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  • Nineteen85
    Confirmed User
    • Jul 2008
    • 288
    #1

    How many designers actually make a living...

    Im a total graphic design nerd and there seems to be a ton of people who whore out their services when required

    So how many of you actually make the majority of your money by designing sites and things for others?
    25% OFF ALL DESIGN / DEVELOPMENT WORK FOR A LIMITED TIME

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    HTML, CSS, PHP, Wordpress, Jquery
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    • ro8in
      Confirmed User
      • Sep 2006
      • 1542
      #2
      It seems everybody calls themselves designer lately.. I think it are only the top ones who make the big bucks and the rest can't live from it. I think there's no middle class.
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      Offcourse its a dude posting here. Probably a fut ugly one too. Fuck still people falling for this 100 year old trick

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        • oceania
          Confirmed User
          • Nov 2003
          • 547
          #3
          when i went to art school
          a million years ago
          they used to tell us 1 in 1000 will make a passable living someway associated to art
          the others will wait tables or do something entirely different
          it wasnt far from the truth
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            • k0nr4d
              Confirmed User
              • Aug 2006
              • 9231
              #4
              I make 100% of my income from freelance programming in adult.
              Mechanical Bunny Media
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                • Nineteen85
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jul 2008
                  • 288
                  #5
                  Originally posted by k0nr4d
                  I make 100% of my income from freelance programming in adult.
                  Great portfolio

                  Did you design the PunkGrl site??
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                  HTML, CSS, PHP, Wordpress, Jquery

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                    • Zayne E.
                      Confirmed User
                      • Apr 2002
                      • 1383
                      #6
                      100% of my income is derived from designing

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                        • Nineteen85
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jul 2008
                          • 288
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Zayne E.
                          100% of my income is derived from designing
                          Is it a good income? Better than say, working in an office?
                          25% OFF ALL DESIGN / DEVELOPMENT WORK FOR A LIMITED TIME

                          Web designer / developer specializing in;
                          HTML, CSS, PHP, Wordpress, Jquery

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                            • MetaMan
                              I AM WEB 2.0
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 28682
                              #8
                              i am all my income from designing but i have ran and worked with large sites for years. now i moved into more of consulting role.

                              there is lots of money to be made, almost limitless depending on the amount of time you put in.

                              but this is if you have the skills or not, very few do.

                              you can make $100k+ pretty easy if you do.

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                                • Chris
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • May 2003
                                  • 27880
                                  #9
                                  our company has designers we keep on salary and then personally i have a designer that i give about 1k a month to in biz plus she does a ton of other stuff


                                  freelance is easy for designers and programmers in this day and age if you are good and know how to work all the social network outlets and the freelancer sites =)
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                                    • Zuzana Designs
                                      All Your Design Needs
                                      • Feb 2005
                                      • 20906
                                      #10
                                      My income is 100% design .. 75% adult 25% local mainstream ..

                                      Website Design - Consulting - Development
                                      sarah [at] zuzanadesigns.com - See Our Work

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                                        • k0nr4d
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Aug 2006
                                          • 9231
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Nineteen85
                                          Great portfolio

                                          Did you design the PunkGrl site??
                                          No, I just did the CMS for it. The site was designed by guy who runs the site, and last I asked he's unfortunately not interested in doing design work for other people
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                                            • Zayne E.
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Apr 2002
                                              • 1383
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by Nineteen85
                                              Is it a good income? Better than say, working in an office?
                                              I had a remote gig for a major program the last 18 months that paid quite fair for working remotely...and paid quite a bit better than "working in an office." I have recently gone in-house with a different program and have doubled what the previous company was paying me.

                                              It's a very decent living when you have the skills and are not willing to settle for beer money.

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                                                • NickPapageorgio
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                                                  • Apr 2004
                                                  • 8323
                                                  #13

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