Hello, I am looking for a logo for my comedy club. I already have a idea of what I am looking for, and although I am on a budget, I will give the winning designer $50. So, it will be a like a small contest. The logo is a Pharaoh coming over the words Continental Comedy Club with a microphone in one hand. If you are interested in entering the competition, just send me an email, and I will tell you where when to submit your work.
Thanks,
Pharaoh
P.S. Ask any question you like, it probably won't bother me.
Location: Continental Comedy Club
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Mar 4, 2013 - 1:03pm
Having been formally trained as a Graphics Designer well before digital designing and knowing the nuances and flow of color, fontography, images, logo design, into the final product goal, made it easier for me to transition into digital design. I've seen people that haven't been formally trained with a great eye for design; better than some that have been trained.
It was so much easier for me to transition from graphics designing into web production cause I brought that knowledge and meshed it as if the digital representation was nothing more than a new medium of that final goal.
What helped me as a Graphics Designer was that I was able to create an idea from consulting with a client, getting it on paper, designing the fonts via typesetting, stock selection, plate making, and printing. Having actually done all this myself gave me the working knowledge on how everything is so interwoven as to create a harmonious final product.
This also is how I transitioned into the digital world. Applying all that I learned in graphics, I now did the same for digital. Not only learning all those new software applications used instead of the pens, inks, paints, markers, and type that were done by hand, but also learning programming instead of relying on that, which was used in those applications, as well as the hardware that makes it all work.
Having all that working knowledge made it a lot easier to create and convey an idea than someone who wasn't formally trained, but not necessarily better in some cases. There are a lot of creative people in this world who can surprise you no matter how the obtain their proficiency.
As for the monetary compensation in graphics versus web design in the early days of digital, there was no comparison. Money was being thrown at anyone who could create a web site. I myself was offered well over $125k a year from many companies in Boston. That was so obscene in those days, especially what I was being paid as a Graphics Designer around $35k. Now a days it has somewhat balanced out a little better, but still leans towards digital over print.
Only medium to large graphic design companies can offer that type of pay. And if you are good enough you should be awarded that type of money, cause there's more physical work that goes into that type of creativity than someone who sits in their house, behind a monitor, banging out boiler plate web sites.
So there you have it, as I see it. I still consider myself a Graphics Designer, but title myself a Multimedia Designer since I incorporate sound and video into my design work. As long as I can create something beautiful and constructive to look at i'm happy.
The Growing Weeds would like a new logo. fallow the links to see examples of what we are currently using. The pay is a one time fee of $50. Interested artists should submit rough sketches and ideas for approval. from these submissions the artist/art will be chosen and commissioned.
Thank you, we look forward to seeing your submission.
www.thegrowingweeds.com
www.facebook.com/thegrowingweeds
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They are poorly paid, work long hours for nothing, and receive no recognition at all.
Perhaps that is your experience (as well as some of the graphic designers you know), but that is not the case across the board. It's certainly not the experience that I had, nor that many of the graphic designers/art directors I know have had or are having.
If that has been your experience, I'm sorry it wasn't a better one for you.
hippiechick
Did you ever grow anything in the garden of your mind?
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Mar 1, 2013 - 9:21am
newwavegurly wrote:
Uh, no.
They are poorly paid, work long hours for nothing, and receive no recognition at all.
Knowing how to use the software/technology and knowing how to DESIGN (well) are two very different things. Many people seeking design work don't understand that, which is where the problem lies.
As for determining good design from poor design, see typeface usages: Papyrus and Comic Sans.
Knowing how to use the software/technology and knowing how to DESIGN (well) are two very different things. Many people seeking design work don't understand that, which is where the problem lies.
Knowing how to use the software/technology and knowing how to DESIGN (well) are two very different things. Many people seeking design work don't understand that, which is where the problem lies.
As for determining good design from poor design, see typeface usages: Papyrus and Comic Sans.
if it's properly structured and incentivised , voluntary collaboration (crowd sourcing) is the most powerful problem solving and innovative force on the planet
imho
excellent vid, by the way...
Proclivities
There are always a few such people who demand the utmost of life and yet cannot come to terms with its stupidity and crudeness.
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Feb 18, 2013 - 6:36am
newwavegurly wrote:
It's not so much that someone that is a "designer" needs to have a formal "design" education, I know plenty that don't. The issue becomes the limitations that most "designers" have that haven't studied (whether formally or on their own) and the quality of that design work as compared to someone that has.
True, they need not have a formal art or design training, but, as you said, you can tell by the ideas and work when someone has studied design with some intent.
I've met several people who are paid to be "graphic designers" who have never studied art or design in any depth - they're essentially software users. NTTAWWT
It's not so much that someone that is a "designer" needs to have a formal "design" education, I know plenty that don't. The issue becomes the limitations that most "designers" have that haven't studied (whether formally or on their own) and the quality of that design work as compared to someone that has.
The difference between a writer and a typist.
