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PCAP is an awareness group for my county for pancreatic cancer. In my senior year of high school,a few of us worked on remaking their site. I was in charge of graphics,but long story short I became really attached to this cause for this group. Every November 7th they do a candle lighting for the people who've passed away from pancreatic cancer. It's a beautiful sight to see. I think what they do is beautiful and amazing.
Anyways,the woman in charge of this group loved the banner of the site,she turned it into a banner for events. That's why I love making you signatures. The happiness it gives you.
But,I feel like everything I was taught from web design,some of you feel like I should throw that out the window. I don't want to lose who I am. There are way more elements to designing that C4D's and Fractals. Sometimes simple is best. People on here seem to think that things have to be one way. I don't want to be a cookie cutter copy. I want to be me. Yes,I have learned some cool things to add spark to signatures,but I felt like I latched on to Bree's work bc it's VERY similar to how I designed graphics in web design,but my work was a little more simple. Yes,there are knock-offs and I've learned how she does certain things,but I want to take that knowledge and design by my style,not Moba's style.
This isn't a dig or directed towards anyone. Somebody did open my eyes to how I was becoming kinda cookie cutterish. I have to thank for her opening my eyes. <3
Anyways,the woman in charge of this group loved the banner of the site,she turned it into a banner for events. That's why I love making you signatures. The happiness it gives you.
But,I feel like everything I was taught from web design,some of you feel like I should throw that out the window. I don't want to lose who I am. There are way more elements to designing that C4D's and Fractals. Sometimes simple is best. People on here seem to think that things have to be one way. I don't want to be a cookie cutter copy. I want to be me. Yes,I have learned some cool things to add spark to signatures,but I felt like I latched on to Bree's work bc it's VERY similar to how I designed graphics in web design,but my work was a little more simple. Yes,there are knock-offs and I've learned how she does certain things,but I want to take that knowledge and design by my style,not Moba's style.
This isn't a dig or directed towards anyone. Somebody did open my eyes to how I was becoming kinda cookie cutterish. I have to thank for her opening my eyes. <3
Eight years is a long time!
I won't let anyone be little me or my work again.
The art community is very limited! It's like a high school in itself.
I'm going to design my way. I love to be different.(:
Yeah,forget those who dislike my work. I design from the heart <3
C4Ds, smudging and Fractals are a phase right now, that latter on will just be tacky and uncool.
I've been doing graphics since I was 14. 8 years. I've been through the tacky pixel and swirl phase, I've seen other techniques fade in and out. Whats in now will be out tomorrow.
I never let anyone tell me what to do with my art, sometimes I follow the current fad, sometimes I don't. Art flows though, and whatever I decided to do at the moment is how the graphic will end up. I don't care if its "In" or whatever.
This art community is very bias and limited I find, and so are a lot of sig/art forums else where. If some one hates what you did because you're not doing what everyone else is doing well... t(-_-)t to them.