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Crimson
09-06-2007, 06:18 PM
I have been accused of holding onto graphic design with mule headedness. I took a evaluation at work-force one during an unemployment period, it said I should be doing a job in Graphics- Duh. I have sold cars and delivered pizza. Nothing makes me happier than doing graphics. is there money in it ever? will I struggle another 12 years in graphics before I GROW up and realize I need to be responsible. Damn this is what I am good at. It is honest work.
So what would you do if you had to get of graphics?
I don't have a clue
CkretAjint
09-06-2007, 06:22 PM
i'd be a mechanic... But that's just me.
DesignVHL
09-06-2007, 06:26 PM
IF you love it, stay with it! Re-vamp how your marketing yourself.....try out a new industry in the field.....
If I HAD to get out of graphics, I'd probably be try to focus on painting and fine art, as well as get more serious about photography. At the same time, I might consider working with kids or something like that....
Virgo Nightingale
09-06-2007, 06:26 PM
I'm a good waitress. Not that I want to do that the rest of my life.
D-Frag
09-06-2007, 06:27 PM
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/3645/abilitydc6.jpg
im just playing though, i really have no idea what your asking....
DesignVHL
09-06-2007, 06:28 PM
I could never swing it as a waitress....I'd drop food and drink all over the place and them my tips would suck.
morea
09-06-2007, 06:33 PM
I'd be a stripper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripping_(printing)). ;)
DesignVHL
09-06-2007, 06:37 PM
lol i was waiting for some one to say that, or porn star! :P
morea
09-06-2007, 06:40 PM
not a STRIPPER stripper. A PRINTING stripper. Didn't you look at the link?
Sheesh... what kind of girl do you take me for? :p
DesignVHL
09-06-2007, 06:45 PM
hee hee :p I suppose I should have clicked that link....i think I'd rather be a stripper stripper..........NOT!
The_Black_Knight
09-06-2007, 06:46 PM
I would be an electrician.
Clients don't tell electricians what guage of wire they should be using, or what colors they want the wires. It's something that most people are afraid to mess with; many of the ones who do mess with electricity that aren't electricians wind up in the hospital, or worse. They also seem to be pretty busy, because it's pretty damn hard to find one that will come to your house for anything other than a huge job (and even then it's iffy).
John G
09-06-2007, 07:19 PM
Either a farmer,computer programer or a pilot, though getting enough hours to do it commercially at this point would entail the Air Force, but I don't think they'd let me fly with glasses, but I think the Army will let you do helicopters.. hrm.
cornfed
09-06-2007, 07:48 PM
They'll let you fly with contacts, John. I think. My husband is half blind but worked on his pilots license for a while with contacts. That was years ago, though.
I'd be a psychologist or photographer.
I'd be a pirate... Or a tug boat captain.
Some captains make aroud $400 a day!
The_Black_Knight
09-06-2007, 07:54 PM
I'd be a pirate... Or a tug boat captain.
Some captains make aroud $400 a day!You could be a pirate tug boat captain, and have the best of both!
This is true. After I get the ship out of port I could ambush it. Get my $400 pay and the booty.
Virgo Nightingale
09-06-2007, 08:02 PM
I'm too fat to be a stripper or a porn star.
I wouldn't mind being a paid sleep research subject.
teniworks
09-06-2007, 11:52 PM
I would have probably become a psychotic psychologist. Yeah, the money is good but, as I get older I can only listen to people complain about their problems for only so long before losing my mind. Either that or become a writer or possibly a ninja. Do people still have a need for those?
LeftBrain Artist
09-07-2007, 01:28 PM
Train engineer. Without a doubt. How hard can it be? Go forward, or stop - no turning, no need to worry about other train engineers in adjacent lanes on cell phones driving like retards. Going in and out of tunnels all day long. In and out, in and out...
They make fat bank too, considering what they do - about 60K a year (we looked it up on line). But I think you've gotta start out at the bottom, greasing the wheels and evicting bums and such.
You've also gotta watch out for the occasional madman who blows up the tracks in front of you, the occasional train robbery when you're hauling gold, or kids crossing the bridges over yawning chasms with no escape.
Two-Toe Tom
09-07-2007, 01:37 PM
Nigel Tufnel (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001302/): Well, I suppose I could, uh, work in a shop of some kind, or... or do, uh, freelance, uh, selling of some sort of, uh, product. You know...
Marty DiBergi (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001661/): A salesman?
Nigel Tufnel (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001302/): A salesman, like maybe in a, uh, haberdasher, or maybe like a, uh, um... a chapeau shop or something. You know, like, "Would you... what size do you wear, sir?" And then you answer me.
Marty DiBergi (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001661/): Uh... seven and a quarter.
Nigel Tufnel (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001302/): "I think we have that." See, something like that I could do.
Marty DiBergi (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001661/): Yeah... you think you'd be happy doing something like-...
Nigel Tufnel (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001302/): "No; we're all out. Do you wear black?" See, that sort of thing I think I could probably... muster up.
Marty DiBergi (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001661/): Do you think you'd be happy doing that?
Nigel Tufnel (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001302/): Well, I don't know - wh-wh-... what're the hours?
PrintDriver
09-07-2007, 01:52 PM
I got out of graphics. Got into production. More $. But less hair... ;)
Crimson
09-07-2007, 01:57 PM
Classic John Cusack as....
Lloyd Dobler: I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that.
I mean I went to school, ten+ years working in the field and my heart is in it. How do I just abandon what I am good at. I don't have the education to just decide on a whim I will be a doctor or Lawyer. I don't have the fixing abilities to become a mechanic or learn air conditioning repair on the job. This is what I am good at. I am a starving artist. It just sucks that my wife and kids have to starve with me. I love them and want to be a millionaire for them but I don't think God wants me to be rich. If there is anything I am really stupid with (other than web design), It is money. So no financial planner or accounting positions for me either...
Man life is just hard sometimes...
Graphic design may not be the problem but the area of graphic design your in, don't take this the wrong way as I have been there. Are you freelance, employed by a company?
Freelance is hard, juggling the work, searching for new clients, keeping the old, doing the books etc - its a nightmare.
Design is everywhere these days and used by everyone. It might just be a case of finding the right industry to work with. For instance I work as an inhouse designer for a construction company, the work can be more dtp than cutting edge design but I get to make a real difference on the company and how it is perceived within the market place. I have a real interest in architecture and photography which have both become part of my job.
Working for myself I was never going to be rich but I am earning more now then I would have done with a full time position within a graphic design studio.
Your skills can be very useful to any major company it is just making them see how useful you are and the difference you can make to their business.
Crimson
09-07-2007, 02:37 PM
I have a contract job that is fairly steady right now. . . But I still feel like the outsider. I am contracting about 35-40 a week with the city's main newspaper. Then I do caricature drawings at Disney resorts. The company pays me as my own business and i make commissions off of the volume I can sell and draw. That is about 20 hrs a week. I work at Disney MGM on sundays. I have 4 fairly regular freelance gigs going right now. To add the cherry on top. I have 4 kids and try to be cubmaster for my two boys cubscout pack. So yeah, I am having a hard time either figuring out how to manage my stuff or beat being underpaid.
This is the soapbox section and i am just being a grump. . .
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4539/mistakeshy4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
By crimson107 (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/crimson107)
WannaBrie
09-07-2007, 02:50 PM
Crimson, you are quite near where I live and I know how low salaries for creatives are here. I have BS degree and have been in this biz for 5 yrs and I'm still way underpaid here. Although things have gotten a lot better financially since I took an inhouse job. I did some research and around here inhouse gigs pay better and are more stable. Maybe you should look around for something that might suit your situation a tad more. I only have one child and its hard enough for me, I can't imagine having 4, I feel you. Wish I could say something that really helps....Just look at your kids tonight and know that they are what is really important and they will love you know matter what, but I tell you also, my son is so proud that I am a designer, he tells everyone we meet, "My mom is a graphic designer!" I think he sees how much pleasure I take in my work and it makes our lives better even though we aren't (by any means) rich.
oh, I'm a cub scout den mom, too, and that is a terrrific t hing...Kudos to you for being involved in their lives they will never forget that.
dude - you truely are the man - i couldn't imagine doing all of that.
I was a scout and had a great time, I respect anyone willing to give up their time so that the kids could have so much fun - good on ya!!
I learnt an great deal during those few years
Mynock
09-18-2007, 06:43 PM
Nigel Tufnel (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001302/): Well, I suppose I could, uh, work in a shop of some kind, or... or do, uh, freelance, uh, selling of some sort of, uh, product. You know...
Marty DiBergi (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001661/): A salesman?
Nigel Tufnel (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001302/): A salesman, like maybe in a, uh, haberdasher, or maybe like a, uh, um... a chapeau shop or something. You know, like, "Would you... what size do you wear, sir?" And then you answer me.
Marty DiBergi (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001661/): Uh... seven and a quarter.
Nigel Tufnel (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001302/): "I think we have that." See, something like that I could do.
Marty DiBergi (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001661/): Yeah... you think you'd be happy doing something like-...
Nigel Tufnel (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001302/): "No; we're all out. Do you wear black?" See, that sort of thing I think I could probably... muster up.
Marty DiBergi (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001661/): Do you think you'd be happy doing that?
Nigel Tufnel (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001302/): Well, I don't know - wh-wh-... what're the hours?
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