There are two broad strokes of web designers. Those who are best suited for true frontend projects and those who are best suited for application design.
Frontend projects require artistic skill and a deep understanding of user interface design.
I bet that you're an application designer. This is an excellent thing to be good at - 99.9% of all medium and large design projects require application development and planning.
If I'm right, you should monopolize on this niche. There are a good number of artistic designers who don't know very much about code. If you develop some examples (aka a portfolio) you could be the "go to guy" whenever any number of large artistic shops needs to integrate or develop an app into their frontend design.
If there are a lot of small businesses in your geographic area who require web design (it doesn't sound like there are), I think that you should either rely on web site templates or subcontracting template design from artsy frontend folks. What you're doing now is a disservice to your own body of work.
Thanks for the feedback. I am more of an application designer than an artsy one for sure. I guess I will have to start pursuing that angle a bit more in depth.
Frontend projects require artistic skill and a deep understanding of user interface design.
I bet that you're an application designer. This is an excellent thing to be good at - 99.9% of all medium and large design projects require application development and planning.
If I'm right, you should monopolize on this niche. There are a good number of artistic designers who don't know very much about code. If you develop some examples (aka a portfolio) you could be the "go to guy" whenever any number of large artistic shops needs to integrate or develop an app into their frontend design.
If there are a lot of small businesses in your geographic area who require web design (it doesn't sound like there are), I think that you should either rely on web site templates or subcontracting template design from artsy frontend folks. What you're doing now is a disservice to your own body of work.