McDonalds has some of the most effective advertising strategies out there. Their designs promote colorful menus, toys based on popular movies, large portions for a small price, and that you are loving this. The fact that their commercials appear every five minutes definitely helps. You will think McDonalds every day and know that one is [...]
I found this on the Freelance Switch site, it’s about a couple of places where you can find jobs and also a list of places where you can place a bid for a job. As I was reading I got to the spot of sites where you could put in a bid for a job [...]
I found this fake commercial for the 1990 VW Jetta on a site called Creative Cow. It’s for cgi, film, games, and motion graphics insight, news, and tutorials. This commercial was in an article written called “How CGI in Commericals Chaged the History of Film”. There are many examples of cgi for ads that were [...]
I subscribed to this site a while ago called DesignFlavr which is a blog that shows the work of many artists of digital art. I’ve read that a couple of artists from this site are seen by companies to use for their projects. Some are seen for products as well. I’ve wanted to post some [...]
A client, is a client, is a client, right? This article says differently. Freelance Switch, a blog dedicated to all things freelance, wrote this article that talks about who to talk to 12 different types of clients ranging from the very low tech to the high-minded. For each we learn how not only to talk [...]
The use of photographs in graphic design has always been an important aspect of presentation. Today, many designers opt to make use of the millions of royalty-free stock photos readily available on hundreds of websites. While buying these ready-made images is certainly easier than taking the pictures yourself, there are certain drawbacks. First, the designer [...]
Last Thursday I think we had a great discussion on what we all thought graphic design was. I think this is one of those things that will be re-defined over and over again as time goes on. Graphic design today maybe completely different from what it is 15 years from now. I think we all [...]
It seems that lately getting a well-paid graphic design gig via online job posting services is next to impossible. There are hundreds of sites on the web that list jobs, short term and long, for anyone looking for a designer. For freelancers and beginner designers, these posting sites seem to be the way to go. [...]
Having worked as a self-taught freelance designer out of my house on a home-made, ten-year-old Dell for little more than three years, I am no expert in the field. Thus I am attending George Mason to further my knowledge of graphic design. I have however worked enough jobs to figure out some key things to [...]
What do you think, which one is more effective to advertise with, animated characters or humans? The companies care more about their sales and profits and so they always tend to come up with new ideas to advertise. Many companies nowadays introduce an animated character to sell their products. Designing an interesting and appealing character [...]