In today’s advertising market, there are million upon millions of ad’s seen everyday. YOUR job as a graphic designer is to create an ad or design that will catch the eye of the target audience against all of the competing brands.
Sometimes, it might mean designing something edgy for a more conservative crowd….it might grab their attention to see their mag cover with Obama in a punk rocker outfit.. ok bad example.
I think at the end of the day, you need to BE PLAYFUL, and CREATIVE!
I agree.
I feel like I’ve always had a creative eye for things…and having taken college courses, I have been trained in a way, to moderate what I do and don’t do.
dont feel sorry for me, that is the kind of rethoric that I am sick of. If u dont agree, give arguments. I think that the set of rules that define what is goin to be readable to everybody are culturally imposed, and thus, do not represent the whole mass of possible readers, so there is room for design that gets out of that logic and can still be read and understood.
hell no, it wouldn’t hurt to have decent ability to sketch, but if you have an understanding of who you want to target then hey you can be a graphic designer.
the whole myth of graphic design as beng drawing is a load of crud, it’s about simlifying unreabale **** and turning it into something that someone that doesn’t know the alphabet can read.
BOTTOM LINE IT’S ABOUT GIVING THE VIEWER AN EXPERIENCE
Carson may not follow layout rules but he unwittingly practices a lot of other design theories and philosophies… though arguably, he could’ve been part of the development of those.
Ultimately your design needs to speak to your target audience. Carsons fortune was that he was an artist with the vision to do that.
If you applied that same “Surf” practice to Time Magazine you’d lose a lot of readers.
How I, as a designer feel identified with, is the fact that now I regret having studied in university, cuz my mind is so full of prejudicial voices now, that it gets harder to listen to my creative inner voice.
Caron is NOT a graphic designer, he’s an artist who uses graphic design tools. I like his work don’t get me wrong, but he’s not a graphic designer. Graphic design has a function (mainly conceying information), you need to know ‘the rules’ to be able to do this well. The only thing Carson’s work does well is making what he applies his art to, look ‘cool’. That’s realy all, don’t let him do a dictionary…
this is so wrong.. the rules are there to create a balance..other wise everything looks wrong. It’s not art, to just do what “looks good” it has to look right.
Carson’s design style fits the products he’s designed, he could never design Wallpaper Magazine or any other “neat” and functional magazine. He’s not versatile as a Designer.
Carson’s design style fits the products he’s designed, he could never design Wallpaper Magazine or any other “neat” and functional magazine. He’s not versatile as a Designer.
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I follow the same philosophy. I’ve been painting and doing graphics for years and never had any formal training. I just trusted my creative instincts.
i disagree with him
Candid, honest words, perhaps like his work.
In today’s advertising market, there are million upon millions of ad’s seen everyday. YOUR job as a graphic designer is to create an ad or design that will catch the eye of the target audience against all of the competing brands.
Sometimes, it might mean designing something edgy for a more conservative crowd….it might grab their attention to see their mag cover with Obama in a punk rocker outfit.. ok bad example.
I think at the end of the day, you need to BE PLAYFUL, and CREATIVE!
I agree.
I feel like I’ve always had a creative eye for things…and having taken college courses, I have been trained in a way, to moderate what I do and don’t do.
dont feel sorry for me, that is the kind of rethoric that I am sick of. If u dont agree, give arguments. I think that the set of rules that define what is goin to be readable to everybody are culturally imposed, and thus, do not represent the whole mass of possible readers, so there is room for design that gets out of that logic and can still be read and understood.
hell no, it wouldn’t hurt to have decent ability to sketch, but if you have an understanding of who you want to target then hey you can be a graphic designer.
the whole myth of graphic design as beng drawing is a load of crud, it’s about simlifying unreabale **** and turning it into something that someone that doesn’t know the alphabet can read.
BOTTOM LINE IT’S ABOUT GIVING THE VIEWER AN EXPERIENCE
i feel sorry for you. i’m sure you can get that out of your head soon.
no, but it can be an advantage
Carson may not follow layout rules but he unwittingly practices a lot of other design theories and philosophies… though arguably, he could’ve been part of the development of those.
Ultimately your design needs to speak to your target audience. Carsons fortune was that he was an artist with the vision to do that.
If you applied that same “Surf” practice to Time Magazine you’d lose a lot of readers.
THATS CALLED BEING AN ARTIST:)
The Client! If you aren’t getting paid, it’s not graphic design. It’s art. Then you can do whatever you like.
How I, as a designer feel identified with, is the fact that now I regret having studied in university, cuz my mind is so full of prejudicial voices now, that it gets harder to listen to my creative inner voice.
do you need to be a good artist as in drawing? to be a graphic designer?
He had a great impact on me in school, he was at his hottest then. But I knew he wasn’t the end all. And now a days I’m pretty sick of his schtick.
And who decides what is “Right”…
Caron is NOT a graphic designer, he’s an artist who uses graphic design tools. I like his work don’t get me wrong, but he’s not a graphic designer. Graphic design has a function (mainly conceying information), you need to know ‘the rules’ to be able to do this well. The only thing Carson’s work does well is making what he applies his art to, look ‘cool’. That’s realy all, don’t let him do a dictionary…
this is so wrong.. the rules are there to create a balance..other wise everything looks wrong. It’s not art, to just do what “looks good” it has to look right.
he set a trend like jackson pollack no copying for him.
Carson’s design style fits the products he’s designed, he could never design Wallpaper Magazine or any other “neat” and functional magazine. He’s not versatile as a Designer.
Carson’s design style fits the products he’s designed, he could never design Wallpaper Magazine or any other “neat” and functional magazine. He’s not versatile as a Designer.
great, just great