creative vs experience
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- ********
Not gonna say who wrote this to me what i thought it was an interesting observation.
When I asked for someone who has more experience this is what i got in return.
I am not too sure what to think of it. Yes, it is true that you dont need experience to be creative but dont you think experience is something you just cant buy or get? When you do more work, doesnt that empower you to know more? what do you think? i keep thinking it is right and wrong. not sure where i am going with this.
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"Oh, I thought it was a creative job man."Experience is built from solutions to old situations and problems. The old
situations are probably different from the new ones, so that old solutions
will have to be bent to fit new problems (and possibly fit badly). Also the
likelihood is that, if you've got the experience, you'll probably use it.
This is lazy. Experience is the opposite of being creative."
(c) Paul Arden"
- tkmeister0
interesting.
it needs to be the balance between two. in design, a lot of it is about providing solutions. more experience you have, better solutions you can come up with.
if you are simply talking about art, it may be totally different.
then again, i've seen people who have so many years of experience but not good. so it's all relative.
- slappy0
experience means knowing what the client wants and being more flexable than diagonal pinstripes and photos airbrushed onto gradient backgrounds.
It means discipline, people skills and accurate quoting.
- ********0
experience in creative fields often times equates to a dulled spirit and soul.
experience is great for design, creativity is great for art
- ********0
very interesting points, i do agree that exp doesnt not always mean creative but when someone does not know the strucutre of grid and other rules of thumb for example, i find thats where exp comes in
- tkmeister0
experience helps when one has a creative drive.
- ********0
indeed.
thats what i am torn about the email, it is correct but at the same time, wouldnt you want someone who understands what you are supposed to do?
- tkmeister0
sometimes, "being creative" is used by people with no talent and no experience as a lazy lame ass execuse.
- ********0
true enough tkm
in any studio, you dont have the complete freedom to be creative. if you have an expectation of being free than its better just to do freelance on their own.
- era4040
I've always found experience to be just as valuable at times as creativity.
Granted, creativity is innate. Experience allows people to nurture their natural gifts. Experience allows someone to launch past the first level thinking that we all do when starting a project. It enables us to know what will work and what won't faster.
I don't think people can learn creativity. They can learn thinking creatively, and re-apply creative ideas that other people have already thought up, masking them as their own. But I think creativity is a natural talent, like jumpshots and memory retention.
Someone who's creative but argues that experience isn't necessary (or is damaging) needs to exercise patience and humility.
They already have what others can't have. They should just do the time.
- slappy0
which painters got "dull" the older they got?
picasso, dali, magritte?
- lyrek0
I pretty much guarantee that anyone who argues that experience is damaging will be a strong proponent of it after they actually have some.
n00bs...
- ********0
wow well put era
yes i think but some people can grow from experience
i must say, i was a really shitty designer back than. well i am better than before and i owe it to experience.
- slappy0
I think it should be experience vs complacency.
creative vs experience sounds like you cant be both. If your not creative what are you doing in design?
- renaphuah0
agreed with all of you.
i dont believe in talent, i believe in passion. with passion, you keep on learning, and that is where the experinces came in, only if you're passionate.
this is my first job as a designer. i have no experience before this and i believe my boss hired me because she liked my artwork, most of them are paintings and drawings.
i may be young but this is what i always believe in.
- era4040
I think there's a huge difference between talent and passion. Rarely, are they the same for someone. If they are, that person is real lucky.
A talent is something that comes easier to you than someone else. You're considered "talented" because you can do something others can't, so oftentimes, it's less work to accomplish.
A passion is something that you love--you live for. And because you're passionate it may take more work and dedication.
Like RenaPhuah said, I agree.
Personally, I think I'm talented in design. It's work, but still it comes easy to me. I'm passionate about it, but not as passionate as I would be if it didn't come easy.
I'm passionate about life drawing, sketching, cartooning, etc. I'm not amazing at it in any way, but I still love it.
I make a living as a designer because its easier than making a living as an artist. But that doesn't stop me from carrying a sketch book with me whereever I go and devoting 1-2 nights a week at a coffee house sketching the night away.
The rara avis is the person who's passions and talents lie in the same medium.
But why be passionate about something that's easy, anyway? Browning said "A [person's] reach should always exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for..."
just sumpin' to chew on.
BTW, Dink, you work is wonderful. The experience paid off. :)
- Baskerville0
In design creativity is key.
A student could come up with a more creative solution to a brief than a designer who's been a professional for 10 years. In that way it's a democracy.
However, the designer with experience will be able to implement his design effectively (with a broad knowlege of print processes/ dealing with suppliers etc) the more experienced designer will also be able to deal with clients and manage the projects and billing/invoices better.
When a job asks for a certain amount of experience it doesn't mean they think an established designer is better than a student, they just want someone who can deliver a project on budget, on time whilst dealing with the client and conducting themselves professionally.
- aliceblue0
I don't think its Creative "VS"
Experience.You are either Creative or Not.
And as you "Experience" the
Creativity grows. So, you do more work .... are exposed to more ideas and people ... you do more work ....you explore .... and do more work.Yes MrDinky
Experience "IS" Empowerement
- ********0
which painters got "dull" the older they got?
picasso, dali, magritte?
slappy
(Aug 31 05, 19:02)they will always be known for their early work. dali got a bit dull, minus 'psychedelic bullfighter', he got more into his craft.
- k770
i think baskerville hit the nail on the head on this one so far.
and slappy, picasso fell off with age, in my opinion; he just played on cubism til he died. i'm not too familiar with the other 2.
- Fariska0
I agree with you all.
I'm working since six months and i'm realizing that experience drives creativity.
On my point of view the problem is what do you mean creativty? Good at drawing? Good at organizing things? and so on. Crativity has so many faces.
In what kind of creativity are you the best?
Personally i find easy organizing structures.