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Bart Claeys
Creative Director at Ratio, Seattle Joined about 10 years ago via an invitation from Allan G.
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Posted to Portfolio content critique, Aug 22, 2019 Posted to I’m building a new blogging platform, Aug 05, 2019 What I would love to see is integration of a image hosting provider like UploadCare? Why? Because such platforms allow resizing images/cropping on the fly, meaning no more need to resize images on the server (which Wordpress does). Additionally, it would be easier to change hosts. Obviously, this comes with a cost (UploadCare is not free), but a small price to pay for easy of use. Uploadcare also comes with a handy upload tool.
Posted to Hiring a Freelance Designer for a Full-Time Position, Jul 29, 2019 No, because often the legality of being a freelancer in a full-time position is the problem. Local laws may decide the freelancer needs to be able to enjoy the same benefits as a full-time employee, especially when the freelancer doesn't do anything on the side and works for 100% at her/his one client.
Posted to Youtube Design channels, Jul 03, 2019 +1 for Zimri Mayfield, it's not for seniors, but just entertaining to watch!
Posted to Please review my portfolio~, Jun 08, 2019 You position yourself very broad (painter, illustrator) and it's unclear what your goal is. To find a job where you can combine all this?
Posted to Which tool are you using to manage your designtasks per project and how do you organize them?, in reply to Marc Edwards , Apr 24, 2019 Exactly how I work!
Posted to Sponsor: Introducing the next evolution in UI kits—Core from Mason, a functional front-end feature kit, for free!, in reply to Tom McLaughlin , Apr 08, 2019 Cool, it's free, but what's the catch? Or is there such a thing as free lunch? :)
Posted to Do you all agree that studio's or agencies should have pricing upfront?, Mar 26, 2019 No, because what is "pricing"? An hourly rate? If so, then it all depends on which agency is more efficient than the other.
Posted to The End of the Celebrity Designer, Feb 15, 2019 It's interesting that the film industry has managed to put credits before/after it's creations mentioning absolutely everyone who was involved (including catering etc.) Yet, for web projects, there is no such habit, meaning there are no credits at all besides, in best cases, the mention of a company behind it.
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Hi there from Seattle! Your portfolio needs a scrub.:
Remove old items like your page about gumwall.com (domain is no longer active), broken image on your portfolio,...
Additionally, when showing process, start with showing the end result first, then follow with your sketches etc.