About Tim Smith

Tim Smith is a music loving designer and blogger. He's passionate about design and the web; constantly trying to learn new things for his benefit and that of others. He's currently experimenting with "Art Direction" on his personal site; something you should really take a look at.

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Jul 13th by Tim Smith  |  stashed in Freelancing

freelance-smallFreelancing has treated me very well. I’ve been able to make some decent money while doing something that I love to do. Recently, I wrote an article called “Take the Plunge into Freelance Work” on my blog, The Creative Lab. However, freelancing isn’t for everyone; here is a list of reasons why you’d want to avoid it.

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contribute-excerptUnfortunately there are many designers that have extensive knowledge but don’t share it with others. In this post, I’ll give you five reasons why every designer should be contributing to blogs and how that will help his or her career.

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excerpt11As a freelance graphic designer, you will have to wear many different hats from time to time. It can become extremely difficult to juggle all the different tasks thrown at you in a given day. In this post I want to concentrate on five things that will not only increase your productivity, but also your number of clients.

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excerptMy RSS feed reader is stocked with 100’s of feeds from the design community. The articles that fill my reader, inspire me, teach me, and keep me up to date with the latest in the design community. It has become instrumental to helping me grow and keep up to date with this quickly changing field.

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