Pop Pythons Collection Release

28. Apr | by Camilla | Announcements, Art, Business | 0 comments:

Exciting news! After months of research, hard work, late nights, & eleventh hour frustrations, my new product line Pop Pythons is launching today! April 28th, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern time, to be specific! This set of eight prints is available on my Etsy store, RainyCrazePrints.etsy.com. They originate from a larger collection of inked drawings focusing on ball python morphs, which I did for Inktober 2017; they have been digitized & colored especially for this release. The Pop Pythons collection is limited edition, so when they are gone, they’re gone! My portfolio site, this one, isn’t turning into an ecommerce … Continued

Working Remotely as the New Standard

2. Sep | by Camilla | Business | 0 comments:

It seems to me that if all your work is done by computer, there’s isn’t much to keep you from working remotely, especially graphic designers. Long-standing businesses with dedicated servers on-site filled with years of assets & files may have complications, sure, but plenty of workarounds exist to suite most office jobs. Maybe I’m just bitter about so many graphic design job listings in Los Angeles & New York City while I’m stuck in Charlotte for the next few years. On the flip side, design is rated among the top fields for remote working, & for freelancing it’s almost a … Continued

Work for Free

27. Jul | by Camilla | Business | 0 comments:

Today I saw an advice video from online mega marketplace Etsy aimed toward those who want to open a shop on the platform. Not at all out of place, nor strange that particular video is from 2012. What did stick out to me was the sentence, “Models will often work for free.” This advice video is all about using models for product photography, product photography being The Number One Important Thing for Online Stores. Most of the advice is solid, albeit vague & not highly actionable. But the notion of working for free gets under my skin. Is this a … Continued