1. A day in the life of a… freelance graphic designer
2. Your Name: Liz
3. Company Name/University Name etc: design thoughts graphic design
4. Web Address: http://www.designthoughts.co.uk
5. City, Country Cornwall, UK
6. How you Start the Day – As I am freelance I am at home working, but I start the day, by getting up, getting dressed, having breakfast
7. First jobs – Drink coffee, haha, but then actually switching the computer on, to check mail and respond to anything, and getting on with briefs of work to do.
8. The rest of your work day I am lucky enough to live really close to the sea, so I do like to carry a note book with me, and jot down anything exciting or interesting, but the rest of the day includes, the checking of emails, and responding to any, taking a walk, but seemingly always thinking about design.
9. Evening – Taking a walk on the beach with the boyfriend, dog, or family, and taking my camera to take anything that interests me, that I can use as inspiration of my work..yay! Recently this has included having bbq’s on the beach.
10. What you love about your job /course – Meeting interesting people, lately I have becomed involved more in lifestyle sort of graphic design, which is great and the freedom and flexibility of meeting different people. I love the fact I am my own boss, and can develop my work as a designer.
11. What you hate about your job /student life – Actually it is a love/hate relationship being freelance, as sometimes I never know when the next job will come in, so thats abit scary, so right now I am trying to promote myself wherever I can, and meet different people. So I guess its also not being part of a company, it can be a bit lonely at times also.
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Very impressed with your site and portfolio Liz. I especially like the bird business card artwork, that’s really nice work. Going for a walk on a beech, now that sounds like a perfect way to relax at the end of the day.
Best thing being your own boss liz. And Cornwall is nice place to live but not as nice as Devon. Lol cheers jake
Great post, so interesting to see how different designers days fill out.
Really enjoying these kind of posts!!
Nice, refreshing post.
Hey Tara, thanks for posting another ‘Day in the Life’. Liz is a very talented designer and has an impressive portfolio. It’s always interesting to read how another designer starts and finishes their days.
Thanks for the post. I really envy you being so near to the beach. It is defintely a good place to get inspirations where the “sea of thoughts” can come in.
That’s why I just love web design!! You can do it anywhere, anytime.
I find Facebook helps with the loneliness
Whether it helps with getting the work done is another matter!
Hi Amanda,
Twitter and skype are my downfall – they don’t get the work done either
I try to stay away for certain forums otherwise i end up reading too much and not getting enough work done : )
Cheers everyone for your kind comments,
the more I do my freelancing, the more I hope to live out my dream of setting up in a studio, or to work part time in a studio and freelancing.
Cheers Tara for putting it up on the site x
Thanks again for taking part Liz