bcossar
07-11-2006, 03:24 PM
Hi everyone! I am a brand spankin' new member. I joined the forum out of frustration with my new boss (more on that later), but I also thought I needed more outlets to contact other designers.
I have been a graphic designer for 12 years since graduating from Michigan State University in 1994. I did all my undergrad work in visual arts like video & film and multimedia and had very little exposure to design software. Luckily, the library was growing and needed somebody who could handle communications duties while learning to design. I got the job and have basically learned on my own since then. This has been great, but I find that many of the basic things most designers trained in the field take for granted, I sometimes don't know. So while I can create you just about anything in Adobe CS2 or Macromedia Studio 8, somethimes basic design or printing terminology is lost on me. Kinda weird, I know. But I LOVE the work I do and really have a passion to get better.
Anyway, I'll wrap this up with my question. I couldn't find a place I thought this would fit, so here goes: My new boss of about 2 months now has come in and created a very tense and demeaning atmosphere. Yesterday she wrote on a proof of a rack card (promotes an exhibit) I gave her this note: "NEVER overprint a piece of artwork!! Move this up here!" A little overboard, as you can tell. She actually used capital letters and underlines. This was a photograph also used in an exhibit poster that was overprinted as well (I didn't design that one). Aside from her obvious need to control me and various other insecurities, I am wondering if there is a rule about this? I don't worry too much about changes to my work. Much of what I do gets filtered through many people, for better and for worse. But I see text overprinting artwork everywhere. Is there a design rule stating that it is a "no no" to overprint an original piece of art when using it in another layout? Thanks for reading this long-winded post.
B
I have been a graphic designer for 12 years since graduating from Michigan State University in 1994. I did all my undergrad work in visual arts like video & film and multimedia and had very little exposure to design software. Luckily, the library was growing and needed somebody who could handle communications duties while learning to design. I got the job and have basically learned on my own since then. This has been great, but I find that many of the basic things most designers trained in the field take for granted, I sometimes don't know. So while I can create you just about anything in Adobe CS2 or Macromedia Studio 8, somethimes basic design or printing terminology is lost on me. Kinda weird, I know. But I LOVE the work I do and really have a passion to get better.
Anyway, I'll wrap this up with my question. I couldn't find a place I thought this would fit, so here goes: My new boss of about 2 months now has come in and created a very tense and demeaning atmosphere. Yesterday she wrote on a proof of a rack card (promotes an exhibit) I gave her this note: "NEVER overprint a piece of artwork!! Move this up here!" A little overboard, as you can tell. She actually used capital letters and underlines. This was a photograph also used in an exhibit poster that was overprinted as well (I didn't design that one). Aside from her obvious need to control me and various other insecurities, I am wondering if there is a rule about this? I don't worry too much about changes to my work. Much of what I do gets filtered through many people, for better and for worse. But I see text overprinting artwork everywhere. Is there a design rule stating that it is a "no no" to overprint an original piece of art when using it in another layout? Thanks for reading this long-winded post.
B