Why are you a graphic designer?
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- ETM0
My uncle keeps going around telling everyone he "has a nephew who can do that", and these people keep calling me. Really annoying, as it is interfering with my astronaut training.
- d_rek0
I would argue that I ended up where I am because of a simple desire to not waste natural talent.
Long story short, I started drawing at a young age, kept at it and eventually turned something most people scoffed at into a career where I get payed pretty decent to do.
- even when you cannot spell... =)doktornomore
- Master of the nuances of the english language I am notd_rek
- +1rusty_ace
- doktornomore0
I only do design work on a freelance/occasional basis, far from the depth and skill typically shown here - drawing/designing for me was an escape into another world when the real world sucked - still is and probably always will be...
- You make a living doing something else?randomname
- yep - there are multiple opportunities to make money and I hit them all...doktornomore
- colin_s0
was at art school. everything was pretty easy. this was the easiest with the biggest career opportunity.
- utopian0
Because of this dude!
- bigbaby530
I always knew I wanted to be an artist and getting into GD allowed me to do that AND get a paycheck.
- ItalianStallion0
I think it's because of this...
- Morning_star0
I can grow a beard and have heavy framed spectacles.
- mekk0
girls. eh, no.
was an addicted gamer and was in clans/guilds etc - started creating websites for them. was about 10years ago when i started
- i_monk0
The philosophy factory wasn't hiring.
- ESKEMA0
evolution from graffiti into typography and design and shit.
- clearThoughts0
what other trendy/cool people would do for a living
- ArchitectofFate0
I like to fix things that are broken. And every day at work feels like the first day in kindergarden
- Jimbo820
- I've always had a compulsion for order, clarity and patterns.Jimbo82
- That OCD is a deciding factor in whether you are an artist or a designer, IMO.ETM
- I find all good designers have some degree of OCD, even if it's not always appearant.ETM
- I definitely do.CanHasQBN
- I definitely do.CanHasQBN
- I definitely do.CanHasQBN
- The purple and blue crayons are out of order.i_monk
- the child is 8 months old, FFS.CanHasQBN
- BK0
Just in it for the bitches.
- seeessess0
<p>I'm not :o)</p>
- studderine0
Started off with graphic design then I figured out that everyone wanted to be a graphic designer.
Now UX. Party.
- Meetoo. I can't wait until the next buzzword defines my job. I wonder what it will be?cannonball1978