How to be a good designer 4545 Responses

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• Llyod

  I'm a good designer. You know how I became one? I was born with the ability. I know what looks good and what doesn't look good. This cannot be taught. Thoughts?

  Jun 30, 08, 11:33 a.m. – Permalink

• somatica

  How to be a good designer?... leave this board immediately would be a good start.

  • +1
    * stays reading thread.– al_la

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:34 a.m. – Permalink

• detritus

  You have a very small penis?

  • Or is that me?
    *unzips fly*
    WHOA! No, not me.– detritus1/4

    lol– CALLES2/4

    Strap-ons don't count tiny.– somatica3/4

    this thread is making me hard.– ThePublics4/4

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:34 a.m. – Permalink

• Antonelli

  It's about never being satisfied and having really high expectations. it is for me anyway.

  • Please see small penis comment. above.– detritus1/4

    that's a good way to burn out– Llyod2/4

    oh, burn out? I'm way past that.– Antonelli3/4

    feel you there
    – kushman4/4

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:34 a.m. – Permalink

• jimzyk

  He does have a small penis, i can tell.
  He was born with a small penis.
  This cannot be taught.
  Thought?

  • lol– Jnr_Madison

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:35 a.m. – Permalink

• CALLES

  maybe you should concentrate in your people skills since you have the designer part down

  • because I'm speaking to so called designers– Llyod

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:35 a.m. – Permalink

• tank02

  to black and white.
  good & not good in our job is often a mix between taste,
  rules and topic. it tends do very subjective, just ask
  rybo, our rockstar designer.

  • *too– bulletfactory1/2

    thx, yes too– tank022/2

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:36 a.m. – Permalink

• designbot

  There was a discussion about this in another thread. My proposition is that designers like to think they are "born creative", and perhaps some have an edge. But personally, anyone can learn design, and anyone can learn art and be good. I do wonder if you are trained to be an artist/designer if your stuff would come off mechanical though. Like anyone could dress in designer clothes if they had the money, but that doesn't give them class or style.

  • what what– Llyod1/3

    you can learn creativity??? Sorry, some people are inherently more creative than others.– Antonelli2/3

    True. But I don't think that means someone couldn't go to school and learn to be a good designer.– designbot3/3

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:39 a.m. – Permalink

• bulletfactory

  principles and techniques can be taught - divine proportions, grids, texture, rhythm, repetition, color, line, etc - using them effectively is a different story. There is something more to it than just 'knowing' what looks good to be a good designer. imo - explaining why it looks good makes you a good designer.

  • my post looks naked without a comment.– bulletfactory

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:41 a.m. – Permalink

• Dr_Rand

  post your shit so I can rip it

  • *rip rip rip...– Jnr_Madison

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:43 a.m. – Permalink

• Llyod

  I'm self taught. I've made it completely on my own talent.

  • Just cause you bought the "Photoshop classroom in a book"... book doesn't mean you're a designer.– somatica1/2

    you have so much more to learn then (this is a good thing).– ribit2/2

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:44 a.m. – Permalink

• Jnr_Madison

  I think it's ok as long as you've never done web banners for Yahoo!

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:44 a.m. – Permalink

• oozie

  design isn't a creative thing. i hate people referring to 'creatives' when they're usually designers, like 90% of design is not creative.

  • your job must suck– ESPtype

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:46 a.m. – Permalink

• robotron3k

  design talent is pretty much an innate ability and some skills can be taught to improve those abilities. But little black glasses and turtleneck sweaters need to be purchased.
  

  

  • Being Asian helps too– ukit1/3

    as designer stereotypes goe, i have an asian girlfriend ;)– tank022/3

    def. being asian makes you hot designer now a days...– robotron3k3/3

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:46 a.m. – Permalink

• ukit

  I think you have it backwards. Knowing "what looks good and what doesn't look good" can be learned.

  The ability to come up with original ideas and make stuff look good is the part you are born with.

  • absolutely, spot on.– doesnotexist

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:47 a.m. – Permalink

• Dr_Rand

  everything you need to know can be learned from the Provocatively Bold Art Direction guy

  • rybo?– tank02

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:48 a.m. – Permalink

• ESPtype

  your not a good designer

  • nor are you a good speller– ukit1/2

    you got that right– ESPtype2/2

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:48 a.m. – Permalink

• ribit

  A lot of it can be taught... Our teachers in our Industrial Design course told us (something like) that they couldn't teach us basic creativity, but they could certainly teach us skills, strategy, how to draw, how to develop form, hone our critical eye, teach us how to discuss design, design history and how to learn from it, stuff like that...

  • but really one of the main things we got out of it was a sense that we had to save the world from bad design... like it was a calling...– ribit1/2

    ...was a calling.– ribit2/2

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:49 a.m. – Permalink

• somatica

  Having a gold membership card at Template Monster doesn't qualify you as a designer.

  • hey we're not proving negatives here– doesnotexist

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:51 a.m. – Permalink

• ukit

  In the end it boils down to this: rybo or philjohns?

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:52 a.m. – Permalink

• hammerofdawn

  I know someone with a masters degree in a well known art school and her designs are terrible.

  • she's probably an ECD at a large agency in NYC as well...– robotron3k1/2

    there's no guarantees... (maybe they should be able to take the degree back?)– ribit2/2

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 11:54 a.m. – Permalink