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4 Tips for Wining the Best Freelance Graphic Design Jobs In a Crowdsourcing World

Clancy Clarke - Friday, May 30, 2014

Looking to win more design contests? Want to leverage crowdsourcing to make more money? Follow these simple tips to get the most from DesignCrowd! Read more

Why Vector Files Are Better For Your Clients

DesignCrowd - Monday, December 23, 2013

Have you ever wondered why sometimes your logo looks pixelated when enlarged? Have you ever tried to edit your logo colors and shape to fit brochures, business cards or website unsuccessfully? Well, looks like you've been working with raster images rather than vectors.Although at first sight bo Read more

4 Tips To Create Original Graphic Design Artwork

Jo Sabin - Monday, December 23, 2013

As a designer working on a design crowdsourcing platform, it's normal to seek design inspiration from different places: Pinterest, Behance, Dribble, hard copy books, magazines, music and even nature. An idea can be found where you least expect it! However, it is sometimes easy to confuse being inspired by a design versus copying a design and simply changing some of the elements. This article will explain the key difference between copying and inspiration in graphic design. Read more

Guideline To Design Quality Standards on DesignCrowd

Jo Sabin - Friday, June 28, 2013

Over 120,000 designers are part of DesignCrowd's designer community. When you sign up as a designer, you are committing to producing quality work in a professional manner - just like inside a traditional agency. To make it easier to submit high quality designs, we recently updated DesignCrowd’s Quality Standards to make them easy to understand.  Read more

20 Business Apps for Freelance Designers

Jo Sabin - Monday, July 2, 2012

As a designer, you know the tools get to freelance design done efficiently and effectively: you've got apps like Photoshop and Illustrator and specialty tools like FontLab installed and ready to go. But what about the business and administration apps? What do you use to deal with tasks involved with bookkeeping and client collaboration?  Read more

Quoting 101 - How to Bid on (and Win) Freelance Design Work

DesignCrowd - Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Learn how to bid and win graphic design freelance work from clients using the world's top online design crowdsourcing platform from DesignCrowd.  Read more

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