Guild Discounts

 

(That means it pays to be a member.)

 

As if Guild membership weren’t good enough all on its own, here’s a list of companies who elect to provide further advantage to your membership. Apart from the fact that it saves you money to do business with them, let’s support those who support us.

 

New Member Discount:

 

PC Mall Delivers Name-Brand Electronics Inexpensively

Our relationship with PC Mall allows you to receive substantial savings and special offers when you shop online. PC Mall is a national reseller of the latest computer hardware, software and electronic products from name brands like HP, Apple, Lenovo and Sony. They have everything you need when it comes to cool technology gadgets from iPods to Plasmas, and they provide a number of convenient delivery options and also offer our own customer service representative.

See Your Way Clear to New Glasses at a Discount

Buying glasses — eyeglasses or sunglasses — prescription or otherwise, has never been easier or more risk-free. Take 20% off your final order of glasses when you submit the appropriate code in your shopping cart. Access the Member Services page for the code. In the meantime, call 800.717.2063 or email: support@glassesusa.com.

Learn How to Create a Website with Joy Of Code

Within 12 weeks, go from someone who wishes they could build a website to someone who can.

Key Features of the Workshop:

• Enroll and start any time
• One-on-one instruction
• Do a lesson every week or when it’s most convenient
• Create the web project of your choice
• No-risk, 10-day money-back guarantee

The creator of the workshop and instructor is Bud Kraus, faculty member of Pratt Institute’s Professional Studies and Continuing Education School in New York City.

His workshop is appealing to graphic artists and illustrators who feel the need to expand their skills to include design for the electronic canvas. It’s also good for those who know some XHTML/HTML and CSS, but don’t know them well. His workshop makes using web page editors, such as Dreamweaver and GoLive, more effective and leads to creative options you might not achieve otherwise.

The Joy Of Code workshop teaches web design standards. What you create will work on the greatest number of platforms and devices, and be backwardly and forwardly compatible as well.

Guild members are entitled to a reduced workshop fee of $325, a savings of $25.

For all the details, visit the Joy Of Code. When enrolling, be sure to use the special code to receive your discount.

Theispot

Generate Income at the Internet Site for Illustrators:

Post your portfolio for assignments and stock licenses at 10% off.

Theispot Portfolio offers Graphic Artists Guild members a 10% discount on the annual subscription fee for an assignment portfolio on the site. For details, contact Dave Tabler at 1-800-838-9199 ext. 4, Outside US and Canada: 212.502.0990 Fax: 212.502.0925

License your work for stock use. Theispot stock site contract is unique in that participating illustrators get the lion’s share of the proceeds from licensing their work, as well as a share of the Stock section profits.

We’ll Hook You Up with a Variety of Databases –
Find the One that’s Best for You.

 

Identify targeted prospects for less at ADBASE

ADBASE is the leading online provider of affordable mailing lists for commercial artists and their agents in North America. ADBASE offers a range of databases so commercial artists can create highly targeted and effective direct-marketing programs.

ADBASE gives Guild members a 10 percent discount on subscriptions to its North American database.

Agency Access

Agency Access provides cutting-edge marketing services to allow photographers, illustrators, reps and stock agencies to showcase their work to top industry creatives. Through highly targeted and customized list memberships services, e-mail marketing and design, direct mail services and consulting services, Agency Access provides tools that can assist in communicating creative talent and expanding business.
www.agencyaccess.com

Talent Directories & Sourcebooks

 

The Alternative Pick

The Alternative Pick is the ultimate marketplace both in print and on the Web for industry creative buyers to find illustrators, photographers, and designers. Directly targeted to art directors, art buyers, creative directors and designers at ad agencies, magazines, publishing houses, record labels, corporations, and design firms, The Alternative Pick, has been recognized by the community for the quality of its talent, innovative marketing, and reasonable prices.

Alternative Pick Deck is a deck of printed 5½" x 4" promotional cards packaged in a beautifully designed box. Published every March, the deck is distributed to 5000 industry buyers, including the top creative decision-makers in advertising, editorial, music, and publishing. The rate per card is $1200; however, discounts are available to Guild members who are interested in advertising.

Altpick.com is an online portfolio site that offers artists an opportunity to present their work to the creative community. Member benefits include a portfolio with an unlimited number of images, keywords, 10 links, bio, news and calendar events, and easy uploading and managing of files. Guild members receive a 50% discount off their annual Altpick.com membership each year, paying $149 instead of $299.

For more information about both services and the deadline for reserving a card in the next edition of Alternative Pick Deck, please contact Alternative Pick at (212) 675-4176 or altpick@altpick.com. www.altpick.com

The Black Book

10 Astor Place, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10003
(212) 539-9800 Fax 539-9801

Guild members receive a 5% discount.

The Workbook

Scott & Daughters Publishing
940 N. Highland Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90038
(800) 547-2688
(213) 856-0008

Guild Members receive 10% off the basic page rate.

Cheryl Phelps

Licensing Drives Sales

The holy grail of making your art work for you rather than you working for your art exists in the form of licensing – learn how.

Learn how to get your art onto greeting cards and other products: licensing your art for long-term profits, self-promotion, marketing, copyright and contracts. Cheryl Phelps, long-time contributor to all the big guys, regularly offers a workshop on how to achieve success. The workshop is offered on both coasts, and you can arrange private sessions the day after the workshop if you like. Guild members receive a discount off the workshop price. Find out more at: www.cherylphelps.com.

ICOGRADA

Hang with your peers

The Graphic Artists Guild is a member of The International Council of Graphic Design Associations (ICOGRADA), which delivers a variety of venues to keep your finger on the pulse of the industry – once you’re done hanging here, of course. Here are a few:

• Network with colleagues and design organizations worldwide at special events, virtual discussion groups and a dedicated “Members Only” information exchange on the Icograda website.
• Subscribe free to eNews, Icograda’s email newsletter.
• Attend events and receive publications cheap. (That means discounts are available.)
• Expose yourself internationally by submitting work to Icograda’s online design gallery.

Visit www.icograda.org. Call or email Tricia McKiernan at admin@gag.org for the member username and password.

Apple User Group

The Apple of Our Eye

Apple User Group discounts are all yours through the Guild’s Apple User Group. There’s aggressive pricing on new and reconditioned Macs at the online MUG store, in addition to the deals on peripherals and accessories, RAM rebates and free freight. Third party vendors sweeten the pot with discounts on books, magazines, software, hardware and whatever else your Mac needs to keep you up and running.

Discounts on Artists’ Supplies & Services*

 

A.I. Friedman

A.I. Friedman offers the creative community the finest in Art Materials, Picture Frames (Custom Framing, Wall Frames and Table Top Frames), Creative Kids Products, Floral, Crafts and Social Stationery including Invitation Imprinting.

www.aifriedman.com

*If you think a local vendor would like to be added to the discount list, call the National Office for an information kit to give to the store manager.

Books and Magazines

 

Allworth Press

To enhance its success in bringing business and professional practices information to its members and the public, the Guild has embarked on a program of co-publishing significant books with Allworth Press, the New York publishing house founded by former Guild counsel Tad Crawford. The first three co-published titles are Careers by Design (Third Edition) by Roz Goldfarb, Starting Your Career as a Freelance Illustrator or Graphic Designer by Michael Fleishman, and The Artist’s Complete Health and Safety Guide by Monona Rossol.

Allworth Press publishes business and self-help books for artists, designers, photographers, writers, and film and performing artists, as well as books about business, money, and the law for the general public. It also publishes classic and contemporary critical writings on art and graphic design. Save 20% off Allworth’s regular prices by ordering online at www.allworth.com.

Eye: The International Review of Graphic Art

Guild members can subscribe at a 15% discount off the regular rate of $86. To subscribe, fax or write Eye Subscriptions, PP & F. P. O. Box 1584, Birmingham, AL 35201-1584. Fax: (205) 995-1588. Include a copy of your Guild membership ID card and use the discount code* on all correspondence.

*Discount codes are located in the member’s only section.

Graphis U.S.

Guild members can subscribe to this magazine for $69, a 22% discount off the regular $89 one-year subscription rate. (Note: This rate is good for new subscribers only.) Graphis also offers Guild members a 25% discount off all Graphis books. To subscribe or request a book order form, call Claire Wyckoff at (212) 532-9387, ext. 231, or write to Graphis U.S. Inc., 307 Fifth Ave., 10th Floor, New York, NY 10016.

HOW

Guild members can subscribe to HOW magazine for $33, which is 33% off the regular subscription rate of $49. Write to F&W Publications, HOW Magazine 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH, 45236. http://www.howdesign.com/contactus

IdN: International designers Network

Guild members can subscribe at a 25% discount off the regular rate of $120. To subscribe, send subscription orders, inquiries, and address changes to: I.D., P.O. Box 420235, Palm Coast, FL 32142 or Subscribers call (386) 246-3366. http://www.id-mag.com/contactus/

 

PRINT

Guild members can subscribe for $45, a 21% discount off the regular subscription rate of $57. Contact within the United States: 386-246-3361/Outside the United States: 386-246-3361 or write to: Print magazine PO Box 420235 Palm Coast, FL 32142-0235, email: print@palmcoastd.com http://www.printmag.com/

Peachpit Press

Peachpit Press provides Guild members with a 35% discount off the list price of any of our books. At checkout, right before entering your credit card information, you must enter the user group coupon code.* This coupon code is an exclusive offer that may not be used in conjunction with any other coupon codes.

www.peachpit.com

O’Reilly Creative Media Group

Members receive a 35% discount on O’Reilly, No Starch, PC Publishing, Pragmatic Bookshelf, Rocky Nook, SitePoint, or YoungJin products purchased directly from O’Reilly. The discount code*, should be used when orders can be placed online at http://www.oreilly.com/store/ or by calling 800-998-9938. Members are also entitled to a discount on O’Reilly conferences and tutorials.

*Discount codes are located in the member’s only section.

Business Services through USFSB

In addition to insurance, USFSB (the United States Federation of Small Businesses, Inc.) offers Guild members discounted rates on a whole suite of business services, from payroll to shipping. You will also receive discounts on a wide variety of products and services through the member-to-member discount program. Online services for members include a free five-page Web site on USFSB’s site as well as discounted advertising rates. Explore all these benefits at www.usfsb.com/benefits.aspx.
www.usfsb.com

Car Rental

Gas prices making you gasp? At least you can afford to rent a car at Avis or Budget.

Members of the Guild are eligible for a discount* from Budget. To receive the discount, call 1-800-455-2848 or log on to www.budget.com.

Members of the Guild are eligible for a discount from Avis. To receive a special discount, call 1-800-698-5685 and give them our code number* and your Guild membership number.

* Available on the Membership section

 

* Disclaimer: All items are subject to change without notice. The Guild and all parties mentioned here cannot be held responsible for any changes occurring after publication.