[consulting] How do you find Drupal graphics designers?

[Rohan Smith]

I totally agree with that, had 2 bad experiences with that. Great designers,
even one who designed my company logo turned out to be horrible at web
design.

Regards,

--
R.A.Smith <rohan at exterbox.com>



On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:37 PM, larry at garfieldtech.com <
larry at garfieldtech.com> wrote:

> At the risk of pissing off designers on this list, I'd look for someone
> whose resume doesn't include much print work.  Print design and web
> design are very different animals.  It's *really* hard to be good in
> both, but a lot of print designers think that because they are
> (legitimately) good print designers it makes them good web designers.
> That's no more true than me being a good PHP developer means that I
> could be a first-rate Erlang or ML programmer my first time out.  I've
> known some really good print designers and really good web designers,
> but the overlap I've seen between the two is small.
>
> Also, look for someone that bills themselves as an interaction designer
> rather than graphic artist.  They're more likely to "get" the web if
> they think in terms of interaction and workflow rather than "art".
>
> *Dons flame retardant suit before the print artists find him.*
>
> --Larry Garfield
>
> On 11/1/10 10:46 AM, Don wrote:
> > Too funny. Yes, I get designers that want to change the layout of each
> page.
> >
> > I'm a good themer, it's bringing together an ensemble of items to make a
> > theme that I'm oblivious to.
> >
> > -Don-
> >
> > On 11/1/2010 11:22 AM, Matt Chapman wrote:
> >> Find people who have contributed themes that don't suck. Also, broaden
> >> your search outside the Drupal community. From the design side, CMS is
> >> CMS. Look at actual sites, not just portfolio screenshots. Hire
> >> someone who has their own blog that they designed, so you know they
> >> actually use a CMS regularly.
> >>
> >> But practically, I face the same challenge. It seems tome that a lot
> >> of designers still think it's 1995 in terms of user / administrator
> >> experience, as if the site is only going to change a few timers a
> >> year.
> >>
> >> I recently had to answer a PM at a design agency with "If you want it
> >> to look /exactly/ like the mock-up, then you can only use Lorem Ipsum
> >> text..." He got it, but I'm not sure the designer ever did... The text
> >> in question was from a social network feed that updated hourly.
> >>
> >> All the Best,
> >>
> >> Matt
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Don<donald at fane.com>   wrote:
> >>> I have a friend looking for a Drupal aware graphics designer. Finding
> >>> someone that's aware of how a CMS works, is a good designer and is
> >>> reliable is something that's always escaped me. Branding and impact as
> >>> well as user interfacing are important as well.
> >>> Any recommendations? Feel free to email me directly.
> >>>
> >>> -Don-
> >>> donald at fane.com
> >>>
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