Go to every single class you have

I cannot stress this enough. While in school I seen so many people not come to class. Which was weird to me. Simply because you are paying for the class and not coming.

I will be the first to admit there were days that I did not feel like going to class. But I went anyway because I knew that I did not have a choice. Because if you are in college or wherever why would you sign up for a class and not go? These things are so simple to do. But also whats easy to do is also not easy to do for some.

Some ways to stay motivated to get your ass up and go to class

You are paying for this class
Why would you even waste time signing up if you are not going to go
Think of the end result if you go and if you don’t go
Your giving thousands of dollars away
You will have to pay it back
Are you thinking about the big picture or what you can do right now?
If you think getting up at 8 for class is bad wait until you get out of school and join the real world.
Its not hard so stop making excuses

Graphic Design examples from around the world

Latin America

China

There are many other different countries in this series. I definitely recommend checking it out. Because just looking through the work has definitely opened my eyes up to how designers from other continents/countries go about designing there work. (Other then swiss designers and designers here in the U.S)

Via 1st Webdesigner

Helping Other designers

This should be something that we all try to do. Because why not take the time to help the next group of designers avoid the same mistakes you made? and or sharing a video or piece of work you enjoy from a designer. I am pretty sure you read other design blogs and you see work they have posted from them self or another designer.

For some that may not make sense as to why would you want to share and promote someone else. Well I for one will tell you that it will return some great results for you. Depending on what your intentions are with posting the video,work and etc. There are some who will actually take time to email you and say thanks. Then you will have those who do not do so.

I feel one of the most worthless things you can do, when helping a designer is to critique their work and then not tell them how to improve it. Because you should not be on your high horse or whatever while offering help. Even though their are some who will not take getting critiqued well. You have to remember that being critiqued is how you get better.

A Great quote to remember

“Each of us need all of us, and all of us need each of us.” ~Jim Rohn

Patience and Persistence

At times it can feel as if what we are doing is not going to work out at all. As if things are not happening as fast as they should be. But I want to tell you to keep hustling and being patient. With being patient I am not saying to sit and wait for something to happen.

More so get off your ass and get out there and hustle to make it happen. Because everything that you have whether its with your design work or contacts its from what you have done to meet those people and etc. If it was easy everybody would do it and succeed in it. Being a designer is way different then working as a Store manager. Simply they require different skills set and many other things.

I learned that the process from going to average to great is applied daily along with patience. You could also set weekly goals to help you achieve what you desire. Whether its goals, design clients or whatever else give that simple task a try for 30 days and see how you grow as a person.

Then apply that with patience and persistence of dedicating yourself to hustling and designing daily. Remember that not every day of designing is going to be fun, But there’s nothing saying that you are not allowed to make it wonderful.

Overrated designers

We all have many designers out there that we enjoy seeing their work, hearing them talk and etc. I feel that within that cycle there are other designers who get forgotten about. Because well some are looking for the fame. While others really could care less about it.

If you take time to appreciate the work of many people instead of just one, you will be open to appreciating more types of design. A prime example is movies in regards to who directs them and etc. Sure there are plenty of directors that are probably overrated but don’t think about that for a second.

Just think about if you only watched movies from one certain director and nobody else. There would many different types of movies you would miss and fail to appreciate. So to keep this short even if you think that he/she does awesome work of some kind go to behance or instagram and you find someone who does work just as good. Always keep your eyes open to other peoples work and approaches they take.

Glass up cheaper and better then google glass?

I first came across this video will browsing venturebeat.com and I was blown away by how cheap this are compared to google glass. Also they differences in design for these glasses. One main thing was how the information your looking at will be in front instead of off to the side. They also I believe were going to have the capabilites of prescription glasses. The overall and visual look of them could be improved a bit with the frames but that could just be me.

Link to the venturebeat article

How I deal with horrible clients

Many of us no matter what profession we have dealt with horrible clients. Some people talk a big game and act as if they are serious and then just quit. I’ll admit when things like that happens it can be devastating to our motivation. It could also make you feel as if your not good enough for the client.

But you have to remember that there are plenty of clients out there who would actually appreciate a designer who is willing to help them and be honest. Do you best to not get treated like a door mat. Because if you let a client feel as if you need them more then they you need you they’ll take advantage of that.

There also will be times when you will have to fire a client. It may be something that you could not see yourself doing at the moment. But think of it this way would you want to keep communicating with someone who is not taking the Job serious.

So here’s how I dealt with the bad clients that I have had

Communciation: if they are not taking the time to respond quickly within a day or so they will waste your time
If you present a contract and they hesitate signing it they are most likely not committed to it.
Listen to yourself if a Job does not feel right do not take it or pass it off to someone else
Treat your clients good regardless whether good or bad
Remember to be honest with them (it will save a lot of time)

That’s just a few things that I use in my dealing with bad clients. I’m pretty sure there’s more to it then just 5 things.

What are some things that you do when dealing with bad clients?

My Thoughts On UX Design

When I was working on the app design that I created recently I understood UX and UI design a bit more. I feel that it taught me how important to every single detail is. When I started I honestly had no idea what I was doing. Now lets continue on with my overall experience from beginning to end.

Initially with the app design I had wanted to make it functional and make it into a business. The app would be for people who are wanting to be notified of when a blog or website is updated. To notify people of when their site would be updated was by a simple color system.

After I got the logo finalized that helped make everything flow better. I had to think about the color scheme to go with the logo and I tied it into the logo using the colors from a swan.

Then figuring out how the system is going to work that was another thing to figure out. Within the system you had to figure out what icons are you going to use.

But overall to sum it up if you want to really to improve your attention to detail designing an app will help. I definitely would not mind to design another app and that would go live and within a team setting.

Kim jung gi : Awesome demonstration of drawing!

Kim Jung Gi’s facebook pageI have not seen anything this amazing in a very long time. One of the many things that amazes me when I see an artist who starts drawing with a pen and continues without stopping or messing up. The perspectives that he uses throughout the whole entire piece is remarkable. They also said that he draws from memory which makes this even more rad.

Have a great weekend

Society 6 Store

Recently I found out about this site called society6 and I decided to start putting up some photos I’ve taken. I also will start putting up some other work as well and making them available for more products. Is there anything that you all would like to see feel free to let me know?