Do you want to be web design freelancer? Learn not to take critique personally.

Posted on 18. Oct, 2010 by Roman Leinwather .

As a freelancer you get lots of opportunities to work with a variety of customers. You might be dealing with web agencies who are experts in the industry but you might be also be dealing with companies whoʼs core business is in completely different industry. You need to find ways to present your work to both groups so they understand the advantages.

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How to get your first job as a web designer

Posted on 02. Sep, 2010 by Roman Leinwather .

We have all started in this wonderful industry as a newbie, with no experience
and little knowledge in the field, but hey, we are here, doing what we love so
there must be a way in.

In this article I am going to tell you what you should do before you start looking
for your first job as a web designer. You might not have any knowledge about
developing for the web but do not worry; I will tell you what I did that got me into
this industry a couple years ago.

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Pareto Principle – The 80-20 Rule

Posted on 05. May, 2010 by Roman Leinwather .

The Pareto Principle has been applied to so many areas and industries with a big success. I would like to show you how you can apply this rule into your design work.

We can apply the Pareto Principle in design the following way. 80% of all design work can be produced with only 20% of the Photoshops functionality. I will show you on a real example as to how you can produce professional, realistically looking icons using only a few of the Photoshop effects.

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