Freelance and unexpected referrals

It’s always good to have freelance. Recently I had a couple of small jobs come in from my friend Michael Hancock at GoFish Creative, including some illustration work for a logo for Devereaux Mansion in Salt Lake. I enjoy these collaborative jobs and am glad to see what Michael does with the type treatment and arrangement of the logo as a whole. It reminds me of the days at Indigo Creative.

At the same time, I received an unexpected freelance referral from my website. I didn’t design a website to be the first tier of self-promotion as it’s a rare thing for anyone to be browsing the internet and happen to come across a portfolio site and request work that way. Yet, I had the fortunate surprise of just that occurence. Alicia Quillin from Dangles Hangers contacted me and asked for a logo and accompanying illustration and layout.

As I’ve left Indigo, I’ve applied to other studios while freelancing, one of which was Rare Method (formerly B/O/W/G). I didn’t get the job, it isn’t always the right match, but Rare Method did refer an associate of theirs, Curtis Packer at Venafi, to me to make some modifications on a series of icons.