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I am now a freelancer Graphic Designer

I've just recently got my sole trader ABN number and I am now also doing freelance work at David Wheeler's Graphic Designs in St Peters every Friday as an artwork assembler and finisher. Having worked in the educational environment for about a year now I've had to get used to commercial work once again. Having not done much commercial experience up till this point, it has been hard for me to get back into the production line of churning out work at a fast pace. However it's something which I'm sure I'll get used to as the days go along. So far so good at St Peters (although I wish it wasn't that far) and David is happy with the work up to this point even though I've only been there for three days work so far.
I work from the illustrations and layouts that he does in pencil and I turn it into the finished artwork ready for printing.
I am quite amazed how efficiently he works and it's like I'm spoon fed! He hands me the designs or layouts which he draws up on his drawing board. He labels the colour break downs (in Pantone colours!) as well as a text break down as well. This process works very well and the graphic designer does all the production. I'm quite happy working this way at the moment because I know exactly what he is after, without having to think up something from scratch.

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Anonymous said…
Yay for you! Good you have a blog now too... fun!

I think I have lots of work coming your way...
10:49 am
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