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Dry spells happen.
What do you do when you have no active projects? How do you prevent it from happening in the first place?
Tough times happen for sure, been there and I'm sure it will come again. What usually helps me most is: doubling down on getting new clients, work and extending on my portfolio pieces and pushing my own projects.
Indeed. It helps to be consistent even when there are active projects to keep the ball rolling.
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This is the dream honestly. Was there actually signal out there to get work done, or was this more of a "take the photo then find a cafe" situation?
Is it only me who can't find clients or you guys having the same problem?Like when someone respond either it's scam or they want money from me ...funnyy.
Hi Contra! 👋
Confession: I've been here almost a month and still haven't introduced myself. Classic designer – I'll redesign a button five times but write my own bio? Terrifying. So, hi. 🫣
I'm Nina, a web designer from Dnipro, Ukraine 🇺🇦 15 years in.
About 5 of those were fintech – senior product designer inside a bank, where every pixel had a compliance officer watching it.
Good training. Not my happy place.
My happy place is the bright, creative stuff: brand identity, landing pages, projects where I actually get to play with color and personality. So that's what I'm chasing here – founders and small teams who want their thing to look alive, not just functional.
I came to Contra to work with people, not just win bids. Radical idea, I know.
If you're building something you're excited about, come say hi 👇 I promise I'm faster to reply than I was to write this.
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