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- NotByHand0
who the fuck are you?
get the fuck off my kids!
- _salisae_0
i am getting trained right up! finally, some excellent design guidance. :D
- from whom?MrOneHundred
- where?7point34
- *they both ask knowing it couldn't have come from here7point34
- Rand?canuck
- elementary.MrOneHundred
- Well, I know it couldn’t have been from me.MrOneHundred
- That's good that you finally got something worth listening to.********
- NotByHand0
I had an interesting experience today... well, I'll let guys judge whether it's interesting or not of course. But it was certainly... hmm... different (for me).
I went to the printer for a press-check, and noticed security guards everywhere. I obviously asked: "what's with all the security". They told me, that they're currently printing the new/next "Grand Theft Auto" game, and they need the security because people otherwise try to sneak in and see something - and obviously spread the word.
- _salisae_0
since i've been too stubborn to work at a well run studio it's taken this long to find someone i don't mind working for that has the wisdom to guide me with their gathered studio experience (that they weren't too stubborn to take on).
and of all the places i've worked she has the best approach yet.
- Good for you.NotByHand
- You are lucky.MrOneHundred
- i'm in love. i am really in love this time!_salisae_
- may you have a safe journeycanuck
- since beginning my career i hate had nothing but grumbles for the people who try to manage me._salisae_
- which made me wonder if it was just me – but it's not. i have a match. you have no idea how happy i am._salisae_
- high five! teach me your ways.emukid
- i will do the best i can. i moved here to learn from her b/c i knew i needed to be face to face to get it._salisae_
- i remember you mentioned her a few months ago. glad it worked out!emukid
- I'm too fucked up to learn, but god bless you********
- niceJaline
- Can I plagiarise your learnings?MrOneHundred
- How did that thin go? The diabetic thing.MrOneHundred
- hehe that was actually about a year ago. took a lot of debating to make this move. thanks for your kind words :)_salisae_
- haven't shown to the client yet. we're presenting the eco product design tomorrow._salisae_
- Good luck! (I was joking about the plagiarism)MrOneHundred
- thanks, mr100. and you can plagiarize anytime you like._salisae_
- ha, thanks!MrOneHundred
- emukid0
these photoshop cs4 tabs will be the end of me. i just slammed some H so i can get through this.
- Maybe re-install cs3canuck
- Get a Mac, morans.MrOneHundred
- i just needed an excuse to slam Hemukid
- Tabs? Are you talking about different docs in tabs instead of windows? If so, you choose...NotByHand
- Let's all slam some H!!!canuck
- If you need an excuse, you’re doing it wrong.MrOneHundred
- ... in preferences for it to not do that.NotByHand
- notbyhand is a party pooperemukid
- I know... people hate that I always take dumps on the dancefloor...NotByHand
- canuck0
I hear pure pillz are the way to go.
- ********0
i started out as a jnr in a brand new 3 person shop and worked my way up. not once has there been anyone above me creatively, just management. this was great to start with as i got to play CD long before i should have done. but after 5 years i have learnt pretty much fuck all.
i am quite envious salisae. congrats though.
- today i was making banner adverts. again.********
- me too.canuck
- thanks skt. i just can't seem to settle unless i'm really convinced it's the right match. wasn't the easiest route by any means._salisae_
- means_salisae_
- didn't realize you were such a grown up until this just this week, skt_salisae_
- haha. i'm not young, but i'd hardly describe myself as a grown up.********
- today i was making banner adverts. again.
- ********0
When the hell did Llyod turn into Lloyd? Are they even the same person? I think that Lloyd is only pretending to be Llyod. Not that this is terribly relevant in the grand scheme of things.
I'm just asking.
As you were...- Ban ’em all and let Dog decide.MrOneHundred
- The bounty hunter? Not sure he has the sage wisdom you're looking forlocustsloth
- I beg to differ. (although I have only ever seen promos for that show)MrOneHundred
- you've seen more than i have. i just think someone who chooses to keep the name "Dog" is likely to have similar judgement in other areaslocustsloth
- other areas of lifelocustsloth
- locustsloth0
Yeah, it's a bit confusing. One minute he's (Lloyd) giving spot on advice about AfterEffects. Next minute he's posting a pic of someone's bits and pieces dressed up like a cowboy.
- It was real.Jnr_Madison
- Yeah, I don't get it at all.********
- omgitsacamera0
well, that was a nice nap.
- I’d kill for the minutes shut-eye right now.MrOneHundred
- You'd kill for shut-eye. Your day is just starting innit?
Good morning, btw.******** - Almost 3 in the afternoon. Siesta time in other sub-tropic countries.MrOneHundred
- Ah right. I'm still time-fucked. I'm three-hours behind myself.... or my normal self anyway.********
- omgitsacamera0
and this is the video that prep was singing....
- You should have obliged her, done what she was singinglocustsloth
- megE0
lloyd is following me on twitter... creepy
- be scared. be very scaredemukid
- haha at least im rarely on twittermegE
- You should change that to NEVER on Twitter.MrOneHundred
- MrOneHundred0
Just put this in the All-Nighters thread, but since I’m procrastinating, I thought I’d share it here.
A client asked me to design a CD label that followed the corporate style guide (very proscriptive and inflexible) and was “eye catching”. So I thought I’d incorporate parts of the silver disc surface into the design and work the other elements around that.
She sends me an email – preceded by a phone call that goes like this...
HER: “I can’t say I like them. They are very plain and dull. Silver is not one of our corporate colours.
ME:...
HER: I’ll send through something that takes part of the logo and uses that as a design element.
ME: The corporate guidelines forbid the breaking up of the logo to use as design elements.
HER: Just try please. Just ignore the guidelines for that part. And don’t copy what I send through, just use the idea as a basis, but still do what they’ve done.
ME:...- That’s the kind of fucking brief I get these days “stick to the style guide and make it eye-catching”.MrOneHundred
- I’d like something to catch her eye. Something hook-like.MrOneHundred
- It's lovely when people talk outta both sides of their mouths. "That thing isn't part of our guidelines. And this other thing? Forget about the guidelines"locustsloth
- about the guidelines"locustsloth
- CUNTS&CUNTS LTD.Horp
- I feel little but despair these days********
- locustsloth0
Is there a way we can set up an ambush using Meg's twitter so we can "say hello" to Llyod?
- omgitsacamera0
i should be really pissed given what that cunt said to me
but im not
- omgitsacamera0
i think i should show my generosity by giving out free prints
- and to compensate for my egregious delays in the moleskin and AEWA stickers...omgitsacamera
- ********0
100, we get that all the time with one of our clients.
Client: Is that as per the guidelines?
Us: Yes, to the micron.
Client: Can you add some more colour, it looks relaly monotonous.
Us: Duotone-ous, actually. It's a black and warm grey duotone.
Client:..... Can you add colour?
Us: Nope, style guide says no.
Client: Just ignore that part.
Us: ......
- MrOneHundred0
HA!
She just called back to say she’d spoken to the Marketing Manager and they’ve decided to “put a hold” on that job as that might take the design “in a different direction”.
Translation: I just found out that we can’t use the logo that way and I don’t have the fucking nerve to tell you straight.
- Why can't people just grow a frickin backbone?locustsloth
- The smallest victories are always the sweetest.MrOneHundred
- ********0
Yep.
The things that we put up with....