Top Mistakes Graphic Designers Make

Posted on 20. Feb, 2009 by admin in Design

Common mistakes compiled by Jacob Cass(http://justcreativedesign.com)

Take constructive criticism too personally
Not knowing any famous designers in particular Paula Scher, Milton Glaser, Paul Rand and not knowing WHY they were famous
Not Staying Up on Current Events and Design News
Not Owning the Graphic Artists Guild Handbook
Charging too Little for Design Projects
Not Using Contracts to Cover Your Butt
Not Setting Deadlines for Projects
Doing Spec Based Work (If you like it you can pay)
Not Asking for a Down Payment before Starting a Project
Using Poorly Designed Fonts from Free Font Sites
Using Display Fonts as Text Fonts
Using the Comic Sans Font
Using too Many Different Fonts in One Design
Forgetting White Space is your Friend
Not Sketching Before Designing
Not Using Rulers on Screen
Relying Totally on the Computer, Especially for Kerning
Using Photoshop Filters After Your First 6 Months
Using Low Resolution Web Images for Print
Not Designing Logos in Vector Format
Making Logos Unable to Reproduce Well Small
Forgetting to Learn Keyboard Shortcuts
Not Saving Frequently
Not Backing up Files on an External Hard Drive
Not Getting Enough Sleep!
Stealing or ‘borrowing’ Other Peoples Work
Using the dash quotation marks instead of true quotation marks.

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