unfiltered thoughts from a graphic designer | portfolio tips, community, content creation
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- čas přidán 20. 07. 2024
- In this video, I wanted to sit back and chat with y’all about all things graphic design, freelancing, and more!
In this episode we cover what to put in your graphic design portfolio, the importance of community, collaborating with other creatives & more!
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Time Stamps
00:00 Building out my personal brand identity
01:24 The importance of community as a freelance designer
04:40 Collaborating with other creatives/artists
05:38 Graphic design in the hardcore & punk music scene
07:25 Using your design skills in other hobbies
09:12 balancing client work and content creation
15:15 time management as a self employed designer
18:04 amazing workflow tip for graphic designers
20:39 experimental vs commercial design work
25:22 what should you put in your graphic design portfolio?
28:24 my goals as a graphic designer & content creator for 2024
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As someone who is interested in graphic design and has no formal education in that area, I really enjoy this kind of format you put out. Hope you keep doing this. You're one of the best graphic designers that I look up to!
i’m here for the laid back format
Keep doing these sit downs! Chill convo vibe is killer
Listend to this while working and it made me feel better about my own work in the moment!
As a young designer currently in school, your videos are super helpful for knowing what the design field looks like rn. Love your vids man!!
thanks for the transparency throughout this video dude. i enjoyed this format of video it was easy to zone in on some editing while listening in on your thoughts. I heavily related to your statements on community and being a Work-From-Home Freelancer. Imposter Syndrome settles in easily when working from home sometimes. i made a strong effort this year to make new friends in the filmmaking space and having other creatives to bounce ideas with, and relate to, really benefitted my mental health. great chat, Jesse!
i love alex! his designs & band only sibling are so sick.
God it's so nice to hear someone of your skill and experience talk about the scatter brain feeling and trying to balance many outputs haha. Work in advertising and then freelance design/animation/video in the music industry, and boy I could relate. Comforting to hear.
Digging the laid back talk. Thanks for the video!
I've been going through the same exact thing as of late, good to hear I'm not alone with the struggles of being a freelancer.
love the tip to quit working on a project on a given day when you're ahead, not burned out on it! I may have to try this, as I often become brain dead after a full day of trying to work on design stuff and just come back dreading having to work on it again the next day because of that. Great video!
More of these talks!
As someone who creates things for a living I love these types of discussions.
Definitely need to work on building a community myself and social media.
"leave your work on a cliffhanger" interesting.. I never thought of that 🤔😅I gotta try that
I totally feel you, dude! After graduating high school in 2007, I dedicated my time in the summer to study graphic design. It’s about discipline, connecting, and enjoy life wherever you are. I respect your down-to-earth, unfiltered perspective about the graphic design life because that’s how the industry really be.
this was amazing. PLEASE do more episodes!
To be honest, as a freelance graphic designer, I feel alone, I’m always questioning my own work and ideas. I’ve got to the point where I have no idea if what I’m doing is right. I feel there’s only so much you can do on your own, there’s a lot of limitations without collaboration in my opinion.
I work in-house and work is so slow for us too - so I guess its definitely the holidays. Totally related when you mentioned having imposter syndrome. Its so hard to stay motivated.
This is a great idea, loved the candidness of the shot and the real talk. It's fuckin hard dude, balancing it all that is. Especially this time of year, it's like quiet chaos... but videos like this are nice to remind people its just the ebb and flow and you've survived (even flourished at times) before and you can again.
I would love if you make a video on personal branding as a designer and what you can do to build your own audience
So true!!! Im a Graphic Designer working from home & youtuber & airbnb host! this is not easy! I can't figure out a daily routine! Im always lagging 😫
NEEDED THIS
I feel like perfectionism is also something I have to learn to combat and start being more flexible. Delegating stuff to other people and start to branch out is a big part of this, I think. And it's just part of life, you have to trust other people to do work for you, and not only do you have more time to make more "executive" or overall decisions, but you grow as a "Senior" designer, taking in aspects of management, direction, collaboration, training, etc.
Really enjoyed this laid back video, it felt like a solo episode of the podcast! I'd be happy to see you start posting these monthly. Keep it up Jesse
Loving this format. Thanks for sharing your insights.
I recently decided to quit my job to pursue graphic design full time. I've never worked in graphic design professionally but it's what I went to school for. It's been a massive passion in my life for so long but only now have chosen to fully dive in.This new pivot in my life has been scary but watching this video and listening to these tips and overall experience of what design can hold for creatives makes me really excited to begin this new path. I'm not naive to the struggles that I will definitely face as a professionally new designer, but to me it seems worth it to pursue it as I know it is something that will give me fulfillment as a person. Thanks a lot for sharing these videos with us - really appreciate it 🤘
Thank you for making this video! I recently have been diving into the design world and your videos have really been pushing me in the right direction with the kind of mindset and inspiration that I need to move forward. Much appreciation for you 🙏🏽
Love this format 🎉
Love this format Jesse, looking forward to more of this content!
yeah man.. totally understand.. time is such an important factor; because its limited and we can only do a specific amount of input (design, content creation, looking for clients etc. etc.) that differs to everyone.
Nice video. I feel like for the time mgmt stuff, you could block out multiple days to dedicate to each avenue, so for example: 3 days for design, next 4 days for video, next 2 days for newsletter. Giving yourself this time might make you feel less scatterbrained
love this format, keep it up!
I love the laidback convo vibe. I found a lot of what you said relatable, and informative as someone who's still pretty new in their design journey. My main 2024 goals are to create more consistently, improve my video editing game, and expand my presence on social media.
I loved this video format and appreciate the portfolio advice!
this was so good man. really enjoyed it and feel inspired
please do more this is great
Great talks! Super useful and i feel like all that you reap you will sow! Keep going man
this is really nice man do more of these
thank you for this honest conversation
Really loved this video and the layout of it! @Jesse Nyberg, thanks for taking the time to make this video, and there were many things in this video that I could relate to as a fellow graphic designer myself, particularly with how to get my brand growing at a faster pace along with how to grow my clientele. Looking forward to what you do next!🔥👍
Enjoyed this one as it felt really relatable in an almost therapeutic way. Thanks for it!
I loved this format, keep doin it! It's so insightful for beginners, thx
This was a cool style of content, do more like this!
Thank you for your vulnerability, Jesse. It's really motivating to be able to relate so much to somebody you look up to
Definitely do more of these - it really gives value and also makes me feel better as a creative trying to get into freelance
On your point of doing something else creative; I'm not a designer. I'm a Head of Marketing. I do some design work, but not a lot. The reason I watch your channel is to have another creative outlet. Not to impact my small pile of design work so much, but to expand my creative thinking and experiences.
Having other creative things to watch, read, listen to, and learn from are superb for enhancing creative thinking.
Please make more of these. Love o hear from other designers and share our problems and stuff. I even considered creating videos documenting my journey so this is like that. Love it!
I love this style video thank you for so many good tips. Felt stuck in a couple of ways thst you touched on in this video. From the commercial vs artistic/personal/not Google friendly portfolio and how to tackle that problem (love that solution and instantly wrote a note to make those 2 portfolios this weekend) and the somewhat obvious but didn't feel obvious until you said it, problem/solution of making the personal projects and how to become more favorable or interesting as a candidate for the art projects you want to do (ex if you like cars, do car work, if you like music do album art etc) that seems so clear but really was insightful to hear it all how you provided it. Anyways thank you again, I'm sure you're tired of my endless thanking comments 😂but these videos have been so helpful I wanted to make sure you knew it made a difference posting it to someone out there
I enjoyed working on a new piece while listening to this, super insighful and loved the laid back vibe. Inspired by your hardcore series i'm going to do one for metal bands.
I like chatty Jesse Nyberg format. I like hearing your thoughts, I really relate to it, being kind of more of an "alt" person myself. I've always been conflicted about wanting to make more grungy or gothy or experimental types of design vs. the corporate stuff, and in school I made a bunch of corporate crap because I just wanted to get a job, it seemed like that was what got people jobs. But hearing you talk about your own experiences, it inspired me more to go more towards experimental forms of design. It also just kinda helps and relates to life too, a lot of what you say. Like what you say, helps wholisitically, and not just in design. You're not some stale corrupted robotic business dude, which is cool
dude hell yeh been wanting a vid like this for a little while, also our mics looks almost exactly the same which really through me for a loop lmao
I love this type of content, Jesse! I love watching you create great designs, but i think you're really good at also talking about the person behind the design aswell. I think it's wonderful that you're actually talking about all the intricacies of being a designer. Keep it up! :)
Thank you!
Really enjoyed listening to you. every word you said was pure facts. thank you for inspiring and sharing. "leave your work on a cliffhanger" damn the best quote I've heard in this year. what a way to end the year with, I love that.
appreciate it brotha!
I love orange too.
This is very Insightful as well as all of your videos are 🔥 keep up the great work. It's definitely alot of frustrations out there, and being realistic is rrefreshing. I don't find this common with some graphic design youtubers.
I think this is very eye-opening and would love to see more laid back videos like this.
Don't know if you heard of a CZcams juxtopossed (if I spelled it righ) who is a web designe, but there's alot of same beliefs. Theirs humor in the videos, but the constant rhetoric about style and niche is so common amongst creative especially with social media.
Rooting for you 🎉 hope you get that 100k!
Appreciate the kinds words and I'm glad this video resonated with you!
DO MORE OF THIS FORMAT!
Thank you
There were many moments during the video that I just wanted to comment on things you were talking about, It felt like a conversation almost. I relate to you in many ways as a web designer and content creator. I have many similar goals. One of my goals is to reach 10,000 subscribers and another work with my ideal clients in my niece.
Goodluck on your road to 10k!
@@JesseNyberg Thanks man. Keep up the great content!
I think my big goal is to take design seriously in 2024. As someone studying gd in college I meet so many people that are looking forward to graduation but have no technical skills, and realizing it kind of opened my eyes on the fact that I have a similar problem. In 2024 I am going to make time and prioritize working on my technical skills and sharing my work on my sm.
I have that problem as well. And so do most of my classmates. I hope so far you are working well on fixing these issues, I am just now starting but it is finally time.
I think the quit while you’re ahead method of working was popularized by Hemingway?
Love this keep doing it 😂even if the analytics isn’t there
it'll be there! its too good not too haha 🙏🏾
I dig the format. Try not to worry about not doing as much design work. We're here for your taste not that you're perpetually employed haha
I have formal training and I have some work experience through the print shop im at, some small client stuff, wedding colateral etc. Ive been trying to push my own lyric art series (some good some misses). My issue is consistency, doing the 5-9 after the 9-5 can just be exhausting mentally. If you have any advise on that maybe I can make my goal for 2024 to feel like a legit designer and not just someone that does it sometimes lol 😅
toastedbyeli is my fav hardcore designer
18:40 Oh hell yes! (re: cliffhangers)
i love this microphone where did you get it?
looks like you are trying the 2023 trend Jesse? hope this does well🤞🏼
Sir what’s your poster grid system
Thoughts or predictions on AI’s affects on your trade in the next 10 years? Is it worth investing time to learn this career?
DO THESE MORE. MAYBE EVERY MONTH OR TWO.
Jesse. Hardcore never had bad design. Look at Bad Brains. Integrity. Madball.
Yeah that’s true a lot is the OG hardcore bands like Mad ball, bad brains, gorilla biscuits and youth of today all have pretty dope design. However in the early 2000s and when I was in highschool in the 2010s hardcore had some pretty bad design going around.
Trapped Under Ice? Reaper Records? Stray Rats? Well Fed?@@JesseNyberg
got an orange brain dead nalgene at sound & fury last year. orange water bottle homies lets goooo. great color tbh
how do you approach finding this "design chat" I feel like its hard as a freelancer to make friends
TOP
When more podcast eps coming??
you livestream and play Drawful with the community
cewl beans
keep this format but make it a live stream
By the way the fact that it was 30 minutes long but felt like 5! You are meant to do podcasts
That is such a huge compliment, much love!
plus you got orange in your hat 😅👀
first
2024 Goal: Get a graphic design job
Your videos motivate me alot to become a better designer, i definitely enjoyed the talk you gave especially about reaching out to other artists and collaborating with them, as for my goals this coming year i would like to be more consistent on yt and reach 1000 subs and 1000 followers on Instagram, im also tryna make music. Wishing you and everyone the best this coming year and cannot wait to see what the next year has to offer.
Your commentary is extremely valuable to me. Thank you for sharing your thoughts so openly!