Why artists draw nudes and why I draw nudes
People often ask me why artists draw nude figures… And I’ve google that question and heard what Female artists with PHD’s on the subject have to say and their answer suck… e.g. because once you can draw the human form you can draw anything”… What?!
That’s as rediculous as saying “when you can sing classical music you can sing anything”. Believe me, I sang classical music for 5 years… It aint true. (more…)
6 reasons To hire freelancers and not companies
An observation by a Freelance Designer: Outsourcing to design companies and design firms often means you get taken for a ride and lose your money. Here are a few reasons to use freelance designers. The following is my perception after working at a few different design/media firms. (more…)
Why do graphic designers like me freelance?
Freelance graphic design is my preferred occupation. I am a graphic designer living in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa and this is a short overview of freelance graphic design. In the field of graphic design freelancing is the dominant trend. Unlike many other fields freelancing is simply the only way to get ahead in graphic design. (more…)
Graphic Design – A definition by a Freelance Graphic Designer
If all graphic designers had to fit the text book definition of the term perfectly we (graphic designers) would all be magicians who could jump through rings of smoke and make multimedia artworks appear with the wave of a mouse and the words “abracadabra”. In reality most graphic designers are only informed about a few parts of the graphic design field. Graphic design has become a multimedia field. (more…)
