So lately at work (The last month or two) I have been doing nothing but converting shitty client art into print ready shitty art and little bullshit projects for lame people and events and basically the lamest shit you could expect to do at a print shop. I have sort of noticed throughout my time here that my personal shit had fallen off and my inspiration/creativity is just about hitting rock bottom. I have several potential really rad freelance possibilities that I just need to put some samples together for but I feel so empty for ideas. like my soul is being sucked out everyday at work and I kind of wish I worked at mcdonalds or something that had nothing to do with design because it would let me keep my design mind pure if you will. Also the transworld snowboard buyers guide just came out and I got so bitter/lusting for how much fun working on that kind of stuff must be and wanting so badly to get into it. I worry about my brain being tuned to only do stock generic lame designs because thats almost all that any of my lame clients want at work and almost always whenever I try to make something dope it always either gets shot down or changed beyond the point of recognition. I hate soccer coaches, soccer moms, fishing derbys, cheerleaders, rednecks, firefighters, families that have reunions, school clubs, school teams, sports, fuck em all. They give me robot brain.
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18 Comments
Pearls To Pigs said 3 months ago
haha, that last part was hilarious.
Hoodlumpr said 3 months ago
I kinda know what your saying....over the past like 2 weeks or so ive been thinking about trying to get a job away from my 9-5 design job. I was sooooo much more productive when I worked at wendy’s
Ben Danger said 3 months ago
I feel like it is doing long term permanant damage to my creativity
Hoodlumpr said 3 months ago
i just sucks cause i get so bored doing the same stuff allll day that by the time I get home to do stuff for myself I just sit and stare at my computer screen blankly
kyleisez said 3 months ago
im the other way around, i sit here and have no fucking ideas because for some reason everyone wants, poppy bright, dildo designs, even tough bands... its ridiculous... but then i go home and make gold, the stuff i make here is trashhhh
quakerninja said 3 months ago
There are other creative jobs that have nothing to do with visual arts.
I work as an Usher for Portland center for the preforming arts, and all that drama (the real kind) keeps me thinking of junk all the time...such as the phantom of the opera is kinda an asshole, and were do I get a tutu.
Secret Agenda said 3 months ago
Sounds like you need a change of scenery! Go to a museum, gallery or just somewhere different to get those juices flowing. It works for me... maybe it can help you!
quakerninja said 3 months ago
leak some nudes start a scandal, go camping, blow all your money in vegas, woo a stripper, and wow me on monday go.
I call it the fuck it list.
conor said 3 months ago
Ahh the designers dilemma. Finding that balance is tough, but it does come with time.
You need this book: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=how+to+be+a+graphic+designer+without+losing+your+soul
Ben Danger said 3 months ago
+100000
That book looks sweet man, thanks for the tip.
There are a few new print/design shops that have opened up recently in b-town that seem kind of "Hipper" and are doing less traditional stuff with cooler clients and I am going to try to get down. Plan B is to call it and move to either A. portland OR or B. SLC utah and try to pick up some shreddy freelance. I sort of feel like that dudes mom from dead alive where she starts to turn into a zombie but doesn’t realize it and then it’s too late
quakerninja said 3 months ago
Portland is a great art town, and we got the microbrew down to a science.
Pearls To Pigs said 3 months ago
microbrew is a science.
collisiontheory said 3 months ago
I had the same situation back when i was still working in an ad agency. Just sucks the soul out of you.
Kevvbo said 3 months ago
Dude i feel like that everyday! Menus, biz cards, brochures, local biz ads, etc suck the life out of me. Sometimes i feel like if hear "hey can you put a heavy drop shadow on that text" or " hey can you put a yellow sunburst with 25% off in it" i will end my life. I get home sometimes and can’t stand to even look at my computer. So I totally know where you’re coming from man. It’s beat.
Ben Danger said 3 months ago
AndrewOliv said 3 months ago
if you go to vegas DONT PLAY THE STARBURST GAME!!!!
a buddy knew a guy who played that with a stripper and sucked out 4 starbursts when she only put 3 in.... the 4th was left from another time and the chick had herpes and it grew over the 4th starburst, and he got herpes all the way down his throat. now he cant eat solid food. or do fucking anythiing
ChristianTW said 3 months ago
This sounds like some gnarly shit. Can you please elaborate on where this 4th starburst magically appeared from? Like was it from a dude a few minutes prior or from last tuesday? I’m confused.
ez-kun said 3 months ago
this thread just made me be happy that i don’t work as a designer 9-5. i just got a job today as a sales assistant in the mobile phones and shit department...heck, i’ll keep my soul, thank you!