Recent content by Swan

Thanks for the responses, everyone :) It's been my aim to leave gender out of it completely, but there's been that nagging doubt. You've all pretty much eased my worries and cemented my own thoughts --- that if you can produce the goods it doesn't matter if you're a line-dancing capybara...

Hi guys, I'm a girlshaped web & print designer currently employed in an all-male firm, but starting the process for striking out on my own (for various reasons) but I'm presented with a question. If I self-brand/use my name prominently, is my gender going to put clients off before we're even in...

Why not just do what someone else did (and shared online) last year, and imagine something like Pokémon as brands, and create logos for them? Here we go, found the post: Cocoia Blog Pocket monster brands Not as good as having a proper brief, but it's better than stabbing in the dark, no?

Coffee Time does it for me. :)

Been using the Google Font API, myself. (Google Font Directory) I keep looking at TypeKit, but not sure the powers-that-be at my job actually 'get' the whole @font-face thing yet.

It's painful :( Good thing is, I'm running this machine into the ground (it just can't cope with an actual designer using CS4 on it) and putting together a list of "reasons to give the designer a mac".

This. Espresso is a great bit of software. I just wish my work would let me use a Mac (stuck on their Windows Dell PCs right now) so I could use it here as well as at home.

I have a BTEC National Diploma in Graphic Design, and a degree in an unrelated subject. All I can say is be persistant, keep working on your portfolio, and don't be shy - be cheeky when it comes to asking people to give you a chance to do some work experience/paid internship and that sort of thing!

Just spotted this and had a look, and was compelled to answer/submit. Results publishable yet? :)