it's been about four and a half months since I took that graphic designer job. I'm really happy with it and my motivation hasn't dropped an inch. somethings, however, puzzle me today just as much as when I got in.

it's very strange to conclude that very often (and I mean really very often) a design's worse enemy is in fact the client. that is: the person who comissioned the work. I don't get it; you spend a good portion of your time busting your brain for ideas, for graphical arrangements, for the best, most fit, better looking solution you can come up with and then everything comes to an anti-climax as you talk to the client.

feels a bit like those monty python sketches where the mood rises up to an epic apex and then, lacking any possible logical explanation, everything goes bollocks: "Ok, I'll take that one. No, not this one, that one. But could you change it to bright yellow? And this lettring here, maybe it could go up to the top and then down again, vertically, and into purple. Not proportioned? Oh, that's ok, I don't mind. I'll mail the pictures to you in a word file as soon as I get there. Not the proper file type? Oh, that's alright, I'm sure you'll manage. Not the proper definition? Oh, don't be that fussy, you can stretch it. By the way, why are these pictures all pixelated? Have you been up to something?". you get the point.

I'm not complaining, I like what I'm doing just the same, but it's really strange that most people (even educated people) prefer a preliminary, half done, incomplete, defective work rather than a better one, nurtured with time, patience and reflexion.

no siree, things have to be done by yesterday morning, although they'll only be able to pay you for it in a month or so.

why, oh why, oh lawdy lawd?

hey, people!

as you might have noticed I haven't posted anything for ages. as with everything, there's a logical explanation for this fact.

started working recently. took a graphic designer job offer in a little town outside my home city.

against all odds, my life took a 180 degree turn in less than one month. didn't like doing what I was doing anymore and I didn't expect to pull out of it. fortunately I was wrong.

now it's not to say the sky's the limit, but I guess I've finally got good reasons to start thinking there might just be a bright future out there.

come what may, bring it on!

I took some of my bookmarks and put them together into a [link] account. if you like you can find them here --> [link]

(powleeno is actually how my name sounds if written in english; get it?...)

joined the dA community for a week or so, now. and after a week of browsing around I've been able to draw some pretty tough conclusions. one, in particular, both concerns and worries me: my work sucks...


but before I go on, I'd like to underline one or two kinder aspects of this journey I took into realizing how far behind my work is to sooo many people's work around the globe (not that I didn't know of it already, I just hadn't been showed so in such startling way).


"abso-freakin'-lutely stupendous" is merely one of the short term expressions I can come up with to try and illustrate how smashing the ammount of work being done out there is, how far the expertise of other users can reach and - in some cases the most striking aspect - how young they are! I stumbled upon so many younger folks than me (and I'm only 25) cutting such whimsical work, it made me feel completely out of the league.


I guess this goes to open my eyes as for the following fact: I'll be working my fingers and eyes out if I want to improve my skills. it's either that or head for the hills.


so let me state for good know that it's a really good thing that dA, and it's three and a half billion users (I'm over doing it, of course) exist and share their stuff and comments around the web, or I could still be wondering how on earth I'd pull off in order to lay my eyes on other people's work without juggling in the subway to earn money to buy books for 100€ a piece.


cheers!

you should try . take proper caution, it's quite addicting!

on my first attempt I won the round for 'oval'. here's my win: [link]