If you want to grow as a designer do this things.
1. Never spend a gig money until you deliver. If you need to, only buy materials needed for same job.
2. You’re only entitled to 25% for every gig money. The other 75% belongs to savings, investment and goals.
Bookmark and quote in 6months
3. What's the design communicating
Every design speaks, design itself is a voice. What is this design saying to the target audience, if your design is not actually converting and also conveying meaningful information to your audience it's mission unaccomplished.
2. Who are the target audience
A design is not meant for everyone at the same time. Who and who will see the design. When you know your target audience you will actually know what concept to use.
Cause you can't use a concept for a kid flyer on a professional brand flyer
Working on a convention program
This is where color understanding, alignment, layouts arrangement comes in. Just starting (let's get the program started 😁)
Good morninggggggg
Happy new week
This isn't a week to start overthinking your ideas
This is a week of taking action
You see that idea of yours?
Someone somewhere needs it
Please take action today
Have a wonderful week 😊
Let me share an expensive rare thought with you this morning… just spare me 60 seconds…
This write up might be strong to assimilate but it’s the hard truth..
You see what you do, you admire but then let me share something with you;
Admist your aspirations let me remind you;
Master pay the price.
Masters do the work….
Masters reserve energy for the real Strategy….
Masters don’t waste arrows, they aim before a shot…
I’ve sat with a few of them and I have always learnt and seen a circle;
They are the most humble.
They are the most strategic.
I will always say;
God forbid I will be found talking and doing nothing while the real masters are doing the work behind the sene
So here are few things; I keep reminding myself;
> There are two domains, the secret place and the market place.
Don’t neglect the secret place and pay more attention to the market place, strike a crazy balance..
Can you give what you don’t have?
How long do you keep pretending that you are really making progress while you know deep down that you are not half way to that mastery you’ve ever dreamt off.
I’m gonna say one truth to you and myself;
> Do all you can to get insanely good in what you do, because at the end of the day, the masters will replace the amateurs.
Don’t waste your time building temporary castles that will push you away on the long run when there is a test of competence {Read twice friend}
Don’t be carried away trying to impress others then miss the main reason while you started what you are doing.
Growth is happening and most times it comes from a place of hard work, don’t skip it..
I’ve done insane stuffs to be here, I’ve risked my health, risked so many relationships, missed fun and lol it ain’t easy, and that’s the sacrifice {The good uneasy part} but then most times I remind myself that am yet to start.
But how about we chest the good uneasy part now?
Or do you want to wait till if obvious you are behind?
Well, think about it and do greatness this week, GM
Really wish I had someone to learn from in my early days in design.
Everything I know and do in design today is self-taught. No mentor, no YouTube videos, no school, no training centre. Google and hovering over icons in software helped me develop.