by Emily Merchant | Oct 29, 2018 | Design, Travel Diary |
TRAVEL DIARY: VILNIUS Colours of Autumn Vilnius, Lithuania: a vibrant city with a rich mixture of architecture, arts, people and colour. The latter, I discovered last week, especially so in Autumn. Originally from the UK, I’d argue that our annual transition from...
by Emily Merchant | Sep 10, 2018 | Freelance, Tips |
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF Freelance Welcome to the world of freelance; a magical land full of freedom, flexible work hours, interchangeable office spaces, interesting projects, but also a fair bit of paperwork. Generally though, the freelance lifestyle is an exiting and...
by Emily Merchant | Aug 8, 2018 | Client Info, Design, Freelance |
THE PRICE OF Freelance Design (WITHOUT SELLING YOUR SOUL) One of the most common questions I get asked as a freelance graphic designer is the age old, “How much does [insert any design project here] cost?” And the honest answer? “How long is a piece of string?”...
by Emily Merchant | Jul 17, 2018 | Design, Freelance, Tips |
FINDING WORK AND Self Promotion So you’ve decided to become a freelance graphic designer?! Woohoo! But wait, where are all those emails you were expecting from people begging you to work on their projects? In such a competitive and often saturated market, whether...
by Emily Merchant | Jun 5, 2018 | Design, Freelance |
WHAT DOES A GRAPHIC Designer do?! In my last blog post, “An Introduction to Graphic Design” I attempted to give a small insight into the typical world of a freelance graphic designer; what a graphic designer is, by general definition and what skills would help you to...