Lies about graphic design
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- yurimon0
I have a friend who bought a mansion in Connecticut. It was a fixer upper but It was a weekend home from a graphic designer in late 1920's.
I couldn't believe it. but I did some research and I found that in the 1920's to design a cover for a magazine was something like 5k. doesn't sound like much but 5k in the 1920's
- autoflavour0
just make the logo bigger, trust me, it will look better
- Horp0
My first illustration commission... literally my first, with no portfolio or anything, earned me close to £20k.
"Bullshit" you'll say. But its true.
Never earned anything like again that for an illustration from there on.
- In fact my first 6 illustrations were all for one client and must have netted me over 100k over about two years.Horp
- Then I decided to go into illustration. Got an agent, he took three months to get me a commission, and said...Horp
- "Its a big commission! Three thousand pounds!". I said "3K? tell the client to fuck off". I was disgusted.Horp
- Five years later and I'd have been very happy indeed if an illustration commission had paid me £3K.Horp
- Wait till this type of trend hits doctors and lawyers.yurimon
- This sounds like Argentina, doctors are quite low paid here.Chimp
- yurimon0
bollocks!
- wordsarepictures0
Yurimon that link makes me really sad.
- wordsarepictures0
Also I feel like I need to post this link on every new thread page, sorry. amzn.to/PEYSQm
- scarabin0
"don’t confuse legibility with communication, just because something is legible doesn’t mean it communicates and more importantly doesn’t mean it communicates the right thing." -david carson
tell that to any of my bosses
i've been trying to artfully break a movie title in the middle of a poster for years. no banana
- david carson is the last person to tell anyone about legibility & communicationalbums
- yurimon0
Sorry @wordsarepictures.
An economist would probably say that when labor or skill or production process reaches a point of ease and efficiency or requires less skill to produce it becomes a commodity. Business thrive to avoid commodification of their processes. This can be done by adding value that is a hidden demand and unique.Also those who dont value professionals try to do things on the cheap, I find usually they have a higher rate of failure. I have seen so many people go against advice not only from tech professionals but also designers and have failures that either cost double or caused them to shutdown their venture.
Depends.
- ETM0
There are and will always be those that do and don't know the value of a professional. Just this week I had someone involved in a larger project I am on approach me for a small project. Super basic, 3 pages, simple design. I told them that honestly they could get something like this on Squarespace for $8 a month versus paying me a couple thousand. They said they know, but at the end of the day,they don't want o have to deal with it and to have someone
- ETM0
else they trust handle it was worth the cost. It all comes down to seeking quality clients. I know, easier said then done sometimes. I always use my gut and you can tell often by what is said in the first meeting.
- wordsarepictures0
There will always be work for talented people. I hope.
- alemundo0
emphasis on picas
- GeorgesII0
when they hire you and tell you, you'll rarely do weekends or overnights
- rson0
Go where the good clients are at.
- nb0
QBN is a design form.
- i_monk0
You don't need to know what bleed is.
- GeorgesII0
writing 100SFA, makes you get all the ladies