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Originally Posted by ricky robot
Man, I wish I picked a major that let me be creative.![]()
Originally Posted by Mr Fongstarr
Originally Posted by ricky robot
Man, I wish I picked a major that let me be creative.![]()
Reality is though that with the economic slump, graphic designers took one of the biggest hits ever. If you are doing it for a living and making decent money, consider yourself very fortunate. College graduates in general are having a hard time landing jobs let alone people graduating with a degree in graphic design. Either no one is hiring or if (say a firm) does, you will most likely be a temp with no actual means of being hired. Freelance might be the best way to go now but prepared to be low balled like no other. I had a friend that got let go at a design firm and was charging jobs at a rate of $60-70 per hour. Not he is asking about $20-30 an on projects.
It's tough times. I always let people know what I didn't do in this major. Start interning now if you haven't already. I know it could be tough balancing school and doing a job for free but it is the best way to go when you graduate.
Originally Posted by Mycoldyourdone
nice job broham
if you wanna be anal about it you can fix the text by rasterizing the layer first then rotating it...but you wont be able to edit it...so keep a copy...
there should be an easier way to do this....but thats how i do it lol
Originally Posted by DaNiKeRhiNo
I like it, it's nice and simple.
With that being said, I hate Graphic Design with a passion.
Sketchbook>CS4
Illustration>Graphic Design
I hate Indesign also.![]()
Originally Posted by SINce1987
Originally Posted by Mr Fongstarr
Originally Posted by ricky robot
Man, I wish I picked a major that let me be creative.![]()
Reality is though that with the economic slump, graphic designers took one of the biggest hits ever. If you are doing it for a living and making decent money, consider yourself very fortunate. College graduates in general are having a hard time landing jobs let alone people graduating with a degree in graphic design. Either no one is hiring or if (say a firm) does, you will most likely be a temp with no actual means of being hired. Freelance might be the best way to go now but prepared to be low balled like no other. I had a friend that got let go at a design firm and was charging jobs at a rate of $60-70 per hour. Not he is asking about $20-30 an on projects.
It's tough times. I always let people know what I didn't do in this major. Start interning now if you haven't already. I know it could be tough balancing school and doing a job for free but it is the best way to go when you graduate.
fong, im from the bay area and i been following your blog and sites for a min, i know you do the photography stuff but you know alot about graphic design, you into that too?
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p.s. OP im feeling the projectkeep it up...![]()
Honestly, if you are a design major from a well known art school (art center, risd, sva, etc) and you don't have a good job or a well paying job, then you're doing it wrong. Everyone I know is getting paid and not unemployed right now, even in this market. The bad thing though is that design majors from lesser known schools are misguided by their teachers and counselors making them think they'll be getting PAID just for designing. But most of those people have weak portfolios, no contacts, no internships, and no way to make money.Originally Posted by Mr Fongstarr
Indesign is great but not as used as the other Adobe products. It's a tool of the trade though. People will straight of laugh at you if you design mags/books using photoshop or Illustrator. Actually if you really geek out on it, layout design can be a whole art form in itself. A lot of good books out there as reference.
Originally Posted by SINce1987
Originally Posted by Mr Fongstarr
Originally Posted by ricky robot
Man, I wish I picked a major that let me be creative.![]()
Reality is though that with the economic slump, graphic designers took one of the biggest hits ever. If you are doing it for a living and making decent money, consider yourself very fortunate. College graduates in general are having a hard time landing jobs let alone people graduating with a degree in graphic design. Either no one is hiring or if (say a firm) does, you will most likely be a temp with no actual means of being hired. Freelance might be the best way to go now but prepared to be low balled like no other. I had a friend that got let go at a design firm and was charging jobs at a rate of $60-70 per hour. Not he is asking about $20-30 an on projects.
It's tough times. I always let people know what I didn't do in this major. Start interning now if you haven't already. I know it could be tough balancing school and doing a job for free but it is the best way to go when you graduate.
fong, im from the bay area and i been following your blog and sites for a min, i know you do the photography stuff but you know alot about graphic design, you into that too?
![]()
p.s. OP im feeling the projectkeep it up...![]()
SINce1987....right on dude. It's a sad tale but unfortunately I have bachelors degree graphic design. I was in a pickle when deciding what major and chose this cause I thought it was the wave of the future. I just did it all wrong and went to a bad school (SF State=weaksauce). Pretty much I am just not made for doing it as a job. Not only do you have to be good at designer in the visual sense, but there is a whole technical aspect to it more so. People have to balance out being a designer, business man, micro manager, a social individual and so much more. It really is a tough profession and sad to say, you really don't make an amazing amount of money unless you are into web design or work with a team that has a lot of hook up.
But all these things can be overlooked by the right person. I learned the hard way. If you are gung ho for it, go full force and don't half +*+ it. You could be just wasting your own time and money on tuition. Honestly I should have been a nurse or a struggling artist. I don't even know how to draw no more.
i was talking about how the letters were not 100% aligned...Originally Posted by NikeAirsNCrispyTees
Originally Posted by Mycoldyourdone
nice job broham
if you wanna be anal about it you can fix the text by rasterizing the layer first then rotating it...but you wont be able to edit it...so keep a copy...
there should be an easier way to do this....but thats how i do it lol
This was done in InDesign or Illustrator-- no need to rasterize. InDesign and Illustrator handle type 1,000 times better.
Originally Posted by damnTHOSEjs
too conservative for a GD class IMHO. I'm not saying be fancy, but it's too plain (if I were the prof, I'd give it a C+ for the effort).
what I can say though is that it's clean.
goodluck!
Originally Posted by oo206oo
While having a degree from a top tier school might get your foot in the door a little easier, in the design field all that REALLY matters is how good you are.
There are plenty of top notch designers out there who never even went to school for it. Thats obviously the exception as opposed the rule, but its true.