As the saying goes, it’s not just what you know; it’s who you know. When it comes to making connections and finding new clients, there is only so much you can do online or through the mail. At some point every freelancer needs to get out there and make face-to-face connections with potential clients. If […]

I’m super busy finishing up a client project, so today I’ll just post a few miscellaneous links: • Calling Minnesota Animators. My friend Kelly McNutt is a very talented artist and animator in his own right. Check out his blog and website. He’s currently looking for some Minnesota animation artists to help him out with […]

Brad Howard of Doodlesauce.com writes: I have never been a website design person….I’ve had too much work and not enough time to dedicate myself to learning GoLive or Dreamweaver. My question is, I wanted to just hire someone who knew what they were doing and build me something. What are your thoughts on having someone […]

As a freelance illustrator I work on a variety of projects, but my specialty is character design. I periodically get calls from ad agencies, design firms, and business owners wishing to hire me to design a mascot to help promote their product or service. Mascots are powerful, which is why so many companies use them […]

HOW Magazine is sponsoring their annual design conference in Boston May 18-21. The conference offers dozens of workshops and presentations. They are primarily aimed at graphic designers, but there appear to be a lot of topics that could easily apply to illustrators, web designers, and others in the various fields of commercial art. I’ve never […]

Yesterday I talked about the qualities of a dream client. Most client projects are a two-way street, so now I’m going to focus on all you freelancers out there. Here’s a few suggestions for how to make sure every project goes as smoothly as possible. Following these guidelines will also help you gain a great […]