Search my world!
Trina Eliza Designs
  • Home
  • About
  • Designs
  • Photography
  • Fine Art
  • Contact
  • Blog

Graphic Design: The Bad and the Downright Ugly!

9/1/2014

0 Comments

 

Exploring why it's OK to be proud of your earlier Photoshop projects, 
no matter how bad they are!

My gallery of ugly!
A birthday card for my mom. This is just really bad! (from 2008)
An attempt at photo editing accidentally turned my mom into a wax sculpture. (from 2008)
Melting cats everywhere! I honestly don't know what I was thinking when I made this! (from 2008)
Last night, I took a trip down memory lane while organizing some files on my laptop. As I was going through each file, I came across a few Photoshop projects from 6 years ago and for a good laugh, I wanted to share them with you. 

If you asked me what I was thinking when I created these things, I couldn't tell you. At the time, I was just excited to get my first copy of Photoshop. For better or for worse, I experimented with all the filters and tools that Photoshop had to offer. I created birthday cards for my parents by stitching together random photos and applying filters. Even though they were disastrously bad, I didn't care. To me, it was all about having fun and learning my new software.

As I was going through each project, I became very humbled.  I've come a long way as a graphic designer. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once stated, "Every artist was first an amateur."

If you are new to graphic design, then don't get discourage if you mess up or even create a Photoshop monstrosity like I did. In design school, you are expected to make mistakes and learn from them. I sometimes look back at my old school projects and question why I made that font or layout choice. I learned from those mistakes and moved on to create better work. It takes time to perfect your craft. This involves countless hours of practice and keeping up-to-date on the latest design techniques, trends, and most importantly, knowledge. Even when you are done with school, never stop learning. Read design books, blogs, magazines, or watch video tutorials on YouTube.  You will create better work 
that way.

So don't be ashamed of your earlier projects. See it as a testament to how far you have come as a designer.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Katrina Christoffersen 
    Graphic Designer

    Picture

    Archives

    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    June 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    September 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013

    Categories

    All
    Always Something Thrift Store
    Chalkboard Tutorial
    Fonts
    Fonts For Personal And Commercial Use
    Free-Arts Education Workshop Program
    Lil' Art Bodega
    Mount Baker Boy Scouts
    Photography
    Photoshop Tutorial
    Relax. Relate. Create
    Thrift Store Logo
    Trina Eliza Designs Logo
    Type:Rider
    Typography
    Washington Rental Owners Association

    RSS Feed

2012-2023 TrinaEliza.com