inevitable decline
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- ukit
Even the most talented seem to turn to shit as they get older. Thoughts?
- sikma0
Ya. It's called getting old for a reason.
- Pupsipu0
it's all about neuroscience and Michelangelo
- airey0
it's all about not giving a shit after 14 years of clients expecting more for less, cheques bouncing and general fuckery.
- Pupsipu0
I heard Michelangelo didn't have that problem, but then he couldn't see shit when he was old and rich.
- hektor9110
I like that airey... simple. Maybe VIAGRA is the answer. We'll see.
- Jnr_Madison0
When you start seeing ads and no one else does.
- ^Jnr_Madison
- ya i just noticed that....where's that grease monkey script....sikma
- letterhead0
For some it the realization that making money is more important and satisfying than making good design?
- maybe if you gave your point in english we could discuss?airey
- It=it'sletterhead
- you can always switch to web design.robotron3k
- ********0
It'd true. You are next.
- < See... I can no longer spell.********
- It'd=it'sletterhead
- < See... I can no longer spell.
- letterhead0
LOL @ 'getting famous'
- indeed. we start talking quality and it turns left into 'fame'. awesome shallowness.airey
- ukit0
Sad but true
- Scotch_Roman0
The really good ones don't necessary get worse, but they do certainly plateau and stop growing at the same rate as in their 20s, 30s and 40s. It varies but that's what I've seen.
And then there's Doyald Young, who continues to produce mind-blowingly beautiful work. That's largely because he's stayed current as technology has changed, which is especially notable for someone who designs type (among other things). He's moved from metal to Linotype to digital without skipping a beat.
For the rest of us though, yes we do plateau or get worse after a certain point.
- <hans_glib
- Not to mention that the guy's in his early 80s... craziness.Scotch_Roman
- if only i could harness the power of gotham and mercury to stay timeless...7point34
- ..but he's Youngraf
- haScotch_Roman
- hans_glib0
the most talented don't turn to shit as they get older. the ones that turn to shit are the ones that catch or define the zeitgeist but that's all they have - just the one idea. they aren't able to adapt - they burn bright then fade. the zeitgeist moves one and they're left high and dry. true talent will always have something new to say.
- ^hans_glib
- say 'zeitgeist' once more and i'll grab your nose, so help me...harlequino
- gezundheist!Scotch_Roman
- zeitgeist really is a such a gay word, isn't it?hans_glib
- it is, but it's hard to resist dropping it in every now and again, i'll admitharlequino
- kult0
Watch a great actor play a slow decline:
- fyoucher10
Maybe it's just the younger getting better.
- emukid0
the cake is a lie
- 7point340
the coke is a line
- vaxorcist0
Many film directors, writers and photographers do their best work as they're older, sometimes even making work that's very attractive to a younger audience....
Design is often thought to be generation based, yes, the ad biz sometimes thinks you're over the hill at 35, sometimes like parts of the star-factory music business.... apparently based on the idea that you can only really communicate to people your own age...
I don't think this is true, but it's an assumption...
... also, in the ad biz, most AD's become ACD's and CD's after a certain point, and spend most of their time in meetings.... I did know a few AD's who refused to be "promoted"
- ********0
yes, I'm well past that age
- ********0
im only getting started, i have so many Fn ideas.
you dont even know, my fine feathered friends....you dont even know
(but yeah my graphic design has fallen way behind on a technological scale...im 30 now, I need to step my 3d game up although I have been grindin on graphic design basics for a few years now which has me with a better understanding of the form from a fundamental standpoint, bla,bla, blaaahhhhh, what are wods anyways except personal cheerleading???)