What made you want to start designing?

wewalin3 · 12-31-2007, 02:53 PM

tell me what made you want to start designing was it someones portfolio that inspire you a certain designer?

Elite By Design · 12-31-2007, 02:58 PM

Wow, I can't even really remember. I think that I was running a clan on an online game I played (lame, I know), but I wanted to get a really cool site up and make some cool banners for that. So I downloaded the photoshop CS2 trial and things just went from there.

Now I'm doing web design for various clients on the web and have my own blog and have CS3. Life is good

Gino · 12-31-2007, 03:01 PM

I like the idea of working from home a lot. I enjoy being in a comfortable environment and I just loved computers and art so design seemed like a good fit.

BurningApple · 12-31-2007, 10:42 PM

I was on the art forum of a skateboarding message board, liked it, so I downloaded a trial of photoshop...

Boomstein · 01-02-2008, 07:18 AM

My father is a decorative painter, so maybe I got it from him. I just rolled into it basically I wanted to be able to make the most impressive things I could imagine. Still working on that part though

Aarlev · 01-10-2008, 05:33 AM

I started out as a graffiti artist about 10 years ago and have always been interested in all forms of art. Then I bought a computer and when I first got online I saw all this amazing digital art and thought "I want to do this as well". So I started doing Photoshop battles, websites etc. and then it just kinda took off from there.

Distill · 01-10-2008, 09:57 AM

My first job out of college was a sales/marketing position for a tiny relocation department in a real estate office. Their brochures, cards, letterhead were awful, so I redid them. All I had at the time was that crappy layout app that comes in MS Office (Publisher?) but I enjoyed the hell out of it and got a ton of complements from coworkers, clients, printers, etc. That pretty much ruined me for anything else from then on . . . my mind was always on how soon I could get out on my own, and about a year (a software upgrade and lots of practice) later, I did.

J Fisher LogoMotives · 01-10-2008, 10:13 AM

From the time I was in grade school I always knew I wanted to be an artist of some kind when I "grew up" - I was even selling art and having exhibits while in junior/senior high. In 1974, when I was a senior in high school, the book Graphic Design - by Milton Glaser - was released and I knew the career path I wanted to take.

- J.

Saywells · 01-10-2008, 06:18 PM

Comic books.
I'd start by putting a blank page next to a cover and try to copy it.
Then I started to make my own characters, but the funnest part began to be making and designing the title.

fumblies · 01-19-2008, 08:11 AM

Well I've always been interested in art and drawing as a kid, and you know every kid at one point has always thought of becoming an artist when he/she "grows up". But then my parents always say it's a job that doesn't give you a stable income and all that shiz. (Ok, getting out of point here.)

My first contact with photoshop and flash was in secondary school during our art lessons, but back then I didn't really like it. I was more into traditional drawing and stuff.

But it was only a couple years back I started to get more into photoshopping and web design like that because we had to study Graphic Comm and Web Design as part of our course in pursuing a diploma in Mass Communication. I began liking it and even got into DeviantArt, which inspired me even more to better myself in this area.

12-31-2007, 02:53 PM	#1
wewalin3 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 24	What made you want to start designing? tell me what made you want to start designing was it someones portfolio that inspire you a certain designer?

12-31-2007, 02:58 PM	#2
Elite By Design Designer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: USA Posts: 84	Wow, I can't even really remember. I think that I was running a clan on an online game I played (lame, I know), but I wanted to get a really cool site up and make some cool banners for that. So I downloaded the photoshop CS2 trial and things just went from there. Now I'm doing web design for various clients on the web and have my own blog and have CS3. Life is good __________________

12-31-2007, 03:01 PM	#3
Gino Administrator/Founder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NYC Posts: 923	I like the idea of working from home a lot. I enjoy being in a comfortable environment and I just loved computers and art so design seemed like a good fit. __________________ GRAPHIC DESIGN PORTFOLIO //GRAPHIC DESIGN BLOG // T SHIRT BLOG // FREE CLIPART

01-10-2008, 05:33 AM	#6
Aarlev Web Designer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London Posts: 311	I started out as a graffiti artist about 10 years ago and have always been interested in all forms of art. Then I bought a computer and when I first got online I saw all this amazing digital art and thought "I want to do this as well". So I started doing Photoshop battles, websites etc. and then it just kinda took off from there. Last edited by Aarlev : 01-10-2008 at 05:35 AM.

01-10-2008, 09:57 AM	#7
Distill Designer/Copywriter Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: DePere, WI Posts: 86	My start in design My first job out of college was a sales/marketing position for a tiny relocation department in a real estate office. Their brochures, cards, letterhead were awful, so I redid them. All I had at the time was that crappy layout app that comes in MS Office (Publisher?) but I enjoyed the hell out of it and got a ton of complements from coworkers, clients, printers, etc. That pretty much ruined me for anything else from then on . . . my mind was always on how soon I could get out on my own, and about a year (a software upgrade and lots of practice) later, I did.


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12-31-2007, 10:42 PM	#4
BurningApple Intern Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 21	I was on the art forum of a skateboarding message board, liked it, so I downloaded a trial of photoshop...

01-02-2008, 07:18 AM	#5
Boomstein Designer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lier, Belgium Posts: 61	My father is a decorative painter, so maybe I got it from him. I just rolled into it basically I wanted to be able to make the most impressive things I could imagine. Still working on that part though

01-10-2008, 10:13 AM	#8
J Fisher LogoMotives Engineer of Creative ID Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: PDX :: OR :: USA Posts: 29	From the time I was in grade school I always knew I wanted to be an artist of some kind when I "grew up" - I was even selling art and having exhibits while in junior/senior high. In 1974, when I was a senior in high school, the book Graphic Design - by Milton Glaser - was released and I knew the career path I wanted to take. - J. __________________ Jeff Fisher \| Engineer of Creative Identity \| Jeff Fisher LogoMotives

01-10-2008, 06:18 PM	#9
Saywells on Main Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 101	Comic books. I'd start by putting a blank page next to a cover and try to copy it. Then I started to make my own characters, but the funnest part began to be making and designing the title.

01-19-2008, 08:11 AM	#10
fumblies Designer Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 49	Well I've always been interested in art and drawing as a kid, and you know every kid at one point has always thought of becoming an artist when he/she "grows up". But then my parents always say it's a job that doesn't give you a stable income and all that shiz. (Ok, getting out of point here.) My first contact with photoshop and flash was in secondary school during our art lessons, but back then I didn't really like it. I was more into traditional drawing and stuff. But it was only a couple years back I started to get more into photoshopping and web design like that because we had to study Graphic Comm and Web Design as part of our course in pursuing a diploma in Mass Communication. I began liking it and even got into DeviantArt, which inspired me even more to better myself in this area.

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