Have you ever wondered what design firms are looking for when they are interviewing? Creative Opera has reached out to design professionals, asking for advice and guidance. We will feature a different creative company each week.

Peruse the design showcases, and you’ll see one illustrated portrait after another of and by your favorite designers. It’s amazing how different they all are — and how each seems to reflect the personality of the designer. How would you illustrate yourself?

It seems like most design resumes are too hot (so over-the-top creative that they are hard to read) or too cold (boring old Microsoft Word); this batch is just right. Bonus resume tips have been included at the end of the post!

In honor of our President’s appearance on The Tonight Show, I thought I would link to this insightful article on Logo Design Love, showing the creative process behind the famed Obama logo.

As I’m doing research for Creative Opera, I come across lots of design-related websites, photos, and blog articles that I think are inspiring, educational, or just plain entertaining. I thought that I would start bookmarking those pages, and posting the links weekly for my readers. Here are my favorites for this week.

Have you ever wondered what design firms are looking for when they are interviewing? Creative Opera has reached out to design professionals, asking for advice and guidance.

The choices you make while you are still in school can make all of the difference after graduation.

Are you looking to learn the newest version of Adobe CS? Were you trained as a print designer but would like to expand your skill-set to include web design? Or perhaps you just can’t “get” PHP by surfing the web tutorials. Lynda might be the answer to all of your problems.