a web design blog and agency that specializes in infographic design. In pre-Facebook times, it seems that everyone had a Myspace page. The page was customizable, although many users seemed to opt for the “busy” look, with bold clashing […]

Designing for Print

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Editor’s note: This post was written by Andy Brattle, who works as Managing Director at a branding agency in London, specialising in professional design services like event materials, press advertising, brochure design, corporate literature and much more. He loves to share his thoughts on the latest design trends and upcoming digital marketing tactics. You can find his […]

We’re Giving Away THREE Flywheel Accounts!

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Ever heard of Flywheel? If not, it’s time you did, as they are a premium WordPress hosting company built specifically for web designers, freelancers and creative agencies. For sure, you want to have the best online portfolio possible to showcase your work so that clients – both potential and existing – can see what you […]