what a bfa gets you
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- MLP0
right on prodigal... that makes sense. your work is good enough though that you shouldn' t have to go that low... maybe decent in the meantime while you're searching out more places though. anything's better than being broke.
i was visiting up there in august when they were working on the saab account... the motion/commercial work was pretty interesting, but the print work was definitely photography focused and little on design. seemed like they were heavy on art directors with only a few designers and production artists...
- prodigalslacker0
i interviewed at lowe twice. it was basically a "you've got the job, let's tell you about it" situation. it was amazing. the art director loved my work and showed me his personal work, as well as initial comps for the saab campaign. it was just eye opening. a lot of the initial designs were incredible (as far as i am concerned). dynamic, rugged, individual, screaming of attention and flair. but saab rejected everything, wanted incredibly simple work that is just, well, the norm.
it was at htat point i knew lowe and NYC weren't for me. i grew up believing in punk rock and DIY, and i'm willing to sacrifice that to make a dollar, but i just am not ready to get on my knees to spew out obviously awful work for the sake of someone else's dollar. i'll be content getting rid of teenage girls' blemishes while i wait for something better to come along.
- MLP0
yeah... that place is so huge you don't really get to invested in anything... you're just doing small tasks to get to the whole. i think the guy i met with said they had 100 art directors on staff at that office? pretty insane. made me realize i didn't want to go into an environment that huge and would rather work in a smaller agency. we'll see what happens though.
- cholla130
hey prodigal-
just my two bits - you really have a tight portfolio - how long have you been in PDX? one thing i realized here is that it takes awhile ...
- level20
you should learn to play a violin, a really small one..
- todelete__20
8 years under my belt.
bfa. worked for monster, motorola, the white sox.
i'm basically a glorified spammer and i fix fuckups and make updates to a handfull of sites once a month. wtf.
oh. and we're hiring if anyone is interested.
:)
- mrdobolina0
Im a BMF and also have a JAMF