Podcasts – The Deep End Design
Summary: If you are a graphic designer, web designer or a visual designer of any kind, this is the podcast for you. Each episode tackles a different graphic design related topic, from finding better clients to online portfolios to making sure you get paid. We also offer tips and tricks in our "Do Yourself a Favor" segment and advice when we answer a listener question. The Deeply Graphic Design-Cast is hosted by three successful, working designers with a wealth of real world experience to draw upon, so listen close! You're bound to learn something in each and every episode. Email listener questions to questions@thedeependdesign.com. Yours may be answered in a future episode!
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- Artist: graphic designers Wes McDowell, Mikelle Morrison & Nick Longo
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We recently had an episode dedicated to a design dilemma Mikelle was facing with a client. So we decided to make this into a series all about one big problem each of us is facing in our business. In this episode, it’s Wes’ turn. We always advocate asking clients for samples of designs they like, […]
Working from home can be pretty sweet. You can work in your pajamas, and it’s pretty much the shortest commute ever. But being a freelance designer only works if your home office is in top shape. In this episode, the gang talks about our own home office setups, how we like to work, stay organized, […]
We may know a lot about the ins and outs of running a successful design studio, but we regularly run into dilemmas of our own. Mikelle had a recent client scenario which devolved from looking to an existing site for “inspiration” into the client wanting a very close copy of the original. When clients want […]
Being a graphic designer is great. But many designers have aspirations of going even further in their creative careers, and for some that means becoming a creative director one day. In this episode, the gang breaks down how to be a creative director; what kind of personality is most attracted to the role, what is […]
If you design websites for clients, one added perk is being able to get a “site by” credit link pointing back to your portfolio site. It’s good to attract future clients, and good for general SEO benefits. That is until Google rolled out the Penguin update, followed by Penguin 2.0. These algorithm updates started counting […]
Well it’s summer, and that means lazy beach days and tropical cocktails consumed from hollowed out fruit shells. Unless of course, if you’re a recent design school graduate, in which case you better be busting your ass trying to find a job! In this episode, we have Dustin Pearce sitting in with us to tell […]
Do your clients always go along with your creative ideas and concepts? If the answer is yes, then you can skip this episode. But if you’re like the rest of us, sometimes it takes some convincing to get your clients to see things your way, and trust in your expertise. In this episode, we have […]
These past 40 episodes have flown by, and to mark the occasion, we are doing another listener question party show. We love these shows the most, because we get to really involve you, the listener. This time around, we have even more questions to answer, including TWO audio questions! So hold onto your hats, folks, […]
While we’re in full-on trend-reporting mode, lets shed some light on one of our favorite topics – logo design! On this episode, we were lucky enough to have Bill Gardner, founder of LogoLounge.com to sit in with us, and talk about the logo design trends that have cropped up over the past year. I say […]
If you listened to the last episode, then you have already gotten a taste of some of what the web design world is showing us this year. In this episode, we wrap up our list of our favorite web design trends of 2013 that we found in Patrick McNeil’s The Web Designer’s Idea Book Volume […]
We discovered an awesome little book called The Web Designer’s Idea Book Volume 3 by Patrick McNeil. It is so handy, so chock full of all the newest web trends that we just had to let our listeners in on the action. In this episode, the gang brings up their favorites of the trends presented […]
One thing designers constantly hear is to charge what you’re worth, and don’t discount yourself. However, there are times in every designer’s career when it seems like a perfectly reasonable idea to offer a discount. Whether its for a friend or family member, or in an effort to win over a new client, we talk […]
To be a generalist or a specialist… its one of the biggest quandries we as graphic designers face. While working in a niche will make your appeal somewhat more limited to the mass market, the potential to dominate one particular niche is a very tempting proposition. In this episode of Deeply Graphic, we have Kristi […]
Of all the things that designers do, coming up with your own branding can be the toughest. More than just a logo, your branding is the personality of your business. It’s important if you want to attract the right types of clients, and to tell the world who you are as a designer or design […]
To conclude our Portfolio Site Pro-tips series, the gang talks about the best ways to show your work on your website. We talk about why lightboxes might be a tired trend, and how to structure your portfolio pages for maximum impact for potential clients, potential bosses AND Google. We also take on a few […]
