About the Photographer

Luke’s specialist experience is a great advantage to any company that uses My Light Box for their product photography.

Luke is an experienced photographer that thrives on getting the best results for his clients. Perfection & passion with a dash of creative flair Luke can get your products looking great on your website or marketing material.

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• My Light Box -  Product & Store Photography

Why use a Freelance Graphic Designer?

There are a lot of brilliant freelance designers that can create professional branding ontime and onbudget everytime. These designers are often extremely talented but have decided to pursue a freelance career for more creative control, to explore further avenues for expressing themselves, or to have a more one on one relationship with their clients.

There are also a lot of shockingly unprofessional freelancers. The type that promise great quality graphic design in unrealistic timeframes, and rarely deliver a professional result.

When searching for a freelance graphic designer we suggest:

• Check their clients, even call or email some of them to find out how well the freelancer worked on the project,
• Ensure the work is their own, and not work done or influenced by the creative lead at their day job,
• Get set prices and set deadlines from the outset to avoid frustration,
• Do an ABN check (if an Australian freelance graphic designer) so you know who you’re dealing with.
• Confirm with them that they will be around in 6 months when you need to print new cards or create new material
• Ask if you own the copyright to the source files including your logo (this is often a grey area)

What are alternatives to Freelance Graphic Design?

You guessed it. Graphic design from a company such as ours, Mooty Graphic Design. As a registered Australian company you can be secure in the knowledge we will always provide professional branding at a very reasonable price.

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• Mooty Graphic Design Portfolio
• Mooty Graphic Design Prices

Billy Blue

Strange name, great choice. Billy Blue is an Australian college offering courses in all forms of multimedia. Below the team at Billy Blue explain how their graphic design course works.

Communication design is the name of the stream that we used to call graphic design. The reason for the name change is that graphic design is now seen as just one element in a broad and evolving range of visual communication disciplines. Graduates from this stream have succeeded not only in the area of graphic design but in advertising, publishing, typography and more.

The nature of the industry is such that designers are often required to work across a range of disciplines and media including the digital environment. The communication design stream aims to produce imaginative designers who work creatively in areas where information is primarily conveyed by visual means.

Not interested in Higher Education for Graphic Design?

That’s ok! Many graphic design studios are still interested. The key here is your portfolio. You need a great portfolio of work (even personal projects) that showcases your style, unique talents and attention to detail.

Many of the best graphic designers don’t have a tertiary education, just raw talent and a drive to succeed through practice.

Good luck and keep on practicing!

Get a job at Mooty Graphic Design!

We are always on the lookout for the best Australian graphic design and web design talent. Please email your CV and Portfolio to the email address on our contact page. * Note: We are not interested in IT Outsourcing.

Australian business card sizes are:

• 90 x 55mm or;
• 86 x 54mm

While these are Australian standards and printable at almost all reputable printing companies, feel free to explore different business card sizes. Just keep in mind with width of 90mm is as wide as you’ll want to make your card if you’d like it to fit in a normal credit card sized wallet.

Many designers (including Mooty Graphic Design) experiment with the vertical height of the card, which often results in something just a little bit different from your competitors.

Don’t forget Bleed!

Bleed is critical for your business card. This is the amount that will be cut off by your printer when they put your cards through their process. This is to ensure your design is printed completely to the edge of the card. Most printers require:

• 3mm bleed around every side (increasing your card size by 6mm height, and 6mm width)

Therefore if you are creating a business card that is 90 x 55mm you will need to create it at 96mm x 61mm. Make sure there is no important information in the 6mm bleed area or it will be cut off.

Can Mooty Graphic Design create business cards?

Sure Can! And we really enjoy it too. Why not take a look at our business cards.

Further Reading

We highly recommend you read the following resources if you are planning on creating your own business cards:

• Wiki information for Business Cards -> Business Cards Wiki
• Business Cards don’t have to be boring -> Cool Business Cards
• Take a look at our portfolio -> Mooty Graphic Design Portfolio