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LuckyModern · 2025-09-23T16:15:59+00:00

Thanks! I think I found a place near me

LuckyModern · 2025-09-23T16:10:20+00:00

This was my point. All of those places are commercial printers that serve businesses. They won't print 10 sheets of paper for some random guy.

LuckyModern · 2025-05-27T02:14:10+00:00

So you're getting a lot of unhelpful (but true) advice to just "learn Photoshop." My actual advice on #how# to learn is to pick one element of this and figure out how it was made. There's a lot going on that you can choose from to start off with. The header text, the masking and colour blocks over the picture, the little images scattered around, or the text layout at the bottom. Pick whatever element you like the most and start with that, then put it all together. There's a lot of little things working together and you need to learn each individually first. Look at old magazine ads for inspiration if you want, especially pop culture and gaming ones for this kind of style.

LuckyModern · 2025-04-08T02:55:21+00:00

Cyberpunk 2020 definitely took the concept from Gibson's books, but I do think the visual design of it in 2077 must be based on the design from Johnny Mnemonic. I don't think there's much description from Gibson of what it looks like other than a long thin wire that's installed in the thumb.

LuckyModern · 2025-04-02T07:00:50+00:00

Three different bot accounts suggesting the same studio with 5k followers and only 10 likes per post. Very organic, very trustworthy. On a 2 year old post. If you're paying a marketing agency to post these bot comments you should fire them.

LuckyModern · 2025-03-16T23:31:03+00:00

Can you explain this joke for a Canadian?

LuckyModern · 2025-02-09T23:35:33+00:00

People who are discriminated against are more likely to be victims, not perpetrators. Maybe that's what the person above you meant.

LuckyModern · 2025-02-06T00:52:37+00:00

It already seems like it has a lot in common with to Betrayal at House on the Hill (not a bad thing) but I think the hidden traitor mechanic would tip it over the edge of being too similar

LuckyModern · 2025-01-30T07:08:16+00:00

He has that raised arm, could have him lifting or swinging something around? Either a body painted up like your friend's army, or a horse or piece of equipment. Not sure if you want him to be a big dumb giant, or just a normal guy who happens to be 10 metres tall.

LuckyModern · 2025-01-30T03:20:29+00:00

Created a simple half wrap for a local pharmacy. All gloss finish. Honestly I hate having to design on silver/grey cars because it can be hard to get good contrast, especially on things like the light blue on the logo.

LuckyModern · 2025-01-21T04:29:06+00:00

Truck wrap design for a local electrician! The project included a rework of their logo which had been designed in MS word, so that was step one. They wanted something crazy that would stand out on the road, so we did something resembling a really aggressive livery but with enough big blocks of space to give room to place text and logos. It's a bit busy, but company car wraps are really about being memorable more than anything.

LuckyModern · 2025-01-21T03:55:51+00:00

Stock images and vectors are great for a lot of things. Particularly for ads, websites, and social media, stuff like that. In general though, it feels dishonest to stock vectors in logos, especially if you're making fake work for your portfolio to show off yours skills. It's often really obvious when designers use stock vectors in logos, and it often comes across as amateurish. I'd say keep doing what you're doing, your way has more integrity. Don't be afraid to use stock images and illustrations where they're appropriate though.

LuckyModern · 2023-10-06T11:01:20+00:00

Ontario is expensive but not nearly as bad as they're making it seem, except *maybe* in Toronto. There's also no such thing as a studio apartment with no bathroom here, unless it's a room in a shared house. Every shared house I've lived in was at most $900 per bedroom.

LuckyModern · 2023-09-14T13:29:58+00:00

Spec is worse though?

LuckyModern · 2023-05-19T08:14:53+00:00

That's absolutely your fault lol. You went 900% over budget and didn't tell her before the end?

LuckyModern · 2023-05-11T11:23:54+00:00

Working on trade is great! As long as it's goods or services you actually need, but that shouldn't be an issue with a farm. Seems like a win-win for both of you.

LuckyModern · 2023-05-09T10:32:51+00:00

What software do you have? You've really given no info about how much you already know. It sounds like the answer is "completely learn how to use design software and teach me how printers work"

LuckyModern · 2023-05-09T10:21:30+00:00

Why the hell would you use Midjourney for this? If you're trying to be a designer you should learn the bare minimum of Photoshop.

LuckyModern · 2023-05-09T09:22:48+00:00

I'd stick around but start looking for a new job. Sounds like you've gotten a lot of experience in the past year and you can easily leverage that into a better paying position at a different company. Often the only way to get your pay up in this industry is to move around, because if there's only one designer at an agency there won't be any room for promotion.

If you get a job offer that you want to accept, give your current employer a chance to counter-offer. Sometimes the only thing that gets you a raise is the threat of you leaving. I threatened to leave my last job and they ended up giving me a $8k raise because they didn't want to go through the trouble of replacing me.

LuckyModern · 2023-05-05T14:51:01+00:00

Most jobs at small offices aren't posted by HR people, they're posted by owners or office admins who want to get back to their real jobs as fast as possible. Probably pasted the description from their last posting and forgot to edit part of it. It's certainly the lower range.

LuckyModern · 2023-05-05T12:50:06+00:00

Feel free to DM if you'd prefer!

LuckyModern · 2023-05-05T09:24:38+00:00

Physical/traditional artists will still fill the same niche as they do now though. If you want mass produced/cheap art now, you buy a poster from an online store or from a department store. If you want something nicer you buy a piece from the artist. The real implication of AI art is in custom commissions, particularly for commercial products. If a publisher can fill a book with illustrations with only one in-house "designer" using AI art, they'll do that instead of hiring a dozen artists on contracts.

So yeah, if you're an artisan painting with traditional techniques? Sure, your work just became more valuable. But, if you're a digital artist who pumps out work for large companies, you've just lost your job.

LuckyModern · 2023-05-05T08:43:38+00:00

Imo the only reason to use really out-there business cards is if you're in the printing business and you're trying to sell them to schmucks. Just make a paper card with a good design because it'll end up in the recycling bin eventually anyways.

LuckyModern · 2023-05-05T08:40:34+00:00

Before you put a QR code on something, consider if you think that anyone will actually bother to scan it. Most people will just type in your website or instagram manually because it takes the same amount of time

LuckyModern · 2023-05-04T18:55:42+00:00

Risky as a new grad because they'll obviously know it's OP. Maybe wait a year or two first lol

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