where my girls at?
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- iamlo
How many of you are female designers? If so, are you freelance, what is your area of expertise, and what issues do you continually find challenging in this business - either related or unrelated to gender.
- spendogg0
"How YOU Doin?
- redant0
I'm a girl.
Am not freelance
web and stuff
I find some guys don't like to listen to a woman's opinion or for a girl to teach them something, they get insulted (sux)
Other than that it's great
Thanks for asking! :)- I'm beginning to think your generalizations of most men may be specific to just you.flavorful
- :Dflavorful
- yea that was mean. I bet other girls think the same way.redant
- how old are you?hallelujah
- 10redant
- i think im competitive even sometimes i played sports and some guys were rude and some cool if i played with guysredant
- now im sad flavorful is meanredant
- that's great that you can earn a living at tenhallelujah
- :)redant
- Haha, not trying to be mean - it's just that this sentiment seems to come out a lot in your posts.flavorful
- what do you expect from a ten year old republican from texas?hallelujah
- yea its tru im bitterredant
- no its an attitude prob byeredant
- keep up the good work!
iamlo - Oh, sorry redant, I wasn't listening... what were you saying?Point5
- 16Lillebo
- katekelly0
yup i'm a girl
i do a bit of freelance, work for an independent arts newspaper as well. no complaints here- although when i was in school there was always that first critique to get through (to prove that i didn't like clip-art and kittens in my work). but all is well.
...holler.- holla! sounds awesome, glad to hear from ladies around here.iamlo
- OSFA0
PICS!! PICS!! PICS!!
*grab Doritos...
- ukit0
Threads without pics are boring:(
Girls, post pics so we can tell you how cute you are:D
- canuck0
More!
- megE0
girl here
i freelance a little bit - mostly small projects for friends/family
i'm a typography geek, but my real job is doing EGD
challenging - right now is just finding work, all of our projects keep getting put on hold :\- find past pics posted if you're THAT interestedmegE
- hey meg are you still at commarts?spendogg
- still here:)megE
- cool. it's such a nice day, i am having trouble focusingspendogg
- i knooooow - i made the mistake of taking a walk on my lunch break. supposed to be great tomorrow!megE
- commarts?digdre
- company i work atmegE
- awesome. what's it like working there?
iamlo
- redant0
- pls dont rate me i know im not all thatredant
- i think you meant to post that in Chick of the Day :Dlocustsloth
- thats sweet i thinkredant
- Yes, meant as a compliment :)locustsloth
- why not rate, you're beautifulshinpo
- NICE!BattleAxe
- I agree! You are very pretty.DCDesigns
- redant0
anyway i love QBN the only other girl I know on here is Jaline. She is super cool n nice.
- Llyod0
this thread requires photos
- redant0
its mostly men let's see your pictures!
- grab your drool rag
http://www.qbn.com/t…mcLeod - hot and nerdy the way i like emredant
- grab your drool rag
- d_rek0
Damn i am seriously afraid to post a pic of myself on QBN - sorry ladies. =D
- http://farm3.static.…
d_rek - me and my old man on graduation day (this last may)d_rek
- o cuteredant
- http://farm3.static.…
- digdre0
emmaopeel is nice
- megE0
lol my pics float around QBN - im done posting them
- madirish0
"n hot" = quote of the week
lol
- Jaline0
How many of you are female designers? Right here
Are you freelance? yes
What is your area of expertise? canuck
What issues do you continually find challenging in this business - either related or unrelated to gender? his requests
- emmaopeel0
I am a girl, and have had some trouble committing to freelance (have tried it on and off for a few years). After a minor meltdown at my last agency job, I decided that freelance was for me and right now I think the lifestyle is really the ideal.
In terms of gender-related issues, there really are very few. I do have a male cohort/compatriot (we try to take on most projects together) and I find that he is much better at aggressively quoting a job than I am. I generally will estimate hours for a job, send them to him, and he'll double them. The estimate goes out to a client and they usually agree to 80 to 90% of it. So I appreciate his help — but this might be more of a disposition vs. gender thing.
The only really negative female thing about design/advertising in general is, well, the whole superficial thing. If I wear high heels and makeup (I confess, I can be lazy), presentations seem to go swimmingly. If I don't, they go fine too, but I find that people respond best to me if I am styled up a bit vs. my male counterparts. We actually had a running line of heels in the design area for a lass to grab in case of a last minute client visit.
- well communicated perspective.madirish
- n hotmadirish
- when I wear makeup and heels it tends to take a sour turn. weird.mcLeod
- funny that!emmaopeel
- good points. And yes, heels rock!OSFA
- wow, that is unbelievable - the heel thing.iamlo
- Heels are very uncomfortable. If women have to wear heels, guys should have to wear ties everyday.Jaline
- Which is fine sometimes, because you feel more beautiful or snazzy, but not all the time.Jaline
- agreed. sneakers are the ideal.emmaopeel
- and boys look dashing (although sometimes choked?) in ties.emmaopeel
- i don't wear tes as i don't want the ladies around me to melt...pr2