www.bradgurney.com is finally up and running with some work and some content. It's been a longtime coming and i've been meaning to get around to it for say the last 3 years but eventually i did get around to it thanks to a lightweight CMS called stacey. Stacey and i are very happy together and she helped me make my dreams of an online portfolio so simple... check it out if your in the same boat as i was... If you don't know CSS to save your life and don't want some tacky looking website built from your html skills you learnt in year 10 IT classes then stacey is the way to go so easy and it's all based on directories... just drop you pieces into the appropriate directory and the stacey intuitively adds them to your slide show style gallery for that project...
Stacey seriously made life much easier online... and with a bit more tweaking of the design it has the potential of a great graphic designer's website especially with the simple slide show style gallery with the lag of a flash site...
Check out my site for an example of stacey or if your in need of a perth based graphic designer specialising in logo design, business card design, and other graphic design.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Freelance Bidding - Logo Design | North Beach Tennis Club
Hi guys haven't posted in ages... thought i'd post on something that seem to bug me every time i here about it and that is the concept of bidding for clients.
If there's one thing i'm strictly against it's bidding for work it seems that more and more bidding sites are coming into existence every week. freelancers everywhere are losing work due to lower quality designs getting chosen over good quality designs due to un-skilled 'designers' charging a pittance for work. It's bad for both clients and designers alike. clients are getting poor design advice and skilled artists are loosing potential clients because of the lack luster work being produced for next to nothing costs. Also freelancers are having to produce concepts before being paid, so depending on how many bids there are a design could easily spend say 10 hours designing something and then they don't get chosen for the job. That 10 hours which could be easily spent on other genuine work, for genuine clients. Although innovative the internet and it's bidding sites could be leading to the downfall of the client/designer relationship... designers can barely describe there work or build a relationship with the client which can sometimes even lead to that magic within a final piece. That bond between client and designer is a spectacular way of putting something personal into a design making what we do an artform not some graphical cliche.
anyway after that little rant here's one of my latest designs
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
NEED CASH!!
i've learnt that in order to live and do the things you love, you need a steady cash flow. Something i have been without since the begining of year 12... so today marks the begining of a a new era for BRAD GURNEY GRAPHIC DEISGN.... an era where clients aren't friends in need of a quick and cheap design fix... first order of businessi is a flyer to get a clinent body happening then business cardss. some might think it odd to do a flyer first but cards can come next... i need clients first and the only way to get clients is to offer them something they want... CHEAP BUSINESS CARDS... so here goes. wish me luck ;)
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