December 2011
62 posts
“You drop a 15-minute rant after seeing a poorly photoshopped image in a national...”
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“You hate to admit that to you everything is minimal, including your sex life.”
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“You go to see ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and all you can look at is the...”
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“You understand well that a measurement like 1/8 in. aka 0.125 in. aka 3 mm...”
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“You start with an idea and then it becomes something else.”
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“You offer suggestions, your clients change them thinking THEY know how to...”
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“You spend more time with your computer than with your mom.”
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“You critique things such as billboards, magazine ads, website layouts, you know...”
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“You develop head trauma from banging your head on the wall trying to justify...”
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“You get inspired by a logo while Christmas shopping and stay up all Christmas...”
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“You have a big headache trying to arrange the new Facebook timeline.”
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“You think Chicago, Monaco and New York are fonts - not places.”
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“Your friends and family start to think Adobe is some new boy/girlfriend.”
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“You can’t support your family.”
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“You look at a person and think, “Photoshop disaster!”.”
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“Your eyes hurt for looking at the screen to long, then when you go to final...”
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“You catch yourself wanting to redesign everyone’s logo.”
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“You use typography wrapping paper for Christmas.”
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“You know the Photoshop and Illustrator keyboard shortcuts better than your...”
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“You become an insomniac.”
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“You follow Jessica Hisches or other famous designers Twitter like it’s...”
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“You try to EXPRESS and not to IMPRESS.”
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“You don’t have to wear pants because you work from home.”
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“You’re poor but self satisfied.”
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“Your eyes and hands are sore.”
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“You can’t look at anything or anywhere without a critical eye for color,...”
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“You know how it feel to not sleep in days finishing the best design ever and the...”
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“You imagine what others can’t.”
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“You get bored in class so you decide to design the back of your binders, and...”
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“You saw the market across the street on fire, but you’re still fixating on...”
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“You only need coffee.”
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“You automatically study the design of everything you see.”
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“You criticize logos like a cynical asshole.”
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“You get stressed out by the smallest of details in your work!”
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“You don’t have time to post in here.”
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“Your friends use your ability to identify typefaces as entertainment.”
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“You can’t read anything without complaining about the paragraphs sentence...”
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“You stop sucking at making flyers for the neighborhood bar and design something...”
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“You’re teaching the word ‘ideation’ to an elementary school...”
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“You’ve printed out the entire Pantone color guide… Just to see.”
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“You can tell the difference between 12 different types of Helvetica.”
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“You find yourself playing ‘kern the game’ on Saturday nights.”
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“You spend your weekends classifying your typefaces.”
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“You are able to manage the color rules and draw to vectors on a new PS file...”
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“You feel special because you got an invite to Designspiration.net, Ffffound.com...”
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“You find yourself designing cards for friends and family instead of buying one...”
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“You adjust kerning between 5 letters for hours.”
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“You put up with idiot art directors.”
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“Your first thought after someone says ‘stock’ has nothing to do with...”
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“You hate quacks who design logos in Photoshop.”
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