I recently designed a poster and postcard for a Mercedes Benz dealership and their partnership with a local performing arts hall. Here was the brief:
Design a poster that communicates the message that we are giving away tickets to the Broadway series. To be in with a chance to win, they must come to the showroom, [...]

Earlier today, my company received an inquiry on our contact form from a 14 yr old simply asking for some feedback on three designs that he has created. I am always more than happy to spend time helping others , especially younger designers just starting out and I am impressed by this 14 yr old [...]

This is what I hope will be the first of many posts on this topic, "When Clients Get Funny".
Yesterday, my company Brian Joseph Studios received an inquiry from our contact form, and in the "Tell us a little about your project" field, the potential client wrote:
" The usual – totally waste my competition; become filthy [...]

As a designer, I am constantly networking with peers worldwide using social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter . As both services grow, develop and increase in popularity, they begin to take on a similar shape to one another. We can share links, photos and other information to our online friends using applications dedicated to [...]

**UPDATE – June 19th – I have closed comments on this post now as I feel that all sides of the argument have been voiced, and it seems the right time to close the discussion on this particular post. I look forward to the continuing debate on other sites/blogs from all of you. [...]

Back in October, I asked you guys for some answers and thoughts on the topic of "What Clients Need To Know When Hiring A Web Design Company ". You can read the comments made here
The article in the business magazine (Gulf Shore Business) has now been published and you can read it here
Only a few [...]

**update – submitted this article to Just Creative Design’s Group Writing Project for charity along with a monetary donation over at Just Creative Design’s fund raising page **
Static design visuals: all web designers use them as a way to present the designs to a client. I personally upload a jpg of the visual to my [...]

Some designers make a great career out of freelancing, some struggle to ever pay the bills solely from freelancing income.
If you are already a successful freelancer, you will probably see that you are not guilty of most of the points made below. If you are hoping to be a full-time freelancer, or are currently finding [...]

There are a a few ways that you can achieve this in Photoshop, but this tutorial will simply go through my personal process of how to create a post-it note pretty quickly. I tried not to use too many shortcut keys when doing this just so those with less Photoshop experience could follow what was [...]

Later tomorrow (September 2nd), at 5pm US Eastern Time (10pm in England & Ireland) a business magazine will be interviewing me for a story on the topic of:
"providing businesses with the basic information they need to make an informed decision about creating/updating a web site as well as how to avoid pitfalls and avoid bad [...]