Why do we do this?
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- stewdio0
Because we do what we gotta do real well and we've got the fever to tell.
- studderine0
its the only thing i am kind of good at.
- previous0
at least the world hasn't been afflicted with the bad art I would do if I didn't have to earn a living
- jtb260
I'm not that good of a designer, and i don't even have that cool a job, BUT I don't think i could ever do any thing else. Being a designer is great. The only thing that came close to being as rewarding is writing and playing music live, and try doing that for a living. If i won the lottery i would donate most of my time to design work for social change.
- capn_ron0
I do this because it's the only thing I can do as a full time job, come home and do as freelance and then when I have a free moment continue doing in some fashion.
I consider it a passion rather than a job or career. Yeah, i have to go to work and I have to make money to pay bills, but who else do you know comes home from work and does more of the same because they like it?
Being creative is a good outlet. You may not get to do it to the fullest potential on every project, but that's why we make some up for ourselves and go full throttle with them.
- < this is true for me, 8 hours at work, then 6 hours of free time, lolsteven_segal
- d_rek0
I was raised by a pretty traditional roman catholic family. We're talking a generations of relatives whose highest ambitions were to get a factory job, work it for the next 20-30 years of their life and then retire. Fuck that.
I have always had latent artistic ability but it was never exactly encouraged by most of my immediate family that I should pursue a career as an artist/designer. And the area I was raised in was so culturally devoid and unaware that when I took that stupid test in high school about "Choosing a Career" I ended up not being able to complete it and having to talk to a counsellor about it. Most people from that area still think of artists/designers as someone who exclusively oil pants.
After I graduated I still didn't understand that I could make a living making art commercially. It wasn't until I attended community college that I really started to understand what graphic design was as a profession and through some excellent mentoring was set upon that path.
Now I've had more jobs than I can probably remember: bus boy, waiter/server, bartender, short-order cook, frycook, furniture mover, delivery boy, counting inventory for retail stores, lawn care... and those are the ones that I can remember. The only thing that I ever really loved doing as much as I do now is when I worked in a greenhouse (and someday hope to do this again, either personally or as a business) but none of them have ever been something that I can say I aw myself having a career in.
That being said there is no other career that I could have chosen that allows me to express myself artistically while generating a sense of reward and pride for creating something. Not only that I get paid to draw/sketch for hours on end and then to fuck around on the computer and make sweet shit! It's the cats-ass!
- PonyBoy0
I do this so I never have to work.
- bigtrickagain0
- after listening to this for one minute, i now regret posting itbigtrickagain
- i was getting in the begin but then i hooked up with one chick and knocked out some kids!necromation
- coll dude! i did it all for the nookie the nookie so you can have a cookie
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