Via Craftzine.com: “Chronicle Books’ huge Friends & Family Summer Sale kicks off today with 35% off all titles, plus FREE shipping!” Use code FRIENDS at checkout.
Chronicle has great craft how-tos, pattern libraries and my favorite business guide for creative professionals, Meg Mateo Ilasco’s Craft, Inc. I think Chronicle carries a lot of really useful and well-designed titles, and I’m not just saying that because there’s a mini Hambone in their Softies Kit.
If I want to transition into doing more editorial-prop-type work, I’m going to need to beef up my portfolio. I’ve already done some work for book publishers like Chronicle and Scholastic, but most of it’s not very sophisticated, being geared mainly toward the kindergarten crowd. My portfolio needs a lot more examples of the kinds of projects I’d like to get hired for. It needs to demonstrate that I’m capable of handling more complex work of various scales, while appealing to the needs of marketing and art directors.
I’ve therefore begun an on-going … Read more »
The other day, my good friend Eleanor over at The Present Group sent me a link to the post “Eight Things They Never Taught You About Networking“ on Coroflot’s “Creative Seeds” blog. That post, and indeed, that entire blog, is a useful web resource in and of itself, but coroflot.com has a lot more to offer. Now, I realize that many designers, especially if you went to design school, already know about this site, but I think it may actually be … Read more »
