30-Day Challenge

Payment to Start the Project?

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Sample Invoice

After reading the previous post, ‘Protecting Yourself from Non-Paying Clients,’ a sample was uploaded and on the Letter of Engagement, you may have noticed three lines of text on fees: Fees: List the fees.   Starting deposit is required when the project begins (40%) Final payment required on project completion (60%) Starting Deposit to Start the […]

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Costs? Estimates? Quotes?

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Tom Cruise as Jerry Maguire, 'Show me the money!'

Show me the money! After you have met with the client, and you have gathered information, it’s back to work and figure out how much the job will be. Unfortunately, there is no secret formula for knowing how much to charge for your work. Over time, you get experience from having to do it over […]

30-Day Challenge

Designer Experience First Start!

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First Person Icon

I applied for many graphic design jobs after graduating from school. It’s true I wasn’t qualified for the senior positions, nor even for the vice president positions, but I figure entry-level or junior positions would be okay? The only thing you need is one person who says ‘yes.’ If I remember correctly, my first job […]

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Online Education (Free)

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Examples of schools websites that offer free or small fees (for certification) eLearning courses

Did you know in some countries, post-secondary or higher education is free. Yes, FREE! No money needed. What?!? In Canada and the United States, many students go into debt for going to post-secondary. Denmark, a country across the other side of the world, or 7,600 km away from my city of Vancouver offers free education! […]

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Illustrator vs. Photoshop

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What’s the difference between Illustrator and Photoshop? Let’s use an example of a logo. If I designed and created a logo in Illustrator, and the finished size is 5 inches x 5 inches, I resize this logo to be 30 inches x 30 inches for a billboard, and the logo would be as sharp and […]

30-Day Challenge

30 Day Challenge

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Steps for 30-day challenge

As an instructor, I wanted a place for students and learners to grab their course notes. Teaching since September 2011, one of my first starts in post-secondary was with Langara College Continuing Studies. Raymond Chow, no relation gave me my first opportunity, and I have fine-tuned my instructional days since that first night. I would […]

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How to Mask an Image in Illustrator

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Why would you want to mask an image? If you are creating a product catalogue such as an Ikea product catalogue is a prime example of many mask objects. Or maybe you are creating an automobile advertisement such as the Honda vehicle in the ad. Another example is to mask a specific image for a […]