How I Landed My Dream Freelance Client Work
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- Let me share a story with you about how one of my crappy t-shirt designs has helped land me some of my dream freelance client projects.
Just for the fun of it, I designed a t-shirt for a band and sent it to them. Although the design didn't get approved, it got my foot in the door. That one design turned into a new project. That one project turned into a larger project. Then that big project helped fuel my portfolio and confidence to go all in on what I wanted to be known for. With my newfound obsession with designing band merch, I did everything I could to stand out in that industry. After nearly a year of persistence and a lot of patience, I landed a massive project doing some of the biggest work of my freelance career.
You never know where new opportunities will come from. But if you're actively putting yourself out there and surrounding yourself with the type of work you want to be known for - it will gain the attention you deserve.
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It’s so great to hear this story all in one place. You’ve been really killing it lately.
Thanks Kyle! I've been under my rock working like crazy this whole year. Kept getting questions on how I'm landing the projects I've worked on, so I felt inspired to put it all out there.
Keep killin it with the icon design! I think you've nailed all the recent tweaks to your brand/website. :)
Brent Galloway thanks man, that means a lot. I’ve been under a rock a bit too, haha. Keep up the great work!
You know what I struggle with? Like, maybe I want to concentrate my work in logos, but at the same time, idk if it's pride or what, I don't wanna take down old projects that I think are good because like.............they're good lol. So I'm on that limbo.
Just discovered you yesterday, and I'm navegating through your videos. Love your content!
I know the feeling! I went through that same struggle when I was figuring things out. I designed so many awesome websites and logos back in the day. But at that point, I knew I didn't want to actually design those things anymore. After I pulled those pieces, and focused my portfolio around merch, I started landing those dream projects. Hope you find some good nuggets of info and inspiration while pursuing my videos. If you ever have questions, feel free to shoot me an email via my website. I'm an open book!
Brent Galloway Thank you for the answer! ✨
This was super motivational, thanks for sharing! These are very useful tips! I'm at the very beginning of my career as a freelance graphic artist, been wanting to make a living with art since I was in high school, but waited until now- 6 years after graduating. I finally realize being excited about my work is worth taking risks. The biggest thing I took away from this video is that I need to reach out for what interests me most in the Design world. Thanks!
Watching you focus no what you want and go for it over the last several years has been great to witness!
Very inspiring! I'm still searching for the type of design project I obsess over.
It'll definitely take some time. Just keep experimenting! You'll know exactly what it is when all you want to do is learn more about that one thing. :)
Brent Galloway Thanks for the advice. I'm only taking one class in school, at the moment, so i have alot of free time to do alot of personal projects.
Maaan, I was known as the Photoshop guy in high school and never knew AI existed until I became a freelance designer 2 years ago haha. This is really inspiring, thanks for sharing! :)
I was about to giving up in my freelance career and your videos gave me life again, i love you, im so happy to find you, thanks
Been following you for a few years Brent, and it has been interesting to see your videos, to see your growth, and to follow your story. You are such a generous guy with transparency to inspire and prove that yes, with the proper amount of work and commitment, you can turn your passions into a viable career and get paid to do what you love. Awesome! (No shout-out necessary ;) )
Lobster!!!! Remember when that was it it font! Love your approach to getting new clients! Would love to collaborate with you one day!
Brent, this is completely awesome to hear. It is my first week really putting myself out there in the women entrepreneurial world as a writer! Your story really inspires me to never give up on the passion you have, then opportunities comes your way (with consistency + patients). Thank you!!
I'm in this stage "no reply in other clients" while watching this it's inspired me do more experiments love the inspirational video and tips that you upload. More power to you 😍
Loved this, especially the message in the last few minutes. Inspired brother
Brent what a great video! You've got such a fun and awesome channel!
Thanks! That's really great to hear :)
thank you Brent for this video mate. Really enjoyed watching it. Definately noted down some few points that interests as i am building my brand focusing on branding
Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing! So so much!
Thank YOU so much for taking the time to watch and comment! 😊
FOB and PATD?!! That's so cool! :D
I unsubscribed from you.. so that I could hit the subscribe button again as a here here! 🍻💥 haha. You make great videos with great information. Thank you.
Congrats bro!! For me my passion is album artwork and designing cover art for musicians, I'm keen for the future where this can be my sole focus 👌🏼
That's awesome! I've been obsessing over Mutemath's 'Play Dead' album artwork lately. There's actually a behind the design post you might find interesting: medium.com/@zachmcnair/design-process-behind-mutemaths-play-dead-55fb127e6bf2
Brent Galloway Wow man, thanks for link! I checked out their artwork and I really like :D
Brent. This is very very cool.
I really like this kind of video!! :)
Thanks for that man, it really was mottivating :)
I resonate so much with this guy! Thank you for posting this
Your videos are always so valuable thank you for inspiring us!
i love your videos man
Thanks man for this video
Lesson:
SPAM THEM POTENTIAL CLIENTS!
hi thanks for the video, i got a lot of insights from this video. i have a question, where do you submit your design for a band? i mean, is that directly to the band's email or their label?
@@RAVENOIR13 thanks for watching! It depends. If it’s a small or independent band, you can reach out to them directly. For bands that are signed to a label, most of the time, they also have a contract with a merchandise company who handle the merch designs. That’s who you’ll want to contact. Preferably an art director at the company.
@@BrentGalloway How do you get the art director contact? Usually the band merch website does not provide a contact to submit the design.
@@RAVENOIR13 at the bottom of most online shops, you can find the merch company’s name. With that, you can usually find a way to reach out to them. You can also do some digging to find a manager contact. And in some cases, it might just take some old fashioned word of mouth. Depends on the band you’re trying to reach out to.
Thanks so much for post this 🤗
Great video. Working with these big band names are a huge deal! Such an inspiring story. Is okay to reach out to the band and share a work? I recently did a design for Bon Jovi? I have tagged them in the Instagram post I did.
I'm at this point in my career where I've been contracting as a designer for 4 years now. I've always thought that a fulltime role with benefits is what I want - because that's what everyone tells me. And I know the struggles of freelancing and not being able to find clients. An opportunity is being offered to me... And I'm terrified. Because idk if I can do it. Idk if it's what I want anymore. But at the same time I think it's what I need. Even if I do it for a few years, just to get more financially on my feet. And then I can do my own stuff on the side for the time being. Gah, I'm having a midlife crisis at 26.
Don't be terrified-that's awesome! The beautiful thing about freelancing is it can be done on the side. Being financially stable should always be the top priority. Get more experience where you can and pay those bills! At the end of the day, you know what's best for you, so follow your gut. You can do it! 🙌
@@BrentGalloway Thanks Brent! I think one of my biggest fears is I've always been apart of a team when working as a contractor. There's a sense of hierarchy. But here it would be just me. I suppose I've always been a one man show as a freelancer... So maybe I can do it here too. I'm definitely going to take the weekend to cool it and give it some more thought. Thanks for the words of wisdom!
Awesome story :)
good am also working on t shirt design
Hi Thank you for the video
Now I learn graphic design in order to start working on upwork. My question is Do I need to by I printer to get started -I'm from morocco - I want to start with digital work in the bigginer........Can I make it ????
I enjoy working with illustrator and photoshop but i just can't boost my creativity. How to boos your creativity?
how can I learn from you, am interested to better my graphic design skill
☺ I keep doing free works but there is few response 😒 how it is going there
There. Made it 300 likes.
Still don't feel fulfilling... got to find clients :(