Graphic Designer & Calligrapher
I really enjoyed this ted talk. Because he talked about not getting comfortable. In the sense of him sleeping on the floor beside his bed. Because if you always do the same thing you will continue to get the same results. In other words you will feel Ok my current situation is good so therefore I do not need to strive for more.
If you are currently a web designer or a graphic designer and you’ve gotten comfortable try new things for your career. Maybe you could take up illustration to combine with your current skills. Never stop striving for more and to become more. But the main thing to ask yourself is if you want to become more and have more.
Striking out or failing as you may say is not a bad thing. The quote above is from Babe Ruth and Babe Struck out many times during his career. But what is he known for? Hitting home-runs. Because not many people pay attention to him striking out.
People remember things that are good. The more you are failing the quicker you will end up getting to your desired destination. Getting to the destination can seem impossible at times. More so we are impatient and wanting to get there in a hurry. I for one am learning this more and more each day.
Therefore while continuing to try things until they work and keeping the belief that sooner or later they will keeps me going. Also none of this matters unless you believe. If you believe in yourself and what you are doing sooner or later others will believe as well.
This is a good example of how important copyright and having a similar name can result in something very bad. Ms Lube ended up getting Sued for $250,000. So therefore you may want to think twice if you plan to use a similar sounding name and etc.
This may be weird to you to think a designer or just in general someone can overwork. What I mean is when you keep pushing yourself to where you are constantly exhausted. Over these past couple of weeks I learned what being overworked means. Because since I started waking up early my days are longer. Then working at my day Job has been a good thing to keep money coming in.
If you are getting plenty of sleep and never really exhausted. Then you are not overworking. Because people who overwork they always get up whether they feel like it and do the work. They give 110% and not settling for anything less than the best.
But you have to remember to give your body the respect it deserves. Because if you do not respect your body then what do you expect to get in return. If you are taking care of your body and etc you will work better and produce better results. Also do not get confused with taking care of your body with being lazy.
Some tips to deal with overworking
I was blown away by this video and to think a company like Facebook does such a thing is actually not surprising. Just now you better think twice about spending money on advertising.
Whenever you think asking a designer to work for free is ok its honestly not. Because you know for fact that you would not go to your doctor and ask for a free surgery? You would not go to your grocery store and ask for your groceries for free while everyone else pays. So therefore what is different about paying a designer?
What you are saying to a designer when you do not want to pay them is that you don’t feel they are of value. They really are of value and each designer is at a different skill level then others. For example if it was not for a web designer,graphic designer and various others then WordPress would not look like it does.
The reason people prefer WordPress over other site is because of its value. People choose designers and pay them because they recognize their value. Value being the result of the completed work and how it accomplishes the vision.
You may be saying well I can download the programs and just do it myself. Well yes you can do that, But will you possess the skill set and thinking to accomplish a completed design. Because you would not try to cut corners if you had no idea on how to put brakes on your car and you did not feel comfortable doing so. That may or may not have been a good example to use.
Whenever I get someone wanting me to design work for them for free I take it as an insult. The other thing is when someone shops around wanting the lowest price. Then when someone wants a design done and then thinks its simple and easy and says oh I could do that, Which honestly you could not come up with that idea.
Learn to appreciate the value designers bring to your business, life and everything else. Not wanting to pay a designer whether its web designer, product designer, graphic designer interior designer and others just shows you are not ready for a designer. You also may be scared of letting someone help that you do not know well or that you may know well. Therefore I recommend you to not interfere with the process and to not deal with an asshole designer and vice versa for designers to not work with an arrogant/unappreciative client.
Pretty awesome to see someone who lives in such a beautiful place not wanting to just take the money and run.
Whomever wrote the copy for this advertisement did an amazing job. Because after I watched this I did not move for a few minutes. The impact of it clearly gets the message across with a very relate-able thing that is a common when driving.
Sooner or later you will began to realize that your work is starting to look the same. More so you may get style confused with how the problem should be solved. Because if you look at many of these portfolio sites a good amount of the work would not get accepted by a client and also starts to look the same.
A good way that I learned to sameness is to avoid falling into the same practice of solving design problems. If you just try once a different approach you may end up with a different result. Because you should be listening to yourself. For example if before you start a project you say I would want to have a glass of water and lay down for a few minutes do it. Maybe you want to stare out the window for a few minutes do it.
Since I started listening to myself I began to enjoy designing even more. At times we can get into a routine which ends up in us not enjoying our profession. So therefore stop approaching things the same way and do not be afraid to experiment.
Remember being a lazy artist and falling into the same routine will only produce the same results.
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