Print Designer Inspired please read & please help ?
i been designing my own accessories, my next step its to actually get them done. i wanted to sell them as well but im noticing a lot of it is out &maybe high fashion inspired. just that my stuff might be differently shaped or colored and more of my style. would this be bad? i dont want too look like, a heavy copier like the guy from project runway that actually made the same dress from a designer with leopard print lol. can i still sell. im so excited but dissapointed i have so many sketches and such. please help.
id say go ahead people are always looking for high end things for cheep go for it.
VuSarri - Designer Inspired Animal Print Bag w/ Fold Over "G" Closure
Designer Inspired Would you purchase a Designer Inspired Handbag; Or the Real Thing and Why?
I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on Designer Inspired Handbags. Would you purchase them? Or Do You prefer the real thing?
I definitely prefer the real thing because the level of quality is higher, in craftsmanship, design, and materials used. Also, I would prefer to support a designer with original ideas, rather than a designer copy-cat.
However, please note that there is a difference between "designer-inspired" and "knock-offs." A designer-inspired isn't always illegal, and they are sometimes designed by a well-known non-couture designers, and not always made in overseas sweatshops -- for instance, handbags from Urban Outfitters are usually "designer inspired" (inspired meaning that they're SIMILAR to the real designer one, their color or shape was inspired by another designer, but not a copy-cat). A knock-off, on the other hand, is an illegal product, and is probably made by 10-year-olds in a sweatshop, and is usually a product that has used a registered logo without permission, or copied a particular designer handbag in every detail without permission.
Dark Gray how do i get a translucent dark gray stain on maple?
Just wondering the best way to get a dark gray(or grey) translucent finish on curly maple. Im building a guitar and want the finish look of a Ibanez SZ4020fm Prestige guitar in the gray color. Any thoughts on where to begin
I have read somewhere that someone used iron shavings in vinegar overnight, then applied that to get a similar effect, but maybe they didn't apply enough coats.
Portfolio Faux Building Websites Parttime - What I need to know?
I want to start building, and possibly hosting and maintaining, websites for a part time gig. Right now I plan on focusing on creating small sites for small businesses in my geographical area that are not on the web right now.
I have gone through HTML and CSS and have a good handle on it, But what Else do I need to know before I start to build a portfolio of Faux sites to show my abilities? I have some Flash experience and will gain more as I go.
What about Drupal, or dreamweaver? What do I need to know to create a site my customers can update themselves?
I think you're on the right track thinking about content management systems. The type of client your talking about might settle for a static web page, but you'll have hundreds of competitors who can do that. You can offer a real service if you can provide a content management system that the user can modify.
The particular CMS you choose is up to you. Drupal is becoming an industry standard, but it isn't easy to learn. It does take quite a bit of getting used to.
I tend to use websitebaker for small businesses. It's open source (like drupal) but it's quite a bit simpler for me to customize. It's also easier for the user to add custom content. (My clients include farmers and balloon artists... They're smart enough people, but they don't believe themselves to be technical. I tell them if they can send an email, they can update their page with my system.)
If this is what you choose to do, you will spend most of your time creating custom themes. This means you need to be quite sharp at CSS, and a little bit of PHP and MySQL knowledge wouldn't hurt. You'll also spend a lot of time customizing graphics - incorporating their logo into banners and so on...
Flash experience is fine, but use it sparingly. Use Flash only where it helps, and resist the temptation to make entire pages based on Flash. It just adds more problems than it solves. (I like Flash: I wrote a book on it. I just don't think Flash-based web sites are a great idea.)
Dreamweaver is perfectly fine, but for CMS work, it really isn't any more useful than an ordinary text editor (and it's a lot more expensive.) When you're building a CMS, the visual design work is done by the template. You'll need to do the fine-tuning by hand. Most of the time, you'll be running Dreamweaver in code view, which means you could probably get by with a programmer's editor instead. I use Aptana for the heavy lifting or notepad++ for quicker edits (when I don't need the overhead of Aptana but still want something better than Notepad. Both tools are entirely free. I use Gimp for my graphics editing, which is also free, and very capable.
My overall advice is to pick one CMS (again websitebaker is ideal for beginners) and create your own web site with it. Build three or more pro-bono sites with the same CMS so you can learn its idiosyncrasies. At that point you'll have an impressive portfolio you can use to build your business.
Good luck to you, and stop by my site if you have questions or want more help!
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