HINT: I’d love to draft an identity/logo/type designer.

Why would I want to get on dribbble?
As a past freelancer myself, most of the job offers I received were from people who saw my work over there. If you commit to posting relatively often, you will more than likely be noticed by somebody looking for designers with your style.

I’d love to see what you’re all made of!
Good luck

I’ll keep it short: I’m in no way an Apple fanboy, I just consider Mr Steve Jobs to be one of the most revolutionary minds of the modern times, and decided to do this in his memory. It’s ready to be printed and stuck on a wall, just like I did.

Download the .ai version if you’d like to print it or my my Dribbble shot if you just want to have a closer look at it.

May he rest in peace.

It’s the small things that provide the icing on the cake many times. A texture on a graphic, a bass lick on a song, the strength on a drop shot, a scent on a dish… Unluckily for many of us, it’s hard to tell when something should be more or less subtle, because we all have different tastes and there are lots of different scenarios. By this I mean that what I consider subtle might be too subtle for some, and maybe even not subtle enough for others; something subtle here and now may not work… but it could actually work over there, later.

Then, of course, is the question of wether subtle would work on whatever it is we’re doing or not. It’s our duty as judges to either determine this by ourselves or to simply ask for somebody else’s feedback. We may all do a variety of different activities, play a variety of roles, but something we all share is an ability to judge ourselves and others, so keep your mind open and be ready for whatever may come up next.

Many times we can’t do anything about it. Take people working in the creative field for example: their brain has to work properly to generate good, creative stuff. I know there’s people who are naturally creative, and people who actually have to think a bit harder. But nevertheless we all have huge brain activity, we all have to squish our guts to get some productivity juices flowing.

We may have this client that keeps sending emails with sometimes insignificant changes, bugs, etc. We may not bare with this client’s “requests”, and this would generate a will to virtually (or literally) strangle him/her. This can’t happen. I know we’re not machines, of course… but one thing we all gotta learn is not to become emotionally attached to a project.

We’ll often work on stuff we like. But sometimes this feeling makes us do what we want, and not what is needed. At the same time, we may also work on stuff we don’t like, and unluckily, this can sometimes make us slower, less productive. The best thing you could do is to just get your ass on that chair, think something better will come, and finish it.

How could you fight this? First of all, you gotta feel and know that you’re working as something you like. Then, personal projects. Start doing something for yourself, just for fun. But make sure you love this new, personal project; make sure all your creative or production (or whichever) needs are met, but always bear in mind that we have so much time and energy left in our day after work.

Pro tip: set realistic deadlines to your own projects. If you’re exhausted by the end of your day there’s something wrong with your lifestyle. Just sayin’.

Okay, stop there. Why pay attention to both? Easy: when doing something for ourselves – portfolio, personal page, whatever – we will take as much time as we want, because we want the finished product to look awesome, because you know, we are our worst clients. When working for a client we have deadlines, a specific task, things like that, right…? No. What we have is somebody pressuring us. I’m somebody who believes that somebody’s full potential comes to light when under pressure.

This time I became a client looking for one designer to design a website for me. But hell, I’m also a designer, so the one I choose has to be awesome.

Don’t design for yourselves or a client, design for any other designer that may come across your work. Many of us are competitive; many of us learn by looking at other people’s work.

Could being drafted to dribbble make you a better designer? Not necessarily. The key to doing better work lies within.

PS: this guy got the invite.

Source

If you’re not already member of dribbble as a prospect, don’t worry: leave a comment below with a link to your portfolio. Make sure you use a real email when commenting so I can contact you if you happen to be the one I choose to draft.

So, by monday, there will be a new player! Good luck to you all!

I’ve got to realize that the only times when I get down to writing anything at all is either when I tweet or when I reply to some client. Sure, they are completely different writing styles, but hey: they are not really writings. Why? Because we have limits when writing those.

Think about it. Twitter only gives me 140 characters to speak my mind. Clients give me most of the times bugs, new stuff they need done, reasons to school them…

So… let’s get down to practice!