While branding yourself remember that you are your customer and that you should go even more out the box while branding yourself, because this is your baby that you are birthing out into the world. While branding yourself you are setting a platform for your work and abilities, not only as a designer, but as a professional. While branding yourself and looking into the field to see what has been done and what is cliché that designers do, keep your ideas to yourself, and only trust a selected few. The competition is steep, your idea can be exactly what someone else is looking for. Every year 15,000 to 20,000 students graduate from more than 2,000 graphic design programs in the U.S. yearly. Shapiro, Ellen M. The Graphic Designers Guide to