Rules For Graphic Design
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- jimzyk0
32. Choose Microsoft Word™
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Unless you are doing something on the side that is 100% yours, the industry will beat your passion for creativity out of you.
- skii0
43. don't shoot clients when they say 'WOW FACTOR' (if you can help it)
- cramdesign0
1. have a concept
2. communication not decoration
3. address aspects of: audience, message, medium
4. Two typefaces max but sometimes three.
5. pick colors on purpose
6. use negative space wisely
7. learn the tools but don't fall in love with them.
8. use a grid but break it when that works better.
9. treat clients with respect, honesty and fairness.
10. value your time and don't give it away. charge what you are worth.
11. get a contract and a payment up front.
12. try to enjoy what you do and do more than just work.
13. save some money so that you can walk away from a job/client if you don't agree with what you are asked to do.
14. spend less than you make.good luck
- heh I know the book you got the first few of these from.dog_opus
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44. Headphones and coffee at work is the only way to get work done.
- Amen0
What What ( In the Butt )
- tashtego0
sans serif---oh yes.
- mcLeod0
love to design, but don't ever love a design
don't take critiques personal
- dog_opus0
Trendiness: Recognize, loathe, and avoid it.
- ok_not_ok0
If it smells like fish, EAT IT!
- ukit0
51. Be water my friend
- ukit0
52. Talent imitates, genius steals.*
*Just be sure to move some stuff around so it isn't too obvious.
- typist0
53. pantone 021c
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be nice to the office managers
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Don't always say yes.
- Helvetica0
rules are made to be broken
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54. Use Comic Sans more often
- Nadooy0
"And thirdly, the code is more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules. Welcome aboard the Black Pearl, Miss Turner . "
- thismanslife0
101. Use softlight
- honest0
The client is always wrong, that's why they hired you.