Yes. Every day presents the opportunity to learn something new; this in part can help to fuel your creativity. Life experience has helped me gain fresh new perspectives when designing. I am a very visual person and to fuel the creative process, I always carry a camera with me wherever I go and constantly collect [...]

This is a tricky situation! I think about this all the time – as I am sure that most designers do. Blogging for many of us is a creative outlet and often, our personal lives and opinions cross over into the content. The truth is, though I’ve been blogging in some form since 2001, I [...]

Determining what to charge for design services is extremely subjective but some factors to consider are experience, the quality of your portfolio and client demand. When freelancing, I charge my personal clients a flat rate. When I work for agencies, I charge on a per hour basis. In Time and Money Management for Freelancers, I [...]

To be honest, there is no easy way to manage multiple projects that are overlapping. It doesn’t matter who you are; keeping up with four to six projects at a time is a challenge. During a normal week, I may be working on up to six different jobs with my personal clients and they can [...]

Every few months, I do my best to gather some of the shorter questions that roll in and answer them all at once in a ‘short and sweet’ edition of Ask Nubby. You’re in luck because I covered the blogging basics back in 2008 in an article called 13 Steps to a Successful Blog-Based Business. [...]

As creatives, this is something that we all ponder. It is scary putting your work on a platform that can be instantly viewed and accessed by the entire world. It takes a level of trust and confidence in yourself and your work as well because not everyone is going to like or to appreciate what [...]

Over the last few months, I’ve had quite a few shorter questions rolling in that don’t warrant a full post so I’ve compiled them all in one place! I was wondering if you have any thoughts on using first person language (I, me, my) for sponsorship decks and media kits? I am developing one for [...]

I have always wanted to be a graphic designer and everyone tells me that I would be good at it but I live in a smallish town and wouldn’t know where to get started. Any advice? If you’re passionate about design and are determined to be a graphic designer, you’ll find a way to carve [...]

I’m an artist and I have submitted to digital magazines but never anything in actual print. I’m most comfortable with digital work but now I want to get into magazines. Any advice? Taking the leap from digital work to print can be a big adjustment, so congratulations for deciding to take the plunge! To make [...]

When putting an art show together, how do you chose which pieces you should put in and how they all go together? I’m having a hard time of it! When viewing gallery-based art shows, you’ll notice that the featured work is usually grouped together in some manner whether that be by genre, subject, medium or [...]