Life as a Graphic Designer - Part 1

[alexed89]

cuuuute :D

[lucasbdantas]

hahahha

Is that your son???? He is the best actor ever!

[alfreeno1]

Ha that's the cutest fickle client ever,lol...

[geniusindesigns]

great video and website. I am new to the Graphic Design Industry but I really enjoy it.

[semajenor]

That is awesome!

[kworalsoa]

Man, this IS sooooooo true! Thumbs up

[thesupe87]

@kworalsoa no doubt!

[dottiedots221]

Awwww cutest video ever! Your son's darling ^_^

[sweetdreeem]

soo cute ;)

[no0neiv]

Spot on guys.Great video.



[vincentement]

I find the client's sketches quite good compared to what I've seen!

[KissVirgin09]

And that, my friends, is business ;) ...and cuteness!

[DrkShogun]

thats sooooo awesome!

[AyyyCeee]

great video! and that is an adorable child you got there! goodluck with future clients!

[calikiddable]

you gave him coffee!!?! Thats gonna stunt his growth!!

[HabboPasiion]

@calikiddable dude you didnt watch the video thru, at the end it says he didn't drink coffeee...

Jeezzz

[angelicwarrior31]

awhh this is cute...

[deettle]

too cute!

[AndyHarglesis]

...Black people?

[ElwoodSurfsNy]

such a great video :)

[forcefeedlogiq]

Well, I can relate. On the designer front and on the cute kid front.

[MrArtpro91]

Great video

[knsense]

im about to graduate from high school, i will probably study graphic design, is it well paid and is it hard to find a job?

[uberfunction]

@knsense It's not well paid. The real truth is 75% of graphic designers coming out of college will not find a job. You can't be mediocre to ok in this field. You need to be good to great coming out. If not, seriously consider another career. Sorry to scare you but trust me, if it's not for you, it will save you a lot of time and money.

[LM1313]

"Cockroach!" I nearly died. XD

[DesignLingo99]

Awesome ... nice job

[LisaJacksonDesign]

Ha ha Cute!

[The50Movement]

Lol, wow...I FEEL THE SAME WAY!!  great job!

[invincible5102]

absolutely smart, Funny and on Point! Loved it!

[SirMelodicBrush]

Brilliant job.

[JermaineJHaggerty123]

NICE!!!!!!

[XxHatedBloodxX]

When he's 17, he's gonna look back on this and hate it XD

[adda89]

spot on!!



[snipeliger]

so cutee

[ccis1]

No Money! Haha

[sid6582]

this is a documentary

[bydesignmedia]

lol, lol too funny! Glad to see I'm not the only one caught in this nightmare.

[enzigenes]

This is exactly why i don't do logos.

[ruetty79]

Whats wrong with it.

IT STINKS. :DDD soooo true. lov this. well done.

[viobearcs]

man i swear i've had one client that has done this to me and its so fucken frustrating when they cant tell you what they want changed and your sitting for hours trying to read their mind!

[defsurg30]

ice coffee hahaha

[bogil]

HILARIOUS !!! SO VERY TRUE !!! WELL DONE !!!

[kell0338]

im currently designing a logo for a company that doesn't exist, and a product that has yet to be developed. I met with the client for the second time today and it was completely pointless. ARGH!... Even the color question was a bust. tisk tisk tisk... :D.. i love it tho~!!!

[Samb0123]

I have a controlling client ATM I guess that is better than someone who has no idea what they want. Only problem is if he had total control it would look like a dogs breakfast however some things we are on the same level about.

[HASHANIMATIONS]

ha ha ha, this is so true, i'm making a logo for my uncle and every time i make one he just throws it back in my face

[MsGunner2010]

sorry :) lol

[JimandNanci09]

Coffee is a MUST when designing! lmao!

[4AceCraZ]

LOL love it >> just like my last client ;D

[virginWHORE69]

COCKROACH!!!...........omfg XD ur killin me too

[dominguessdude]

LOL! I loved your vid!

[BohoCosmopolitan]

OMG, I go through this all of the time.  God speed to you. You are not in the struggle alone.

[falkon14]

lol

[pinguizawesome]

awe, thats cute ^.^

[webcoredesign]

Great video! Well done! :-)

[ehmpeters]

The problems associated with most GD jobs is the failure of the designer to communicate with their clients. A conflict of opposites considering a GD's job is to communicate...well.... not that I don't have the same problems also. Use a contract.

[gwaredd]

You think you guys have it bad. Us signmakers get it from both barrels! VECTOR people VECTOR!!! ;)

[CheekyTrooper92]

I love this video and the people that star in it, You guys should make more xD

[puppetdesign]

This is so good. Excellent job.

I bailed after 14 years. I'll never go back to the industry. I'd rather chew glass than entertain the thought of receiving another MS Word or Powerpoint file. "What do you mean they're not press ready? They print just fine on my inkjet"

[toogood6996]

@puppetdesign bad career move gd?

[puppetdesign]

@toogood6996...don't even get me started. Long hours, shitty pay, no respect, having clients haggle prices...ugh...I'd rather be raped in the arse with a broken beer bottle than step back into that job.

[toogood6996]

@puppetdesign did you work in Australia? im doing a degree in gd now, seems like i should change while i can...

[puppetdesign]

@toogood6996...yupp...worked in Australia but friends all over the world in GD have the same opinion and almost all have found something else to do. If you're in Australia, get a trade. You'll make $70ph laying bricks and getting much more respect. No customer will ever dare tell you how to lay bricks.

[DCENTFILMS]

I feel your pain! Every grapic designer goes through this ATLEAST once.

[Samb0123]

I havent been through this yet. But I do know there are clients who really don't know what they want or a very vague idea, Im studying to be one (done a few jobs on the side). are you serious it gets that bad 8 revisions, and a cockroach design and you have to give away for free? I have a real passion for design and can see it as a long term career.

[ths8dan]

the concept makes me smile...it's like uplifting because graphic artists can relate. i appreciate more the father and son relationship-effort in making the vid.

[parappabug]

...and this is exactly why when i lost my gd job i changed career paths and entered nursing. anyone who can stay in the gd field without going insane, you are fortunate.

[Jaya365]

@parappabug, dude you have no idea. It works like this, client comes with no clue or brief whatsoever, usually no budget, and an impossible time scale. You do your best and probably produce something your proud of. They look at it give you some "pointers" and amends that probably commit a number of design no nos and ruin your idea i.e 7 logo colours and comic fucking sans. You'll do the amends a number of times until they are happy, they pass it onto their boss. Rinse repeat until you wanttodie

[hotKnife612]

Crap...can someone please give me some uplifting advice of advantages as a GD'er I changed my major to GD but now im starting to think its going to be very hard or... and i even half right?

[Godschosenwun]

I loved every second of it

[SoSoDeap]

OMG, i thought i was the only one who went through this with clients! Outstanding.

[TheThomasHart]

whats the song at the start called ?

[SamuelEllmer]

It's called Sh-Boom

[lastinlineband1]

I really like your video. I'm doing short cartoons about theory of graphic design. I'll post my video resonse. Thank-you. Check my channel for other videos about graphic design.

[maroshiV]

that was cool...and yes, sums it all up

[MrPerseus2009]

I'm starting to rethink my major because GD is really demanding.

[adda89]

could always be a GD teacher.

[kmarois]

@MrPerseus2009 it can also be extremely self rewarding. and remember, its not like animation...

[TvojMis]

LOOOOOOOVELY!!!

[carlinscuderi]

He probably didn't even bill him for the meeting.

[uberm3nsch]

Haha, hilarious! Cute kid.

[sheshotsmoking]

This is so true! Working with non-creatives is generally like trying to please a 5 year old child. Thanks for your sweet video. Looking forward to seeing your son at the oscars in 20 years time.

[donnadohogne]

I needed that! lol. 7 year senior graphic designer. too cute ans so true! I am needing a video to show 200 new graphic design students to mentor them into getting a graphic design degree. I think I am going to make your son's video the center of all talking points of my speech. thanks! Donna

[14bo0357]

What a sweet kid you have. He's going to be somebody one day! Great video.

[philabyebye]

Well so many "graphic designers" actually bend over backwards for clients, And undercharge so it is hard to change clients sometimes because of this.

[loopylava]

I agree, train for something else, clients have little to no respect or understanding of our industry, just because they think its fun to play with colour and type, its gotta be cheap eh.. "cos its a bit like what i did at primary school.. and you guys get paid for it .. right..??"

assholes some of them.. become a photographer.. its easier, no amends or changes. Photography is a black art as far as some clients think, so they don't seem confident enough to comment as much...

[Chroma100]

I'm wondering why clients think that every graphic designer is there for their playtime and for free! Lets see them mess other industries around and see where it gets them. Everyone is a 'designer' these days. The industry has never been so dissed and disrespected in all of its life. Clients need to wake up or ship out.

[Kidcky]

hahahaha, that kid is too cute man.

I'm going to become a graphic designer in a few years, I hope things aren't as difficult like this haha!

[JonHColey]

Sorry, I'm afraid so! I'm from the UK and it's the same here. I think it's part and parcel of the job!

[Chroma100]

Do yourself a favour and train for something else. The clients that the industry attracts these days are disrespectful arseholes who don't want to pay. Web designers are doing better. Good luck x

[theHouseCat]

I'm a web designer and 90% of the idiots I deal with are like this. I have been in business for just under a year and find myself wanting to shut the thing down. Daily.

[MA3LK]

Great video

[samcreate124]

Yes clients have opinions but any designer worth his salt has a responsibility to raise the bar and use his talents, experience and expertise to deliver something better than what a layman thinks is the best way to communicate. Just being completely reactive means that somewhere along the way you've either lost all confidence in your ability or you're a complete cynic. Michael Jackson's plastic surgeon is an example of a 'service provider' who just carried out a clients 'orders' without caveats.

[emLevit]

@samcreate124

Hell if Micheal came to my clinic supposedly and asked for a nose even though his nose was already f*cked up and I'm not a plastic surgeon, I'd do what eva THINK OF ALL THE MONEY! I don't think the surgeon was out of self esteem simply greedy as hell!

[samcreate124]

I think poopedin yourmouth is ironically, talking poop. Everyone is a service provider but designers have an area of expertise that a lot of clients choose to ignore for a variety of reasons. They have their own opinion, they rarely get the chance to be involved in something creative and want to input (at the possible detriment of theproject) etc.

[kitsuneswordsman]

Excellent video sir! I found it very enjoyable!

[jdannydotcom]

this nice video sums up my 15 years in the industry

[Violetvand]

Awesome! It's so nice to find out your not the only one ripping your hair out over frustrating clients. Thank you!

[schuggyt]

This made my day! It wasn't even a bad day. That was just awesome. Thanks!

[rhaick]

First off, I know the feeling that this video conveys. Second, the idea that slapping together any random crap is art is quite frankly, stupid. Actually, that whole idea came from shitty artists who couldn't get work because they sucked. So, crappy "artists" got together and basically told people that their garbage was good. It was basically a great PR campaign. Fact is, art has specfic vision, content and meaning. If ever someone tells you that it's open to interpretation, they are full of crap

[myklcris24]

wow...I'm not the only one! Thanks! This was great! More!!!

[kellllllllllz]

poop!

I think this vid paints a very realistic picture of the design/client relation. The client often has extremely unrealistic ideas of what they want and the designer is expected to understand. Graphic Design is NOT taking orders. Most service industries have very clear outlines—You need your sink fixed? A plumber fixes it. You pay plumber. Design IS Art! And art is very subjective. You can't please everyone. Hence the bad review you gave this video... which BTW is art.

[poopedinyourmouth]

That's exactly what graphic design is. But painting the client as a child is stroking the designers ego. Clients will have opinions and a designer has to follow them. A designer is nothing more than an order taker in a service industry. Design is not Art, and way too many designers forget that.

[elinorac]

poop - ANYTHING creative is art. Design doesn't just appear. U have to visualise it, create every element & harmonise them. Thats art. I agree that clients will have opinions, but clients insist on abusing of their position. Imagine saying to a chef - oh, I don't know - just make me something I'll like. But I'm not going to tell u what food I actually like. And keep going until I like it BUT, I'm only paying the cost of 1 meal. Do u think theyd accept that? Design should be no different.

[BLKMRK7]

Very nice. Cheers to your husband and son. I liked your choice of music.

[mkbailey1972]

LOVE IT!! It's my day exactly! *LOL*

[neilypeelie]

loving your work

[designgirl1977]

LOVE IT! VERY GOOD :0)

[yamms2000]

love it!

[jewlius11]

lol cockroach

[domperry01]

congratulations on the vid. this has given me a good understanding of what life as a graphic designer will be like. lol.

[missionverdana]

Very funny, great work!

[TdotRob]

That kid sure drives a hard bargain! Loved the vid!

[andymirage]

lol!! great sketch! loved it!

[qksweird]

great sketch, your son is such a good actor, and that is the harsh reality we graphic designers must confront daily hehehe

[lindsaymccutcheon]

don't lie to the guy, the kid's a terrible actor.

[banoffipudding]

Good luck on the contest. This video is very very cute. Those troublesome clients!

[djVarroA]

Ahahaha that was amazing, cute kid you've got there

[Graphicjay22]

ahhh hahaha story of my life! great way to create a positive release for your frustrations! very clever! adorable son!

[zzwhitejd]

That was terribly cute! (and fairly realistic too...)

[PretinhaGarrett]

great stuff!

[MontanaRaven]

I love it -- I can so relate. Your son (I'm assuming he's yours) is adorable! I found your vid from MOOvie mania. Cute.

[Joya128]

aww

[NamasteCG]

Absolutely Adorable! haha I hope it's not that bad though! ^___^

[andypiperuk]

Funny :-)

[thegc4]

awesome! :)