Comments on: Getting There from Nowhere http://designm.ag/freelance/getting-there-from-nowhere/ Articles and Resources for Web Designers Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Flux3 http://designm.ag/freelance/getting-there-from-nowhere/#comment-3916 Flux3 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:22:52 +0000 http://designm.ag/?p=554#comment-3916 I had no formal Design training but did all of the above as well as imerse myself into the subject, i spent every spare moment i could scouring the web for information, inventing projects for myself and achieving them. Nowadays it is even easier, you have you tube tutorials for starters, i would have paid good money to watch over the shoulder of an experienced designer. I ate slept & dreamt design stuff and html,adobe and the now demised Macromedia where like my only friends. After 10 years of working for other people i am now freelance. I think if your going to do design for print, get some experience working in a print shop (what ever it is)just to get used to the terminology & paper stocks I had no formal Design training but did all of the above as well as imerse myself into the subject, i spent every spare moment i could scouring the web for information, inventing projects for myself and achieving them. Nowadays it is even easier, you have you tube tutorials for starters, i would have paid good money to watch over the shoulder of an experienced designer. I ate slept & dreamt design stuff and html,adobe and the now demised Macromedia where like my only friends. After 10 years of working for other people i am now freelance. I think if your going to do design for print, get some experience working in a print shop (what ever it is)just to get used to the terminology & paper stocks

]]> By: Sean Hodge http://designm.ag/freelance/getting-there-from-nowhere/#comment-3913 Sean Hodge Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:39:35 +0000 http://designm.ag/?p=554#comment-3913 Good points in this article. Also, even if you do go to school, these points still apply. Self direction, self study, pushing yourself, are necessary qualities for success in either case. There is so much to learn from books and your own experiments outside the classroom. Thx. Good points in this article. Also, even if you do go to school, these points still apply. Self direction, self study, pushing yourself, are necessary qualities for success in either case. There is so much to learn from books and your own experiments outside the classroom. Thx.

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]]> By: Sonali Agrawal http://designm.ag/freelance/getting-there-from-nowhere/#comment-826 Sonali Agrawal Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:17:33 +0000 http://designm.ag/?p=554#comment-826 All these points are so true. I totally agree with point #5, because that's how I initially started. I used to work as a Web Design Volunteer for Non-Profit Organizations and then, once I had hands-on experience, I started taking up paid projects. I did almost everything mentioned in this post. Wonderful Article. All these points are so true. I totally agree with point #5, because that’s how I initially started. I used to work as a Web Design Volunteer for Non-Profit Organizations and then, once I had hands-on experience, I started taking up paid projects.

I did almost everything mentioned in this post. Wonderful Article.

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