Rookie Designer

Rookie Designer 133 – Google+ Pages and Website Backbone

Rookie Designer — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:00:49 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 133 – Google+ Pages and Website Backbone

In Rookie Designer Podcast episode 133, Jake and Kitty talk about Google+ Pages for business. They go into the differences between Facebook and Google+, as well as giving some useful tips on how to attract people to your Google+ Page so they add you to their circles. During their talk they discuss if it’s ok [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 133 – Google+ Pages and Website Backbone

Welcome Rookie Photog

Kitty Florido — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:18:26 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Welcome Rookie Photog

Welcome Rookie Photog to the Rookie Podcast family! We are growing! Rookie Photog is a podcast geared towards new camera owners and people that want to learn about photography, on both the technical and creative sides. Pete and Jake want to make it easy for you to learn how to take great pictures with a [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Welcome Rookie Photog

Rookie is back in (Feed) Business

Rookie Designer — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:08:22 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie is back in (Feed) Business

We did it! We fixed the Feed! After looking through everything on the blog, backend setup, FeedBurner setup… Everything we could think of. Jake even started to email back and forth with Apple and all they said was to check our feeds. So, today We did it! We’re back in business. Here’s what happened: Somehow, we had [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie is back in (Feed) Business

Rookie Designer 132 – Getting Back Into A Routine & A Twitter Question

Rookie Designer — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:00:51 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 132 – Getting Back Into A Routine & A Twitter Question

In Rookie Designer Podcast episode 132, Jake and Kitty talk about how they like to get back into the routine. Specifics of sleep patterns, going to the gym and making lists are brought up. They also tackle a very good Twitter question from a fan asking about how to deal with a client who wants [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 132 – Getting Back Into A Routine & A Twitter Question

Follow Ups Are Great Customer Service

Jake Van Ness — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:22:34 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Follow Ups Are Great Customer Service

As an independent graphic designer there are many things you have to juggle for your business but one of the most important things you should focus on is providing great customer service. One way of providing great customer service is to make sure you do your follow ups. This shows your clients just how important [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Follow Ups Are Great Customer Service

Design By Nature – Book Review

Jake Van Ness — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:56:20 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Design By Nature – Book Review

As designers we tend to be very aware of the environment around us. Unfortunately sometimes that environment becomes much more of a man made one. We tend to forget to look out the window, step out the door and notice where design really all started… in nature. Design by Nature does a wonderful job of [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Design By Nature – Book Review

Rookie Missing From iTunes: Here is a Fix!

Rookie Designer — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 14:00:41 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Missing From iTunes: Here is a Fix!

Recently we have gotten messages through Facebook and Twitter about how Rookie Designer is not available on iTunes. Let us be specific… iTunes Germany and iTunes Australia. Sorry, we just think it’s cool we have people listening in those parts of the world. Still get amazed at the reach of a single podcast or post [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Missing From iTunes: Here is a Fix!

Rookie Designer 131 – Juggling The Clients, Pinterest and 24 Hour Photoshop

Rookie Designer — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:20:42 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 131 – Juggling The Clients, Pinterest and 24 Hour Photoshop

After a bit of a hiatus, Rookie Designer Podcast is back with episode number 131. During this episode we talk about the challenges of juggling a contract job and freelance clients. We also talk about a pretty cool site for inspiration called Pinterest and we announce the upcoming 24 Hour Photoshop by Mogo Media. We [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 131 – Juggling The Clients, Pinterest and 24 Hour Photoshop

Bit of Inspiration: Food Landscapes by Carl Warner

Jake Van Ness — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:30:31 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Bit of Inspiration: Food Landscapes by Carl Warner

Sunday morning is a bit of down time for me and one of my favorite things to do is catch the CBS Sunday Morning show. There are always great, short news items that they cover and this past Sunday was no exception. They had a segment on the amazing photographer Carl Warner, who does some [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Bit of Inspiration: Food Landscapes by Carl Warner

SPEC WORK WORMED IT’S WAY INTO MY EMAIL

Jake Van Ness — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:27:49 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - SPEC WORK WORMED IT’S WAY INTO MY EMAIL

Spec worked revealed it’s ugly head to me the other day so I thought it would be good to share how I handled it and give several reasons why any graphic designer trying to establish themselves as a professional should avoid it. SPEC should be a new four letter swear word in your vocabulary. Let’s [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - SPEC WORK WORMED IT’S WAY INTO MY EMAIL

Job Hunting: The New Dating Game (Part 2)

Rookie Designer — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:50:35 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Job Hunting: The New Dating Game (Part 2)

Continued from Job Hunting: The New Dating Game (Part 1) The garden of employment Welcome back to another exciting episode…..okay, maybe not…but, welcome anyway. In concluding this series, I’m going to go over a few things that tend to be overlooked by many educational institutions….although, there are instructors that may take some time off from [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Job Hunting: The New Dating Game (Part 2)

Job Hunting: The new Dating Game (Part 1)

Rookie Designer — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:40:00 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Job Hunting: The new Dating Game (Part 1)

Hi friends! My name is Andy Mitchell and I’m excited to be a guest blogger on Rookie Designer. I’m happy and fortunate to say that I’ve spent my career working in the creative fields at different capacities….different jobs, job titles and of course, different industries. One thing has always remained constant: the job junt. (dun, dun [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Job Hunting: The new Dating Game (Part 1)

RSS ‘Rookie’ Mistake

Jake Van Ness — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:17:19 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - RSS ‘Rookie’ Mistake

We messed up. I should have written this sooner. No! No! Wait! This isn’t another Netflix apology note and no we aren’t splitting our Podcast and Blog items into separate sites. However I did want to acknowledge a little bit of a stumble we have had here at Rookie Designer. Unfortunately Rookie Designer was recently [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - RSS ‘Rookie’ Mistake

Press Release: Prepressology Receives 2011 American Graphic Design Award

Jake Van Ness — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:19:30 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Press Release: Prepressology Receives 2011 American Graphic Design Award

Half of the Rookie Designer team is pleased to annouce… Prepressology awarded Certificate of Excellence from Graphic Design USA for Capital District Gold Parties logo identity design. Hudson Falls, NY, September 16, 2011 – Prepressology (www.prepressology.com), the one person independent design business is excited to announce it has been awarded the prestigious American Graphic Design [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Press Release: Prepressology Receives 2011 American Graphic Design Award

Bit of Inspiration: Trey Ratcliff’s Burning Man Photos

Jake Van Ness — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:25:03 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Bit of Inspiration: Trey Ratcliff’s Burning Man Photos

Some of you may know but some may not, that Kitty and I are both avid photographers. Kitty’s focus is on food photography, concert photography and a splash of landscape photography. I, myself tend to focus more on landscape photography, iPhone Photography and really anything that catches my eye. We both find our adventures with photography do [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Bit of Inspiration: Trey Ratcliff’s Burning Man Photos

New York State 9/11 Memorial Flag Revealed

Jake Van Ness — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:17 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - New York State 9/11 Memorial Flag Revealed

With the 10th anniversary of the horrific attacks on September 11, 2001 coming up this Sunday, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled the New York State 9/11 Memorial Flag during a brief press conference earlier today, This new flag design will be flown over the 9/11 memorial site in New York City, in Albany – [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - New York State 9/11 Memorial Flag Revealed

4 Items Designers Should Think About Before the Next Big Storm

Jake Van Ness — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:35:22 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - 4 Items Designers Should Think About Before the Next Big Storm

As I am sure almost everyone is aware, hurricane Irene passed through New York last weekend. While doing so she left behind some pretty massive damage, mostly due to flooding. While it is uncommon for us to see such a massive storm pass through our state, we New Yorkers are no stranger to crazy weather. [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - 4 Items Designers Should Think About Before the Next Big Storm

Video Tip: Adobe Bridge – Rotating and Ranking Photos

Jake Van Ness — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:00:57 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Adobe Bridge – Rotating and Ranking Photos

Working with Adobe Bridge to rotate photos and also rank your photos using 1 to 5 stars. Sharing the keyboard shortcuts for both. Do you have something you would like to know how to do and think it would make a good video tip? Drop me a line on our contact form or send me an email [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Adobe Bridge – Rotating and Ranking Photos

Plaintext Keeps it Simple

Jake Van Ness — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:57:38 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Plaintext Keeps it Simple

Many times as a designer you will find yourself trying to juggle many different projects and trying very hard to stay productive. One of the tools I use to help stay productive is my iPhone but more specifically some of the apps on my iPhone. I thought I would take this post to talk about [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Plaintext Keeps it Simple

Guest Post on InDesignSecrets.com

Jake Van Ness — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:37:24 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Guest Post on InDesignSecrets.com

I am very happy to announce that I had the opportunity to write a guest post for InDesignSecrets.com – The World’s #1 Resource for All Things InDesign. InDesignSecrets.com is a really awesome site I have been following for years. Developed by David Blatner and Ann-Marie Concepcion, the site include an extensive blog and great podcast. David and [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Guest Post on InDesignSecrets.com

Software Review: Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 7 and Designer Pro 7

Jake Van Ness — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:00:24 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Software Review: Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 7 and Designer Pro 7

Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 7 and Designer Pro 7 are the latest updates from UK software company Xara, a sbsidiary of MAGIX AG. Competing in the same arena as Adobe and Corel, Xara brings a software package that allows you to work with in a single program. No need to jump around with multiple [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Software Review: Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 7 and Designer Pro 7

Why Rookies need to use an RSS Reader

Kitty Florido — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:30:02 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Why Rookies need to use an RSS Reader

Do you know what RSS is? RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. RSS (originally RDF Site Summary) is nothing more than a web feed format to publish frequently updated works, such as blogs, news, audio or video, but in a standardized format. An RSS document is often referred as a feed, and includes text (full or [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Why Rookies need to use an RSS Reader

5 Reasons Rookie Designers Need Dropbox

Jake Van Ness — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:00:54 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - 5 Reasons Rookie Designers Need Dropbox

Dropbox is a software that I have used for several years now and can honestly say I don’t know if I could live without it. It is probably one of the most important, if not the most important piece of software I use. In this post I am going to share with you 5 reasons [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - 5 Reasons Rookie Designers Need Dropbox

Addition to The Office: Freelance Ain’t Free Poster

Jake Van Ness — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:00:59 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Addition to The Office: Freelance Ain’t Free Poster

Recently the Rookie Designer office moved to a new location, allowing us to have a separate room for our office. Originally all design work, blog writing and podcast recording was done right in the living room. Not the best place, with the least amount of distractions. Far from it! So with the move and the ability to [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Addition to The Office: Freelance Ain’t Free Poster

Rookie Designer 130 – The Traveling Designer

Rookie Designer — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:00:03 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 130 – The Traveling Designer

Hello and thank you for checking out Episode 130 – The Traveling Designer! It’s been a busy last couple of weeks for both Jake and I. Jake moved to a new place and now that he got everything set back up and running, we are back to record Rookie Designer for you! In this episode, [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 130 – The Traveling Designer

Video Tip: Vertically Distribute Text Frames – InDesign CS3

Jake Van Ness — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:00:12 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Vertically Distribute Text Frames – InDesign CS3

This episode I take a question that came in on Facebook and show how you can correctly distribute text frames vertically in InDesign CS3. Do you have something you would like to know how to do and think it would make a good video tip? Drop me a line on our contact form or send [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Vertically Distribute Text Frames – InDesign CS3

Product Review: Square

Jake Van Ness — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:00:41 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Product Review: Square

As an independent designer, I was looking for a way that I could accept credit cards from my clients without being robbed by high fees. During my research a friend mentioned they had heard about a service called Square. Square is a credit card system that works with your iPhone, iPad or Android device. Square [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Product Review: Square

5 iPhone apps for Freelancers

Kitty Florido — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:32:07 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - 5 iPhone apps for Freelancers

There’s no doubt, that the iPhone has changed the way business is done on the go. Working on your own schedule and having a mobile office, makes it easier for the aspiring freelancer to get around to do what needs to be done while on the road. With this, I want to give you a [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - 5 iPhone apps for Freelancers

Video Tip: Measurement Units and Rulers – InDesign CS3, CS4, CS5

Jake Van Ness — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:00:25 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Measurement Units and Rulers – InDesign CS3, CS4, CS5

A video showing you how to bring up rulers in InDesign, also how to change the measurement units with a document open. I also show you how to set your default measurement unit and explain how to change the zero point of a document. Do you have something you would like to know how to [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Measurement Units and Rulers – InDesign CS3, CS4, CS5

30 Day Challenges Decided: August 2011

Jake Van Ness — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:00:37 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - 30 Day Challenges Decided: August 2011

So it is August 1st and it is the time to declare what my 30 Day Challenges will be. Here is what I have decided to take on for August. There are a few and I am excited to get started on them. #1 iPhone Photo of the Day – I plan to take an [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - 30 Day Challenges Decided: August 2011

Bit of Inspiration: 30 Day Challenges

Jake Van Ness — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:00:59 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Bit of Inspiration: 30 Day Challenges

Recently on Google+, I came across a post by +DaveDelaney titled What can you challenge yourself to do for 30 days? He was inspired by a TED talk given by Matt Cutts called Try Something New For 30 Days. It’s a brief message about setting things in motion to make positive changes in your life, [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Bit of Inspiration: 30 Day Challenges

SneakPeek iOS: Open Illustrator and InDesign files on your iDevice

Kitty Florido — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:22:20 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - SneakPeek iOS: Open Illustrator and InDesign files on your iDevice

I’m a big fan of Code Line Software. I’ve been using their stuff since 2006 when my PowerBook came with Art Director’s Toolkit pre installed. Years have passed and much has changed, especially the way we interact with hardware. Even though we still do most of our work on Desktops or Laptops, we find ourselves doing [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - SneakPeek iOS: Open Illustrator and InDesign files on your iDevice

Rookie Designer 129 – Google+, Rookie Mailbag

Rookie Designer — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:00:58 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 129 – Google+, Rookie Mailbag

Kitty and I have been very busy over the last month. We realize our listeners have been wondering where the latest podcast may be. Well here is #129! In this latest episode we talk about a little thing known as Google+ and we also answer our first Mailbag question from Kasia. Enjoy the show and [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 129 – Google+, Rookie Mailbag

Bit of Inspiration: The Reflex Blue Show

Jake Van Ness — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:00:50 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Bit of Inspiration: The Reflex Blue Show

The Reflex Blue Show is one of the best graphic design podcasts available and it is definitely a source of inspiration, amusement and knowledge for both Kitty and I. Found at 36Point.com, The Reflex Blue Show was started in 2008 by Nate Voss and Donovan Berry as a way for them to bring discussions about [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Bit of Inspiration: The Reflex Blue Show

Video Tip: Snippets in InDesign CS3, CS4 & CS5

Jake Van Ness — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:00:32 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Snippets in InDesign CS3, CS4 & CS5

A short video on what a snippet is, how to save them and how to use them on a future project. Do you have something you would like to know how to do and think it would make a good video tip? Drop me a line on our contact form or send me an email [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Snippets in InDesign CS3, CS4 & CS5

Rich Black: When Black Is Not Just Black

Jake Van Ness — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:00:55 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rich Black: When Black Is Not Just Black

Recently my print design business, Prepressology, was approached by a photographer looking to have his business cards printed. The design he came up with was an all black face with a white knockout for his logo and text. He wanted the black to be nice and dark but without an UV coating shine for which [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rich Black: When Black Is Not Just Black

Funny side of Rookie: If Adobe CS apps were men at a party

Kitty Florido — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:45:11 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Funny side of Rookie: If Adobe CS apps were men at a party

While Jake and I were at PePCon, we met so many people and made tons of friends. One of them is @MarisaKC a PR & Graphic Designer from Athens, GA. She started tweeting these really funny bits randomly, and I asked her to send them over to me so we could posted on Rookie. If you’re [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Funny side of Rookie: If Adobe CS apps were men at a party

Video Tip: Displace Filter in Photoshop CS3, CS4 & CS5

Jake Van Ness — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:00:01 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Displace Filter in Photoshop CS3, CS4 & CS5

A short video showing how you can use the displace filter to create a proof for your customer using a vector logo on top of a photo of a golf ball. Do you have something you would like to know how to do and think it would make a good video tip? Drop me a [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Displace Filter in Photoshop CS3, CS4 & CS5

Google+ Hangout Versus Facebook Skype Video Chat

Jake Van Ness — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:55:25 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Google+ Hangout Versus Facebook Skype Video Chat

The internet has been buzzing the last few days about the beta launch of Google+. Kitty even covered it here at Rookie Designer with her post An Introduction to Google+. One very interesting feature Google+ has is what they are calling Hangout. With Facebook’s announcement of Skype integration into the social network, it’s become a bit of [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Google+ Hangout Versus Facebook Skype Video Chat

An Introduction to Google+

Kitty Florido — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:31:25 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - An Introduction to Google+

Google+ was released a few days ago and is a true contender against Facebook. If you don’t know what Google+ is, check out the project demo from Google. You are the center of everything. You, your friends, your coworkers, the places you like to hang out in… You get the idea. According to Google, it’s [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - An Introduction to Google+

Video Tip: Typography Tip to Help With Kerning

Jake Van Ness — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:02:15 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Typography Tip to Help With Kerning

A short video tip on a way to help you with your kerning, using InDesign but also can be done in Illustrator and Photoshop. Do you have something you would like to know how to do and think it would make a good video tip? Drop me a line on our contact form or send [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Typography Tip to Help With Kerning

Video Tip: Shape Tools in Illustrator – CS3, CS4 & CS5

Jake Van Ness — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:00:12 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Shape Tools in Illustrator – CS3, CS4 & CS5

A video on some of the features of the shape tools in Illustrator. I cover the rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, polygon and star tools. The flare tool will be covered in another video tip coming soon. Do you have something you would like to know how to do and think it would make a good [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Shape Tools in Illustrator – CS3, CS4 & CS5

Bit of Inspiration: TED Talks

Jake Van Ness — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:42:34 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Bit of Inspiration: TED Talks

This evening I decided to take some time and watch a few TED Talks on YouTube. As you may have noticed I have started using YouTube as my broadcast choice for my weekly Video Tips. I have spent some time exploring and had heard about TED Talks before from other bloggers I follow. When I [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Bit of Inspiration: TED Talks

Video Tip: Add a New Layer to A Photoshop Document – CS3, CS4, & CS5

Jake Van Ness — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:00:24 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Add a New Layer to A Photoshop Document – CS3, CS4, & CS5

A short video tip on how to add a new layer in Photoshop using the layers pallet, the menu item and also the keyboard shortcut. These tips work with Adobe Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5.

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Add a New Layer to A Photoshop Document – CS3, CS4, & CS5

Rookie Designer 128 – #PePCon Adventures and What is “The Twitter?”

Rookie Designer — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:00:13 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 128 – #PePCon Adventures and What is “The Twitter?”

Jake and Kitty talk about their trip to Print & ePublishing Conference 2011 in DC presented by InDesignSecrets.com hosts Anne Marie Concepcion and David Blatner. They talk about the sessions they enjoyed and about why they think every Rookie should attend a conference like PePCon. Jake and Kitty also talk about what “The Twitter” is [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 128 – #PePCon Adventures and What is “The Twitter?”

Video Tip: Box With Rounded Corners – InDesign CS3, CS4

Jake Van Ness — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:10:01 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Box With Rounded Corners – InDesign CS3, CS4

A short video on how to create a box with rounded corners using InDesign CS3 and CS4.

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Video Tip: Box With Rounded Corners – InDesign CS3, CS4

Xara Web Designer 7: Software Review

Jake Van Ness — Sun, 29 May 2011 17:40:59 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Xara Web Designer 7: Software Review

Xara Web Designer 7 was released earlier this year and recently I had a chance to sit down with the software to give it a really good hands on test. A recent client was looking to have a new landing page designed to attract motorcycle riders to his insurance business. While I am not, what [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Xara Web Designer 7: Software Review

Rookie at #PePCon: We are Content Creators

Kitty Florido — Fri, 27 May 2011 16:08:22 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie at #PePCon: We are Content Creators

Michael Niness, VP of Content at Lynda.com was the one who gave the Keynote to kick start PePCon. This entire conference changed the way I see how I will approach (learn and enjoy) ePub creation. It’s not thinking of print or digital, is getting into print and digital. As content creators, we get to break [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie at #PePCon: We are Content Creators

PePCon DC 2011 Day Two: InDesign Info Overload and What The Future May Hold

Jake Van Ness — Fri, 27 May 2011 13:51:09 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - PePCon DC 2011 Day Two: InDesign Info Overload and What The Future May Hold

After an amazing day one, everyone was still on the PePCon high and eager for more. What can we say? We are InDesign nuts and when you put us all in the same place it’s all we want to talk about. InDesign CS5.5, Interactive PDFs from InDesign, ePub production from InDesign, InDesign to iPad and [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - PePCon DC 2011 Day Two: InDesign Info Overload and What The Future May Hold

Connect with us at #PepCon

Kitty Florido — Tue, 24 May 2011 14:37:11 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Connect with us at #PepCon

Hello all! Just a quick note from the conference. If you are at Print and ePublishing Conference, make sure to connect through LinkedIn too. Just make sure to mention that we met at #Pepcon. You’ll find links to our Twitter accounts, our businesses and blogs. Kitty Florido on LinkedIn Jake Van Ness on LinkedIn We are [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Connect with us at #PepCon

PePCon DC 2011 Day One: Connections, Tons of Info and Making More Connections

Jake Van Ness — Tue, 24 May 2011 11:48:36 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - PePCon DC 2011 Day One: Connections, Tons of Info and Making More Connections

Arrival The Print and ePublishing Conference officially started Monday morning at 9am but the networking started well before that. Kitty and I arrived at the beautiful Westin Alexandria Hotel on Sunday afternoon around 430 and quickly made our way to registration. Things were pretty calm and it gave us an opportunity to say a brief [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - PePCon DC 2011 Day One: Connections, Tons of Info and Making More Connections

PePCon Here We Come

Jake Van Ness — Sun, 22 May 2011 13:29:15 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - PePCon Here We Come

Kitty and I wanted to drop our readers and listeners a quick line as a reminder we are on our way to the Print and ePublishing Conference (PePCon) in DC. As I write this we are in route to Penn Station in NYC from Albany, NY. At Penn we will change to a train heading [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - PePCon Here We Come

Rookie Designer 127 – It’s Nice To Meet You

Rookie Designer — Wed, 18 May 2011 13:01:53 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 127 – It’s Nice To Meet You

Rookie Designer Podcast is BACK! We are very exited to post a brand new Rookie Design Podcast for your listening pleasure. In this episode Kitty Florido and Jake Van Ness take a few moments to introduce themselves to the Rookie listeners. Giving a little insight to where they are from, what their design background is [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 127 – It’s Nice To Meet You

Hello- from the Other Rookie Host!

Kitty Florido — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:01:33 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Hello- from the Other Rookie Host!

Hi! I’m the other half of Rookie Designer. You already know Jake so it’s only fair that I introduce myself. My name is Kitty Florido. I am a Graphic Designer and Photographer from Guatemala. My business Asterisco, SA offers both print and web design, as well as Photography for clients in Central America. I’ve been [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Hello- from the Other Rookie Host!

Finding Time To Write

Jake Van Ness — Mon, 16 May 2011 13:00:19 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Finding Time To Write

Writing comes naturally to some and others need to really focus to write well. Personally, I find myself to be the second one and I have found some interesting patterns over the last few months as I write more and more for several blogs. I enjoy having another creative outlet and most of my writing [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Finding Time To Write

Rookie is Heading to PePCon

Jake Van Ness — Sat, 14 May 2011 16:24:57 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie is Heading to PePCon

PePCon or Print and ePublishing Conference in DC is coming up the end of May. Kitty and I are very excited to announce that we will be attending. This is going to be a great opportunity for us to learn more about InDesign’s capabilities in the ePublishing arena and also a great opportunity for us [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie is Heading to PePCon

Rookie Designer is back!

Jake Van Ness — Tue, 10 May 2011 19:25:39 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer is back!

Thanks for checking out the NEW Rookie Designer. Let me introduce myself… My name is Jake Van Ness, one of the co-hosts of Rookie and also the owner of Prepressology, a print design and consulting business. With over 14 years of experience working at various print shops, I have been involved with the design and [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer is back!

Rookie Designer 126 – Bad News, Good News

Rookie Designer — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:03:04 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 126 – Bad News, Good News

There’s some big news to spill about the podcast and its future. Tune in to get the scoop! Featured Music: Red City Radio – Spinning In Circles Is A Gateway Drug

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 126 – Bad News, Good News

Rookie Designer 125 – Moving Beyond ‘Rookie’

Rookie Designer — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:43:32 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 125 – Moving Beyond ‘Rookie’

Being a Rookie is never an easy task, but it happens to the best of us, whether we’re talking about designers or athletes. In this episode I’ll attempt to lend an article written by an NFL football player for rookie football players, to the industry of design. Along the way we’ll discuss tips for (hopefully) [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 125 – Moving Beyond ‘Rookie’

Rookie Designer 124 – Freelance Tips, Design for Change and Negotiating for Your REAL Dream Job

Rookie Designer — Fri, 28 May 2010 18:31:31 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 124 – Freelance Tips, Design for Change and Negotiating for Your REAL Dream Job

Do you design with the future in mind? When building websites, it may benefit you to do so. Adaptability can go a long way in this day and age where new trends and technology are ever changing. We’ll explore this topic as well as the subject of negotiating for your REAL dream job, meaning that [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 124 – Freelance Tips, Design for Change and Negotiating for Your REAL Dream Job

Rookie Designer 123 – Preparing for Emergencies and Buying Equipment

Rookie Designer — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:43:53 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 123 – Preparing for Emergencies and Buying Equipment

In this episode we’ll take a look at how you can improve customer relations by planning ahead for emergency situations and I’ll field a couple of topics posed by listeners about how, what, and when to buy equipment for your freelance design needs. Links from the show: Rookie Designer on Facebook In the Bullpen: Journey [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 123 – Preparing for Emergencies and Buying Equipment

Rookie Designer 122 – Portfolios, When to Jump to Full Time Freelance and more

Rookie Designer — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:46:19 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 122 – Portfolios, When to Jump to Full Time Freelance and more

We’ll discuss a couple of questions sent in by our listeners dealing with the topics of what to put in your portfolio and what NOT to put in there, when is the right time to make the jump into freelance as a full-time position and some other red flags to watch out for in freelance. [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 122 – Portfolios, When to Jump to Full Time Freelance and more

Rookie Designer 121 – Content Strategy, Keeping your Portfolio Diverse & Dealing with Clients in Another Country

Rookie Designer — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:54:38 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 121 – Content Strategy, Keeping your Portfolio Diverse & Dealing with Clients in Another Country

In this episode we’re hitting the mailbag and covering some topics sent in by our listeners. Topics will include coming up with a strategy for delivering content that your target audience can consume and use, keeping your portfolio diverse and keeping your creativity at a high level, even when things get stagnant at your job, [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 121 – Content Strategy, Keeping your Portfolio Diverse & Dealing with Clients in Another Country

Rookie Designer 120 – Senior vs Junior

Rookie Designer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:03:55 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 120 – Senior vs Junior

In this episode we’ll cover a topic sent in by a listener who is having a problem at the workplace. What is the role of a junior designer as opposed to a senior designer? Who is supposed to know what, and is the senior supposed to be a sort of mentor for the junior? We’ll [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 120 – Senior vs Junior

Rookie Designer 119 – Voice Your Opinion

Rookie Designer — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:58:18 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 119 – Voice Your Opinion

This episode is a bit of a “Part 2″ to the last time I spoke about not being afraid to voice your opinions when it comes to design solutions. We will cover this again, bringing in some new factors and guidelines to make your comments as effective as possible. Links from the show: When Bad [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 119 – Voice Your Opinion

Rookie Designer 118 – Content Management Systems

Rookie Designer — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:30:32 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 118 – Content Management Systems

In this episode I will share some of my knowledge of Content Management Systems including WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. We will focus on the definition and purpose of CMS tools, as well as how they can be very useful in helping you design for your own business as well as others. Links from the show: [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 118 – Content Management Systems

Rookie Designer 117 – Is Part Time Freelancing a Business

Rookie Designer — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:11:01 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 117 – Is Part Time Freelancing a Business

Again our topic comes from one of the listeners and the question is this: “Do you HAVE to own or run a business to freelance? What if you just do a few projects every now and then, as a side thing apart from your full time job?.” We’ll talk to several different subjects as related [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 117 – Is Part Time Freelancing a Business

Rookie Designer 116 – Freelance Payment Options & Intense Audience Research

Rookie Designer — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:47:57 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 116 – Freelance Payment Options & Intense Audience Research

A question from one of our listeners sparks a conversation on accepting cash as payment for freelance work. We also take an in-depth look at research techniques for learning more about how customers/audience members use an application. Links from the show: Google Analytics In the Bullpen: Photoshop Preset Viewer Brush Pilot Try GoToMeeting for 45 [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 116 – Freelance Payment Options & Intense Audience Research

Rookie Designer 115 – Internship Problems?

Rookie Designer — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:31:04 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 115 – Internship Problems?

Have you thought about an internship to finish out your educational career? Do you know some of the challenges that you might be faced with in an internship? We’ll take a look at these topics as I answer some internship questions from one of our audience members. Book Review: Building Design Strategy: Using Design to [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 115 – Internship Problems?

Rookie Designer 114 – Research and Planning

Rookie Designer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:32:48 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 114 – Research and Planning

More life (and career) lessons from my work experience to you! We’ll discuss the lack of research and how it can foil your designs before they even get started, and some of the important information that you definitely want to pick up before you even start a project. We will also dive into the core [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 114 – Research and Planning

Rookie Designer 113 – What To Do With Your “Free” Time

Rookie Designer — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:07:31 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 113 – What To Do With Your “Free” Time

Its 12 o’clock and you break out the sack lunch, but you still feel the need to be productive with your hour away from work. Are there things you can do to further your career in design? Of course, but what can be done in an hour to bolster your skills and design savvy?! In [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 113 – What To Do With Your “Free” Time

Rookie Designer 112 – Should You Hire a Salesman?

Rookie Designer — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:15:20 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 112 – Should You Hire a Salesman?

Possibly the most difficult part of moving from the “safe confines” of a full-time job into a freelance situation is the ability to keep clients and projects coming in. The logical answer… hire someone who excels at selling to come in and do it for you. A sales person on your team would mean more [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 112 – Should You Hire a Salesman?

Rookie Designer 111 – Organizing Folder Madness and Flash Grows Up

Rookie Designer — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:49:29 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 111 – Organizing Folder Madness and Flash Grows Up

Will the REAL episode 111 please show yourself… sorry for the slip up to those of you who were expecting a new episode, only to find yourself listening to 110 for a second time. Here is the real deal! Social media is a movement that has been building for sometime and now appears at every [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 111 – Organizing Folder Madness and Flash Grows Up

Rookie Designer 110 – Social Media and Business

Rookie Designer — Thu, 07 May 2009 10:56:41 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 110 – Social Media and Business

Social media is a movement that has been building for sometime and now appears at every corner, in your personal life and in business. There is no escaping the technology as it is being utilized by companies to steer marketing campaigns for everything from music to household products you use every day. The good news… [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 110 – Social Media and Business

Rookie Designer 109 – A Better Quality of Freelance Client

Rookie Designer — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:33:36 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 109 – A Better Quality of Freelance Client

When you start putting yourself out there and share your talents on a freelance basis, your going to come to understand what many before you have already… its HARD to find high quality clients. Its relatively easy to find clients who want you to work for next to nothing, get the work done yesterday and don’t appreciate [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 109 – A Better Quality of Freelance Client

Rookie Designer 108 – Speaking at SDSU and Speaking in Public

Rookie Designer — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:42:13 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 108 – Speaking at SDSU and Speaking in Public

There was some good and some bad about my speaking engagement at San Diego State U, but all in all I think it was a good idea for me NOT to record it (haha). No, instead I’ll just be recounting some of the highlights of the evening, and sharing some of the questions that came from the [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 108 – Speaking at SDSU and Speaking in Public

Rookie Designer 107 – Design Theory and Rejuvenation Through School

Rookie Designer — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:16:56 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 107 – Design Theory and Rejuvenation Through School

When you’re in design school, a lot of theories, rules and patterns are being thrown your way, and it doesn’t always make a lot of sense at the time. Is there really a point to all this reading material? Will it somehow impact your career in a meaningful way? We’ll try to make some sense [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 107 – Design Theory and Rejuvenation Through School

Rookie Designer 106 – Tax Time Again & Are You Prepared for Unemployment?

Rookie Designer — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:16:52 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 106 – Tax Time Again & Are You Prepared for Unemployment?

Its that annoying time of the year again, when the state and fed government ask us to tidy up their tax bookkeeping. We’ll cover a few things you may be able to write off as a freelancer that you didn’t know about. Also, living in this unsure economic time can leave us with questions about [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 106 – Tax Time Again & Are You Prepared for Unemployment?

Rookie Designer 105 – What Are YOU Afraid Of?

Rookie Designer — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:37:29 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 105 – What Are YOU Afraid Of?

What fears do you have that are related to your profession, or the profession that you plan to enter? Do you face these fears or shy away, and is there a way to turn them into a productive tool for your success? We’ll discuss some examples and possibilities in this episode. Links from the show: [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 105 – What Are YOU Afraid Of?

Rookie Designer 104 – Getting Freelance Clients to Pay Up

Rookie Designer — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:24:32 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 104 – Getting Freelance Clients to Pay Up

On this podcast, inspired by an entry on our forum, we will discuss strategy for avoiding a situation where your freelance clients are paying you for completed work late. There are several methods we can use in this fight against late payments and most of them revolve around the creation and implementation of a contract agreement. Other topics covered [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 104 – Getting Freelance Clients to Pay Up

Rookie Designer 103 – Deadlines and Dealing?

Rookie Designer — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:18:18 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 103 – Deadlines and Dealing?

Deadlines are something that we all must deal with and that’s not going to change anytime soon! They can be good though, for prioritization, motivation, and just plain getting stuff done. There is a conversation that should take place before the setting of these deadlines though, that can result in a smoother course of action, [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 103 – Deadlines and Dealing?

Rookie Designer 102 – When is it OK to Speak Up?

Rookie Designer — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:54:13 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 102 – When is it OK to Speak Up?

We’re just getting back into the groove here after a 3 month hiatus. I’m going to try a shorter format with the podcast going forward and cut out the Keys to the Game and Rookie Mistake segments of the show to save myself some time and hopefully keep this this going for a while to [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 102 – When is it OK to Speak Up?

Just Checking In!

Rookie Designer — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:14:00 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Just Checking In!

Hey, I know I said I wasn’t going to record anything for a few months, but a couple things came up and I couldn’t help myself. First and foremost, I have posted an Interview with the founder and CTO of YouSendIt, Ranjith Kumaran. They are doing some interesting things over there to help us designers send [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Just Checking In!

Rookie Designer 101 – One Page Portfolios and Gathering Files for Output

Rookie Designer — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:59:36 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 101 – One Page Portfolios and Gathering Files for Output

Its see you later… not goodbye. Rookie Designer will be taking a 3 month hiatus. In that time I will be assessing my situation and making the final decision about whether this podcast will continue on after the break. This is a real episode though. One of the new trends out there is to make [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 101 – One Page Portfolios and Gathering Files for Output

RD Back Up and Searchable in the iTunes Store

Rookie Designer — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:32:55 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - RD Back Up and Searchable in the iTunes Store

As I eluded to in the podcast, there were some problems with the Rookie Designer feed that resulted in this podcast being kicked out of the iTunes Music Store for a time. I fixed the problem and resubmitted the feed, but it took the iTunes people a while to get it integrated back in. Now [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - RD Back Up and Searchable in the iTunes Store

Rookie Designer 100 – On the Job Hunt Again

Rookie Designer — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:34:11 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 100 – On the Job Hunt Again

Its that time again… job hunting time. In this episode I’ll share my most recent experiences with a new staffing agency and a particularly in-depth and good interview I completed, along with some pointers for making that first impression with a potential employer a good one. An update on the status of the podcast is [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 100 – On the Job Hunt Again

Rookie Designer 99 – Quality

Rookie Designer — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:28:25 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 99 – Quality

What is Quality training? I got a dose of it recently at my full time job, and it wasn’t half bad. Basically its a set of rules or guidelines that help facilitate a productive work environment. There are several things you probably do on a daily basis that are not exactly necessary, or perhaps could [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 99 – Quality

Rookie Designer 98 – Effective Emailing and Web Design

Rookie Designer — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:22:57 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 98 – Effective Emailing and Web Design

We’ve spoken about it briefly before, but emailing is crucial to any business these days, and there are some guidelines to follow to make sure you can communicate effectively and not send the wrong message to those you are messaging! In this episode we’ll also look at some common mistakes made by web designers that [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 98 – Effective Emailing and Web Design

Rookie Designer 97 – Using Fonts, Picking a School and More…

Rookie Designer — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:40:55 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 97 – Using Fonts, Picking a School and More…

This is pretty much a mailbag episode where we cover questions about font usage, picking out a design school to attend, and knowing when to pull the plug on a client or a project going in the wrong direction. Keys to the Game: Spell Check in Adobe applications: Mac: command + i PC: control + [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 97 – Using Fonts, Picking a School and More…

Rookie Designer 96 – Promote Your Work/Business

Rookie Designer — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:07:32 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 96 – Promote Your Work/Business

Promoting your work can be just as important, if not more, than the work itself! If you can’t secure a job or a new client, your skills will not make much difference. So how do we get the word out there that we are the super duper master of design? There are several ways that [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 96 – Promote Your Work/Business

Rookie Designer 95 – Nip Problems in the Bud

Rookie Designer — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:48:36 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 95 – Nip Problems in the Bud

What is the best way to keep yourself out of trouble when it comes to disputes with customers? Fix the problem before it happens! The use of contracts and design specs can change the way you and your client think about things like payment, agreements, the way you receive content and more. Keys to the [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 95 – Nip Problems in the Bud

Rookie Designer 94 – You Are NOT Your Job

Rookie Designer — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:47:27 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 94 – You Are NOT Your Job

Design is what you do, not who you are. These are words that we should understand and remember so the two don’t get confused. There is a point at which its a good idea to turn the computer off and live a little. Failing to do so could end up with you getting burned out [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 94 – You Are NOT Your Job

Rookie Designer 93 – Ringing in, and Preparing for, the New Year

Rookie Designer — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:00:24 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 93 – Ringing in, and Preparing for, the New Year

Looking toward the new year there are always a lot of things to think about. We can reflect on the year past and what may have gone right or wrong, certain goals we would like to reach for in this new year, and perhaps smaller skills or tasks we would like to tackle. In this [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 93 – Ringing in, and Preparing for, the New Year

Rookie Designer 92 – Website Landing Page Creation

Rookie Designer — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:36:05 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 92 – Website Landing Page Creation

Building a page that users will be directed to from an online ad or url may seem like an easy thing to accomplish, but there is more that goes into it than may appear. We must take into account several issues, most importantly keeping the attention of the user so that they don’t make that [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 92 – Website Landing Page Creation

Rookie Designer 91 – When Are You A Professional & Controlling A Meeting

Rookie Designer — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:36:53 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 91 – When Are You A Professional & Controlling A Meeting

Taken from a topic on the Rookie Designer Forum, we’ll discuss what it means to be a design professional, and when you have achieved the feat. Also is a discussion about how to steer a meeting with a client that seems to be going nowhere, to get the most productivity out of your time and [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 91 – When Are You A Professional & Controlling A Meeting

Rookie Designer 90 – Customer Service and Goal Achievement

Rookie Designer — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:06:23 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 90 – Customer Service and Goal Achievement

The don’ts of customer service are a valuable thing to know to keep your business up and running and keep your clients happy and coming back for more. we’ll cover some key mistakes that are made all the time so hopefully you can avoid them. we’ll also discuss some strategy for making those wild dreams [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 90 – Customer Service and Goal Achievement

Rookie Designer 89 – Let’s Get Organized!

Rookie Designer — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:20:46 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 89 – Let’s Get Organized!

This is an important topic, so we’re going to cover it again, but organization in your work and life can go a long way to making sure that you achieve your goals and do so in a timely fashion. Not everyone is an org freak like me, but if you take anything away from this [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 89 – Let’s Get Organized!

Rookie Designer 88 – Search Engine Optimization and more!

Rookie Designer — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:01:29 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 88 – Search Engine Optimization and more!

Our good friend Paul Mycroft is back with some more tips for search engine optimization (SEO) and there’s a web design twist to it this time. Also stay tuned for some mini topics to ponder on the subject of good vs. bad design, and noticing design all around you. Keys to the Game: Increase/decrease the [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 88 – Search Engine Optimization and more!

Rookie Designer 87 – Grad School, Workstation Setup and More

Rookie Designer — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:29:14 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 87 – Grad School, Workstation Setup and More

We’re flying free in this episode with discussion about the advantages of going to grad school, what makes a great workstation, not only in regards to your physical health, but also your mental health, as well as a bunch of well-overdue topics from the forum. Keys to the Game: Select words without reaching for the [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 87 – Grad School, Workstation Setup and More

Rookie Designer 86 – New Site & Photoshop World Wrapup

Rookie Designer — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:48:37 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 86 – New Site & Photoshop World Wrapup

Rookie Designer’s home has a new look and a lot of new features. In this episode I’ll point out those improvements, and also share some of the best things I learned at Photoshop World 2007. Keys to the Game: Go to line in Dreamweaver Mac: Cmd + , PC: Ctl + , Book Report from [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 86 – New Site & Photoshop World Wrapup

Rookie Designer 85 – Design Vocations

Rookie Designer — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:43:19 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 85 – Design Vocations

With a little help from one of our audience members, we’ll take a look at several different facets of design, and the careers that can come out of them. We’ll also discuss some advantages we may have over other career paths, keys to knowing what job is right for you and when the right time [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 85 – Design Vocations

Rookie Designer 84 – Search Engine Optimization

Rookie Designer — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:08:39 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 84 – Search Engine Optimization

Building a killer site is one thing, but getting a whole mess of people to visit it is quite another. Inspired by a listener U-Share submission, well take a look into common misconceptions about SEO, and some tips for getting your site higher up in the search rankings. Keys to the Game: Show/Hide Guides and [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 84 – Search Engine Optimization

Rookie Designer 83 – TV & Multimedia Advertising

Rookie Designer — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:10:38 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 83 – TV & Multimedia Advertising

Things have come a long way since the inception of the set top box, or TV. It used to be that you were forced to watch advertising in commercial breaks, but with the surge of TiVO and DVR users, advertisers must find new ways to get commercials in front of viewers. Today we’ll take a [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 83 – TV & Multimedia Advertising

Rookie Designer 82 – Designer, Programmer…or Both?

Rookie Designer — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:24:29 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 82 – Designer, Programmer…or Both?

The topic for this episode comes from our first participant of the U-Share Program. We’ll discuss the changes going on, on the web and beyond, and how that could possibly effect your career. We’ll also take a look at Web 2.0… What the heck is it?! Keys to the Game: Reselect in Photoshop Mac: Cmd [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 82 – Designer, Programmer…or Both?

Rookie Designer PSA 2

Rookie Designer — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:06:50 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer PSA 2

Forgot a couple of things in the last episode: If you are in the San Diego (CA) area, use Photoshop 20-30 hours per week and would like to participate in n Adobe user study, contact me at adam@rookiedesigner.com and I’ll hook you up! Second, I’ll be on vacation from the 21-29 of July, so instead [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer PSA 2

Rookie Designer 81 – Photoshop Tips, Flash Resources, and an aniBOOM Interview

Rookie Designer — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:19:19 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 81 – Photoshop Tips, Flash Resources, and an aniBOOM Interview

Lots of random information in this episode, but useful nonetheless. We talk a bit about color models in Photoshop, I deliver my first ever book report and conduct an interview with the CEO of aniBOOM. Keys to the Game: Gamut Warning in Photoshop Mac: Cmd + Shift + y PC: Ctl + Shift + y [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 81 – Photoshop Tips, Flash Resources, and an aniBOOM Interview

Rookie Designer PSA 1

Rookie Designer — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:28:16 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer PSA 1

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: If you are a member of the forum and have not yet made at least one post, your account will be deleted next week. IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE ROOKIE DESIGNER FORUM, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE POSTED AT LEAST ONE MESSAGE BY NEXT THURSDAY, JULY 12TH. Also, [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer PSA 1

Rookie Designer 80b – Approach to Design

Rookie Designer — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:20:55 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 80b – Approach to Design

Before we get into the thick of producing our designs, there are a lot of things to think about to make sure the workflow goes smoothly and the result is a success. This is what we will talk about in this episode. Keys to the Game: Jump into the address bar in your favorite browser [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 80b – Approach to Design

Rookie Forum Changes!

Rookie Designer — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:51:25 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Forum Changes!

If you visit the forum, you’ll notice that the template has changed again, back to the standard look of a phpbb forum. This was necessary for the fact that I finally got an anti-spam-bot mod installed to kill the spammers once and for all! The former template did not mesh well with the new mod, [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Forum Changes!

Rookie Designer 80a – Meltdown/Contest 3

Rookie Designer — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:06:28 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 80a – Meltdown/Contest 3

Sorry, no episode yet. My computer turned against me today! We do have contest winners though, and some interesting news. Links from todays non-show: RD on Macworld! Adobe Creative License Contest World in Focus Contest

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 80a – Meltdown/Contest 3

Rookie Designer 79 – Avoiding Distractions

Rookie Designer — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:04:50 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 79 – Avoiding Distractions

Its hard to work when your attention turns from work to elsewhere every 10 minutes. See how you can avoid distractions in your workspace and stop the chain of procrastination. Keys to the Game: No I Don’t want to save (in Mac and PC OS) Mac: d (for don’t save) PC: n (for no) Links [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 79 – Avoiding Distractions

Rookie Designer 78 – Ethics in Design

Rookie Designer — Thu, 31 May 2007 22:16:20 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 78 – Ethics in Design

What’s right and what’s wrong as it relates to your career in design and how your work affects the world around you? There’s no easy answer, and the answer must come from within, but in this episode we’ll give you some things to think about. Keys to the Game: Cheers to InDesign – Hide InDesign [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 78 – Ethics in Design

Rookie Designer 77 – Raising Rates

Rookie Designer — Sun, 27 May 2007 22:51:00 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 77 – Raising Rates

How do you deal with freelance rates, especially when you come to a point at which you must raise them? We’ll discuss some options and issues surrounding this topic and more. Keys to the Game: Lights Out in Lightroom Mac or PC: L Rookie Mistake Tip: Be careful when emailing. You don’t want the person [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 77 – Raising Rates

Rookie Designer 76 – Who Owns What?

Rookie Designer — Thu, 03 May 2007 14:51:59 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 76 – Who Owns What?

What happens when you’re client doesn’t like a stipulation in your freelance project? Who actually owns the rights to the artwork you create. Well cover these topics and more. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: Blogger and Podcaster Magazine Keys to the Game: Rulers in Creative Suite apps Mac: Command + [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 76 – Who Owns What?

Rookie Designer 75 – Get More Out of Your Apps

Rookie Designer — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:51:18 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 75 – Get More Out of Your Apps

Maybe a change is on the horizon for you. Do you do everything in a pattern or similar routine? If so there are probably things you are missing out on by not exploring new territory and more specifically analysing the way you use your tools. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 75 – Get More Out of Your Apps

Rookie Designer 74 – Dollars and Sense

Rookie Designer — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:36:31 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 74 – Dollars and Sense

In this episode we’ll discuss some strategies for monetizing your design skills, whether it be selling a service, selling goods, or combinig with other companies to turn a profit. We also look at different ways to turn your designs into self promotion. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: editorial@commarts.com Keys to [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 74 – Dollars and Sense

Rookie Designer 73 – Rules, Mistakes and Legalities

Rookie Designer — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:14:02 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 73 – Rules, Mistakes and Legalities

Its a bit of a mixed bag this time. We discuss a few different topics that could affect your daily design life. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: editorial@commarts.com Keys to the Game: Open the Actions Panel in Flash Mac: F9 PC: F9 Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t fall behind in the [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 73 – Rules, Mistakes and Legalities

Rookie Designer 72 – Its Gold Jerry, Gold!

Rookie Designer — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:54:53 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 72 – Its Gold Jerry, Gold!

There’s a lot to be learned from other designers, but when you have one at your disposal to answer all your questions and deal with problems, the results can be much better. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: editorial@commarts.com Keys to the Game: Select next object Above/Below Illustrator Mac: Command + [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 72 – Its Gold Jerry, Gold!

Rookie Designer 71 – Crash and Burn?

Rookie Designer — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:52:24 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 71 – Crash and Burn?

Hopefully this will never happen to you. My computer won’t start and its making my life hell! Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the Game: Open disc drive when computer doesn’t boot up Mac: Hold Mouse Button Down + Start Computer Boot up from a disc Mac: Hold [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 71 – Crash and Burn?

Rookie Designer 70 – Conquering the Interview

Rookie Designer — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:02:57 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 70 – Conquering the Interview

Its interview time again, and I might just be getting better at this! Listen to my experience with one of the longest interview adventures yet, and perhaps pick up a tip or two for your next opportunity. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the Game: SHow Hidden Characters [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 70 – Conquering the Interview

Rookie Designer 69 – Typefaces & Fonts

Rookie Designer — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:03:48 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 69 – Typefaces & Fonts

What’s the difference between a Font and a Typeface? What fonts can I use for a printed project, web, video? Listen to this podcast for a lesson in typology. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the Game: Lock guides in Photoshop Mac: Command + Option + ; PC: [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 69 – Typefaces & Fonts

Rookie Designer 68 – Choosing a Printer

Rookie Designer — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:59:11 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 68 – Choosing a Printer

Working with outside vendors is unavoidable, so how can we make sure we get the best services out there? In this episode we’ll take a look at some ways to evaluate and choose a printer that’s suited for your specific needs. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 68 – Choosing a Printer

Rookie Designer 67 – Customer Service IS Important!

Rookie Designer — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:13:30 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 67 – Customer Service IS Important!

Good salesmanship coupled with great customer service is a hard thing to come by these days, but if you want to keep your customers happy, and keep them coming back, then this is something to work on. If you treat your clients right, they’ll return the favor. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 67 – Customer Service IS Important!

Rookie Designer 66 – The Tax Man

Rookie Designer — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:22:50 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 66 – The Tax Man

The dreaded tax season is upon us, and with it comes many things to keep in mind. How much you owe and when to pay, what can be subtracted from your taxable total, and how to go about filing to name a few. In this episode we’ll cover these issues and more. Email Campaign: Send [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 66 – The Tax Man

Rookie Designer 65 – Creative Placement Services

Rookie Designer — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:15:39 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 65 – Creative Placement Services

Need help finding a job? Most people do, and there is help out there in many different forms. I recently took the steps to sign on with a cretive placement agency and learned a lot in the process. In this episode I’ll share my experience in choosing, intervewing with and signing up with such a [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 65 – Creative Placement Services

Rookie Designer 64 – Writing a Job Proposal

Rookie Designer — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:18:42 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 64 – Writing a Job Proposal

Unless your lucky enough to have jobs handed to you by others, you probably need an effective way to convince businesses that you have what they need in terms of design services. This is where knowing how to effectively market your business with a job proposal comes in, and that’s what we’ll talk about in [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 64 – Writing a Job Proposal

Rookie Designer 63 – HCI…What is it?

Rookie Designer — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:14:59 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 63 – HCI…What is it?

HCI is the study of how Humans and Computers interact. By following some simple guidelines, we can assure that our interface or website is easy to understand and will provide a successful experience for all. Keys to the Game: Find and Replace Mac: Command + f PC: Control + f Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t confuse [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 63 – HCI…What is it?

Rookie Designer 62 – Freelance Step by Step Part 2

Rookie Designer — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:54:28 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 62 – Freelance Step by Step Part 2

Once the contract is signed by the client and the deposit is in your hot little hands, its time to start the project. In this episode we’ll continue on with the freelance process, touching on topics like brainstorming, approval processes and billing. Keys to the Game: Preview in Illustrator Mac: Command + y PC: Control [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 62 – Freelance Step by Step Part 2

Rookie Designer 61 – Freelance Step by Step Part 1

Rookie Designer — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 04:06:39 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 61 – Freelance Step by Step Part 1

What steps do I take in executing a freelance job for a client? Listen to this episode (and the next) and you’ll find out just that. We’ll look at good practices to make your workflow and business decisions good ones time and again. Keys to the Game: Align two lines of type in Indesign and [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 61 – Freelance Step by Step Part 1

Rookie Designer 60 – Joining a Team

Rookie Designer — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:30:10 +0000

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 60 – Joining a Team

Working by yourself is one thing, but joining a team of designers is quite another. In this episode we’ll look at what adjustments must be made to succeed as part of a larger design group, and how this experience can make you a stronger designer in the end. Keys to the Game: Arrange Layers in [...]

Rookie Designer - Everyone's a Rookie before they're an All-Star! - Rookie Designer 60 – Joining a Team