25 Reasons You Might Be A Hardcore Graphic Designer

[mick_aka]

Apologies if this has already been posted...

(In no particular order)

1. You’ve almost rear-ended the car in front of you because you were analyzing a font on a billboard.

2. You get ****** when a free Photoshop brush you download is less than 1000px in size.

3. You’d rather study the paisley pattern on your girlfriend’s blouse than listen to what she has to say. (Sorry Ladies)

4. You can use keyboard shortcuts at light speed, blindfolded, but you can’t type a paragraph of text without staring at the keyboard.

5. You’ve had “Software Nightmares,” when you’ve been working way too much.

6. You consider meals interruptions.

7. You’ve learned your lesson and stopped using the word “final” in any file name when saving.

8. You clean your keyboard more often than you wash your car.

9. You’ve intentionally given up trying to explain your projects to non-designers.

10. You see CMYK and RGB like Neo sees the Matrix.

11. You’d rather organize your desktop than your sock drawer.

12. When you heard that Adobe was acuiring Macromedia, you had a Design Orgasm.

13. When you look at Album art all you see are grunge Photoshop Brushes. (Then you see the album art a couple minutes later)

14. You’ve Photoshopped out a watermark for a comp or mock-up.

15. You’ve actually $paid for a font.

16. You’ve totally slaughtered a great design concept because the client thinks he/she knows best. (everyone thinks they are a designer)

17. The amount of words you’ve written with a sharpie labeling burned discs total more than the amount of words you’ve read in novels.

18. You’ve had to explain to a client that a layered file wasn’t part of the deal.

19. You’ve kept a ragged concert ticket just so you could scan it.

20. You’ve nicknamed the OSX spinning wheel. (and not affectionately)

21. You bookmark a resource more often than you have a fun night out on the town.

22. You’ve intentionally overbid a project because you can sniff out a bad client from a mile away.

23. You can’t go to a restaurant without secretly critiquing the menu design.

24. You have an amazingly huge font collection, and an amazingly short temper.

25. If you had a penny for every mouse click, you would have been a trillionaire 3 years ago.

[Toon]

guilty as charged

[El Peligroso]

23. You can’t go to a restaurant without secretly critiquing the menu design.

all the time...

[Laura Lynne]

16. You’ve totally slaughtered a great design concept because the client thinks he/she knows best. (everyone thinks they are a designer)

so true

[jacques]

I think I can only relate to one lol. Just the one about paying for fonts.

[Russlock]

23. You can’t go to a restaurant without secretly critiquing the menu design.


or checking if they have a website already !!!

[mick_aka]

It was terrifying how much of that I related to, specifically:

"You’ve nicknamed the OSX spinning wheel. (and not affectionately)"

Im so glad im not the only person that does that lol

[Carrotnapper]

23. You can’t go to a restaurant without secretly critiquing the menu design.

god i do that lol

[SugarSpunSister]

"20. You’ve nicknamed the OSX spinning wheel. (and not affectionately)"

YES!

Hahaha, splendid stuff.

[Cwilk]

1. You’ve almost rear-ended the car in front of you because you were analyzing a font on a billboard. Guilty

2. You get ****** when a free Photoshop brush you download is less than 1000px in size. Never downloaded free brushes....I make my own.

3. You’d rather study the paisley pattern on your girlfriend’s blouse than listen to what she has to say. (Sorry Ladies) I don't have a girlfriend :ohmy: But I do help my DH shop for t-shirts based on the design.

4. You can use keyboard shortcuts at light speed, blindfolded, but you can’t type a paragraph of text without staring at the keyboard. I can type 75 wpm but I'm so into keyboard shortcuts I couldn't tell you how to find what to do using the menu.

5. You’ve had “Software Nightmares,” when you’ve been working way too much. All the time. But I have them while I'm awake too. Don't we all.

6. You consider meals interruptions. This is so true.

7. You’ve learned your lesson and stopped using the word “final” in any file name when saving.

8. You clean your keyboard more often than you wash your car. I just spilled coffee on it the other day and haven't gotten around to cleaning all of it up.

9. You’ve intentionally given up trying to explain your projects to non-designers.

10. You see CMYK and RGB like Neo sees the Matrix. Oh Yes!!!! Definitely by the numbers.

11. You’d rather organize your desktop than your sock drawer. Guilty as charged.

12. When you heard that Adobe was acuiring Macromedia, you had a Design Orgasm.

13. When you look at Album art all you see are grunge Photoshop Brushes. (Then you see the album art a couple minutes later)

14. You’ve Photoshopped out a watermark for a comp or mock-up. :cheers: Who hasn't?

15. You’ve actually $paid for a font. Too much money too.

16. You’ve totally slaughtered a great design concept because the client thinks he/she knows best. (everyone thinks they are a designer) I just don't put them in my portfolio.

17. The amount of words you’ve written with a sharpie labeling burned discs total more than the amount of words you’ve read in novels. Not true for me. I actually read novels all the time, but writing all those words on a CD with a Sharpie gets really old.

18. You’ve had to explain to a client that a layered file wasn’t part of the deal. Famous last words to a client: You paid for me for my design abilities, not to keep the native file.

19. You’ve kept a ragged concert ticket just so you could scan it. I have sooooo many including baseball tickets too.

20. You’ve nicknamed the OSX spinning wheel. (and not affectionately) The spinning beach ball of death.

21. You bookmark a resource more often than you have a fun night out on the town. I can't believe this is actually on this list, but it is so true. I thought I was the only one who did this.

22. You’ve intentionally overbid a project because you can sniff out a bad client from a mile away. Just did this the other day. But it sometimes sucks when they take you up on the offer.

23. You can’t go to a restaurant without secretly critiquing the menu design.

24. You have an amazingly huge font collection, and an amazingly short temper. Just yesterday my DH's fonts went haywire. He was screaming at his computer. Sometimes fonts (and too many) are not a good thing for your computer.

25. If you had a penny for every mouse click, you would have been a trillionaire 3 years ago.