tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63262763018668071082009-07-01T16:48:36.346-07:00Hello, I am Max Huchthausen, owner and founder of MaxHDesign©. I started this blog to let my clients and friends know what is new at MaxHDesign©. Rate my blog at <a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&amp;add=http://www.maxhdesign.com/blog/maxhdesign_blog.html"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/tech-fav-1.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites"></a>Max Huchthausenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07641039746581024088max@maxhdesign.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326276301866807108.post-59974191364102153532009-07-01T16:32:00.000-07:002009-07-01T16:47:07.129-07:00It's certainly a daunting task to find new graphic design jobs and clients. Some helpful hints that I have found to 'pay off' are listed below:<br /><ul><li>Have your own functional and professional website - A web presence to showcase your work and business purpose is certainly number one on the list.<br /></li><li>Have business cards available - at all times, you should have business cards ready to hand out to anyone who shows interest in hiring you. This helps to ensures that they remember you once they get home.<br /></li><li>Word of Mouth - whenever you are out, strike up conversation about your work and ask if the people you are talking to have graphics needs or if they know of anyone who does.</li><li>Job postings - search the postings for jobs that are actually in your skill-set. There are so many sites dedicated to this purpose, it's staggering. The only problem with this approach is that those jobs are being viewed by a significant amount of competitors.</li><li>On line contests - I found several websites that host graphic design contests for money. They are highly competitive, but usually pay off if you have the skills.</li><li>Social Media - I'm talking about business here, not hooking up. This is an invaluable, and often times free, tool for those looking to get the word out about there business.</li></ul>These are just a few of the ways I look for work new clients and jobs. If you have more suggestions, please feel free to leave comments.<br /><br />- Max<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6326276301866807108-5997419136410215353?l=www.maxhdesign.com%2Fblog%2Fmaxhdesign_blog.html'/></div>Max Huchthausenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07641039746581024088max@maxhdesign.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326276301866807108.post-64021515422176855942009-05-02T13:05:00.000-07:002009-05-02T13:11:52.036-07:00<span style="font-family:arial;">I just added a new Advertisement / Collateral piece to my site. It's a promotional $750 postcard-type piece that I did for Sensory Overload Music.<br /><a href="http://www.maxhdesign.com/Collateral_pages/graphic_design_9.html">http://www.maxhdesign.com/Collateral_pages/graphic_design_9.html</a><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6326276301866807108-6402151542217685594?l=www.maxhdesign.com%2Fblog%2Fmaxhdesign_blog.html'/></div>Max Huchthausenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07641039746581024088max@maxhdesign.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326276301866807108.post-42494201411615880592009-04-30T22:51:00.000-07:002009-05-01T12:32:21.121-07:00<span style="font-family:arial;">I just added a new concept art piece to my portfolio. It's titled "skewered" and it's a little gross. It's an illustration of a soldier who gets impaled or "skewered" and refuses to die. Check it out.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6326276301866807108-4249420141161588059?l=www.maxhdesign.com%2Fblog%2Fmaxhdesign_blog.html'/></div>Max Huchthausenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07641039746581024088max@maxhdesign.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326276301866807108.post-66635769942470654482009-04-20T13:00:00.000-07:002009-05-01T12:33:19.710-07:00<span style="font-family:arial;">I am a graphic designer, and, as such, the computer is a very useful tool in my work. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">But, the Computer can make you crazy...</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I'll explain.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">One definition that I heard for the word "crazy" was:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Doing the same action, over and over, expecting different results.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">There are many actions that I perform on a repetitive basis when using the computer for work. I print documents, export files, and run programs in the exact same way you would. It is the exception to the rule that, sometimes, out of the blue, the action that you have been doing in one way ceases to work, and you have to try something else to do what you have done a hundred times before. Well, this could easily make you expect different result from doing a repetitive action... see... crazy!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Just for fun...</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">- Max Huchthausen</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6326276301866807108-6663576994247065448?l=www.maxhdesign.com%2Fblog%2Fmaxhdesign_blog.html'/></div>Max Huchthausenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07641039746581024088max@maxhdesign.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326276301866807108.post-21445144511462229992009-04-19T16:07:00.000-07:002009-04-19T16:09:34.909-07:00<span style="font-family: arial;">I have just altered my site to optimize my portfolio viewing/navigation on screens with lower resolution. http://www.maxhdesign.com/portfolio.html is the link.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6326276301866807108-2144514451146222999?l=www.maxhdesign.com%2Fblog%2Fmaxhdesign_blog.html'/></div>Max Huchthausenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07641039746581024088max@maxhdesign.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326276301866807108.post-86813490749797010122009-04-18T11:10:00.001-07:002009-04-29T17:42:29.125-07:00<a href="http://technorati.com/claim/75idd9t38e" rel="me"><a href="http://technorati.com/claim/59s5528rdr" rel="me">Technorati Profile</a></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6326276301866807108-8681349074979701012?l=www.maxhdesign.com%2Fblog%2Fmaxhdesign_blog.html'/></div>Max Huchthausenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07641039746581024088max@maxhdesign.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326276301866807108.post-28638603541956736112009-04-17T11:12:00.000-07:002009-04-17T11:14:34.467-07:00Hello everyone,<br />I just created a new page that displays my Resume on my site.<br />click the link (title of this entry) to see my Resume.<br />Thanks for your support...<br />- Max<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6326276301866807108-2863860354195673611?l=www.maxhdesign.com%2Fblog%2Fmaxhdesign_blog.html'/></div>Max Huchthausenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07641039746581024088max@maxhdesign.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326276301866807108.post-79881568950541246762009-04-15T21:46:00.000-07:002009-04-15T21:49:39.200-07:00My newly published FAQs Section is up and running...<br />If you have any questions that you have wanted to ask a professional graphic designer, e-mail me at max@maxhdesign.com and I will put your question on my FAQs page.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6326276301866807108-7988156895054124676?l=www.maxhdesign.com%2Fblog%2Fmaxhdesign_blog.html'/></div>Max Huchthausenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07641039746581024088max@maxhdesign.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326276301866807108.post-44765342669297796042009-04-15T20:53:00.000-07:002009-04-17T11:51:55.762-07:00My new FAQs section is up and in development...<br />If you have any questions that you have wanted to ask a graphic designer, e-mail me and I might include your question on my site.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6326276301866807108-4476534266929779604?l=www.maxhdesign.com%2Fblog%2Fmaxhdesign_blog.html'/></div>Max Huchthausenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07641039746581024088max@maxhdesign.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326276301866807108.post-54324085327914900392009-04-14T17:27:00.000-07:002009-04-14T17:30:17.977-07:00If you like figure drawing, check out the link above!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6326276301866807108-5432408532791490039?l=www.maxhdesign.com%2Fblog%2Fmaxhdesign_blog.html'/></div>Max Huchthausenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07641039746581024088max@maxhdesign.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326276301866807108.post-77620542424335997492009-04-14T17:24:00.000-07:002009-04-14T17:26:29.227-07:00My game concept pages have been updated with new content.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6326276301866807108-7762054242433599749?l=www.maxhdesign.com%2Fblog%2Fmaxhdesign_blog.html'/></div>Max Huchthausenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07641039746581024088max@maxhdesign.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326276301866807108.post-84791747633287394242009-04-14T16:39:00.001-07:002009-04-14T17:23:40.134-07:00Hello world...<br />I've finally created a blog to get the word out about MaxHDesign.com.<br />I just redesigned my entire site! Cool, cool, cool.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6326276301866807108-8479174763328739424?l=www.maxhdesign.com%2Fblog%2Fmaxhdesign_blog.html'/></div>Max Huchthausenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07641039746581024088max@maxhdesign.com0