Why do you design?
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- 72-dpi
To create an emotional response
- skt0
*cries
- JesseJensen0
*lights thread on fire and smashes it
- 72-dpi0
Exactly.
I was really just wondering what keeps designers gong and inspired when deadlines are looming and everything looks bleak. I feel so lost and fusturated, I just want to bury my Pantone book and give up.
- JesseJensen0
I like to exersize the left side of my brain, being designers I think we get to use both, finding the medium between the two and balance is where to start.
- 72-dpi0
Looks like I ended up pissing everyone off with stupid cliches. I'll go away now.
- JesseJensen0
I'm not pissed off, your question is genuine. We deal with this all the time and struggle with it daily.
- skt0
I'm lucky in that I get to design and develop. If I was simply designing, day in, day out, I think I would probably lose the plot.
Jumping between the two helps a lot.
- 72-dpi0
I do book jackets. There's no real design department and marketing (a bunch of Mean Girls rejects who had can't tell the difference between RGB and DKNY) run the show.
Skit, that sounds like a sweet deal.
- 72-dpi0
JesseJensen, I like your site. The descriptions were a nice addition that too many other sites lack.
- JesseJensen0
Thanks, it kinda makes me wanna barf looking at it, but I appreciate it. Do you have anything you can show NT?
- _salisae_0
i love challenges of the mind .. solving problems, researching, utilizing resources, clearing everything away to the heart of the matter and creating a story for a brand. it also has it's roots in psychology which i'm forever fascinated with.
i think also .. the subjective rules and their changing status from project to project is a good exercise for me since i was sort of raised with a lot of chaos in my personal life .. the evolving project of organizing thought and emotion is very therapeutic for me.
- mg330
Same reason as Kona, mrbdolina, BonSeff, TheBlueOne, Jox, Jevad, spendogg, OSFA, Raminisky2, Crouwel, Rand, madirish, mattyd04, Nairn, e-pill, emokid, morilla, CALLES, tkmeister, and plenty of other people who don't come to mind at the moment...
Tits and Ass.
- _salisae_0
i meant to say tits and ass
- skt0
yeah, i'm sure i've said it before but your work is really strong jesse. love the id stuff.
- JesseJensen0
K thnx, and same to you skt. cept I really am gonna barf now. can someone post pic's of tits please.
- BonSeff0
i do it becasue i love getting beat up by clients. satisfies my S&M side ya know
- _salisae_0
fucking beautiful work, jessjensen! great type design!
*activates barfing sequence
- skt0
- JesseJensen0
I see a lot of yee peeps work that I like a lot better than mine...
- JesseJensen0
Gorgeous work yourself there _s_.