Designer's Attitude
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How much of design work is attitude and selling yourself, your ideas?
I think you have to have attitude, a big fat chip on your shoulder.
- kerus0
49% attitude
51% make the client happy
- Bluejam0
Good design can sell itself.
The rest is marketing.
- reluct0
I don't know. I didn't invent myself. But I like to think it's 90% design 10% personality.
- jox0
It's 10% design, 5% coffee and 85% NT.
- badzenjt0
Funny, I was thinking about this last Sunday after a trip to Venice Beach.
My girlfriend and I went to Venice Beach (CA) last Sunday and were talking to a friend of ours who does henna(temporary tattoos) on the boardwalk. She is really happy, positive person and its obvious the moment you talk to her.
We asked her how business is going and she said, "Great". Also admitted to us that she is no expert, but likes what she does and keeps a positive and accomodating attitude.
After a few minutes of talking, a colleague of hers came to talk shop with her. Right away we could tell this was a negative person, sort of a chip on the shoulder type.
Anyhow, she was showing her new designs, which were really good, but the whole time I was thinking, "I would not feel comfortable with this person, especially not if I was going to have to pay" Maybe her level of expertise was higher, but her attitude was bad.
Resultingly, her business was not doing so well. No surprised.
So, in conclusion, I figure that beyond a basic level of skill, attitude is everything. A bad attitude can kill you even before you have a chance to show your stuff. Let alone trying to get people to pay for you.
So anyways, I think that a GOOD attitude is the best asset you can have. You must be accomodating to your customers and make them feel comfortable enough to want to spend time and money with you.
- jox0
very true, badz!
- ********0
extremely well put that, badzj.
- drn0
yeah- I usually get jobs based on my real... but then the producers and art directors expect me to act like some sort of prima donna (how alot of motion designers in LA are) and thats just not in me. I'm not the kinda desiger that needs to be told that I've done a amazing job or that I've just broken new ground- I don't like being a pain in the ass (just as long as the check clears...) anway having a good attitude is a good way to be asked to come back and work on other exciting projects...
- BonSeff0
15% attitude
85% knowledge of process
- prajna0
Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it. Your inner attitude affects your outer reality, sho'nuff
- ZenCrux0
Very wise prajna.
- unknown0
Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it. Your inner attitude affects your outer reality, sho'nuff
prajna
(apr 09 03)0_o I hate this kind of "smart quotes" :p As for me, my works are 100% Photoshop and 100% attitude. Ooops, that makes a 200%, something's wrong...
- Redmond0
I think it depends on what the clients want. If you think a company only puts out garbage, chances are, that's what they'll want.
- oculasm0
hmm I used to think when you put attitude and designer together.. you meant the negative kind of attitude..
I've been fortunate enough no to have met many of those though..
I think the right attitude depends on how much passion you have for your designs/work.. if theres less of a passion about work.. then any kind of attitude is pretty useless.
- unknown0
its all attitude, I just spike my hair up and blair really bad bad techno music really loud.... then I say "SOD OFF BUGGAH" to anyone that doesn't like it...... then they think im a total creative genious