Re:Ask HN: Design work for bootstrapped side project?
by joshuacc on Thursday October 21, 2010 @11:19AM
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There are a few possibilities
1. Consider exchanging services with a designer. Costs some development time, but might be worth it for good design work.
2. Ask a designer friend for a favor. You don't want to impose too much, but you might be able to get a discount off the normal design rate.
3. Depending on the type of project, you may be able to find prebuilt templates/themes that you could adapt. Themeforest is a good place to look.
4. Consider using a grid-based CSS framework like Blueprint. It already has all the basic building blocks in place. It won't be beautiful, but should be at least reasonably usable.
1. Consider exchanging services with a designer. Costs some development time, but might be worth it for good design work.
2. Ask a designer friend for a favor. You don't want to impose too much, but you might be able to get a discount off the normal design rate.
3. Depending on the type of project, you may be able to find prebuilt templates/themes that you could adapt. Themeforest is a good place to look.
4. Consider using a grid-based CSS framework like Blueprint. It already has all the basic building blocks in place. It won't be beautiful, but should be at least reasonably usable.