You Know You've Been Doing Graphics Too Long When
 

You can identify fonts on shirts in the mall.
You critique logos you see in stores.
You wonder how you could make pictures better.
Wish you could up the contrast level in life so there is more color.
When you constantly wish you had a camera so you can take a stock photo.

Add some.

lmao.....hahahahha isn't that the truth..but i dont knwo any of the text names sept like.....scriptina and yeah thats it:(

you critisise road signs for using too much bevel.

lmao word to this thread
i always look at things and identify the fonts..

you also know you been doing it too long when you look at something and know EXACTLY how it was done..

when you can make a sig in your head @ school, then make the exact same thing on the computer...
^^thats dope though :cool:

LMAO @ THAT ONE

BWAHAHAHAHA

What was the government thinking using so much bevel and emboss?

One that Tizz said sort of, except you don't necessarily know, but you study it to figure out what they did.

when you eat your ceral and are disgusted at the design of the cereal box.

LMAO wow, i seriously do all of those all the time
and the ones Tizz said......

anybody seen the Chris Brown album cover?
that is SOOOOO 08 Underground :)

My friend got my a pink shirt one day, and the day before that she was at my house, and I was showing her some basic stuff in photoshop and I showed her one font and she went, "That's the font on your pink shirt!" Then I asked what pink shirt? And that's how I found out my b'day gift. :cool:

When you design logos for no one in your head.
You see a random person on the net and consider using them in a sig.
Your 'boredom' graphics take 2 hrs because you wanted to perfect it.
If you aren't using PS, you are bored.
You make AIM icons.

^^loll word @ boredom

I got my logo before he charged. :cool:

Also one more.

You can see the difference of the color between a sig and the RV bg (even if it's dfdfdf there is still a slight difference)

lmao yeah, i see that.... it depends on the monitor tho, some arent detailed enough where u can see it

^^word mines must be cause blay your backround on that logo wayyy off :cool:

When you make album covers for no reason. *cough* Tizz *cough*

i knew a guy who made album covers for no reason..and wasnt very good at it...he soon stopped cuz we kept making fun of him, he would make imaginary mixtapes for Game, 50, Eminem and shit...lmfao

Everyone does that, it's practice for the real thing.

when you look at rev's avatar and say.....maybe he should raise the brightness so we can see the damn picture....

thats when uve been doin gfx to the point u cant see lol, rev's avy's bright nuff

You say it.. like doing graphics is a bad thing..

I've been in the graphics field for over 7 years.

What you do is take your skill and put it to use..

This is my career.. It isn't just some joke or hobby I do..

^werd, considered, four times.....


you kno you been doing it so long that you call it your job. and it you do it for free.[no pun intended]

you get done makin you a sig, and someone asks you for one and you say you cant b/c you are fixing something.

when you see sports logos, and you can make better.

when you try to explain what you are doing on the computer to your parents, and they are confused, and walk away [happened twice....lol..]

You know you're a successful graphic designer..

When..

You've been paid to make sigs.. :-)

^yo you got aim hit me up..justinkashmere

Why would someone pay for a sig?

lmao....dumbasses would.....i might charge then since i've had like 70 request in the last month

you aint good enough foolio,lol.

When people who live in areas near you and get in contact to make mixtape covers & posters for ££.

Because they know illness when they see it..

Or they know what makes me work at my best..

No lies.. I've been paid to make sigs..

I got the receipts on paypal..

Ps.. I never charge.. It's always offered..

lmao exactly what i was thinking

A LOT of people already do that. I know since I been to a lot of different sites, and their best graphic designers ask people to pay for sigs. but yea, a lot of people ask people to pay for sigs it's not uncommon. =/

Real money for sigs?

Ionno.. Like I said. I've never asked for someone to pay me if they want a sig. Because I just tell them I don't make sigs..

But i've been approached and had people say they'd pay me if I made them some sigs.

people are fuckin stupid, or just throw away money.
the only artwork ill get any money for is: CD covers (jackets, cd, back tray inserts), my pieces, website designs, logos, clothing. everything else is just some stupid easy shit noone should get money for. but hey if your tryna give out cash for it ill do it ;)

LMAO thats what i sed first time i saw it

The font on Scarface's the product is cocain sans.