Working in Rome
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hey seph
there are other ways, my friend, of getting in the game... ;) that won't cost quite so much as 15 bucks a pint...
some thoughts are...
check out the design studio neighborhoods...
if Rome is anything like the rest of the big cities in the world, a lot of these types of studios are found in the warehouse areas, etc..
anyhow, work up a tight resume and just pound the pavement..find out where these places are, and go out and drop in on em...talk em up...chat em up...local theatre groups..
lets face it ...this bunch of creative people usually don't have a lot of spare cash..and one thing they can ALL use is good advertising and well designed posters..
find em...find as many of these groups as youcan, and offer your services FREE..all the have to pay for is the printing..
the benefit for you is obvious...you get a wide ass circulation of your work, and a new network of people from which to draw from...who knows..maybe one of these actor types knows someone that can hire ya?new business centres..
romes gotta have one somewhere right?...contact the cities local government and find out how they assist new businesses and if they have some kind of centre...drop in there and offer your services...
entrepeneurs often need logos, brochures..small websites...etc..they don't have much money, but the payoff is that if your work is good, when they DO have money, you're still their go-to guy for design...printing houses...
printing houses and film houses often have customers that need light to medium weight design work...
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cd covers and such that need design work, posters for clients that don't have much money etc.years ago, when an ad agency i worked at bit the dust, i had a friend that owned a small film house/printing firm
i was able to get about 20-30 hours a week work just from him on small jobs that needed a designers touch...
didn't pay 'that' much..but it was good work, and best of all, you get in good with some printers and you can get the odd job of your own done for free...anyhow, best of luck man...
be creative, and bust your ass, and who knows?..
a year from now, you'll be laughing at how 'hard' it all seemed before things suddenly went better for ya!