http://www.instigatorblog.com/price-freelance-projects/2007/10/29/

Excerpt:

One of the biggest challenges for new freelancers is pricing.
Pricing projects isn’t easy. There are plenty of factors that come into play:
1. How long will the project take?
2. How clear are the client’s requirements?
3. How well do you know the client?
4. How likely are they to stay on course?
5. How likely are you to get future work from them?
6. How experienced are you on these types of projects?
7. How valuable is the project to you?
8. How valuable is the client to you?
9. How busy are you with other work?

good photoshoppin' times

Since nobody ever taught us photoshop:

http://www.dobadob.com/design/photoshop-tricks/


You can learn a lot of Photoshop's more abstract concepts by following some of these tutorials, even if you don't need to make whatever the tutorial is for.

Partie Deux

October 22 Proverbs Project

bigfire frosted glass attempt number one

So I had this idea that I could give a glass bottle an interesting texture by sanding it down. Not wanting to use sand paper and work my fingers to the bone, I decided to go with the more serious method of using a power tool. A Dremel with a sanding bit. Well I guess I didn't really think it through to well, because I ended up covered in glass dust (not good for breathing, impossible to get out of cotton clothing), with a slightly interesting misty, foggy sort of texture on a small part of a bottle, and a dremel sanding bit that won't live to sand another day. It looks quite nice, a lot better than the spray on frosting usually does but I have no idea how I would mask it to give any design hard edges, the mask would be sanded away long before the surrounding glass saw any change.

Tomorrow, I think I'll go to home depot and get another bit, designed for hard surfaces. I might also look into the other notion of setting fire to things (always a good time).

http://www.freshnwdesign.com/gallery-wineries.php


This is some great design mixed with a very cool process. I think I might use this service, but even if I don't im sure someone will.

Here it is-- Wine for all!

http://chrissilich.com/blogfiles/wine/

These are examples of good design, eye-catching design (good or bad), and unique methods and applications.

EDIT: I fixed the issues with the kroger wine label gallery. It should work for all now.

So I took some photos of wine labels. 294 photos actually. Figured I should put them online so everyone can benefit from them.

They're uploading now and I have no idea how long it will take, but I'll post when they're done.

how bout this one?

I think this one has potential. Maybe it needs a pretty girl instead of a silhouette?

W, F, now V.