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Want freelance work? Go get it!
I often asked myself why don’t more designers advertise? Design agencies? Freelancers? What is it that makes us not put ourselves out there like the businesses we create for? It’s funny when you really think about it. I’ve designed a million ads in my career. Really a million…from program books for gala’s to full read more »
How much do we value creative education?
If you have children, then you a few expectations of them. High on that list is more than likely a great education. After seeing the Telefonplan school by Vittra. I had to ask myself why don’t we have a school like this in our region? We have schools, why not make them better. Its read more »
C’mon already! Get your work online.
With so many tools online today there is no reason why creative’s shouldn’t have their work online. From hosted solutions to custom sites with a CMS, there are tons of resources out there. Before I start listing them below, I must say one thing to all the code junkie, SEO “experts”, and the rest read more »
When Creatives Join Forces: The Power of Brainstorming
Benjamin Franklin once said (or was it Einstein? Or Twain? No one seems sure), “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Whoever said it was right, and whilst the statement is applicable to all areas of life, it rings very true for Creatives. It’s common read more »
The Human Side of Freelancing
I have been freelancing for many years and know a lot of different freelancers at various levels in their career. I was asked to speak to a class of design students at Indiana University – Northwest, about freelancing. I’m a strong supporter of fundamentals and that’s where I started. I gave this speech about the read more »
The Current
love listening to song writers talk about writing a song. It typically goes like this…“I was going though this situation and then I realized this one thing and then I sat down and wrote this song.” As a creative I can totally relate to this process of being stuck in a tunnel of situations, read more »
Call for Entries: NWIcreative book and ebook
It’s our time to shine! Calling all artist, photographers, web, print and interactive designers, students, pros and everyone in between! NWICreative is creating a book to showcase our talents for those that call NWI their home. We are looking for passionate and talented creatives… if that is you then here’s what you’ll need to read more »
A New Change…
On March 1, 2012 I will begin to revitalize NWICreative as the new Editor-In-Chief of this site. I will take over the daily management and communications for NWICreative. The site’s mission will remain the same way its founder and creator, Adam Groom intended it to be – to provide a platform for creatives of read more »
Get In My Belly
The start of November brings many things to mind. My birthday month (most importantly) and also that of Thanksgiving. This won’t be a cheesy post about how thankful I am for what I have, so continue to read on. Instead I’d like to turn to our attention to our belly’s and see what creatives read more »
Four11 Mentors: Let’s Do This!
Remember when you were a student or young professional just starting out in the design industry? Did you have someone you could go to or depend on for good, solid advice? Someone who could of helped you craft that excellent portfolio and resume, who could of fostered your skills (personally and professionally), gave you read more »