Is graphics design a serious career?

[Tank.]

Or that their atrocious idea is a work of beauty. Or that think they know what they're talking about. I've worked as a graphic designer and still do it from time to time. Recently I had one c*nt that did not understand justified text. She wanted in her words "the sides of the words to be even" but could understand why the spacing would change in different lines depending on the length of the words. She also insisted that I kept changing the font on her brochures from page to page. Even after I showed her that the font was the same for the entire brochure. Same thing where she insisted on having italics, even after showing her the text highlighted and the italic icon selected. And when she asked me what my opinion of her idea for her brochure, she became enraged when I said it looked like a church pamphlet.

Ah the impossible to please customer, I hate those.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Customer Service is also one of the more frustrating sides of it. A lot of clients apparently think that graphic design is a neat hobby, or that if they don't like your design they don't have to pay you for your work, or their cousin in highschool could do it for free etc
just give Clients From Hell a read

Or that their atrocious idea is a work of beauty. Or that think they know what they're talking about. I've worked as a graphic designer and still do it from time to time. Recently I had one c*nt that did not understand justified text. She wanted in her words "the sides of the words to be even" but could understand why the spacing would change in different lines depending on the length of the words. She also insisted that I kept changing the font on her brochures from page to page. Even after I showed her that the font was the same for the entire brochure. Same thing where she insisted on having italics, even after showing her the text highlighted and the italic icon selected. And when she asked me what my opinion of her idea for her brochure, she became enraged when I said it looked like a church pamphlet.

God yes, I've run into that all the time while designing websites. When someone tells you what they want, but you know your design limitations but the customer tries to tell you otherwise even though they don't really know what they're talking about. There's nothing more frustrating than someone dictating to you what they want when they don't understand what can and can't be done. Sometimes they're asking the impossible.

 

[stoneroses]

Yes, however it is hard to get into. I have worked in it for the last 15 years in newspapers which has meant moving to London which is a pain but the work is fun as I never know from one day to the next what I will be drawing graphics about.
On your wider point, remember every thing that you see that is printed or is on websites involves at least one graphic artist, designer or layout artist.

 

[RoJoHen]

My next question would be is how did you find your calling?

I'll let you know when I do.

I found mine. Only problem is nobody will hire me to do it.

 

[Guartho]

Well, there are places where you can make "having lots of sex" into a career, but you'd have to relocate.