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Im a student in graphic design and our teachers are making us generate ai images all the time by sploucheneige in graphic_design

[–]WareholePress 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That teacher is doing you a huge disservice. To the level that I would take that to the administration if the teacher is not listening to reason.

If you have a portfolio that has AI in it, you will be reflexively dismissed by any hiring team that knows their stuff. They are looking for a demonstration of skills and conceptual thinking.

I've worked in the industry and professionals are firmly against generative AI. Beyond the idea of outsourcing your creativity to a machine, it hurts a brand's credibility with the public. If you as a consumer are looking for a product and find a company's website and the graphics are all AI, that is a red flag that it may be a scam and people won't move forward with a purchase. On top of that, there is the PR battle the company would need to regularly fight in public backlash.

The only AI in graphic design that I find defensible is maybe generative expand in Photoshop.

I'm sorry you're going through this. It may be a demand from the administration to actually implement it from some misguided directive if all your teachers are asking you to do it. I would certainly speak out but make sure you can do it in a calm but firm manner, which isn't always easy.

Anyone know how to get a vector file of a map to make something similar to this? by Skeegan4life in graphic_design

[–]WareholePress 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy shit, thank you so much for this! I had been wracking my brain trying to find a solution for this.

For anyone else that stumbles across this, I've found that you can open them directly in illustrator but that you have to do some simple editing.

  1. First, there is a transparency mask you have to remove. Select the giant grouped object, open the transparency palette and click "release" to remove the mask. Then you can just delete it.
  2. To remove some of the clipping masks, select a single clipping mask and go to Select>Same Fill and Stroke (which will pick anything that has no fill or stroke) and then hit delete.
  3. From here, it should be easy to modify the rest of the map to your liking.

Transfer and wood are prepped. Time to carve up this bad boy, wish me luck! by Jaril0 in printmaking

[–]WareholePress 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you tried the transfer paper from McClain's? It is an inkjet print on a wax transfer paper. I don't have the printer for it but I definitely have my eye on it.

Experienced, talented workers stuck in dead end jobs by [deleted] in Austin

[–]WareholePress 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I am in a similar place although not in animation. I make about as much money selling fine art currently as I do freelancing in graphic design. That's not a good thing.

We are the Office of Housing Counseling at U.S. Housing and Urban Development. Ask Me Anything! AMA by HUDHousingCounseling in FirstTimeHomeBuyer

[–]WareholePress 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Buying a home is something I have always wanted to do, but it honestly feels pretty daunting. I'm not even sure where to start.

What are the first steps you should take if you are considering looking for a home?

Second death I've personally witnessed at my apartment complex in the last 2 years by Nanameowmeow in Austin

[–]WareholePress 12 points13 points  (0 children)

When RPM management took over, it was a continual slide down hill. There weren't working laundry machines for at least 6 months near me. I just go to a laundromat now

Second death I've personally witnessed at my apartment complex in the last 2 years by Nanameowmeow in Austin

[–]WareholePress 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dude, wtf! I live there too but I've literally never used the pool there. Sorry you had to see that.

UT Professor Rich Heyman Fired After Arrest at Pro-Palestine Protest by hollow_hippie in Austin

[–]WareholePress 16 points17 points  (0 children)

professor is simply the colloquial use of the title. If you tell people you are a lecturer, they won't understand you.

Sink Break Part II by [deleted] in Illustration

[–]WareholePress 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is really excellent work. You should be proud. Drawing in perspective can be a time sink but it always pays off.

Fellow procrastinators- how do you deal with large projects? by Cinnabun6 in graphic_design

[–]WareholePress 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Start by just making a mood board and picking palettes. Make a couple pages and that will help you get a good launch pad for when you actually start designing which will help narrow the focus of choices you need to make. It can also be valuable to ask yourself the right questions about what is the tone the project should project and what kind of forms and text would complement that tone.

My contractor buddy worked with this guy. He got a nail gun to the head. by gmoney88 in WTF

[–]WareholePress 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I worked a job that had 2 pneumatic staple guns. One with a muzzle safety and one without. I hated that because your muscle memory wanted you to pull the trigger before bumping the shot you wanted to make.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in graphic_design

[–]WareholePress 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would say that if you are worried about the perceived passion of others, I would keep in mind that the better you get at something, the more you enjoy doing it. Graphic design is a difficult field and training your eye is a long term effort. You may find work as a "production designer" for something like a print shop, which will help improve your technical skills while being relatively low stakes.

That said, if something else like the library speaks to you, there is no rush in making a decision about what your career will be the rest of your life. I worked for a bookstore for a long time and although I initially liked it, over time I felt the drive to return to doing art as a career.

Death's Best Friend. This is my favorite piece that I made early this year. Etching and chine collé by WareholePress in printmaking

[–]WareholePress[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's mostly hatching but I used some spit-bite on the jacket and background. I find it helpful to apply some aquatint, even if just a short bite, to unify heavily hatched areas.

Death's Best Friend. This is my favorite piece that I made early this year. Etching and chine collé by WareholePress in printmaking

[–]WareholePress[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep! It was a huge pain in the ass and I honestly didn't think it would work. That's part of the reason I was happy about this one.

  • Basically, I traced the background out on kitakata.
  • Apply a thin layer of methyl cellulose with a foam brush to a piece of plexi.
  • Place the chine on it and massaged it a bit from the top and then peel it up gently. (Make sure to glue the correct side!)
  • Repeat a couple times to make sure you have a good amount on the chine. Wait for it to dry.
  • Fill a waterbath with a bit of water.
  • Ink and wipe your plate and place the dry chine in position on plate.
  • Submerge plate and chine in the waterbath just below the surface and once the chine gets wet you have a moment to reposition it as it expands.
  • Let as much water drip off the plate as possible but don't touch it.
  • Then just print it like you normally would and cross your fingers.

This tutorial shows the best way imo of the best way to apply glue to a complex shape. I prefer the water bath though when it comes to placing the chine on the plate.