Break Time
Posted 06 Sep 2010 - 2 Gratefully received comments

The wonderful thing about life is how things never seem to stop! Being busy is the most wonderful problem a freelancer, or any business, can have.
This means that because of time constraints over the next few weeks I will not be posting as regularly as I have been for the past year or so.
Change is always an exciting thing, I don’t really get people that fear it. So I’m very happy to be moving home in the near future. It’s not a big move, I’m staying in the same town, just upgrading my flat.
So in an attempt to juggle work, moving home, freelance clients and blogging, one of these activities will have to give way for a short time. That activity is my blogging, which is a shame, but it simply can’t be helped!
I plan a 2 or 3 week break, but hopefully it won’t be a complete void. I’ll leave you with one more comic strip on Thursday, then hopefully there may be one or two guest articles from other designers and freelancers until I return.
In fact if you have an article that you’ve been looking to get published somewhere online, feel free to submit it to me via my contact page.
As I mentioned previously I have been blogging for a while now so there is a sizable archive of content that you are free to browse. I’ve picked a few of my favourite articles from the archives to give you an idea of what you might have missed.
A while back I started a series of posts that would walk-through my creative process and business practices.
I’m about half-way through the series so far, about to embark on the real design work. You can catch up on the series so far here.
My Life as a Cartoon – Comic Strips
A collection of graphic design based comic strips featuring myself and others. There are over 30 strips to read through, more than enough to waste a lunch hour as one reader informed me recently!
7 Tips for Freelancers Arranging a Holiday
A post suggesting some tips how freelancers might prepare for a holiday.
The Great Design Myth – Exposure
This is an article where I outline my mistrust of anyone that requests cheap or free design work in exchange for that most elusive of things, exposure, and of course more work as a result of it! What are your thoughts?
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I'm a freelance graphic designer living and working in Suffolk.
I've been using Illustrator, Photoshop & InDesign since 1999 but I've been using pens, pencils, paper and most importantly my imagination for a lot longer. I'm always looking for new clients to work with and interesting projects to work on.




Good luck with the new home Ken, I hope you and yours really enjoy it… And hope that there’s not too many arguments on moving day(s), always a stressful time.
TTFN and looking forward to the next post in a few weeks time! =D
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Ken Reynolds Reply:
September 9th, 2010 at 7:28 am
Thanks Laura, moving will be fun once all of the paperwork is signed and filed!
As the governor of California once said: I’ll be back!
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