Firing Your Most Lucrative Client, and Eight Other Crazy Career Changes That Were Ultimately Great Moves
Our favorite designers and illustrators to walk us through a time when they altered their course.
Scott Kirkwood —Master how to navigate working with clients, whether a one-off job or an ongoing engagement.
Our favorite designers and illustrators to walk us through a time when they altered their course.
Scott Kirkwood —How do individual designers and firms get their work seen and, more importantly, commissioned, at a time when freelance marketplaces such as Upwork, Fiverr and 99Designs have thousands of designers competing for work? We reached out a handful of entrepreneurial designers to learn how they snag clients.
Laura Feinstein —Three designers tackle the question.
Madeleine Morley —The first thing you should make clear: "Make it pop" won't fly.
Lauren Bacon —What happens when you're asked to deliver on an idea that's only half-formed?
Brian Buirge —Waiting for payment isn't just a freelancer's dilemma: it impacts everyone in the creative food chain.
Matt McCue —The jargon, manipulation, bad intentions, good intentions but bad behavior, and downright BS that should make creatives run the other way.
Emily Ludolph —It’s easier said than done, we know. But being self-employed doesn’t mean you shouldn’t enjoy some downtime. Here’s how to reframe the idea of “time off” to find balance.
Erin Scottberg —