Occupation Poll
Sunday, October 27, 2002 by Aqua. | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Just what do you do?
I'm curious as to how may people here make their living (or a signifigant portion) in the graphics or design areas as opposed to other lines of work.
I'm curious as to how may people here make their living (or a signifigant portion) in the graphics or design areas as opposed to other lines of work.
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Aqua.
Reply #2 Sunday, October 27, 2002 10:13 PM
Reply #2 Sunday, October 27, 2002 10:13 PM
Ok I'll kick it off.
I've dabbled in web design since 1994 and graphics since 1995. In 1999 I got serious about both and started taking the occasional class as well as making some of my work public. Over the past two years I have gone commercial as a freelance web designer.
I've dabbled in web design since 1994 and graphics since 1995. In 1999 I got serious about both and started taking the occasional class as well as making some of my work public. Over the past two years I have gone commercial as a freelance web designer.
SuperheroCanadian
Reply #3 Sunday, October 27, 2002 10:21 PM
Reply #3 Sunday, October 27, 2002 10:21 PM
Im a kid im a professional slacker who makes wallpapers once a week on his old outdated computer =D
DavidK
Reply #5 Monday, October 28, 2002 3:23 AM
Reply #5 Monday, October 28, 2002 3:23 AM
I started doing graphics when I was 18 (1968), working for a publishing company doing book covers and illustrations for college textbooks plus layout and paste-up. In those days text was done by typesetters and display or headline fonts you drew with a pen. I started using computers to do some ad layout work in '89 and then started doing illustration too on the computer in about '94. Today I do mostly package design, product illustration and advertising. Been freelancing for the last two years...
adni18
Reply #6 Monday, October 28, 2002 4:15 AM
Reply #6 Monday, October 28, 2002 4:15 AM
I am a Dentist for living and my experience of doing graphics stuff, is only one year and some months , from 30 of May 2001, I am not very experienced in graphics yet 
Jafo
Reply #7 Monday, October 28, 2002 5:55 AM
Reply #7 Monday, October 28, 2002 5:55 AM
Started in Architecture in 1972.....still 'learning'...
Peff
Reply #8 Monday, October 28, 2002 6:13 AM
Reply #8 Monday, October 28, 2002 6:13 AM
Nikos....1.5 years!!! Wow, you sure have come a long way in a very short time!
jebland
Reply #10 Monday, October 28, 2002 9:53 AM
Reply #10 Monday, October 28, 2002 9:53 AM
I am an accountant and have no background in graphics whatsoever. But I dodn't need to tell you that, did I?
BoXXi
Reply #11 Monday, October 28, 2002 11:48 AM
Reply #11 Monday, October 28, 2002 11:48 AM
I work as a Gaming Inspector in Casinos, have done for 25 years. I first opened my Photoshop program approximately 3 years ago.
BoXXi is still a newbie really!!
BoXXi is still a newbie really!!
Bangkokboy
Reply #12 Monday, October 28, 2002 11:57 AM
Reply #12 Monday, October 28, 2002 11:57 AM
Systems software engineer ( 21 yrs ) Only graphic experience is two years converting damaged pictures to digital and repairing, and about one year playing with dashboard skins. My sister got all of the artistic talent. 
Koasati
Reply #13 Monday, October 28, 2002 12:30 PM
Reply #13 Monday, October 28, 2002 12:30 PM
self-employed communictions tech.........that's the fancy version of phone man.
Never touched a computer until July of 98, stumbled upon skinz.org (the brown one) in September 98. Starting doing wallpapers, and having 50% or more rejected by _shoggot_ (actually he was too kind) Starting trying my hand at skinning after a year of torturing the shogster. Now I can't stop.......*help*
Never touched a computer until July of 98, stumbled upon skinz.org (the brown one) in September 98. Starting doing wallpapers, and having 50% or more rejected by _shoggot_ (actually he was too kind) Starting trying my hand at skinning after a year of torturing the shogster. Now I can't stop.......*help*
LadyWolf
Reply #14 Monday, October 28, 2002 12:32 PM
Reply #14 Monday, October 28, 2002 12:32 PM
Interesting thread 
Paralegal by day (25+ years), computer geek and artist wanna-be by night. I created my first computer-based graphic approximately two and a half months ago. I'm hooked now
Paralegal by day (25+ years), computer geek and artist wanna-be by night. I created my first computer-based graphic approximately two and a half months ago. I'm hooked now
Aqua.
Reply #15 Monday, October 28, 2002 12:34 PM
Reply #15 Monday, October 28, 2002 12:34 PM
2.5 months! Wow, you've come a long way in a short time 
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #16 Monday, October 28, 2002 12:35 PM
Reply #16 Monday, October 28, 2002 12:35 PM
Spent the last 25 years as a Jedi Knight. Pay is lousy but chicks really dig the sabre...
migellito
Reply #17 Monday, October 28, 2002 12:57 PM
Reply #17 Monday, October 28, 2002 12:57 PM
right now i'm a computer consultant at the university of michigan. not for long though.. it's a fantastic job, but the person i was temping for til summer decided to come back early.
i really see myself more connected to writing, playing guitar and non-digital art. those are what i'm really best at
i really see myself more connected to writing, playing guitar and non-digital art. those are what i'm really best at
Kinrik
Reply #18 Monday, October 28, 2002 1:03 PM
Reply #18 Monday, October 28, 2002 1:03 PM
Wolverines lost...sucky. My favorite team... Go Blue!
treetog
Reply #19 Monday, October 28, 2002 1:04 PM
Reply #19 Monday, October 28, 2002 1:04 PM
my first contact with PhotoShop was in November 1999, my first theme came one week later. Today I am proud to say that I am a professional graphic, GUI, web designer
Jafo
Reply #20 Monday, October 28, 2002 4:10 PM
Reply #20 Monday, October 28, 2002 4:10 PM
I bet it surprises people that treetog is 'relatively' new in the new world of skinning, and yet an undesputed master of the craft..
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Reply #1 Sunday, October 27, 2002 10:10 PM