print designer > web designer
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- ********
my sister is a super-solid mac-loving art director in manhattan; she only does print and is scared of web.
What is a good book/manual/article
that would be helpful to her as she starts to do more web?
- in8_v40
Practice makes perfect.
- ********0
Practice makes perfect.
in8_v4
(Jan 18 06, 20:55)i was about to get mad at your smart-ass comment but then saw your incredibly intimidating portfolio and figure you can say whatever you want :)
- tehgee0
does she really want to do web or she just thinks she has to?
- ********0
she's actually done working(she just had her 4th child) for right now, but we always want to collaborate on stuff but she always feels lost when we start talking web.
anyone else run into a similar problem?
- ephix0
i thought you were trying to say print designers are better than web designers
- ********0
i thought you were trying to say print designers are better than web designers
ephix
(Jan 18 06, 21:34)haha no
print designers == web designers
- ********0
take some classes to get the overall concept of web.
read up on some books on information design.
decontruction of website and portfolio work is always good.
and constantly talk to other ppl.
do some concept work and get some feed back from webbies
- fate_0
I think it's silly that you were mad at that statement, j_red. You just have to jump into it, start learning html, compatability, optimization, accesibility, and practice, practice, practice.
I mean, how is that any different than being a print designer? You can't just read about CMYK or bleeds, you actually have to print and learn from your mistakes.
I've been doing web stuff for 6 years, and there's still more to learn. Education in this field is not straightforward, and one book/class isn't going to cover it. She just needs to jump in and start from the beginning with a small personal site. There's no way she'll be prepare for real client projects without a lot of...well you got it. Practice.
- ********0
chix don't do web.
the girls here all do print, must admit they are pretty good at it though.
so guess who is doing countless hours of css again?
*points at self
*sigh
- blastofv0
in the future (or now really), all successful designers will have solid foundation in both print and web... how many traditional 'graphic design' positions are there that don't expect some web/flash/html at least?
- blastofv0
doh - sent that live before it was finished – but isn't this the way of the future? the lines between disciplines are already quite blurred, whether us 'print' designers like it or not
- honest0
I'd say hands-on experience is quickest and most value for money. If she can get a project off the ground, say her own online portfolio, she could work with a web design she knows who will pass on immediate help which is both current and up-to-date and also practical. I always find tech books on "teach-yourself..." always a bit stale and uninspiring.
- tehgee0
well its goo dtaht she isnt working so she has time... i started out doing strictly print - i think the hardest thing to get over was teh fact that you have no control over how someone goes thru a site as opposed to lets say a catalog or something where its page 1, 2,3 you know? liek you have less control over what teh final is going to look like (mac vs pc - different browsers etc) liek alot of print designers want to do the whole site with graphics for copy becuse they want it to look just so...
id suggest that she make a site like her personal site or something (liek honest said)
- ********0
awesome, thanks guys.
_fate, i wasn't really mad or anything and was looking for specific answers or tips, not the blatantly obvious.