I graduated from California State University, Fullerton, with a BA in General Studio Arts in 2023. I'm currently unemployed and don't know how to jumpstart my career as a Comic Book Artist. What should I do?
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How much are we charging for full brand guidelines these days? I haven’t done one for freelance in about 7 years so I have no idea what to charge. Icon, wordmark + 5 department variations, all the standard brand book stuff (type, color, usage) and exporting all the file types for the main logo and all departments. Looking for a jumping off point here as I know there’s nuance. Not a mom and pop company. Any guidance would be much appreciated!
I need help creating a digital portfolio. I’ve been at the same company for 10 years, and that was also the last time I updated my portfolio! I used Wix and had a physical book to show older work before transitioning to digital design, the world has changed. I just need a site with a good template, where I can add my stuff easily on my own and maintain it going forward. Thoughts on where I can have this done? Looking to pay for something good.
Management heavily micromanages the drafting and design process. Rather than providing standard PDF markups, leadership goes directly into live Revit models to leave inefficient, color-coded notes and make their own changes. They often spend more time creating complex notes in the model than it would take staff to simply fix the issue. There is also a frustrating tendency to heavily critique how you accomplish a task in the software, even when the final PDF output is perfectly correct."
Hi I'm a 2D concept artist with 8+ years of experience. Most of my professional work is private so my public portfolio is small compared to others. I have a character sheet, silhouettes, thumbnails, color variations, and mood boards. How do I make a small portfolio still stand out to recruiters when I don't have as much to show as other artists?
You should be working on your portfolio and showing it to any person or organization who will consider it. Do as much networking as you can, talk to all your professional acquaintances and colleagues from school and tell them what you're trying to find. And approach publications and pitch ideas to them. Jobs won't find you, you'll have to get out there and find them.