April 2020. I am a hired employee working as a UX / UI designer. The pandemic is in full swing. No projects – no money, I eat crackers… You can only go outside to the store. It’s time to go freelance, I thought, and that’s what came of it. Spoiler ...
Freelance GIF Collection: Everyday Freelancer Rubrain.com has put together a collection of GIF animations that describe the life and work of freelancers. Do you recognize yourself? 🙂 When the customer agrees to the prepayment When we managed to agree on an advance payment in dollars When you have to refuse ...
Design 0 to 1: How I went from freelance to chief designer in a year At first, I liked the rhythm of a freelancer’s life. But after another project, which I forgot about, as soon as I received the money, I wanted to change something in my work. I wrote ...
Design How to Succeed as Freelance Designers: 7 Tips from UK Designers Translation of the article How to thrive as a freelance graphics designer on how to develop remotely, criticize your work and eventually become a cool designer. I want to share with you tips from figures in the design ...
Freelance 8 alarms you have a bad customer A bad client can not only waste your time creating difficulties that must be solved. There is a great risk of losing money. I have a strong gut instinct for bad customers, and every time I ignored it, it ended badly. Over ...
Design “And the clock is ticking”: Time management for a designer Let’s define what time management is and why you need it. Usually this means managing and organizing time in order to find a free moment. But no matter how hard we try, each and every one of us has ...
Robert Mayer, in his Medium article, has compiled a list of some of the things you need to know if you want to make the most of and improve your freelance lifestyle. 1. Find your niche You cannot be an expert at everything: to create something outstanding, you need to ...
