Thread: 50 things every newbie designer should know

My graphic designer friend recently posted this link on my facebook wall. I have found it to be very helpful and thought I would share it with any of you newbie designers/beginners/students out there...

#The50 Things Every Creative Should Know

Yeah a friend posted me this too. their are defiantly some points there, but also some generalisations. there's a good discussion about it on the site though.

I like the idea of not working for free :icon_thumbup:

and making friends with a printer...they can tell you if your idea is practical before you show the client and will probably come up with suggestions.

I liked 44.
"If your going to fail! Fail well!"


I'll be good at that

very interesting :D

A vitally important piece of advice is missing from this list -- find one or more business niche and build deep expertise in these niches. This will protect you from ever having to free pitch.