The Free Creatives

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Crystal

Feeling unmotivated? A lack of inspiration and motivation hit the best of us, even if we are normally good about sticking to a schedule and staying on task. All of us just have those days. As freelancers we don’t have anyone to force us into work, so we have to trick our own mindset into work mode. As designers, we need creativity to be productive, and sometimes that creativity spark just isn’t there.

Here are five ways anyone can get to work, right now, and then start getting things done.

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Crystal

When we go freelance we may suddenly feel the urge to sleep in all day, goof around, and never get anything done. Then, we may go into phases of complete ultra-productivity and overworking. Working on one’s own can sometimes cause more harm than good in that we can never find a good balance in life.

Do you sleep till noon one day, and wake up the next at 7am just to get things done? Do you find yourself feeling sluggish, lonely, or unproductive? If you feel that you’ve lost a balance in life that you once had when you had a job, when someone actually made you get up and get going in the morning, then this post is for you.

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Crystal

You know what success means to you, and that definition can vary from person to person. Whether it means making enough money to travel the world, or being able to work comfortably from your home, success is something we all want, no matter how we define it.

Any kind of success is easy to come by. Anyone can achieve success, when they set their mind to it. Yet, many of us end up never reaching it, at least not according to our standards. Why is this? Earning success takes a certain mindset. In this post, we’re going to look into how freelancers can create a successful mindset for reaching their dreams.

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Crystal

Any kind of design can be inspiration for future web designs, however far or close from our niche. In today’s post we’re featuring some of the greatest 3D modeling designs for your inspiration. Check out the great coloring, depth, and even ideas used to create these beautiful pieces of art. Some are abstract, and some are more concrete. Each, however, has their own unique style that is worth taking a look at. Likely, there is some inspiration we as web designers can grab from them to make our own original pieces.

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Crystal

While not all web designers are also logo or branding designers, logo design inspiration can still be a huge part of our jobs. Much of the time we must draw web design inspiration from branding identity alone, and at other times our clients need us to create a good logo along with their website, given the designer has the skill to do so. Needless to say, whether we do logo designs or not professionally, they are still carry a huge role within the field.

Here are 30 logo designs for your inspiration, and in this showcase, logo designs that are rich in color. One of the first logo design rules one learns is to be simple with color, and to especially pay attention with the logo’s grayscale alternative. These designers, however, decided to bend that rule and found a way around it to still make lovely and effective brands.