Freelance Logo & Brand Designer

Design logos and brand kits that small businesses pay for.

Start with Beginner Blender 4.0 Tutorial - Part 9: Layout (26 min, Blender Guru), then Adobe XD 2022 Crash Course - Design a Real Layout! (61 min, DesignCourse). All 37 lessons in Freelance Logo & Brand Designer are free. No degree. A laptop; Canva or Affinity to start. A starter kit costs about $270. About $61k a year (US median, graphic designers); logo projects often $300 to $2,000.

To start: No degree. A laptop; Canva or Affinity to start. Earning: About $61k a year (US median, graphic designers); logo projects often $300 to $2,000.

  1. Design principles

    Type, colour, layout.

  2. The tools

    Canva, Illustrator, Photoshop.

  3. Logos and brand identity

    The process from brief to brand kit.

  4. Social graphics clients need

    The steady monthly work.

  5. Find your first clients

    A small portfolio, a profile that gets replies, and proposals that win work.

  6. Get paid and keep the books

    Invoices, contracts, taxes for the self-employed and simple bookkeeping.

  7. Build your own site

    A one-page site and a profile that bring work to you.