Can I still be a graphic designer, please?
April 5, 2008
I’m doing graphic design several years now and I never tought that I would build a portfolio with logo designs. It was always the most prestigious of all the graphic design, the hardest. That’s why I admire the work of the big guns like Pentagram, which are well respected also by the masterminds of design such as Sagmeister. That’s why I’m excited and that’s why I’m sometimes not quite sure. Am I going in the right direction? I ask questions because I want to grow, be better and stronger.
That’s why I follow some great branding and design pages/blogs. One of them and I think a really good one is blog from David Airey (thanks iAlja) and some others such as HicksDesign . And those guys always impress me with great interpretation and the process behind the logo creation. And always, I mean ALWAYS it starts with some sketches and concepts. What happens when you are not good with pencils? OK, me to, I sketch and draw all the time, but all the real work I do in Illustrator. Is that a no-no thing to do? Some old school designers/artist once told me, that they hate computers because they are not only a tool and that they “kill” once creativity because they offer you solutions and all you do is choose the best one. Here you go, something to think about.
Hm… I guess I need a coffee, because I talk nonsense 
And later I will post some new stuff I’ve been working on. Please feel free to comment. In the meantime have a look at some of my photos. Yeah, I guess I’m better at photography than am at drawing. 
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April 5, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Hello, and thanks for the compliment.
It’s not so important how good you are with pencils / pens. What is important is that is easier to transfer ideas to paper than it is on to a computer monitor. The speed at which you can express your thoughts is so much faster, and the more ideas you come up with, the more likely you are to be successful.
Best of luck with your graphic design career!
April 5, 2008 at 3:02 pm
You are welcome David, and I really think you are doing a great job. And yes, you are absolutely right that ideas come to live much faster on the paper.
Thanks for the comment and feel free to come back and comment on the work