Recent content by oldcelt

Every time you do this with a client, you are de-valuing your work. People like this want to be able to jerk your chain and not pay for it. No professional and I mean NO PROFESSIONAL allows this to happen. You need to stop this now.

What do you know about running a business? I ask because if you don't know how to run a business or have the right advice available, it does not matter how you start it.

The best way to build effective and attractive web layouts is to first know how to build effective and attractive print layouts.

Is there a way to participate to give advice without having to pay?

Yea but I mean Graphic Design. One where you would have to prove you had the skills that would have been valued back in the day AND the know how to produce with the current tools.

I often thought it would be cool to have a show like Ink Master...ya know....like 'Design Master" and a bunch of old timers "like us" would judge these "so called" "designers" with challenges we came up with.

yes, but keep in mind that those guys are supplying b. card art at billboard size to clients here and the communication is the same as tech support. I have had to deal with SO MANY of them. Colors are almost always wrong also.

I feel that before you start any business you need to get a handle on what you are going to charge and what are your bills going to look like. You need to think about these things as a business owner, overhead, lighting, supplies, taxes, etc. Once you know how much it will cost you to "run" your...

This is something I have talked about for decades. Having gotten into the design business long before PC's, I have seen it go from "wow these computers will speed up my work" to "everyone with word calls themselves a graphic designer". I actually adopted the term "Graphic Design Specialist" for...

I have had a similar issue. You may just be suffering from the fact that your version of Word is not the same as your client. You mentioned you have a 2016 version and the word pdf's you have gotten may have been created with a newer version. Even the online free version acts differently...