What’s frustrating about graphic design is that the only way I’m going to learn is by failing over and over. I’ve heard this countless amounts of times from the resources I’ve been using to study design. But lately what’s been exciting me the most is the new Netflix documentary, Abstract: The Art of Design, which follows one expert in a different area of design each episode. Anything from stage design to architecture to illustrating. These experts are who I aspire to be; not quite world famous like a celebrity in TMZ, but famous and respected in the industry. These people are my vision of success for myself. One of my favorite episodes so far followed Tinker “Tink” Hatfield, the legend behind Michael Jordan sneakers. Tink’s now an older gentlemen still designing, skateboarding, surfing... you name it. I admire Tink because he spoke about his failures in shoe design. He was not afraid to admit the downfalls in his career. The way that these experts think along with their total commitment to design inspire me heavily. Obviously there’s an episode titled “Graphic Design” but honestly I’m a bit too overwhelmed to watch it. Sometimes watching these experts overwhelms me with the amount of work I still need to do. I only have about 4 designs on my official portfolio and I know that I need to keep building it. Juggling school, an internship, a job, a social life and my dreams to be a designer are creating some obstacles for me. All those responsibilities I just listed are the reason why the #weeklychallenge I posted about last week will be so difficult to complete. But luckily, I received my order from RedBubble of my sticker designs and I love the way they turned out. Here comes a cheesy way to end a blog post but a few months ago I found the quote, “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” Perhaps I’m crazy enough to think that I can be an expert in design and one day be asked to be featured in a documentary. I’ll work with that for now.
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