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Ask HN: Help Finding/Deciding on A Graphics Designer

2 points by QuantumGuy 14y ago

Hi Hacker News, so lately I have been working on this idea. Now I can code or at least I can learn to code and have been doing so for the past month. Problem is I cannot design but I am learning from hackdesign unfortunately I have no cash to shell out for a mac. So I can't really do stuff with what I have learned yet. Which leads me to the main point of this post. How do I find s graphics designer and how do I decide if that graphics designer is the right one? I am currently having a friend do some initial mockup sketches but he has talent just no drive. I have given him deadlines multiple times and he has failed to meet most of them. I am wary of cutting the cord with him but am unsure if I should continue working with him.

michaelpinto 14y ago
Are you actually paying your friend? Not being paid is a wonderful way to eliminate someone's motivation.
- QuantumGuy 14y ago
  No but I told him 50/50 on profits
  - michaelpinto 14y ago
    To be a real graphic designer takes years of learning your craft, it's no different than any other profession: And honestly you get what you pay for in this world. What you did with that designer is known as "spec work" and frankly no real designer would touch that. Yes if you are starting a company i can see sweat for equity, but even then you'd want to issue shares in said company...
    - QuantumGuy 14y ago
      Then I will figure something out thank you for the help
      - michaelpinto 14y ago
        Either save the money, or invest the time and do it yourself. By the way there's no crime in a first project not having design. And not for nothing it couldn't hurt to learn a bit about UI even if you don't do that over the long run!
        QuantumGuy 14y ago
        I will do the latter since I have no way to do the first. Thank you again.
        michaelpinto 14y ago
        ...like the sneaker commercial says "just do it!"
UX-UI-Guru 14y ago
Agree with @michaelpinto. Designers (I'm one of them) get inquiries all the time, as devs do, where people are offering ownership instead of pay. There's only so much room to accept projects like that. And generally, it takes far too long to recoup the costs for the time spent working on those types of projects.

2 points by QuantumGuy 14y ago

michaelpinto 14y ago

Are you actually paying your friend? Not being paid is a wonderful way to eliminate someone's motivation.

QuantumGuy 14y ago
No but I told him 50/50 on profits
- michaelpinto 14y ago
  To be a real graphic designer takes years of learning your craft, it's no different than any other profession: And honestly you get what you pay for in this world. What you did with that designer is known as "spec work" and frankly no real designer would touch that. Yes if you are starting a company i can see sweat for equity, but even then you'd want to issue shares in said company...
  - QuantumGuy 14y ago
    Then I will figure something out thank you for the help
    - michaelpinto 14y ago
      Either save the money, or invest the time and do it yourself. By the way there's no crime in a first project not having design. And not for nothing it couldn't hurt to learn a bit about UI even if you don't do that over the long run!
      - QuantumGuy 14y ago
        I will do the latter since I have no way to do the first. Thank you again.
        michaelpinto 14y ago
        ...like the sneaker commercial says "just do it!"

UX-UI-Guru 14y ago

Agree with @michaelpinto. Designers (I'm one of them) get inquiries all the time, as devs do, where people are offering ownership instead of pay. There's only so much room to accept projects like that. And generally, it takes far too long to recoup the costs for the time spent working on those types of projects.