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ART BY NADIA AXEL

Nadia Axel is a YouTuber I follow and she does amazing art work! I am subscribed to her channel and she is truly a very talented artist in my opinion. She creates a whole lot of digital work and randomly has some vlogs on her channel as well!

I will link all of her info down below!

She currently has a website for all of her digital work and I believe her site was designed by square space. I loved it when i saw it and therefore decided to use it For my own personal project and challenge!

The Challenge

The challenge - Pick a website and Design it using WebFlow!
Why -  Practicing is key & Webflow is a new tool I came across and basically wanted to check it out!
InConclusion - I am sure there are many other adjustments that could have been done but overall it wasn't bad. You will see for yourself, I tried and below are the results! 

Check out The ORIGINAL website, linked below!

*Disclaimer - This is for personal use only, for the purpose of practicing using web-flow Only.

Okay so lets go!

BE THE BOSS

Hola! 

As you guys have already read the tittle of this post “BE The BOSS”, I will be sharing my own personal tips in how I became a web design freelancer. 

I currently work as a full-time application support engineer for a Marketing Company in NYC and I have finally had the chance to work on my freelance work! 

USE YOUR SKILL'S TO HELP OTHERS

If you have a skill that you love & enjoy doing, I highly recommend you to start looking for freelance projects! Its a great way to earn money for doing something you love and something you can have full control of your own time, schedule, and work.

I have always had a passion for the web & visual design Industry! Therefore, I set the goal to practice, practice and practice my skills.

Once I was confident in my work & had gained more knowledge in the web design Industry, I started to take projects as a freelancer!

I took the time to focus on re-designing my freelance website, updating my resume and creating personal projects to show case my skill sets. 

HOW TO GET STARTED ?

Having a full time job & life in general can make it hard to set a time to focus in getting other things done. However, if "freelance" is something you really want to get into - I would say that you need to set a time for it. 

Here are my top 5 tips!

1. Plan ahead. Open up your calendar & schedule a time that works best for you.
2. Design work to showcase for your portfolio. ) Be simple, clean & creative. 
3. Create an online portfolio - website!
4. Promote yourself! Yes. Share your website ( social media, LinkedIn & ext.) 
5. Be Bold. 

PROMOTE YOURSELF

You want to make sure that your work is being seen! I would suggest you to add all of your social media onto your website. Another thing you can do is follow others that have the same interest as you do. 

Using google words, making sure your links are functional and creating business cards will help you increase views. 

This is one of the main things I find to be the most difficult, but you really have to be bold, fearless & confident in your work! 

WHERE CAN I GET CLIENTS FROM? 

There are many sites that allow you to connect with other artist, digital & other creative people and you can also share each others work. Behance is one of my favorites!

Okay, so if you are looking for clients - I would suggest the following links. 

1. people per hour - Gain clients
2. Etsy - Open up a shop & sale!
3. Design crowd - Not the best one, but it does gives you the chance to practice on real life projects.
4. Web-flow - Cms Platform, gives you the ability to design, promote your work & become a web-flow designer.

INSPARATION OR MOTIVATION ?

Not having any potential clients at the time may make you lose motivation and make you want to quit. Don't do it! Below are a few inspiration sites, but you def. don't want to lose hope/passion for something you like :)

Community 

1.  Behance - discover other people's work & follow the community!

1. Xo-Pixel - Follow bloggers who have the same goals as you do ;)

YouTube

Mackenzie Child - Connect withYoutube Guru's .... If you don't know something, then teach yourself how to do it.

CHECK OUT MY FREELANCE WEBSITE!

And…. Basically, the following steps listed above are the actions I took into becoming my own boss. If you have a skill that you are really good at and enjoy doing, I would advise you to put yourself out there and see where it takes you. 

OhOoo & I did recently re-design my whole site & I love it! Tutorials coming soon..

*ALERT * ALERT* This is probably going to be a very long blog post, but if you are up for it? Than keep on reading! 

One of the things that I want to mention today has to do with Fitness. I am huge fan of Garmin GPS Watch's & i figured i'd do a review on the current one that i have now. 

  I used to own the Fenix 3 Rose Gold a few years ago & i loved it! However, I couldn't get over the fact on how huge it looked on my wrist and decided to sell it. The Fenix 3 is great watch, but if you are a female with thin wrist then it will def. out-stand. If you don't mind the size, than go for it !

Meet Savannah!

Ciao! I am officially a kitten owner & here is a "Meet My Kitten" Post. 

My Tech/Work Space Tour!

Ola! I have recently taken the time to re-décor my home “Work Space” and so far, I love the new updates I have made! Having the right setup is extremely important, especially if you are like me & you work from home or even do some freelance work on your spare time.

My number one advise - Find a small quite spot where you will not lose focus! 

Alright, lets get into the GOOD stuff! First, I was on a low budget and therefore I just made a few switches & updates.

Things I Updated!

I was going for a white/techy, aqua & Miku theme and below are some of the things I replaced!

·      I had two Small Dell Black Monitors 

·     One Old fashioned Speaker

·     CPU – Black dusty dell

·     Cables – all tangled up

·     Keyboard & mouse – blk 

·     No mouse pad

·     No desk lamp 

How to Customize Your Phone "Kawaii" Style

Hello! Today I have a very cute DIY Tutorial & for all of you!

If you love cute kawaii stuff & would love to know how to customize your phone, then keep on reading. Today's Tutorial is going to be specifically for Android Devices, however i will have another video for "iPhones".

SO lets Get Started......


I currently have the Galaxy S8 & I will show a preview of my customized phone first before i show you how to edit/customize your own. There are many ways in how to do this, so I will be sharing how I personally did it and the app's i used as well.

Applications To Download Form PlayStore : 

I will be showing you how to Customized it in two different way's... because having a 2nd option is always good :)