vB Designers extincted!

[Guy G]

Originally Posted by AlexanderT

DirectPixel (never saw actual designs of his)

i like this one, he designed this forum and www.thenailgeek.com .
he had much more as i remember...

[vBTotal]

I offer custom vbulletin skins, i get tons of customers and am really active, www.vbcore.com

[pie]

My company offers skins, although we're not up we're reachable through www.ArtOrg.co.uk

But a lot of the designers are invidividual yes.

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by pie

My company offers skins, although we're not up we're reachable through www.ArtOrg.co.uk

But a lot of the designers are invidividual yes.

pie makes kick ass designs

not that I've ever had any work from him, but he is an exelent designer.

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by pie

My company offers skins, although we're not up we're reachable through www.ArtOrg.co.uk

But a lot of the designers are invidividual yes.

www.vbulletinstyles.com < He actually has done quite a few custom styles....

[Michael Morris]

Originally Posted by vbmechanic

I think we need to make the distinction between a "retail skin" that many customers can purchase and a unique skin custom designed and sold only once.

I don't mind posting prices here since I'll freely give them when quoting a new client. I typically charge $450 to $750 for a custom skin, depending on complexity and if there is any PHP involved. My retail skins sell for $30. Big difference..!

Damn, now I feel real gyped. I did 19 skins for a client for less than that - course I didn't have any prior paid experience so I didn't have much negotiation room.

Still, I don't know what the price is for anything, so I've no idea what to charge. I have been doing $20 / hour of work and quoting expected hours ahead of time. Usually I can get the first draft in by that, but six or seven later

In the last 17 months I've become very good at this sort of thing (skinning), but I can't seem to find any work doing it. It's monumentally depressing.

Originally Posted by DWard

I think vBulletin works very well with flash. I am getting Macromedia Studio with Flash MX Professional 2004 for..... wait for it..... ?150! Because I'm a student!

You do know that if you use the academic version of flash for professional purpose you void your license as surely as if you had hacked a trial version, right?

[Erwin]

I'm looking to reskin my site. Anyone interested please PM me. I'll pay.

[Colin F]

Originally Posted by Erwin

I'm looking to reskin my site. Anyone interested please PM me. I'll pay.

Please post in the Service Requests forum for paid job offers.

[Chile]

@Michael

no worries, you probably did yourself a favor billing by the hour. Until you really know how much time goes into a design, you will never know what to charge as a flat rate.

However, you should not feel bad that you spent a lot of time on your first draft. ANY trained graphic designer will tell you that about 70% of your development time should be spent on conceptualization and comps for the client. (how would you come up with something original yet visually appropriate and appealing if you didn't work through a mountain of thumbnails? ). As long as you put in an honest effort, you should never feel bad for billing for more. However, you should clear it with your client before you continue with the designs.

Through the last 2.5 years, I have had exactly one client. Their vision is not at all akin to what I believe is best for them, but they are a large client, and I do my best to listen to, and satisfy, their needs.

I still bill by the hour for webmastering their site, btw.

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by Colin F

Please post in the Service Requests forum for paid job offers.

LOL!!!