Chaotic Times

Jamie / 20 / Designer / Toronto

"It is merely this world that is chaotic, bringing changes to us that nobody could have anticipated."

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coldcaveat: Graphic Design is probably among the least respected and most misunderstood professions in the world. Not many others have to put up with shit like this, but we do it every fucking day. There’s a global misconception about what we do as designers. “just sitting in front of a computer and drawing” equates to probably something like 7% of the work we do. You can’t be a graphic designer because you know how to use fucking photoshop, it is not that fucking simple.You wouldn’t go to a dentist and say, “hey, fix my teeth and maybe if I like your work I’ll pay you more” because most people know the effort and dedication it takes to become and be a dentist. They don’t know that about designers and it’s the most frustrating thing trying to convince them of it. They think because we belong to a creative based industry, our work is just fun and games. Not the case at all. This applies to everyone in design, advertising and web/interactive.

coldcaveat:

Graphic Design is probably among the least respected and most misunderstood professions in the world. Not many others have to put up with shit like this, but we do it every fucking day. There’s a global misconception about what we do as designers. “just sitting in front of a computer and drawing” equates to probably something like 7% of the work we do. You can’t be a graphic designer because you know how to use fucking photoshop, it is not that fucking simple.

You wouldn’t go to a dentist and say, “hey, fix my teeth and maybe if I like your work I’ll pay you more” because most people know the effort and dedication it takes to become and be a dentist. They don’t know that about designers and it’s the most frustrating thing trying to convince them of it. They think because we belong to a creative based industry, our work is just fun and games. Not the case at all. This applies to everyone in design, advertising and web/interactive.

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  2. fixdetroit reblogged this from loo-rah and added:
    Any type of design in general.
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  5. loveleftlost reblogged this from pineboxes and added:
    Graphic Design is probably among the least respected and most misunderstood professions in the world. Not many others...
  6. pineboxes reblogged this from betweeneverythingandtwo and added:
    It’s even worse when people WITH technical expertise devalue you abilities because they “understand design”. Working at...
  7. betweeneverythingandtwo reblogged this from fvneralmonolith and added:
    It blows my mind. People without a lot of technical expertise completely devalue people with technical expertise.
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