What type of work do you do?

jecrt · 04-04-2009, 02:27 PM

With so many creatives, I thought it would be interesting to hear what type of work we're doing.

I do mostly Illustration work - kids' product art, book illustration, tshirt art and gig posters. I do some design work - mostly label/package design.

I do a lot of other stuff - production/prepress, etc. - but that's because I'm freelance and take whatever I can get!

How about you guys? Always good to hear from different areas of expertise.

josh

VonGizzle · 04-12-2009, 07:22 PM

I do mostly everything (moreso front end web design and branding), but I try to stay away from development when I can. However the recession dictates that at the minute I'm not doing much

Bayans · 04-12-2009, 11:32 PM

I'm finishing my studies in game development to get a job as a 3D environment artist.

jessei · 04-13-2009, 09:15 AM

I have finnished University last year and now I am looking for a job, doing what I love the most: Graphic Design! I create logos, identity packs, hand made illustration, cd covers... and lost more!

Dawn Shepard · 04-19-2009, 01:55 PM

I'm new too. I'm about a year out of school and I've been job hunting. One day my brain started oozing out my ear after writing yet another cover letter. I wasn't designing and putting all my mind into the hunt. After that I decided I had to get creative or I was going to loose my mind altogether. I started joining contests and won a few. It felt so good to design. The contest work led to freelance and that's what I'm doing now. I'm designing wine bags and I've done invitations for events and also some freelance production work. I'm still holding out for a design job with a steady pay check but I love that this place exists for many reasons. It's great to have creative friends and it's great to share the work.

Rockhart · 04-19-2009, 04:52 PM

I'm just about ready to end my freshman year of college (youngster I know

)
I do a lot of fine art and illustrative work both in traditional mediums and on the computer. I love design and really really love doing logos

. I'm really looking forward to participating in the contests as soon as I make it through the review

. I also do a weekly editorial cartoon for my school newspaper... and actually just launched my weekly webcomic today! (we'll see how long it takes for me to miss an update ;P)

krkw72 · 04-21-2009, 08:20 PM

The anchor of my stuff is traditional hand-rendered illustration and painting...
But I also do layouts for ads, business cards, flyers, etc.
I've done several CD covers.
I don't have a ton of logos under my belt, but I'm working on putting those extra notches in it!

Not to mention all the crafty stuff I get my hands in, but that's for the other forums I'm a member of!

xValentynex · 04-22-2009, 09:32 PM

I am about to get my AA in Art (since we don't have a graphic desing major at school) so I am transfer to UCF to do Digital Media. I am also going to join the Air Force as an intelligence officer, but atm I do my art.
I mainly work in photoshop and I do anything that is grunge. I mainly do black with neon or any bright colors. Me and my friend decided it would be called grunge 2.0 cause thats all I ever do for my website haha

eienblue25 · 04-24-2009, 08:07 AM

I'm working on advertising company and now I'm trying to work freelance too, as a graphic designer ^^
nice to meet you

xValentynex · 04-24-2009, 10:32 PM

I wish I could get a design job while in college

sacredgeometry · 05-05-2009, 06:49 AM

I am new to this forum but I do alot of everything really from music production to animation to large composite works and instillation's and film postproduction...which is what ive been doing latley actually between shooting a small stopframe animation.

I love to keep my brain and hands busy

Peace

Brian

oh and p.s. xValentynex you are beautiful

ANIM8R · 05-07-2009, 09:53 AM

Good Day all !!!

I work for a marketing Co FT day job as their Creative Director ... Under the cloak of night I do Landing pages for various companies .. Grants .. Suppliments ... Banner and email creatives. I also do the odd full site for companies that contact me via word of mouth ! ... If anyone out there is looking for some PT work as comission sales for me .. Id be interested in talking !!

Cheers - ANIM8R

chickenfish13 · 05-07-2009, 05:00 PM

For all you guys who have gone to university and are looking for a job, or already have a job, what University would you recommend? Like what are really good ones out there? Also, does anyone know of any universities in Canada that are good for design. It might be something I would be interested in later on. Thanks.

.:FMD · 05-07-2009, 08:42 PM

I'm about a year out of college. I did not go to school for graphic design. I went for Visual communication technology. I specialized in print, photography, and video media. I know pretty much how to do any type of design since thats what our program was built around, the technology. I have been freelancing for a small advertising agency in my home town for over a year now. I have some small clients to get my feet wet. Recently I have been applying to pretty much anything that has design involved in it just to keep me busy and stay in that design mindset.

I mainly am trying to get a job at a creative firm that does motion graphics as I am in love with that. Until then, side jobs, design contests, and probably a part time job will pay the bills.

I may plan on going back to college to take some 3d classes and actual web design (not development) since there is a huge calling for web designers.

As for colleges in canada... Vancouver has a great place for motion that I know of and I believe they also have art degrees as well.

As for design schools... Cal Arts, SCAD (savannah college of art and Design), University of Cincinnati's Digital Media program, Eastern Michigan University, Art institute of Chicago, Pittsburgh Institute of Art...those are just some that i know off the top of my head.

MAC · 05-09-2009, 08:13 AM

I do only logo designs and I am happy with that!

**resurepus** · 05-09-2009, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MAC

I do only logo designs and I am happy with that!

do you do it as a freelancer or do you work for a design company?

MAC · 05-09-2009, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by resurepus

do you do it as a freelancer or do you work for a design company?

Both, I work as a freelancer and for a starting design company. And being only a logo designer you can get much work to do

chickenfish13 · 05-09-2009, 04:30 PM

Where or who do your work with? What Company?

MAC · 05-10-2009, 05:26 AM

The company is called geneaces. As I mentioned before, they are a starting company and do not hire too many designers. I like working with them as I get regular orders but that is not enough for me, so I am willing to get approved on this forum and be able to post in design contest section. I've got kinda tired of joining random contests with unexperienced contest holders who choose bad quality logos because they know too little (I mean, they even choose not vector based logos!), so I want to try my skills in quality contests I found here

.

Stacia90 · 05-13-2009, 04:19 PM

I'm only a 1st year student at the Art Institute of Colorado majoring in Fashion Merchandising so most of what I do is illustrative work designing clothing for projects.

04-04-2009, 02:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
jecrt Elite Designer Join Date: Jan 2009 Northern Illinois Posts: 327	What type of work do you do? With so many creatives, I thought it would be interesting to hear what type of work we're doing. I do mostly Illustration work - kids' product art, book illustration, tshirt art and gig posters. I do some design work - mostly label/package design. I do a lot of other stuff - production/prepress, etc. - but that's because I'm freelance and take whatever I can get! How about you guys? Always good to hear from different areas of expertise. josh

04-12-2009, 07:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
VonGizzle Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Belfast Posts: 45	I do mostly everything (moreso front end web design and branding), but I try to stay away from development when I can. However the recession dictates that at the minute I'm not doing much __________________ We Are Cupcake

04-19-2009, 04:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
Rockhart Elite Designer Join Date: Aug 2008 MT Posts: 200	I'm just about ready to end my freshman year of college (youngster I know ) I do a lot of fine art and illustrative work both in traditional mediums and on the computer. I love design and really really love doing logos . I'm really looking forward to participating in the contests as soon as I make it through the review . I also do a weekly editorial cartoon for my school newspaper... and actually just launched my weekly webcomic today! (we'll see how long it takes for me to miss an update ;P) __________________ --AndrewLockhartDesign.com (temporary)-- Follow me on Twitter!

04-24-2009, 10:32 PM	#10 (permalink)
xValentynex Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Florida Posts: 47	I wish I could get a design job while in college __________________ http://www.zynvulart.com

05-05-2009, 06:49 AM	#11 (permalink)
sacredgeometry Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 10	I am new to this forum but I do alot of everything really from music production to animation to large composite works and instillation's and film postproduction...which is what ive been doing latley actually between shooting a small stopframe animation. I love to keep my brain and hands busy Peace Brian oh and p.s. xValentynex you are beautiful Last edited by sacredgeometry; 05-05-2009 at 06:57 AM.

04-12-2009, 11:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
Bayans Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2	I'm finishing my studies in game development to get a job as a 3D environment artist.

04-13-2009, 09:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
jessei Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 11	I have finnished University last year and now I am looking for a job, doing what I love the most: Graphic Design! I create logos, identity packs, hand made illustration, cd covers... and lost more!

04-19-2009, 01:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
Dawn Shepard Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Seattle, WA Posts: 13	I'm new too. I'm about a year out of school and I've been job hunting. One day my brain started oozing out my ear after writing yet another cover letter. I wasn't designing and putting all my mind into the hunt. After that I decided I had to get creative or I was going to loose my mind altogether. I started joining contests and won a few. It felt so good to design. The contest work led to freelance and that's what I'm doing now. I'm designing wine bags and I've done invitations for events and also some freelance production work. I'm still holding out for a design job with a steady pay check but I love that this place exists for many reasons. It's great to have creative friends and it's great to share the work.

04-21-2009, 08:20 PM	#7 (permalink)
krkw72 Elite Designer Join Date: Apr 2009 Arkansas, USA Posts: 18	The anchor of my stuff is traditional hand-rendered illustration and painting... But I also do layouts for ads, business cards, flyers, etc. I've done several CD covers. I don't have a ton of logos under my belt, but I'm working on putting those extra notches in it! Not to mention all the crafty stuff I get my hands in, but that's for the other forums I'm a member of!

04-22-2009, 09:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
xValentynex Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Florida Posts: 47	I am about to get my AA in Art (since we don't have a graphic desing major at school) so I am transfer to UCF to do Digital Media. I am also going to join the Air Force as an intelligence officer, but atm I do my art. I mainly work in photoshop and I do anything that is grunge. I mainly do black with neon or any bright colors. Me and my friend decided it would be called grunge 2.0 cause thats all I ever do for my website haha

04-24-2009, 08:07 AM	#9 (permalink)
eienblue25 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 29	I'm working on advertising company and now I'm trying to work freelance too, as a graphic designer ^^ nice to meet you

05-07-2009, 09:53 AM	#12 (permalink)
ANIM8R Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 6	Good Day all !!! I work for a marketing Co FT day job as their Creative Director ... Under the cloak of night I do Landing pages for various companies .. Grants .. Suppliments ... Banner and email creatives. I also do the odd full site for companies that contact me via word of mouth ! ... If anyone out there is looking for some PT work as comission sales for me .. Id be interested in talking !! Cheers - ANIM8R __________________ designrockets.com

05-07-2009, 05:00 PM	#13 (permalink)
chickenfish13 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Calgary Posts: 25	For all you guys who have gone to university and are looking for a job, or already have a job, what University would you recommend? Like what are really good ones out there? Also, does anyone know of any universities in Canada that are good for design. It might be something I would be interested in later on. Thanks. __________________ visit my portfolio at cscreative.carbonmade.com

05-07-2009, 08:42 PM	#14 (permalink)
.:FMD Elite Designer Join Date: Mar 2009 Mile High City Posts: 206	I'm about a year out of college. I did not go to school for graphic design. I went for Visual communication technology. I specialized in print, photography, and video media. I know pretty much how to do any type of design since thats what our program was built around, the technology. I have been freelancing for a small advertising agency in my home town for over a year now. I have some small clients to get my feet wet. Recently I have been applying to pretty much anything that has design involved in it just to keep me busy and stay in that design mindset. I mainly am trying to get a job at a creative firm that does motion graphics as I am in love with that. Until then, side jobs, design contests, and probably a part time job will pay the bills. I may plan on going back to college to take some 3d classes and actual web design (not development) since there is a huge calling for web designers. As for colleges in canada... Vancouver has a great place for motion that I know of and I believe they also have art degrees as well. As for design schools... Cal Arts, SCAD (savannah college of art and Design), University of Cincinnati's Digital Media program, Eastern Michigan University, Art institute of Chicago, Pittsburgh Institute of Art...those are just some that i know off the top of my head. Last edited by .:FMD; 05-07-2009 at 08:44 PM.

05-09-2009, 08:13 AM	#15 (permalink)
MAC Elite Designer Join Date: Sep 2008 Lithuania Posts: 54	I do only logo designs and I am happy with that!

05-09-2009, 04:30 PM	#18 (permalink)
chickenfish13 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Calgary Posts: 25	Where or who do your work with? What Company? __________________ visit my portfolio at cscreative.carbonmade.com

05-10-2009, 05:26 AM	#19 (permalink)
MAC Elite Designer Join Date: Sep 2008 Lithuania Posts: 54	The company is called geneaces. As I mentioned before, they are a starting company and do not hire too many designers. I like working with them as I get regular orders but that is not enough for me, so I am willing to get approved on this forum and be able to post in design contest section. I've got kinda tired of joining random contests with unexperienced contest holders who choose bad quality logos because they know too little (I mean, they even choose not vector based logos!), so I want to try my skills in quality contests I found here .

05-13-2009, 04:19 PM	#20 (permalink)
Stacia90 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Denver, CO Posts: 11	I'm only a 1st year student at the Art Institute of Colorado majoring in Fashion Merchandising so most of what I do is illustrative work designing clothing for projects.

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