Where do you find good designers now a days?

BigWill

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Where's a good place to search for designers? Ive lost touch with all my old ones.

Looking for someone who does great, cutting edge work. Top of the line shit. Anyone know anybody or know of any good sites to look for them at?

Thanks!
 


just a 1 page PSD or is this multiple pages? demo of style of work you like? cutting edge really depends on the person in my mind. Let me know and I will send you a price
 
jelf said:
just a 1 page PSD or is this multiple pages? demo of style of work you like? cutting edge really depends on the person in my mind. Let me know and I will send you a price
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Multiple pages.

Obviously these are very different styles but someone who is capable of doing things like these

Some Web by ~Fedrick on deviantART
Eye For Art by =ECP-Pro on deviantART
Finestate by ~TIT0 on deviantART
Depthskins Design Studio by `depthskins on deviantART
NEIMS by ~Nas-wd on deviantART

Send me some examples
 
Good designers aren't hard to find man, though the quality and reliability is often dictated by how much you are willing to pay. All too often the people here on WF inquiring about rates don't want to pay western hourly wages and I simply never hear back from most of them once I've given them a quote.

If you like what you see in those Deviant's work, why not try contacting them? Their contact info is right there in their profiles.

You'll note that other than the one Canadian, you have Eastern Europeans there and a Pakistani, so barring communications issues, their rates might be lower than someone from Western Europe or North America.

You could try tracking down the template makers from places like Template Monster, they're proficient and do good work and are almost all Eastern Europeans.

Otherwise there are a million portfolio sites out there. If you want to find a studio or freelancer capable of that caliber of work, look to places like The FWA: Favourite Website Awards - Web awards at the cutting edge, DesignCharts // Weekly Top 40 Website Design Charts // Because Web Designers Are The New Rockstars // Best Website Designs Updated Weekly, and Foliostars - A showcase of exquisite portfolios. They have profiles on all the artists and studios on their sites.

You could also try posting your job on one of the graphic design boards like Graphic Design Forum and Web Design Forum, or web design forums for designers to website design for example. There's dozens and they all have job sections.

You can also advertise design jobs here QBN - Design Industry News & Discussion and here Krop - Design Jobs: Creative & Tech.

You can also pick up the phone book, or go visit your local art colleges, or attend a design conference. Building a long term face to face relationship in your local area isn't a bad idea either.

Good luck!
 
Fatbat said:
Good designers aren't hard to find man, though the quality and reliability is often dictated by how much you are willing to pay. All too often the people here on WF inquiring about rates don't want to pay western hourly wages and I simply never hear back from most of them once I've given them a quote.

If you like what you see in those Deviant's work, why not try contacting them? Their contact info is right there in their profiles.!
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Yeah, I thought about contacting them. I don't care how much it cost as long as its good. I guess I just kind of wanted some recomendations. I always seam to have a problem with designers disapearing..
 
Good designers are pretty hard to find on WF lately. Tons of $15 logo chumps and kids pumping out LPs for indian prices, ruining it for everyone else. Regardless, I'll send you a few samples and general pricing info in the morning Will.
 
I've used 99designs.com for a logos and site design. It's one of those crowdsourced models. Throw out your design request, you only pick one winner but you can still interact with all designers who submit to your contest, pick 5 or so and establish contact for more further work. Of the three times I've used the site two times the designer has made it clear they would be open to ongoing work.
 
TylerL said:
Tons of $15 logo chumps and kids pumping out LPs for indian prices, ruining it for everyone else
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I love that you said that. Have given up on client servicing partially due to this dilution (not here but worldwide). If you're a baller get yourself a proper branding treatment and be prepared to pay top dollar, especially if you're a vendor/advertisor. You guys that are doing work for dirt cheap undercutting the real talent, it's a fucking shame. You may think volume is key but quality and scarcity is better. Not to sound like an asshole but I refuse 5-10 gigs a week now even if people have good money, just because I don't do that anymore however it feels great saying "Our studio retainer is 25K, can we continue the conversation?" Most run, which is what I kinda want.

I think you guys that are plateau'd who have damn good design and creative skills are missing out on huge opportunities if you are still simply chasing design/media clients. There seems to be a few pretty good providers here too, even some of the cheap whores. Take that same talent and apply it to yourself, become your own customer, build some offers/products/software sites, sell some shit in template format through a network (LP package templates on Clickbank even), you'll do the work once and monetize on it potentially for years to come.

Guru.com and elance.com still have good (but pricy) professionals, however not many understand our game and babysitting them sucks, so stick to the WF fam and referrals here imo as these guys understand the core needs better.

/rant.

**Hey DreamAche - Nice portfolio bro
 
BigWill said:
Yeah, I thought about contacting them. I don't care how much it cost as long as its good. I guess I just kind of wanted some recomendations. I always seam to have a problem with designers disapearing..
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4design.tv - expensive $600 - $1k for a page design but very high quality designs.
 
TylerL said:
Good designers are pretty hard to find on WF lately. Tons of $15 logo chumps and kids pumping out LPs for indian prices, ruining it for everyone else. Regardless, I'll send you a few samples and general pricing info in the morning Will.
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That's funny because most of the landing page designers I see in the BST forum sell their services for like $50-$75. So those are the kids pumping out LPs for indian prices that are ruining it for everyone else? Aren't those your prices too? And didn't you used to design LPs for $30? lol
 
Lpdesigner said:
That's funny because most of the landing page designers I see in the BST forum sell their services for like $50-$75. So those are the kids pumping out LPs for indian prices that are ruining it for everyone else? Aren't those your prices too? And didn't you used to design LPs for $30? lol
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Used to do $70 because I didn't realize what my work was really work until recently (or rather, I knew what it was worth, but trying to keep competitive pricing took precedence over that).

Truth is, if you think you should be charging 5x more, then just do it. I didn't for a long time and I recently got kind of upset/surprised that my clients didn't just turn down my new pricing. Most people outside WF's walls are used to seeing larger price tags on design work (seen a few local companies pay thousands for a static site with a few pages and a contact form, for instance), $70 for a landing page looks like a joke to them. A lot of people won't even go near designers charging these prices just because it makes them feel cheap. You also get a lot of pretty shitty clients when you charge on the low end - first time buyers, control freaks, the 'I don't know what I want but it'd better be perfect' clients, etc.

Most web design work costs thousands, and in a community where half the members are either rolling in it or can at least back themselves up with their bank account, why do people even bother charging what they do? Do a fifth of the work for the same pay, take a few days off.
 
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