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Professional
Graphic Design Links
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Graphic Design Elements & Principles |
Balance
Basics of balance.
Balance
- Creating a Mood
Create the mood of your design with balance.
Color Matters
Color pschology, theory,
scales and more. Has articles on color blindness and how color
relates to marketing, etc.
Color Psychology
Articles and links on the subject.
Creating
Duotones
Learn step-by-step how to create a duotone with pictures to illustrate.
Elements
of Advertising Design
Become a stronger, faster,
smarter advertiser - Colors, elements, and more explained.
General Typography
Articles and links on the subject, including terminology and techniques.
Glossary of Web & Graphic Design Terms
A list of common, industry
terms and their meanings.
Glossary
of Outdoor Advertising Terms
A list of common, industry
terms and their meanings.
Interpolation
- What is it?
Press Check Information
What to look for, how to choose a printer, releasing the project,
on press, paper on press, and picking and pickouts.
More Press Check Info
Info on how to read a press sheet, printing production time savers, types of proofing,
types of proofs, what are spreads, signatures and imposition, what to check on a proof, and what to look for on a press check.
Reviewing
a Blueline Proof
What to look for when proofing
a blueline.
Web Design Priciples
Has
a vast variety of web design tutorials and articles coupled
with a vibrant and well informed community.
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Design Theory & Research |
Graphic
Design Essays
Writings on Graphic design's
relationship in the world today, in the past & ideas about
education.
Graphic Design Theory and Research Articles
Some titles of research there: Instructional Design, The seduction of
Contemporary Graphic Design, Education in an Adolescent Profession, Graphic
Design or Visual Communication: Product vs. Process, Wisdom from the Real
World, Internet Glossary, Managing the Web Design Process, and more...
Haworth Design Studio
Great articles about the business of design. Be sure.to check out "The Cognition of Creativity."
Visual
Thesaurus
An exploration of sense
relationships within the English language. By clicking on
words, you follow a thread of meaning, creating a spatial
map of linguistic associations.
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Graphic Design & Art History |
Absolute Arts
The largest marketplace for contemporary art, international art news, art
research and marketing tools, online since 1995.
Ad*Access
Online image database of over 7,000 advertisements printed mainly in U.S. newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. From the collection of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History at Duke University. See also The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920.
More
Advertising Agencies & Links
Ad Flip
The largest online historical archive of print advertising.
Art 2 Life
A timeline of 20th century Canadian art, people and events.
Art-Bridge
Comprehensive directory and searchable database of art resources on the Web
covers artists, animation, art galleries and museums, architecture guides, crafts, photography, digital art, etc.
Art Critic
View television spots from around the world, rated by viewer's download requests.
Art Encyclopedia
Database of 125,000 art.
The History of "Lorem Ipsum"
Magazine Covers
Fortune, Modern Screen,
New Yorker, Photoplay, Rolling Stone, and Saturday Evening Post
magazine covers.
Pop-Up
Books History
Smithsonian Institute Resources
Symbols
Encyclopedia
An online encyclopedia of graphic symbols which contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. In 1,600 articles their histories, uses, and meanings are thoroughly discussed. The signs range from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men, to hobo signs and subway graffiti.
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Graphic Design Business Resources |
10 Big Myths about Copyright Law Explained
Business Tips
From dealing with clients to analyzing costs to networking.
Creative Business
Go to the download area to get resources like design briefs, contracts, creative review checklists and more (for FREE).
Contracts
All about them; including how to write them, when to use them and samples.
Free
Forms
Free downloads in AI, Word, and PDf of samples in Web Marketing (Advanced Pricing Guide Sample),
Creative, Expense Reoprt, Job Jacket, Art Approvals, and Sales Contracts.
Freelancing Finesse
Smart work habits can pave the way to a prosperous freelance career. Here
are five key practices guaranteed to bring in business.
GAIN
Graphics
Arts Information Network. The portal, devoted to printing, graphics
and prepress professionals includes regional and national news, a
nationwide index of print and media vendors, and links to equipment
and supplies.
How
to Make a Cost & Overhead Analyzer Spreadsheet
The world's best source of actual prices and pricing-related information for the desktop professional
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How
to Successfully Raise Your Rates
Lunar Eclipse
Articles on graphic design, web design and
marketing. Their tagline: "A place where designing is actually relaxing."
Myths & Facts about JPEGs
Newsletter Articles
Do you have trouble explaining to clients why they need a newsletter or how to write for one? Then this site could help you out.
Free articles on these topics, as well as, many other interesting newsletter/promotion topics can be found here.
Pocket Folder Templates
Download templates for Mac or PC for presentation folders.
How to
Write a Proposal
Tips for writing that winning
proposal.
Setting Rates
See what others are charging and earning, and learn how to set prices in your business.
Spam-Proofing Your Website
Tips and tricks that can help you make your mailbox less full.
Stock
Photography
A large list of stock photography
links from the pricey to the cheap.
Writing for the Web
Main points of the article: be succinct, write for scannability, and use hypertext to split up long information into multiple pages.
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Graphic Design Internship Resources |
Art Schools & Education
Art school and workshop directory.
Informational Interviews
Learn why this type of interview
could help bring you that job or internship you've always wanted.
It includes questions that you could ask and more.
Internships Abroad (non-US)
International Internship directory with comprehensive listings.
Non-Profit Internships
A variety of fields. Sign up on their email list and get updates.
Portfolio
Tips
Tips for how to choose pieces
for your portfolio, how to put together your portfolio & how to present it.
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Interviews & Daily Routines of GDers |
Day-in-the-Life of a Graphic Designer
From College Review.
Get That Gig
Interviews with Art Directors, Graphic Designers, and other design related jobs; as well as interviews with people who have had internships in those fields.
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Fun Stuff |
Asian
Action Films
A designer's take on Asian
action films.
NancyBoy
- Cool Stuff
Links to odd sites. Beware,
these links may offend some and may make others laugh.
Optical
Illusions
Skeleton
Vectorlounge has a cool
wireframe skeleton you can move around.
Stress
Test
Typography
Quizes
Test your skills at terminology,
naming fonts and more.
Zefrank
Loads of fun from "instructional"
videos to animated games. It's a great site to check out if
you have some free time or need a laugh or boost.
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Salary & Rates |
Aquent White Papers
Salary guides, surveys, skill guides, worker classifications & other free reports.
Design
Salaries - AIGA|Aquent, 2003
Salary Calculator, Definitions,
About the Survey and Downloads, as well as salary info.
How Do You Rate?
Figuring out your real hourly
rate. From About.com.
How
Much Are You Worth?
How to decide what to charge
for your services.
How
to Set Rates
The
purpose of this guideline is to provide a number of ways to
arrive at rates, and to do so without once discussing the actual
rates of any particular agency or firm.
How
to Successfully Raise Your Rates
Hourly Rates
Actual prices & pricing-related info.
Realistic
Pricing
Fine Art pricing advice
that can easily be applied to graphic design.
Salary / Neighborhood Info
Shows demographics of an area in the US, including median household income, expenditures, utilities, and quality of life.
Salary
Guide - AIGA, 2003
Environment, skills needed, negotiation tactics, pricing for web & print, etc.
Salary
Guide - AIGA, 2002
Environment, skills needed, negotiation tactics, pricing for web & print, etc.
Salary Comparison Calculator
Find out how a salary in your city measures up to another city's.
Salary
Survey - AIGA/Aquent, 2002
US / Canada Wage & Salary Report
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Web Design |
Best
of Web Design - Get Inspired
Brain Fuel
Cool Homepages
Link'd Up
Media Inspiration
Net Diver
Surf Station
Internet Archive
A digital
library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital
form. Like a paper library, they provide free access to researchers,
historians, scholars, and the general public. It also has a Way Back Machine that shows you what your site used to look like - scary!
Code
Help
Designer
Wiz
Free javascript cut paste
codes, javascript code generator, javascript code tutorial archive,
free java applets, java effects, HTML test link tool, clipart,
templates, free software downloads, search engines optimization
tips & tricks, CGI & script code check server monitor test tools
and thousands of web tool archive resources to create the dynamic
web page design you envisioned.
Flash Templates
From as low as $40 and includes
photoshop PSD and fonts.
(I don't recommend this, but if you're lazy or don't know how
to design in Flash yet and are on a deadline, this site could
help you out.)
Hot
Scripts
An
Internet directory that compiles and distributes Web programming-related
resources, geared toward webmasters, developers and programmers
looking for enhancing their Web sites and intranets with dynamic
development tools.
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Return on Investment Research |
11 Reasons Not to Have a Website
A tongue-in-cheek look at
the excuses sometimes made for not needing a website. Punctures most myths.
Breaking Down The ROI Model
Measure return on investment for a web
marketing campaign, with six value indicators: (1) direct response (2)
delayed response (3) branding (4) lifetime customer value (5) viral
value (6) offline value.
Did Somebody Say 'Budget'?
Approaches to budget development for a company website.
ROI and Your Website
Commentary article stating
that we should change ROI to "reduced customer risk"
to make the phrase have more meaning.
Show Me the Money
Dale Dougherty, Web Review, 2/7/97. How do you justify spending more on your website?
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Motivation & Inspiration |
Advertising
Quotes
Archives- Ad Slogas: Here
is a collection of some award winning advertising slogans of
the century which have been instant hits. Indian and global
campaigns.
Logoed
Logo inspiration for designers.If
you design a lot of logos, sometimes you may find it hard to
get inspired, the best way of getting a instant creative boost
is to look at good logos from other designers, not to copy,
but to use as an influence.
Logo Lounge
Online compendium of international
logos that lets designer see what's being done by their collegues
around the world.
How to Keep Motivated
in Crappy Times
Need
a Job - PSA *NEW*
A unique approach to getting
a job, this art director and copy writer made a PSA about finding
work in the industry. Great stuff!
Note
to Student Art Directors
Wondering why no one asks
you back after seeing your samples? Read this.
Your
Professional Portfolio
Explains why you need one,
how to make it target your audience, how many pieces to include,
etc (This site also has a lot of great information on freelancing,
education, getting clients, and more).
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LOGOS
The
Advocates
Homestead
Title Agency
Hotflash
Game
Huntington
Trails
Open
Technology Solutions
Pike's
Peak Feis
Site
Marketing Experts
IDENTITY
The
Advocates
Titan
of the Rockies
CAMPAIGNS
Einstein Bros
"Bagel Dog"
Colorado Ballet
NEWSPAPER ADS
Carlsbad Village Fair
USA Film Festival
Einstein Bros "Out
to Lunch"
MAGAZINE ADS
Cornerstone Concepts
Einstein Bros Catering
National PreNeed
Services
Santa Fe Wine Festival
Webolutions Yellow Pages
FLYERS
Titan of the Rockies
BILLBOARDS
Bellco Credit
Union
DAM Impressionist
Exhibit
PACKAGING
Autumn Bagel Bucket
Hotflash
Game
Wine Accessory Box
BROCHURES
Medical 1
Medical 2
Bellco Credit Union
1
Bellco Credit
Union 2
Capabilities
Real Estate
MOBLE MEDIA
Einstein Bros Van
OUTDOOR ENVIROMENTAL
Einstein Bros Table Tent
WEBSITES services
Makeup Artist/Hair Stylist
1
Makeup Artist/Hair
Stylist 2
International Jet
Kentwood of Cherry Creek
Interior Design Portfolio
Health Spa
Colorado Land Investments
Big Daddy's ATV Rentals
Inner-Serenity Therapy
EMAIL
Price Point Discount
Lunch Box Promotion
ANIMATION
Auto Ad
Fitness Club Ad
Real Estate Ad
TC Bank Ad
Spy Camera Direct GIFs
Vista Ridge
GIFs
CONCEPT DESIGNS
Cosmetics E-Store
POSTCARDS
Hair
Styling & Spa
HOW Magazine Cover
ILLUSTRATION
Hotflash
Game
Indian Cultural Stamps
2001 Christmas Card
2002 Christmas Card
UNPUBLISHED
ILLUSTRATED WORK
Wine Still Life
Couch
Lion
Confirmation
Flowers
Lettering
Custom Designs
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