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Originally Posted by alyCe
I agree and disagree, but then again I'm not a contest-kind of person :P It all depends on what you as a designer want from the contest. If I wanted to join a contest it would be out of three reasons:
1)Prize (then I would do my utter best at it)
2)Experience and self-development (where I would also do my best)
3)Experimentation and fun
If I did it for the last one (which is the most likely) then I would try something new, still try to develop myself but I wouldn't spend time glaring at a pantone-chart, doing 1000 test-prints (all on different printers) and spending hours fixing all my anchorpoints, like when making a "real" logo for a client  I would work better for paid work than for a contest for shure, but I don't think that makes me lesser of a designer than you? We all have different views on things you know. |
Yeah and did I say anything about doing all that, ha. It would probably take about 30 mins to an hour to sketch, scan, and re-create a simple logo such as a coffee cup in illustrator. I wasn't trying to say he was less of a designer for his reply, I was merely stating the fact that I can guess what type of designer he is based on his comment. IE. "Do you have any idea how long that would take" as if I had no idea how long something simple like that would take and as if it's a really hard job to do and requires massive amounts of effort. IMO it just comes off a little cocky, but again he could have not meant it like that at all.
I was just trying to explain that if this was for a logo contest (going off Gino's reply, to be honest I haven't read the whole post) you shouldn't rely on photoshop to make logos no matter what it's for. It's not practical (Which I didn't explain, but I meant too, ha).