Joe Diaz
New Member
I want to give you some advice that was given to me somewhere down the road. I'm going to put it in my own words, and I apologize in advance if it is lengthy, but I think it's important. I'm hoping some of it will register, but if not, maybe someone else will learn from what has happened on this thread. It seems like the design pointers aren't registering with you, so this won't be a design or layout pointer, but it will help you be a better designer.
Posting your work on this site is one of the best things you can do, but it is just one step in a series of many that I think you and everyone else should take. There are a lot of extremely talented designers, just itching to show off their knowledge in the area of design. You would be best to take advantage of this fact. I do. So do many others.
Most of the greats have gotten to where they are today, because they listened and learned from what others around them had to teach. And it isn't just tips, critiques and advice from those that you think are better designers than you, you can learn from anyone's critiques or advice... because at the end of the day you aren't just selling your designs to other designers, you are selling them to the whole world. The difference is the designer can articulate why you shouldn't do this and should do that.
I'm extremely lucky because I have 3 very skilled set of eyes that I work along side everyday. Most of the work I do has to pass their "quality control" and when a design gets shot down, I learn from that.
We are sooo fortunate this day and age because we have forums like this to use. If you don't have people close by who can tell you you're making a mistake, you can seek out advice here. But it doesn't do any good if you don't listen to it.
You are at a point that I remember well. You can choose whether you want to kick and scream all the way up until you eventually hit the extent of your own abilities, the farthest you can go on only the skills you can actually teach yourself, Or you can learn from what others are very willing to teach you. You can be constantly seeking out new knowledge and new ways to improve, and the limit at how good you can potentially become will never exist.
So you have to decide, do you know better than everyone else? or can you learn from everyone else? If you make the right decision, the possibilities will be endless.
Posting your work on this site is one of the best things you can do, but it is just one step in a series of many that I think you and everyone else should take. There are a lot of extremely talented designers, just itching to show off their knowledge in the area of design. You would be best to take advantage of this fact. I do. So do many others.
Most of the greats have gotten to where they are today, because they listened and learned from what others around them had to teach. And it isn't just tips, critiques and advice from those that you think are better designers than you, you can learn from anyone's critiques or advice... because at the end of the day you aren't just selling your designs to other designers, you are selling them to the whole world. The difference is the designer can articulate why you shouldn't do this and should do that.
I'm extremely lucky because I have 3 very skilled set of eyes that I work along side everyday. Most of the work I do has to pass their "quality control" and when a design gets shot down, I learn from that.
We are sooo fortunate this day and age because we have forums like this to use. If you don't have people close by who can tell you you're making a mistake, you can seek out advice here. But it doesn't do any good if you don't listen to it.
You are at a point that I remember well. You can choose whether you want to kick and scream all the way up until you eventually hit the extent of your own abilities, the farthest you can go on only the skills you can actually teach yourself, Or you can learn from what others are very willing to teach you. You can be constantly seeking out new knowledge and new ways to improve, and the limit at how good you can potentially become will never exist.
So you have to decide, do you know better than everyone else? or can you learn from everyone else? If you make the right decision, the possibilities will be endless.
If you feel that your design will attract business in your market. So be it. End of story. Ciao!
