Lies about graphic design
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- MrT0
You'll never succeed with a strong regional accent - not said to me, but to a mate at college who has proved otherwise... http://www.robclarke.com
- Classicwordsarepictures
- Good one.nthkl
- What was his region? I'm freaking out, I'm freaking out, I'm freaking out. How will I ever make it in Canada with this Southern Accent?Pumpkin_baby
- No one cares where you're from in Canada.zarkonite
- scarabin0
integrity matters
- DioPiata0
TNT for type. (Tight not touch). From an instructor at SVA, Skip Sorveno (Mia Sorveno's cousin). His rule for kerning.
- lvl_130
"we work hard, but we also play hard."
no. no you don't. you work people into the ground and then act as if they owe you a thank you when they buy the crew a 6-pack of beer and some burritos.
- unless of course you really love burritos! well then play on playa'!lvl_13
- "play hard" usually means that annual company event they spend bank on that no one wants to go to anywaymoldero
- haha, that too.lvl_13
- you will be browbeaten if you use the foozball tablescarabin
- we, as in 'they' play hard, while you work all night on deadlinessine
- Yeah, I was always the one opening in the morning and closing up at night.lemmy_k
- 1st job I worked 55hrs a week on £12k (2002) in London. No time or money to partyqTime
- identity0
"You gotta get to New York"
- Hey! I'm in New York :) Good point about big cities though.
wordsarepictures
- Hey! I'm in New York :) Good point about big cities though.
- Douglas0
Stefan Sagmeister is a tranny.
- identity0
The best known places do the best work.
- wordsarepictures0
Starter: it's ok to do work for cool clients for free/very little money.
- wordsarepictures
What rules and nuggets of advice were you told as a fledgeling designer that, over the course of your career, you've since found to be complete nonsense?