talent vs ability

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• d_rek0

  My experience with the 'capable designer' was rather frustrating. The could never accomplish anything without a measure of handholding, despite their formal training. Stylistically they relied heavily on pre-packaged solutions - no custom typography, illustrations, photography... virtually every solution had some amount of 'stock' in it.

  This person in my mind, to reiterate, was not a designer but instead a decorator. They can take all of the correlating elements and compose them in a nice way... but they'd be arsed to create any of the elements from scratch.

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  • Maybe you need to give him better direction or a better brief.Josev
  • I was not responsible for managing this person, they were a fellow 'designer'.d_rek

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