Design From Different Perspectives Part 1 – Kevin M. Scarbrough – Freelance Designer

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Design from different perspectives is a series of short video interviews detailing the different kinds of jobs and environments that are available to designers and the pros and cons of each situation. In this video interview Kevin from Robot Monster Ghost shares his experiences on the the good, the bad an the ugly of freelancing and running a small studio. Stay tuned and grab the RSS feed for more interviews with other freelancers, creative directors, in house designers & more!

A bit more about Kevin…

Twitter: @RMGco
Website:RobotMonsterGhost.com

Kevin’s Scarbrough in 2 paragraphs or less:

I’ve designed for a steady diet of unusual clients (a fashion designer in Italy, a Bolivian wine bar, a New Zealand boat manufacturer, a Russian hosting company, etc.). I’ve learned project management the hard/best way.

I’ve hiked to the bottom of the grand canyon, I briefly owned a snarky t-shirt company based on mad science, I helped set up a rave to raise money for Unicef, as a kid I used to try to improve ads on the radio and TV, and on vacation I make up wild stories about who I am.

What do YOU think?

Do you freelance full time or run a small design studio? Wish you could? Want to be interviewed? Feel free to chime! I’d love to hear your take on some of the same questions I asked Kevin!

Check out the other videos in this series

Design From Different Perspectives Part 1: Kevin M. Scarbrough – Freelance Designer

Design From Different Perspectives Part 2 – Stephen Olmstead – In House Designer

Design From Different Perspectives Part 3 – Chad Engle – Agency Designer

6 Responses to “Design From Different Perspectives Part 1 – Kevin M. Scarbrough – Freelance Designer”

Stephan Telesford says:

KEVIN!!!!!!!!!! This guy, like the hairstyle, is inexplicably awesome
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May 24th, 2010 at 7:22 am

Liz says:

this is awesome! I totally relate to you Kevin on the "doing it my way" thing. I had a meeting just yesterday with a very conservative client at their office and the second i walked in the door they were complimenting me on my cat-eye glasses and my tattoo for my cat. Ha! …Being on your own, it is great to know people are working with you cause they respect YOU and YOUR WORK.
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May 25th, 2010 at 11:44 am

@RMGco says:

@Liz: I have had similar experiences! No one in a position to hire a graphic designer, that I have come across, has ever blinked twice about any of my quirk or wit. It is rather like the scene in Mission Hill where Jim is at work and the boss says, "Keep it up and I don't care if you grow three beards!"

I am (and as I can tell, you are as well) always respectful of clients, their projects, deadlines, goals and money. I make them money, they keep me fed (and inked). It is a lovely system!

May 26th, 2010 at 2:16 pm

soujohn says:

Its always great to hear that my "worst part" about being a freelancer isn't just mine. I don't like invoicing. I love getting paid, but I just don't like generating invoices. I'm sure I could remedy that with using some online program to handle it for me, but even so. I love how even though you know your fear is waking up and not getting any new jobs you still choose to push your own way of doing things as far a possible.

Thanks for sharing with us Kevin…its great to hear that even rockstar designers sometimes still have to deal with with the drudgery that the rest of us do. Keep it up.

May 26th, 2010 at 4:22 pm