I feel that freelance work beats most design school students work that graduate. I'm not sure what the statistics are though I have a hunch. Freelancers have this power, this spirit for design that some of the grads that just want a job in a high pay field. I'm sure there are cases that freelancers do not know a lot of knowledge that design school can teach but once they have it the world is in their hands. But a devoted freelance designer most likely researches his own path for design and design aesthetics. I don't have a degree but I went to school enough to know how to use programs but I already had a fire for design. While in school it was hard to research and do your own work because you have so much school work to do and when not doing that you are working it becomes tough to find who you are as a designer.
DESIGN MORE
RESEARCH MORE
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
LEARN EVERYTHING YOU CAN
DESIGN MORE
DESIGN ALL THE TIME
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Design Police
Dustin, my friend and co-student at Johnston Community College, shared this great site with me in a comment for the previous post. Enjoy!
Design Police
Design Police
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
"Let's Fill That Space!"
I came across this video on YouTube. I find it hilariously true about today's designer earn for filling all space possible. enjoy.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Jobs Wanted
If there is any jobs out there looking for a new talented designer with new ideas, feel free to email me at chaselangdon@hotmail.com
I'm always up for input and constructive criticism, feel free to comment at any time. Please try and keep professional please! We are designers not children, keep it in good taste!
And remember, If anyone needs something designed for a cheap price, fliers, posters anything! let me know I'm always up for a challenge!
I'm always up for input and constructive criticism, feel free to comment at any time. Please try and keep professional please! We are designers not children, keep it in good taste!
And remember, If anyone needs something designed for a cheap price, fliers, posters anything! let me know I'm always up for a challenge!
Portfolio Is Under Construction + New Ideas
My portfolio is under construction for the time being to fix a lot of mistakes because to be quite honest that portfolio was thrown together in one night for an interview the next day. I do not condone this type of procrastination or laziness but it happened and all I can do is just move on and make it better. Most of the work in my portfolio was work from school, except for a few designs that were done freelance. I'm not working hard trying to perfect it maybe even starting over from scratch to make my portfolio more readable and accessible. Thank you for understating.
Here are is a couple of projects I'm currently working on.
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Above is a poster idea for Chasography. It will be 33x24 landscape orientation. I tried to illustrate this almost random or experimental yet still in order feel of Chasography. I have been designing using a grid and not point sizes as of lately. I never use fonts anymore, I type out my copy and then convert to outline as soon as I'm sure there are not typos(in which is almost suicide for me ha ha) I then size by grid to get my aligning in perfect harmony but yet still asymmetrical. It gives an ode to the constructivist era.
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Above is a shirt idea for my screen print line. The background on this is that living in a rural town sometime really sucks, and all we want to do is get out an get to somewhere that's more got more to offer, with me its design. I just want to find a place to where I'm not going to get fired for having ambition for the design world and having a blog and portfolio for those to see that would be interested in it. So, I better not search out a good conversation, its all a waste of time!
Here are is a couple of projects I'm currently working on.
click to enlarge
Above is a poster idea for Chasography. It will be 33x24 landscape orientation. I tried to illustrate this almost random or experimental yet still in order feel of Chasography. I have been designing using a grid and not point sizes as of lately. I never use fonts anymore, I type out my copy and then convert to outline as soon as I'm sure there are not typos(in which is almost suicide for me ha ha) I then size by grid to get my aligning in perfect harmony but yet still asymmetrical. It gives an ode to the constructivist era.
click to enlarge
Above is a shirt idea for my screen print line. The background on this is that living in a rural town sometime really sucks, and all we want to do is get out an get to somewhere that's more got more to offer, with me its design. I just want to find a place to where I'm not going to get fired for having ambition for the design world and having a blog and portfolio for those to see that would be interested in it. So, I better not search out a good conversation, its all a waste of time!
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Work In Progress
Since I've been home a lot aside for going to employment and job searching, I've been working on some freelance designs.
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Above is a shirt of hoodie design for my current hardcore punk project, Ballstomp. To the left is the logo that would be screen printed just above the left breast and the to the right is what would be large across the back.
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Above are two flyers for small film fests we had and are going to have. The first flyer is of a film night that Max, his girlfriend Collen, My fiancee Amber, and me are having once Max and Coleen return from Raleigh. The second flyer is one we had in November. We have these little "film fests" often. Rock of Sea is Max and I's film company. We have been writing and filming short films for years now and hope to continue this into a career one day. We hope to be hosting small film fests within the year.
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Above is a shirt idea for my line of screen prints. It is a "western yin yang." My western yin yang is two crosses, one is right side up and the other is upside down. to signify the symbols of good and evil of western culture. If you wear this shirt you can show off your acceptance of good and evil working together in unity or nirvana. while using a western culture friendly cross. Typeset in Bauhaus medium, in all lower case to also give salute to Herbert Bayer and his universal typeface featuring only lower case letters.
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Above is a shirt of hoodie design for my current hardcore punk project, Ballstomp. To the left is the logo that would be screen printed just above the left breast and the to the right is what would be large across the back.
click to enlarge
click to enlarge
Above are two flyers for small film fests we had and are going to have. The first flyer is of a film night that Max, his girlfriend Collen, My fiancee Amber, and me are having once Max and Coleen return from Raleigh. The second flyer is one we had in November. We have these little "film fests" often. Rock of Sea is Max and I's film company. We have been writing and filming short films for years now and hope to continue this into a career one day. We hope to be hosting small film fests within the year.
click to enlarge
Above is a shirt idea for my line of screen prints. It is a "western yin yang." My western yin yang is two crosses, one is right side up and the other is upside down. to signify the symbols of good and evil of western culture. If you wear this shirt you can show off your acceptance of good and evil working together in unity or nirvana. while using a western culture friendly cross. Typeset in Bauhaus medium, in all lower case to also give salute to Herbert Bayer and his universal typeface featuring only lower case letters.
Friday, January 04, 2008
Maturity + Design
Maturity and design go hand in hand. Graphic designers and looked upon as professional problem solvers. With high pay comes high responsibility and with responsibility comes maturity. Mature adults look for rational and simple ways to solve problems well as design projects. The best answer to design question is usually the simplest, but may undergo countless hours of proofs and editions to get to that design nirvana or gestalt. In life we are trampled on with many problems that require a clear, non-hostile approach in problem solving. Attacking some one's personal life with childish accusations in a professional setting is very immature and in my opinion is screaming "fire me! fire me!" As design professionals we should choose our words wisely and not attacking someone you have no idea what they are capable of. I have had to learn to choose my words wisely even in the most subtle of settings.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
New Years Resolution
These are design related
- Designing and creating a new fresh portfolio
- Getting to know at least 10 local designers(with more knowledge than just how to use a program)
- Finishing and publishing my typeface
- Getting a design job and sticking with it for saving lots of money
These are not design related
- Being the best father a child could ever ask for
- Being the best Husband a wife could ever ask for
- Being the best person I could ever ask for
- The Sox are going to win the world series again in 2008
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