Do you hate your work?
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- substancelad
It seems to be quite common now, that I design something that I really like, then 24 hours later, when it has been printed/encoded etc. that I begin to hate the damn thing.... am I alone in this state of mind..? I hope to god I'm not...
Opinions please....
- wilco0
That's just spot on
I'll do somefink that looks wicked and the next day it'll look shit.
like the fairies come and mess with it or my mind?
- mitsu0
when that happens, i just put that piece on the backburner and revisit it several weeks or months later.
if it catches my eye then, then i might go back to work on it, otherwise, i ditch it.
- Mick0
It's OK to either hate or think you can improve on previously designed work. But if you thought through your design the first time and had reasoning for designing it the way you did, then you should also appreciate why you did what you did and live happy ever after :)
- Vulva0
i got laid off yesterday!
i am free! free at last!
- Blofeldt0
It's when you're doing it and you think it's really shit , someone comes up and says "that's great!" That annoys me.
- unknown0
Where's the love?
Be happy on your work..do not hate it..
saying it needs improvement...is ok..
be constructive with yerself.
amen.
- Focker0
always happens to me.
your not alone little buddy.
i just look at it as costant growth.
If you hit a point where you always love it you won't try to out do it.
- wilco0
That's a great way of looking at it Focker, constantly 'bettering' your last piece, but this strikes up the question...
Is there such a thing as a perfect finished piece, that cannot be improved upon?
hmmmm, well is there?
- unknown0
:(
- IloveQBN0
hey Vulva, congrats. I got laid off yesterday too. And I don't give a shit either. Fuckin chains and shackles came off.
- kodap0
I love my work.
- BEEMO0
I am remembering an interesting piece of art history (in a half ass sorta way), anyhow, a really famous, old, and now dead painter was forbidden to enter a famous museum because he kept putting finishing touches on his own painting which he gave to the museum. After many times, they finally said, just leave it alone, it's beautiful. The famous, now dead painter from years ago was constantly trying to make it better. ••• I am a great storyteller, right?
- BEEMO0
btw, I was laid off 14 months ago, he he.
- Blofeldt0
I don't actuall often HATE my work. I hate having to make it. The actual technical job of putting it together in Flash or HTML. I lose all interest then.
- kodap0
interesting... beemo..
- unknown0
Nice story with the artist thre BEEMO,. I´m also in the "oh so creative"-pool. I get ideas like that.....*snap*............and if the boss don´t like it..........................*sna... one and so forth.
BUT dpoing the job afterwards, talking to printers, getting shit back, correct little spelling errors...................AAARRRR...
And you know what; it´s the same when I´ m having sex!!!
- paulrand0
This even happens when I look at design annuals: first time through, wow, lots of amazing stuff, a month later it looks familiar and expected. So what chance do we have being surprised by our own stuff after we've worked on it for days, weeks or months?
- Blofeldt0
you get spelling mistakes during sex?
- unknown0
yep, call the wrong names and stuff, it´s not good. mate
- asakara0
I noticed that when I am really happy with what I`ve just made, later on I realize it is not as good as it seemed to be and I see ways to make it better. But when I feel unsatisfied after finishing a job - it`s a good sign!!! It usually comes as an ideal work for that particular situation later on.