who's good in web AND print?
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- SoulFly
Are there designers around who are good in Web and Print, I mean to professional level.
I've been working in print only, but I have limited knowledge in web. My question is, how do you memorize and become good in both?? Or how do you have time to learn both?
- madirish0
it is about 'design', not a medium.
- +1boobs
- +10Meeklo
- true. but technical sklll does limit what you can doGlitterati_Duane
- +20PIITB
- neue75_bold0
I might turn pro next year, if all goes well...
- honest0
that's asking a lot
- honest0
actually all print folks think web design is easy and vice versa
- I actually know shit about print. I don't for a second think it's easy.********
- Yeah web design is hardGlitterati_Duane
- I actually know shit about print. I don't for a second think it's easy.
- Dancer0
Derren Brown taught me
- creative-0
I can design for both, but I tend to struggle at building sites (PHP etc) and have no idea how to set up a press.
- ********0
how did you learn print?
by working in it and doing it, right?
that's how you learn webdesign too.everything is practice.
- Meeklo0
I do DESIGN work for any medium, and if there is something I've never done, then I want to learn how to do it and give it a shot.
I don't see why do you limit yourself that way, if you take in consideration that every medium has different advantages and limitations, the work of the designer is very similar, (composition wise at least)
I think that is where the term creative director could come to play.
You need to be able to see beyond the medium and focus on the message and how it can be spread on all these channels.
- campana0
as long as you stick strictly to visuals, i think you can manage to develop quite well both languages, but if you get to the core of web coding, even css, you will probably fail miserably.
- bulletfactory0
I agree Meeklo - I do both print and web design. While there are limitations to both mediums, the elements and principles of design remain.
Regardless, It's still about concept, message, target audience etc
- MrDaro0
and whatever you can't do, outsource
- ismith0
Ultimately if you're a designer you can design for any medium... it's just finding what you're best at, i.e. which audience do you understand the best? You might not be suited to designing for web if you have little understanding of how people on the web will interact with your design. This is just something you learn through practice and observation, but it shouldn't make any stylistic difference.
- goodidealuke0
Press F1 and teach your self..
- Meeklo0
Just for the record, I don't consider programming inside the term "graphic design". So if your question was how can you do both, design and coding.. my answer is, I can't!
I'm sure that there is a lot of people that do it here though, so it's not impossible.- Agreed. Programming isn't design.JerseyRaindog
- Designing/programmin... interaction and motion is. They're inseparable.Mimio
- scrap_paper0
If you are talking creative its one thing. If you are talking creative and production its something else.
If we are just talking creative then it is important to have at least some understanding of production fundamentals of any medium. With them in mind you can find the creative solutions that can actually be implemented.
If you are talking about both creative and production then obviously the level of knowledge you need to possess increases quite a bit. The thing I try to remember is that I can't be an expert at all things and I have to balance how much time I want to put into learning certain technology (print or web or whatever) with how much time I want to put into other aspects of a project.
- JerseyRaindog0
I can design for both. But I can't build a site for shit.
- Seanbot0
I'd rather have someone who is amazing at one thing than good at both.
"Master of all, master of none."
- monkeyshine0
Great print designers are great in part because they understand the tools of their trade...like paper types, printing tricks and nuances. I think the same can be said for great interactive designers...the best tend to at least understand how to use technology to a design advantage. I started out in print but now do 95% interactive. I still love print but haven't invested as much time in staying current as I have with interactive.
I think you can do both but I disagree that you can break it down so simply to "design is design." It's a lot of work to stay sharp in one medium, much less two.
- But did you completely change your style, or just adapt on a conceptual level?ismith
- interesting question. I definitely had to adapt to the medium. That is def part of the fun of working in other mediums.monkeyshine
- bulletfactory0
Also, it's rarely rewarding enough to break your ass to do everything. While I know some coldfusion, php and AS 2, It's simply inefficient for me to try and run all levels of a given web project. Too much time is spent figuring out complex scripts and functions that a back-end developer already knows.
That extra development time that I have to take, cancels out and profit on the project. It would have evened out to pay someone to work with me, and reduced a ton of stress.- Programming is different from graphic design in my opinion.Meeklo