THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: rodi on October 06, 2006, 03:57:22 AM
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So I'm majoring in Anthropology and so far every counselor at my school has suggested I take some other classes, like Graphic Design, to fall back on during my graduate studies...apparently beginning anthropologists don't make money. :(
So how is Graphic Design as a field? Do they make a good living? How do they find work, as in contracts/freelance or permenant? What skills should I have if I want to get into it?
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... Yeah, don't call me!
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... Yeah, don't call me!
Asshole! I know what you do for a living!
edit: ...OH! I GET IT! :gloomy
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I don't have it as a job, but Ive been told by those that do, its more of having a good portfolio/experience then degrees when it comes to graphic design.
Although having a good knowledge of colors/layouts/contrast and stuff would help.
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http://www.evilbore.com/forum/index.php?topic=1155.0
There is a lot of advice in this thread. ignore the parts about phoenix dark and comparing probable college degrees.
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It's a very easy job, you can always make websites for people on the side if you're short of work too.
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I was an Anth major for a bit (then I switched to Philo), now I'm a web dev. Most of the designers I work with make comparable salaries, but there's a lot stiffer competition/fewer opportunities there, IMO. AFA what skills you need to develop, it depends on what your focus will be, particularly if you're debating whether to go exclusively print or web...
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I have a digital design degree. My current job doesnt involve any of that. Lol :D
Honestly all the Digital Design course taught me was that I dont want a job in the field. Anyone who isnt struck by artistic brilliance is making Bacardi ads for Maxim.
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When you get your first commercial jobs, you'll be doing production work; for the web designers in my office, that means things like creating buttons and stuff. Higher-level designers work on things like building templates and one-offs ("features," etc), using the guidelines built by the IA staff and Art Director. Freelance work is usually take-what-you-get: one of my acquaintences is a very-high-level designer and one of her current projects is designing Q&A pages for a popular Womens' magazine.
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I make brochures lolz (god i want to quit this place)
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Also, quadfolds are the most annoying things ever invented by man. A trifold I can understand, but why would my company want a quadfold? FOUR TIMES THE UNFOLDING.
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What do you use to make them? Adobe InDesign?
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Combo of Photoshop and InDesign CS2. Those two programs love each other.
I just wrapped up a trifold, a trifold standee for retail and a quadfold this month. The only issue is I'm never in charge of art direction, and while I don't have a problem with authority, I think they could look better (my bosses micromanage).
But, it's another thing to add to my resume, and I'm pretty confident then when it comes to print design... I can pretty much deliver exactly what the client wants.
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Yeah. My digital design courses were almost all Adobe programs, save the 3DMax courses.
The trinity of Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign are supposed to be the ultimate package for that kind of work. Photoshop DOES do vector but Illustrators Vector shit is soo great.
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Well, when I did the school paper, I actually made a brave move and learned Pagemaker instead of QuarkXPress. In the end, it helped, because print is moving more and more away from QuarkXPress and to InDesign.
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If either of you are interested in doing web stuff, do me a favor and learn Fireworks (until it gets discontinued)
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How is that doing YOU a favor?
I use Fireworks to make animated .gifs and other fun stuff.
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Uh that's the royal me, where I speak for all web devs...
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I have some experience with Fireworks, but - hey! - at least I own it. I want to dabble in more web design. Teach me your ways, APF.
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I hear you have to be way talented to do this stuff nowadays.
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Nah, I'm a hack.
The postcard mailer I did just came in. Eh. It looks too tacky. I did a mock up of a design for them and was told it was "too iPod, too hip". Yeah, that's such a bad move from SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY BUY OUR SHIT!
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Im not web dev, I do technical work but its not related to either of my degrees lol.
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I have some experience with Fireworks, but - hey! - at least I own it. I want to dabble in more web design. Teach me your ways, APF.
Fireworks isn't as strong in terms of image editing, but it's great for organizing your (web page) comps and templates. It's far superior in terms of image slicing and optimization, and has useful things like frames (esp for rollovers) and symbols. What I would love one of these programs to implement would be standard UI element "symbols" (most designers resort to taking screenshots of things like scrollbars and form elements), and some sort of CSS-friendly way of defining box properties and things like that.
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So...oh, sounds kind of interesting. So I don't need to go to art school or anything to become an art dev.? Just take some courses at college in all the relevent adobe programs?
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Suggested that you get a good portfolio and some connections.
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Suggested that you get a good portfolio and some connections.
Ah, so there's the catch!
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learn photoshop so you can make cool pictures like this:
(http://xs107.xs.to/xs107/06406/ruhroh_2_viz.jpg) :lol
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learn photoshop so you can make cool pictures like this:
(http://xs107.xs.to/xs107/06406/ruhroh_2_viz.jpg) :lol
wtf! :lol