portfolio & design blog of logo & identity designer, Graham Smith








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Why do so many logo portfolios only show work as a text heavy list rather than have a quick and easy way to view a selection of designs?


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The subject of logo design pricing and deposits seems to be lingering and changing/evolving…


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Just received my 3 gorgeous t-shirts from The Noun Project and they look and fit great.


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Just had to add my own thoughts to the excellent article over at IDApostle by Steve Zelle:  Logo Design and the Misconceptions of Unlimited Choice. Steve touches on some excellent points that we could all do with being aware of in …


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In this article I try to offer up a few pointers with the tricky matter of how much to charge for logo designs.


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Over the last year or so I have received a number of emails from designers asking me about the importance of creating logos using guides, grids and lots of pretty circles.


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Work can get so intense that one benefits from side projects or hobbies as burn-out can hit you quicker than you can say burn-out.


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For a long time I have always felt that it’s down to the client to state a budget from the get go for any logo and/or identity work. In this post I explain my reasoning.


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I don’t usually go out looking for props and likes so this is a bit of a first. My main motivation is just to see if people like the sort of things that I write, and resources that I provide via the imjustreative blog.


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I have been tweeting that I could be getting another dog; specifically an adorable German Shepard that didn’t quite make the grade at the Metropolitan Police Dog Schoo


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About a month ago Jolie O’Dell sprang on me a sort of interview request for a new post on logo design for Mashable.


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Given I have only seriously been freelancing since January 2010, it was quite a shock when in the early part of 2010 and within a four month period I was approached by three publishers to author a book on logo design.


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Having a few drinks can often free the mind to allow more creative and unhindered creative thinking.


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Thought it would be interesting and useful to see how other designers word their contracts and proposals, so this post sets out to achieve just that.


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Today I discovered that majestic virtue was an actual anagram of ImJustCreative.


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What ever logo you do now, it has probably already been done before, in one form or another.



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