Comments on: Howdy Do It – Week 11 http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=3329 A sweet little site for pitch-perfect design Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:06:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Will Miller http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=3329&cpage=1#comment-1253 Will Miller Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:26:43 +0000 http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=3329#comment-1253 working as a designer and striving to make something honest/authentic/fun is always a frustrating pursuit for me. I, too, find myself thinking, on days when i'm just burned out, that it's ok to rest. take a break. turn off from making something fun because my 9 to 5 can be considered a form of art making. those times are when i feel at peace with the fact my profession is so close to my heart. but those other days, when everything i make happens to be for jerks, scammers and/or dark-hearted people, i feel good i can always turn inward and make something for peace of mind. It always seems a battle and I always find myself wishing i was doing more of the one i'm doing less and never satisfied with either. that lack of satisfaction is probably what pushes me on on both sides of the coin and also makes me a bit of a crazy perfectionist workaholic. if i didn't care about it it wouldn't be what i consider my art or my craft. working as a designer and striving to make something honest/authentic/fun is always a frustrating pursuit for me. I, too, find myself thinking, on days when i’m just burned out, that it’s ok to rest. take a break. turn off from making something fun because my 9 to 5 can be considered a form of art making. those times are when i feel at peace with the fact my profession is so close to my heart. but those other days, when everything i make happens to be for jerks, scammers and/or dark-hearted people, i feel good i can always turn inward and make something for peace of mind. It always seems a battle and I always find myself wishing i was doing more of the one i’m doing less and never satisfied with either. that lack of satisfaction is probably what pushes me on on both sides of the coin and also makes me a bit of a crazy perfectionist workaholic. if i didn’t care about it it wouldn’t be what i consider my art or my craft.

]]> By: Amma Brown http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=3329&cpage=1#comment-1176 Amma Brown Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:31:32 +0000 http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=3329#comment-1176 I guess I have to just wait and see when I graduate in May with my BFA. I think maybe art related but not totally "creative" field is what I will go for, like working at a gallery or in a museum. I feel like I would be inspired to create after seeing others' creations. Classes are kinda like that too. Sometimes its hard to work on a painting or print thats just for me. It happens, but rarely. Sometimes like Meghan said, it helps to switch it up. When I've been in the studio too long sometimes it really opens my creativity to just walk outside and take some pictures. I guess I have to just wait and see when I graduate in May with my BFA. I think maybe art related but not totally “creative” field is what I will go for, like working at a gallery or in a museum. I feel like I would be inspired to create after seeing others’ creations.

Classes are kinda like that too. Sometimes its hard to work on a painting or print thats just for me. It happens, but rarely. Sometimes like Meghan said, it helps to switch it up. When I’ve been in the studio too long sometimes it really opens my creativity to just walk outside and take some pictures.

]]> By: meghan http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=3329&cpage=1#comment-1175 meghan Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:13:01 +0000 http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=3329#comment-1175 I almost always have some creative project going on outside my work, but it is never the same variety as the paying gig. For instance, when I was doing interactive/flash design and programming, I'd come home and animate in after effects and c4d, reveling in the relative freedom. When I'm doing broadcast board design and animation, I've been all about screenprinting, letterpress, and drawing. As long as it isn't the same technical aspect, I still find the creativity freeing and there's always a new skill to learn. I almost always have some creative project going on outside my work, but it is never the same variety as the paying gig. For instance, when I was doing interactive/flash design and programming, I’d come home and animate in after effects and c4d, reveling in the relative freedom. When I’m doing broadcast board design and animation, I’ve been all about screenprinting, letterpress, and drawing. As long as it isn’t the same technical aspect, I still find the creativity freeing and there’s always a new skill to learn.

]]> By: please sir http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=3329&cpage=1#comment-1171 please sir Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:33:47 +0000 http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=3329#comment-1171 I've been doing some fun things with this same duct tape and really enjoy the instant, creative ideas you get from it. The colors are great, it's affordable and c'mon...you can do anything with duct tape. I wish my job was more creative and crave that creative high you get from a project. I feel like if I'm going to be doing a job, then it should be creative so I can do what I love and be immersed in it each day. I strive to find that job and balance. I’ve been doing some fun things with this same duct tape and really enjoy the instant, creative ideas you get from it. The colors are great, it’s affordable and c’mon…you can do anything with duct tape. I wish my job was more creative and crave that creative high you get from a project. I feel like if I’m going to be doing a job, then it should be creative so I can do what I love and be immersed in it each day. I strive to find that job and balance.

]]> By: Tempest http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=3329&cpage=1#comment-1169 Tempest Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:07:14 +0000 http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=3329#comment-1169 I think it comes down to how draining your regular job is. I have a BFA, and in the 10 years since graduation, an odd list of (mostly) art-related jobs: gallery director, psychic, picture framer, jewelry designer, and freelance design - and you can track how productive I was outside of work by the amount of emotional/physical stress balanced with pay. I thought that if I was doing my own work full-time, it would be more fulfilling for me - and while I managed to earn as much as my last full-time job, it was twice as exhausting because of the stress of making ends meet and that I had to sell, sell, sell - making the design aspect of my work tedious. I am now working as a full-time designer 40 hours a week with great pay/benefits, and I feel like I can be more creative now in my offtime - do more couture, more creative things, then strictly worrying about sales - AND b/c I work for a very big name company, I get to see my dayjob designs everywhere, so even more satisfaction. I think it comes down to how draining your regular job is. I have a BFA, and in the 10 years since graduation, an odd list of (mostly) art-related jobs: gallery director, psychic, picture framer, jewelry designer, and freelance design – and you can track how productive I was outside of work by the amount of emotional/physical stress balanced with pay. I thought that if I was doing my own work full-time, it would be more fulfilling for me – and while I managed to earn as much as my last full-time job, it was twice as exhausting because of the stress of making ends meet and that I had to sell, sell, sell – making the design aspect of my work tedious. I am now working as a full-time designer 40 hours a week with great pay/benefits, and I feel like I can be more creative now in my offtime – do more couture, more creative things, then strictly worrying about sales – AND b/c I work for a very big name company, I get to see my dayjob designs everywhere, so even more satisfaction.

]]> By: Jamie http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=3329&cpage=1#comment-1156 Jamie Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:31:18 +0000 http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=3329#comment-1156 Sometimes I feel like I can't be creative when I'm off the job. Thankfully, those times are few and far between. I like to go to work and work on creative stuff there, and then when I come home the creative things I do are for myself and the ones I love. It's a nice balance. Sometimes I feel like I can’t be creative when I’m off the job. Thankfully, those times are few and far between. I like to go to work and work on creative stuff there, and then when I come home the creative things I do are for myself and the ones I love. It’s a nice balance.

]]> By: lisa http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=3329&cpage=1#comment-1155 lisa Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:24:15 +0000 http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=3329#comment-1155 it is so true! doing something that isn't "on my list" creatively fuels me. it gives me a chance to just play around and look at colors not as work but as inspiration. i often take a mini break in between illos to do something for me that may just end up on the studio wall. for no ones else's eyes but my own- but isn't that why we started in the first place? nice post. it is so true! doing something that isn’t “on my list” creatively fuels me. it gives me a chance to just play around and look at colors not as work but as inspiration. i often take a mini break in between illos to do something for me that may just end up on the studio wall. for no ones else’s eyes but my own- but isn’t that why we started in the first place? nice post.

]]> By: Laura B http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=3329&cpage=1#comment-1154 Laura B Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:40:42 +0000 http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=3329#comment-1154 I think it zaps a little of my creativity. For example, I just started working on a design business, building it through Etsy and all that fun and work. I normally make holiday and birthday cards for our family and friends and when it came to making Valentine's Day cards this year I just wasn't as inspired about it because I've been sending my creative juice on my illustration designs. I think it zaps a little of my creativity. For example, I just started working on a design business, building it through Etsy and all that fun and work. I normally make holiday and birthday cards for our family and friends and when it came to making Valentine’s Day cards this year I just wasn’t as inspired about it because I’ve been sending my creative juice on my illustration designs.

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