paulscottondesign
41 Years Experience
Marbella, ES
Male, 58
I have been in the graphic design industry since 1981 working in London, Los Angeles & Spain. My career started in the traditional way on a drawing board, using Rotoring Pens, Magic Markers, Pantone Pens & Letraset working as a Designer/Visualiser/Artworker. My design career has taken me through the music, toy, t-shirt, packaging & print industry. I am now a freelance graphic designer (British) based in Spain with many clients worldwide ...now using Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign on a Mac.
I guess as it is a painting it could be very big. So the best way to scan it is to take it to a digital print shop and they will scan it and save it as a PNG.
Share Answer: 
UPDATE...I have now written a guide to becoming a graphic designer. It is available as Kindle or in print ...check it out here... AMAZON LINK . Hi Jennifer ....it's a tough world out there in the graphic design world. Even for me as a designer since 1981, with loads of experience and a great portfolio it is tough. There is so much competition nowadays ...everyone with a computer think they are a graphic designer and churn out rubbish for next to nothing ...gives us professionals a hard time getting paid what we are worth. In your situation a BA probably means nothing nowadays, especially if it is 14 year old. Then you also have no experience working in a graphic design environment and the worse thing is that you do not have a portfolio ...so basically almost everything is against you. Sorry to be a bearer of bad news but do not give up. ...to build up your portfolio (you will eventually need an online one ...Behance is good for that) you need to start hunting down websites like hexidesign or 99designs. Although I am not a great fan of these sites as the clients get a load of design work to choose from for little money, they are great for new designers to pick and choose projects and submit designs. You may not get your designs chosen but it helps build up experience and a portfolio ...and a bonus would be if one of your design was picked and you got paid for it. Hope this helps ...good luck.
Share Answer: 
UPDATE...I have now written a guide to becoming a graphic designer. It is available as Kindle or in print ...check it out here... AMAZON LINK . Unfortunately I do not have an actual answer for this as I have never used Gimp or an xcf file. All I can suggest is instead of saving the file as xcf see if Gimp has an Export function and see if you can export it as a PNG. If that does not work you may have to Google the answer. So I cannot help much more than that.
Share Answer: 
UPDATE...I have now written a guide to becoming a graphic designer. It is available as Kindle or in print ...check it out here... AMAZON LINK . They can vary depending if you work within a company. When I was living in the UK most of my jobs were 9 to 5, week days. When I lived in California in the late 80's my hours were pretty much similar but very laid back and flexible. When I moved to Spain, first I was working for a company in the marketing design studio ...my times were 10 to 6 with a long lunch break. Now that I am freelance (still in Spain) my hours can be all over the place. I work from home so can start and finish when I want. But I try and stick to a routine. So I try and start at 9.30 and finish at 5.30 ...but if I need to finish an urgent job I work longer or at the weekends. A few years ago I had so much work on that I had to employ a junior and I was working from 8 in the morning to 2 in the morning ...with many breaks in between. So to answer your question, nowadays I work approx 8 hours a day which is pretty much the same as working in a company.
Share Answer: 
Hairstylist and Makeup Artist
What types of clients are the worst to deal with?
Air Traffic Controller
What was it like in the tower on 9/11?
Veterinarian
How do you break the news to a kid when his pet dies?
That is a tough one to answer as there is just as much good design out there as there is bad. In my own opinion any design that is clean, uncomplicated and does not need an explanation is good design. If it needs an explanation then it is not doing its job at the end of the day. I do not have one example to hand but hope my general answer tells you my opinion well enough.
Share Answer: 
Unfortunately I am just a graphic designer that is purely creative ...I have no knowledge on technical issues with web design. You will need to ask the web designer that is designing your website. Sorry I cannot help
Share Answer: 
UPDATE...I have now written a guide to becoming a graphic designer. It is available as Kindle or in print ...check it out here... AMAZON LINK . Firstly, when doing a design, you should never place logos or text close to the edge. You should always leave a suitable margin otherwise the design would look unprofessional. It is ok for background colour or images to bleed off the edge, but do not just stop them at the edge of the design ...always give at least 3mm bleed. Also if you have done the design in Illustrator, when you save it as a PDF for print you get the option to add crop marks ...and make sure you type in the amount of bleed in the relevant option.
Share Answer: 
-OR-
Login with Facebook (max 20 characters - letters, numbers, and underscores only. Note that your username is private, and you have the option to choose an alias when asking questions or hosting a Q&A.)
(A valid e-mail address is required. Your e-mail will not be shared with anyone.)
(min 5 characters)
By checking this box, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to Jobstr.com’s Terms and Privacy Policy.
-OR-
Register with Facebook(Don't worry: you'll be able to choose an alias when asking questions or hosting a Q&A.)
Browse Jobs
Host a Q&A
Search
Submit Your Question
Host a Q&A
Last 7
