Posted by Onideus Mad Hatter on 12/06/05 01:45

On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 16:06:00 -0500, ZnU <znu@fake.invalid> wrote:

>> My "very silly goals" result in being able to make things like this:
>> http://www.backwater-productions.net/_images/mine3.png

>You're really impressed with yourself over this?

Not at all actually. I think it looks good, but it's not like some
grand accomplishment...at least not on my level isn't not.

>And you're pretending to be a professional?

I've never claimed to be professional, I claimed to be an artist.

>There's no doubt you have a basic competence with Photoshop,

....I'm not using Photoshop, I'm using a 6 year old version of Paint
Shop Pro.

>but that's a very, very small part of actually being a good designer.

Oh? Well where's your rendition? I mean, if you haven't even
mastered that "very small part" then I guess yer not even on the
fuckin grid, eh kiddo.

>Someone with an actual sense of aesthetics understands that good design
>is not about being able to achieve neat effects in Photoshop.

My sense of aesthetics is more developed than yours. You wanna put up
some of your own work and start comparing color schemes?

>It's about having a sense of layout and space,

What's wrong with my layouts?

>about knowing how to choose the right fonts and colors to achieve a
>specific feel, about understanding how to convey information
>effectively.

Are you quoting a textbook again? Let me know when you get some
original material.

>Sometimes this means using lots of bright colors, visually busy design,
>gimmicky fonts, etc.

No, that would be BAD design, actually.

>Sometimes it means using a lot of white space, a
>small number of colors, and crisp, clear text.

There ya go, although you don't want to have too much white space.

>Sometimes it means sticking to commonly used layout conventions.

No, that would be amateurish actually. Think outside of the sheeple
designs.

>Sometimes it means inventing new things.

There ya go, see, yer learning.

>Your work, and your comments in various threads in this group, make it
>clear you have perfect understanding of design.

I fixed yer typos.

>You're an amateur who knows how to use some of th<COCK SLAP>

Yer a dribbling little cluster fuck who can certainly talk a lot of
shit...but you have no work of your own to show us what your basis of
comparison is, nor do you have anything SPECIFIC to say about a
PARTICULAR design or style that one of my sites/projects is using.
Free cl00, Kiddie, I've used dozens upon dozens of different designs
styles, techniques, color schemes, etc. So if you wanna sit there
like an indignant, jealous little snit at least have the common
courtesy to be SPECIFIC in your reaching accusations.

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Onideus Mad Hatter
mhm ¹ x ¹
http://www.backwater-productions.net

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