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What is the cost of good advice versus bad

So you are looking for advice, but what will bad advice cost you? It may be worth paying the extra to be sure you are getting qualified expert advice, rather than cheap or free advice from someone. Bad advice won’t just cost
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December 17, 2017April 21, 2024Nicholas Turneradvice, Article, design, graphic, opinion
As Seen In Desktop Magazine
Article, As seen in desktop magazine, Blog

Starting out: recruitment agencies and doing it for yourself

As seen in desktop magazine here During your career you are inevitably going to use a recruitment agency at some point. Many of them are pretty appalling when it comes to the way they get talent on board, promising all sorts of
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August 7, 2016August 7, 2016Nicholas Turneragency, career, design, graphic, position vacant, recruit, work
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National Novel Writing Month 2014 Entry

I have entered the National Novel Writing Month to help push me to get my book finally finished off. See the details here for my book, and hopefully it is in a format much closer for release than it was at the
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November 24, 2014November 24, 2014Nicholas Turnerbittenbydesign, book, design, ebook, graphic, writing
Heavy Metal Graphics Coffee Table Book
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A random reward for myself: Metal and Hardcore Graphics Book

It goes to eleven! I haven’t bought myself anything in a very long time, I happened to be window shopping in a remainder bookstore. Yes, using it as a reference library for free instead of buying the books is bad. But the
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April 7, 2014Nicholas Turneralbum, art, band, book, cd, clothing, coffee table, design, graphic, heavy, metal, poster, recommend, sample, t-shirt
Article, Blog

Outsourcing design: go local not global.

Every business needs a logo, business cards and all manner of branded material. So where do you start? Pretty much everyone starts their search online for someone to create the designs they need. With so many options, it is hard to know
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March 28, 2014March 28, 2014Nicholas Turnercrowdsourcing, design, freelance, global, graphic, internet, local, outsource, outsourcing, overseas
Blog, Freebies, News

Free book on graphic design / Graphic Design: A Journey by Nicholas Turner

I am just finishing off the final two chapters in my book on graphic design. Anyone interested in a free digital copy when it is released? Just let me know and I can email out a download link to anyone interested when
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March 2, 2013March 2, 2013Nicholas Turnerauthor, book, design, DIY, ebook, free, graphic, help, money back guarantee, nicholas, nick, turner
Article, Blog

How to say no to free pitching the easy way.

Just say no with Supernice studios A sizeable portion of the design community gets asked to design up pitch concepts, and there is never an easy way to respond as it can take time to write up a response on the problems
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December 6, 2012December 6, 2012Nicholas Turnerdesign, free, graphic, pitch, spec
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Graphic designers and the Microsoft Office suite of programs

One of the biggest misconceptions of graphic designers is that they use standard business software like Microsoft Word, Publisher and Paint. The software developed for designers is much more specialised and enables them to work with a much higher level of control
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December 3, 2012December 3, 2012Nicholas Turnerdesigner, Dreamweaver, excel, graphic, illustrator, Indesign, misconception, Office, photoshop, word
Article, Blog, Humour

2012 Semipermanent Book Entries

Each year there is a call out to designers for entries to go into the SemiPermanent books for the year. This year (2012) was the first year I had entered, and found a couple of samples of my work to go in.
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October 8, 2012Nicholas Turnerbittenbydesign, bittenbydesign.com, book, creative, design, entries, entry, graphic, humour, Portfolio, sample, semipermanent
Article, Blog

4 Questions for a Designer that inspires us.

The following is a quick interview of myself by Mason Wood, for a project in his graphic design degree at James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland. So, to answer your questions: 1. What do you believe are the most critical skills or attributes
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September 24, 2012Nicholas Turner4 questions, answers, design, graphic, inspire, interview, questions, student

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