DANN©
@DannPetty
Design Director @HYTOPIAgg • Design Investor @_Pactto • Partner @Webflow • Design Courses on http://DesignFulltime.com
Created with Midjourney + Recraft + Figma in just under one hour. Get psyched.
Today is Waimea’s (my oldest daughter) 12th birthday. She’s a young entrepreneur and wants to be a web designer. This is the future generation of creators. Please tell her happy birthday here! It’ll make her day she loves reading y’all’s comments and encouragement.
Everyone’s crushing it right now with work! People are showing $50K+ MRRs! Work is everywhere! Then there’s you. Not crushing it. Low MRR. Work is no where. Guess what… You’re not alone and you’re in the majority. Not everyone that says they are crushing it are crushing…
Your portfolio's link preview is your first portfolio piece a client or hiring design team might see. Make it count!
A true world class (rare) founding designer should be no less than $350K 1-2%. They can make so much more on their own. Raise that equity and you’ll see world class designers come out of the woodwork to say hello as an investment. $250K .01% is very low for world class.
im tripling the base salary for founding designers @cluely 250-350k cash + equity to be really good at figma i've also removed every single field in the application except "link to portfolio" please be world class
“I need a following first.” NO YOU DON’T! You just need to be really good. If you’re actually really good you will be found. You will. Let them know you exist and it will happen…if you’re actually, truthfully, really good. That’s the key. Get really good first.
If you’re a designer: NOW is the absolute best time to freelance or start a design studio with your friends. We’re hitting that part of the cycle where quality design shines again and the big brands paying big. GO. NOW.
I need a Tesla van ASAP! Something that seats 7-8 with storage room. Created with Grok + Midjourney + Figma.
Time for another portfolio review! Drop your portfolios below and I'm going to pick a handful to review in a video 🙌
