Graphic Design

Key

$ Earnings Avg 75 per hour, more commonly by project

.Pick up any product, and you are looking at graphic design at work. From the logo on the item, through the packaging it comes in, to the very shape of the item, you are looking at something that a designer spent time on.

You can specialize in logo creation, with most logo jobs online starting at about $250 on up. You can specialize in photo retouching. Realtors want the photo of the house retouched before listing. Politicians want the blemish on their skin removed for the poster. There are many legitimate reasons to manipulate reality. With the software available now, you can literally create anything you can imagine.

This is the ideal business to be in if you like being artistic, being creative, coming up with new ideas.

To market this, you are going to need a portfolio.It is a capabilities piece, showing what you can do. If you don't already have clients, make up a fictional company and create a collection of work for them, Don't pretend it is a real company, just don't mention that it is fictional. As you get real clients, just add them to the portfolio.

Follow-up

General http://desktoppub.about.com/od/startabusiness/Start_a_Desktop_Publishing_or_Graphic_Design_Business.htm

General http://www.graphic-design.com/DTG/Business/index.html

General http://www.adigitaldreamer.com/articles/graphic-design-business.htm

General http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/start-graphicdesign-freelance-business.html

Software http://www.gimp.org

http://desktoppub.about.com/c/ec/83.htm

http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/freelance/a/portfolio_3.htm

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Low startup

Computer based
High Power Computer

Power Computer Needed

High earning

Degree, license or certification required