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Journal created:
on 16 November 2001 (#395268)
Updated:
on 30 January 2021
Name:
Graphic Designers
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Membership:
Open
Posting Access:
All Members , Moderated
Description:
Graphic Design

IMPORTANT if you would like to join the community, make sure the maintainers have some way to contact you (at least one public journal entry they can comment on, an email address posted or some other means of contact). Unfortunately, if there is no way for the maintainers to contact you, you will be removed from the community. Please keep this in mind when joining.


Are you a graphic designer, art director, graphic artist, or production artist?

This is a place to show off your design skills, get critiques and trade design tips and ideas. As well, it's a place for clients to come looking for designers.

Please note: This community is primarily for sharing/critiquing client work or professional work. Personal projects are not appropriate for the community unless they are for self-promotion or some other professional purpose. This is not a community for LJ layouts, avatars and so forth.

If you are working on a school project, you may request critique of work you've already completed, but not for help on work you have not yet done. Please don't join/post to ask for help with your homework.


if you need to contact the maintainers, please click a name below:

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Guidelines for Participating in the Community

This community isn't very heavily moderated, but there are a few things we tend to do in order to ensure people get along around here, and we ask that you do them too. Every guideline is considered important, so please ensure you are aware of them all.

1 Stay on-topic. Graphic design, communication design, art direction, advertising, and all things related are the primary focus here. Posts that aren't directly related to these subjects may be removed from the community and directed elsewhere (for example - a post critiquing a web design would be on topic, a post asking for help with web coding wouldn't).Illustration is off-topic for the community unless it's part of a graphic design project (i.e. an editorial layout that incorporates an illustration). Posts asking about which computer system or computer platform to buy/use are considered off-topic.
People wishing to discuss web coding & other technical issues should check out webdesign.
People wishing to discuss illustration should check out one of the illustration communities on LJ or elsewhere.
There is a ban on posting about Comic Sans until further notice.
2 No posting images without text providing context. Want to post a logo, poster or other design here? Give some background of the project and what you are looking for from the community (feedback, critique?). This is, after all, a community for discussion.
3 Check the community tags before posting. Many topics here are covered multiple times, and many questions can be answered with a bit of background work. A helpful guide to the tags can be found here.
4 No illegal activity allowed. This includes sharing links to piracy sites, offering or requesting pirated fonts or software, etc.
5 Use an informative title so that others will be able to skim easily and understand the subject matter of your post (i.e. "Help with Photoshop reflections." is a good title. "Help!" is too general.).
6 Refrain from posting design contests or other forms of spec work here. For more information, visit no-spec.com.
7 Be respectful and constructive when critiquing other people's work, regardless of who created it. Posting something simply to mock it is strictly prohibited. When it comes to critiquing outside work, be respectful and constructive. It doesn't matter that it's a huge corporation, or that the designer isn't a member here. It's still not OK to just slag things. If you wouldn't say it in response to a member here posting their personal logo, then don't say it about an AOL logo, a Pepsi logo, etc.
8 Avoid generating or participating in conflict and/or drama. If you find yourself in an ugly or uncomfortable situation, contact a maintainer. Please do not screen or delete other people's comments, or take things into your own hands. Remember, this community is about teamwork and supporting/helping each other, not about putting each other down. In all disagreements, stay on topic and avoid personal judgments or attacks.
9 No Mac vs PC debates (or anything that may lead to one), please.
10 Use an lj-cut when making lengthy or image-heavy posts. If you are unsure how to use an lj-cut, read the instructions here.
11 Use default text settings (no changing colors, using huge text, etc). Remember that many people read community posts from their own journal layouts, and what looks nice on yours may look terrible on theirs. Also, if a post is no longer of use to the community, please delete it rather than striking it out.
12 No advertising without permission. This includes "for sale" or "ebay" posts. If you would like to advertise something here, please check with the maintainers before doing so.
13 Intro posts are not encouraged here. It's great to hear from new people, but those posts are subject to the same guidelines as any other post - they must be on-topic. If you feel the need to introduce yourself, do so at the beginning or end of a post which is otherwise something of general interest to the group.
14 No "what is this font?" posts. If you are trying to identify a font, please use one of the following resources: fontaddicts, http://identifont.com, and http://whatthefont.com rather than posting here.
15 No general pricing & billing posts. General pricing and billing questions should be dealt with using the community tags, the Graphic Artist Guild handbook and other resources available online. Unusual or tricky billing questions are welcome, but you should already have a base rate and/or have done the general groundwork before making your post. Please keep all pricing discussions topical and friendly.
16 Do not link to posts in your own journal or blog. If you want to post something here, post the whole thing here so that people can view and discuss without having to go elsewhere.
17 No posting memes, jokes, comics, games, funny videos and lolcats. Memes, jokes, comics, games, funny videos & lolcats tend to be copied and pasted all over the internet and sent around via email, so that by the time they reach the community people are often already sick of them. We ask that if you want to post a joke or a Photoshop game, make sure that it is an original one you came up with yourself, or an anecdote of something that happened in your day-to-day life, rather than something you found online. As always, check the tags before posting a topic to ensure it hasn't been covered before. If you want to see/share any of the other items listed above, try designhumor.


Posts that don't adhere to these guidelines may be deleted without notice. People who continually disregard these guidelines - however seemingly small the repeated offense may be - will be banned from the community. Remember, these guidelines are in place to help the members and maintainers, and continually disregarding them becomes a cumulative hassle for everyone.

Tagging of community posts is handled by the maintainers, who regularly review posts for necessary tags, so there is no need to request a tag or take any action.

If you wish to post a job opportunity here

Jobs may only be posted here with permission from the maintainers. Job opportunities are welcome here as long as they are legitimate, paying jobs, or fair barters/skill-trades. All job posts should include a brief outline of what's needed, a timeline for when it needs to be done, and a budget or outline of payment being offered. Payment offered should be reasonable, market rates.

If you are a REGISTERED non-profit or charity and are looking for a designer to help your organization

Please do not post without permission from the maintainers. If you would like to post for this type of assistance, please contact the maintainers with a full description of your project, timeline and background of your organization with proof of charitable or non-profit status, and we will consider your situation. Keep in mind that even charities and non-profits usually pay for design work. In cases where pro-bono work is offered by a designer, the designer usually has an extremely high level of creative control. Highly custom work where you have a heavy hand in the outcome will generally come at a cost.

If you are looking for free design services and are not a non-profit/charitable organization

Those of us who've been in the business for a while have heard "I can't pay, but it would be great for your portfolio" or "I give you a promise of future work". Many of us have fallen prey to these promises, only to find them empty. We've decided to put up the following list of rules in response to posts looking for free work...

1 Learn to be respectful towards the group of people you wish to solicit work from. As much as many craiglist ads may promise "future work" and "great for your portfolio", this is not how the majority of the business is run. Even though we are artists, we aren't designers out of the sheer goodness of our hearts. It is our job; what pays the bills and puts food on the table.
2 The design community has loud voices and acute hearing. If you treat a designer/designers poorly, word gets around. Many designers belong to organizations AIGA, SGDC and the Better Business Bureau, where word can spread like wildfire and poor business practices can hinder one's ability to find a designer.
3 Find *some* money to pay a designer. Even if you can only offer $10 an hour over 20 hours of work, $200 is a pittance relative to the amounts you've likely already spent on your business/project.
4 Offer a contract. If you truly can't find the money to pay, and want a professional designer to work with a promise of future work and remuneration, put your money where your mouth is. Sign a contract saying "in 3 months time, you will be paid $x amount for the work you've already done." If you fail to deliver on your promises, it gives the designer reassurance that he/she can still collect on money owed through small claims court. Else, all you've said are just empty promises we've heard a hundred times before.
5 Contact your local colleges/universities and talk to the heads of their respective graphic design departments. They may be able to work your needs into a class project, or some student(s) may wish to take it on by themselves.
6 Learn that graphic design has value. It is one of the most important things in terms of marketing a product or service. Every package, magazine, newspaper ad and TV commercial has been touched by a designer. We are the people who get your product noticed and make it visually appealing. If you cannot truly appreciate that, then I urge you to avoid asking for our services.
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