How to Become a Successful Freelancer Designer on the Contest Forums!
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Mar 1, 2007
Kevin M. Sugrue
How to Become a Successful Freelancer Designer on the Contest Forums!
Do you want to know the best method to become successful as a Freelance Web, Logo & Template Designer? This article will help you save hours hunting around for the best forums and techniques to succeed!
There is no better way of improving your skills, getting recognised and building up ideas than to compete in the Graphic Design Forums. With so many different contest forums on the web it is difficult to pick out the ones that are best suited to for you. There are literally hundreds of web sites offering freelance services and forums.
A good way to help you decide is to think about what kind of results you wish to get out of joining. Some people join to compete against other designers in the hopes of winning competitions and receiving financial rewards. Others join up to learn from their professional competitors and slowly build up their skills and reputation. The problem with competing for money is that unless you are a well established and talented designer with loads of previous experience you are unlikely to win many if any competitions. How do I know this? Well, I tried to do that exact thing for over a year and it rarely paid off for me.
It is important to understand that top professional designers with years of experience will be regularly showing of their creative skills by submitting their superior designs. They have a system in place for quickly and professionally come up with brilliant designs to meet the clients specifications. However, don?t let this put you off as competing against the professionals will help you to improve your own works.
When looking at current submission think of how you could improve upon that design. I am not saying rip off their designs, as this will lead to your account being banned from the forums. Simply acknowledge their work and come up with something equally as original based on the guidelines set by the client and submissions already present.
Here are some useful design forums to look at:
http://www.sitepoint.com
http://www.namepros.com
http://www.designcontests.net
Next weeks article will focus on these forums in more detail. We will also discuss how to successful build up a reputation. FreePhotoshopZone.com offers free photoshop tutorials and free photoshop articles! - www.freephotoshopzone.com
There is no better way of improving your skills, getting recognised and building up ideas than to compete in the Graphic Design Forums. With so many different contest forums on the web it is difficult to pick out the ones that are best suited to for you. There are literally hundreds of web sites offering freelance services and forums.
A good way to help you decide is to think about what kind of results you wish to get out of joining. Some people join to compete against other designers in the hopes of winning competitions and receiving financial rewards. Others join up to learn from their professional competitors and slowly build up their skills and reputation. The problem with competing for money is that unless you are a well established and talented designer with loads of previous experience you are unlikely to win many if any competitions. How do I know this? Well, I tried to do that exact thing for over a year and it rarely paid off for me.
It is important to understand that top professional designers with years of experience will be regularly showing of their creative skills by submitting their superior designs. They have a system in place for quickly and professionally come up with brilliant designs to meet the clients specifications. However, don?t let this put you off as competing against the professionals will help you to improve your own works.
When looking at current submission think of how you could improve upon that design. I am not saying rip off their designs, as this will lead to your account being banned from the forums. Simply acknowledge their work and come up with something equally as original based on the guidelines set by the client and submissions already present.
Here are some useful design forums to look at:
http://www.sitepoint.com
http://www.namepros.com
http://www.designcontests.net
Next weeks article will focus on these forums in more detail. We will also discuss how to successful build up a reputation. FreePhotoshopZone.com offers free photoshop tutorials and free photoshop articles! - www.freephotoshopzone.com
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