Holy fuck there are a lot of designers on here
 

I think a new company pops up every day, just found like 6 I've never even heard of wow

Try making a "looking for designers" thread. Your ICQ/email will be flooded.

I mean I don't mind it gives me some variety when choosing but must suck for the designers trying to make a buck

I design high quality jon clark threads. icq is not in my sig, contact if interested.

Feel free to contact me for any print or web design work. All samples are in my signature. We just started posting recently but been in the Adult industry for over 3 years.

It's all about a free market and niche marketing.

:2 cents:

Mention an idea you've been thinking about and watch your icq light up like a xmas tree

i just play designer on tv

If you want design work done this is the forum to come to. mainstream OR adult.

There's only a few designers on here ...

Alot of folks' that think they can design tho ;)

:2 cents:

However, a lot of them are not good. Some do not have portfolios. Among other little things here and there that are turn offs.

I know, its sickening :disgust

There is almost no real design companies. Sure a lot of designers though. Would not call them companies.

Lots of surfers too.

Try and find one that does what your asking and within the time you ask for it, THATS the real challenge :)

i remember when i was a "designer" here. don't hate, some people start at scratch and hustle their way. gotta do what you gotta do to stack some dolllars...

Alot of them have existed before, they just fuck up and change their names...

I'm not a great designer, yet I've been fully booked for 5 years and never whore for work.
If you're reliable you don't have to chase work on boards.

And there's always some cheap fucker with torrent copies of software doing designs for $150. Before employing a designer ask to see their receipt for photoshop.

a friend of mine took a 6 month course, and he calls himself Mr Big Designer now, he has it in his MSN name and everything

i asked him, hey dude can u design interface in Photoshop, chop it up and put it together in flash and animate some menus... his response: Whats Flash?

LMAO!

I always wonder why people want to WORK for a living..

What is the other way around?

Tons of designers for sure but only a few good ones are here.
Sorry new guys ya goto weed out the suck from the holy fuck.

Nothing wrong with chasing the boards for some extra work. I agree that if you are reliable you don't HAVE to chase the boards, most of my clients come from referral, but if your also good enough you can juggle multiple projects at once no problem and still create quality work. More money and free marketing from the boards never hurts.

Problem is that there are few good designers that can get quality work done one time and too many designers watering down the market with "how low can you go" design prices. Sometimes you have to pay for quality to get it done right and on time.

There are lots of them...and very good ones...

Some have been around and you're just now noticing them as people transfer focus from adult to mainstream.

I've used you MANY times on projects and always love the end result, might have to hit you up in very soon :thumbsup

Voodoo and MGK is are amoung my two favorites.

Everyone thinks he/she's a designer nowadays.

Those are the people who use about $25 worth of their photoshop and call it a day lol

Well, without designers ..internet will be desert ..
I spend 5 years in art university got bachelor degree, have some 1st awards (one of them was from the fucking president lol), got 2 years in SEO laboratory, 2 years as game designer and fuck adult biz, about 6 years playing as designer here.. I have very bad pain in my ass, back, neck and eyes because looking at those screens 16 hours daily since 1999th ..to do somebodys website designs..

Well I can say that 75% of adult clients are very thankless and yes there are 25% great clients which knows exactly what they looking for .. it seems that you all (ok mostly) are from those 75%..

About chaseing the boards.. we reliable designers have to chaseing as well because cheap "designers" with 6 week cources of photoshop spamming arround as devils.. and get our orders 2-4-6 times cheaper ..

amen brother 100% agree

I think of a lot of the design companies' work on here is shitty

Hit me up if you need banners ;)

this guy spamming every thread contain the word design..

i lulz here

true, but some of our work we have strict guidelines and shitty art that the client demands to be used. Like said before, everyone now days thinks they are a designer. I clients who only want things designed a certain way because thats how they would like their products represented, even though I know I could do much more to make it better. So its a double edged sword, some work people might think is shitty, but the client it was designed for loved it because the guidelines given were followed exactly how they were given.

People seem to forget that each project is unique in its own way and us designers who are truly masters of our trade can design any style asked of us, follow the directions given, and produce what is asked of us.

Deej, JD, MachinegunKelly, and my personal friend Stewart who really don't post here, are the only people I would even concider designing my sites.

designers? lol i think you mean 'those who buy/dload templates and modify them enough to make them look 'unique'...'
drwamweaver and photoshop are great for re-creating, mixing and matching existing designs