Saturday, May 12, 2012

I'm a self Taught graphic artist designer..where can i find freelance jobs

I'm a self Taught graphic artist designer..where can i find freelance jobs?
I'm 17 and I'm a self Taught graphic artist designer in Los Angeles i need help i want to find graphic design / illustrator freelance work. Someone please answer.
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More specifically, What type of design work do you specialize in...? I could just as easily say "Post an ad on Craigslist and hope for the best" But the best way to approach getting freelance jobs is to specialize in a particular area. There are certain things in the graphic design world that just cannot be self taught and you will still need that real life real world experience in a physical job setting before setting out to do the freelance work. For instance, I am also a self taught graphic designer and started my first real graphic job designing vehicle wraps for a reputable wrap company. In doing this I learned the necessary requirements of what is needed to actually produce the final product... Things like dimension, resolution, space needed for text to be away from distorting objects on the vehicle etc. These are not things that can easily be self taught. Now I am able to offer freelance vehicle wrap design to sign shops all over the U.S. that have the capability of producing the materials and skills for installation, but fall short in the design aspect and can rely on me to return a product that they know will be usable. Real world experience in graphic design will also help you avoid huge mistakes that can hurt the company that you are designing for... For instance: You are contracted by a company to design a logo, at the moment this is a small time company and are initially using this art for their letterhead. You design an elaborate logo in photoshop that they will be able to use on their letter heads and websites and they are very happy until... They go to get some signs made using that same logo you originally designed but the artworks resolution is only good enough to be used on a letterhead and cannot be used on a sign that will be 4' tall and 20' long, A mistake that will cost that company design time from the sign shop to make that artwork appropriately resizeable, a simple mistake that could've been avoided by using illustrator (A vector based software) to provide the company with a fully resizeable/scaleable artistic logo. You can do general freelance work, but I must admit that the designers doing this are a dime a dozen... It's much better to get real world experience and decide what you want to specialize in, and pursue that avenue rather than attacking general design work. Good luck in your pursuit!
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Do you already have a collection of samples? Is it online? You can try plenty of freelance sites on the Web where you can bid for a design job, or you can spread the word about you in various social networking sites like LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter. Have you tried going local? If you want to get a good recommendation, you may volunteer your service to your local community or any non-profit organization. Good Luck

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