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
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- 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!
- BK0
Just in it for the bitches.
- mydo0
i'm not a graphic designer any more.
that's why i was a graphic designer.
- bigbaby530
I always knew I wanted to be an artist and getting into GD allowed me to do that AND get a paycheck.
- seeessess0
<p>I'm not :o)</p>
- ItalianStallion0
I think it's because of this...
- 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
- johnny_wobble0
I ask myself this question every single day.
- 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
- plash0
- not all of us are graphics designers but be the change is why.plash
- greatest quote of all time. nice plash.ohhhhhsnap
- thanks bro, i agree.plash
- monospaced0
My grandfather was an architect, my mother is an artist, and despite my father's efforts to make me a 4th generation doctor, I still ended up designing the class letterhead in 4th grade and going to design school, even after earning a social sciences degree. While I do feel my choice was partly nurture, I can't help but feel nature had a lot to do with it as well.