Why wait until you graduate? Freelancing is a great way to jumpstart your career in graphic design. Freelancing lets you apply what you've been learning in school, close the gaps in your education with real-world experience, enhance your portfolio, and make a little money at the same time. A Graphic Design Student's Guide to Freelance: Practice Makes Perfect is a peer-reviewed book that covers many of the things you need to know to begin successfully freelancing as a graphic designer. One review states,
I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a career in graphic design, no matter what their level is. The content in the book is really easy to read and straight forward. I got all the information I needed to start my very first freelance project, and it is really not as hard as it seemed at first. So to all the future or current graphic designers out there, get this book you won't regret it.