A Great Designer
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- Gucci
In your opinion, what does it take to be a great designer?
- neue75_bold0
grand larceny...
- chossy0
Lack of sleep, and doing posters with skulls and bones :D
- Rand0
more talent than all of us put together
- phatlee0
A good listener.
- OSFA0
a closet full of black clothes
- Witt0
dog-earing
- Witt0
bufallo-vision
- neue75_bold0
buffalo stance...
- Witt0
asking the mountain-twins if Eatock is right.
- jaylarson0
knowledge, articulation, humility, drive,
- Witt0
bathe at least once a week - even if the roof is leaking.
- Witt0
not having clients helps a lot too.
- PonyBoy0
Research, the ability to be clever - yet appropriate, research, humility, research, patience, SOME SORT OF VISUAL TALENT (it helps if you can render/draw well), research & research.
whatDoIMean by 'research'?
know your client, know your demographic... know your chosen style for the project.
R35E4RCH!!
- paraselene0
erm... what ponyboy said... a great PLANNER!
- neue75_bold0
"Research, strategy, and marketing concerns are essential starting points for every design project; but in the end, ideas generated with these things in mind must translate into unique and compelling visuals."
Charles S. Anderson
- "I have nothing against old people; I want to be one myself one day." -Charles W. BarkleyPonyBoy
- t_rock0
passion, determination, a lack of sleep, total disregard for authority, knowing you'll never get rich, and a muse of some sorts always helps ;)