Make work that fucking matters. You are the source of every ounce of give-a-damn that will ever exist in your work. Intuition is fucking important. Someday is not a fucking day of the week. Design is all about fucking relationships—the relationship of form and content, the relationship of elements, the relationship of designer and user. Whatever can be captured in words can be conquered with understanding. Think about all the fucking possibilities.
Never, never assume that what you have achieved is fucking good enough. Learn from fucking criticism. Learn from fucking criticism. Celebrate your fucking failures. Then you’ll prove to yourself that you can survive anything. Your rapidograph pens are fucking dried up, the x-acto blades in your bag are rusty, and your mind is dull. Stop clicking your mouse, get messy, go back to the basics and make something fucking original. Accomplishment validates belief, and belief inspires accomplishment. Form follows fucking function.
Keep fucking going. It isn’t what you are, but what you’re going to become. There is no right fucking answer. The splendor of the mystery is that you don’t understand. Dedicate yourself to lifelong fucking learning. Remember it’s called the creative process, it’s not the creative fucking moment. The details are not the details. They make the fucking design.
Design is all about fucking relationships—the relationship of form and content, the relationship of elements, the relationship of designer and user. If you fucking give up, you will achieve nothing. Dedicate yourself to lifelong fucking learning. Intuition is fucking important. You need to sit down and sketch more fucking ideas because stalking your ex on facebook isn’t going to get you anywhere. Whatever can be captured in words can be conquered with understanding. Make work that fucking matters. You are the source of every ounce of give-a-damn that will ever exist in your work. To surpass others is fucking tough, if you only do as you are told you don’t have it in you to succeed.
Someday is not a fucking day of the week. To surpass others is fucking tough, if you only do as you are told you don’t have it in you to succeed. Accomplishment validates belief, and belief inspires accomplishment. When you design, you have to draw on your own fucking life experiences. If it’s not something you would want to read/look at/use then why fucking bother?
Creativity requires fucking tenacity. Most of your accomplishments will be demonstrations of tenacity, not talent. Design as if your fucking life depended on it. Don’t fucking quit. Even with the odds against you, time is against the odds. When you design, you have to draw on your own fucking life experiences. If it’s not something you would want to read/look at/use then why fucking bother? Creativity requires fucking tenacity. Most of your accomplishments will be demonstrations of tenacity, not talent. When you put in the time and conscious effort to do anything the right way, you’ll do everything a little better.
Fuck. You won’t get good at anything by doing it a lot fucking aimlessly. Don’t fucking lie to yourself. Respect your fucking craft.
Design is all about fucking relationships—the relationship of form and content, the relationship of elements, the relationship of designer and user. Intuition is fucking important. You won’t get good at anything by doing it a lot fucking aimlessly. Respect your fucking craft. Respect your fucking craft. The graphic designer’s first fucking consideration is always the size and shape of the format, whether for the printed page or for digital display. The graphic designer’s first fucking consideration is always the size and shape of the format, whether for the printed page or for digital display. Creativity requires fucking tenacity. Most of your accomplishments will be demonstrations of tenacity, not talent.