John O’Nolan is a strong web designer who is running his own successful design and development firm at the age of 22. Lyrical Media is a design firm with an original yet practical style that focuses on their client’s business and success. On top of running his business, he runs a...

After going solo for only about six months, I had experienced a plethora of freelancing problems, joys, and confusing instances. The things I learned involved everything from money and marketing, and to productivity and how to be a quality freelance provider. However, some of the most...

A few years of freelancing can get you a steady client base, a lot of experience, and a more steady income. However, before that few-year mark comes, many new freelancers can struggle to make ends meet. During that time, there are seemingly three options: run back to the cubicle, get a...

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...

Learning how to freelance ‘the right way’ means living and working happily, as well as securely. Here at The Free Creatives we are always trying to teach and inspire upcoming freelancers how to do just that. Below is a list of 50 goals any freelancer should have in their career,...

The web design process is essential to any designer’s career, and each designer has their own thoughts on what should be included in the process and what can be left out. Regardless of what does need to be included, though, there are two main reasons why web designers (who have to manage...

We’re always looking for great web designers or freelancers otherwise to share with us their experiences, lessons, and tips. We are now taking on interviews to be published right here on The Free Creatives, with a link back to your portfolio, and some exposure to some of your work. Get...

Design is all about getting a message across to the viewer, and there is no other way to do that better than just spelling it out for them, in type. In recent years, good typography has become an entirely new standard when used in web design, and many designers are creating websites focused...

Any business can benefit from having a marketing budget to buy advertisements, subscriptions to job boards and the like, and for any software that can help them with marketing. However, most new freelancers do not have that sort of budget, and even with a few extra bucks in the pocket, it is...

We put out a lot of freelancing guides and how-to’s here on The Free Creatives, but of course that doesn’t mean that every designer wants to be a freelancer. We understand that many web designers, or creative people otherwise, want to start home-based businesses of an entirely...

As freelancers, it can be easy to comply to each and every client request, compare yourself to other freelancers and how they work, and do enough and the right type of work to impress others around you, whether they be friends, family, or acquaintances. Yet, many of us originally became...

Every web designer has that one designer above them that they look up too, whether it be for their accomplishments, the style of work in their portfolio, or their success in some other way. We consider these people experts in the field, at least to our own judgments. By idolizing those certain...