August 25, 2005

An introduction.

Hey there.

After deciding to put a blog together and after some struggle with the Movable Type platform, I got it all skinned and ready to go. But first, I believe some introductions are in order. I am a graphic designer in Seattle. Age 36.

So, let's see, what can we infer from this? A graphic designer / art director, in Seattle, age 36. Let's take the art director thing first. Sometimes I am an art director, sometimes an art janitor. You know how it is, performing janitorial duties on someone's vision of what looks good, professional, or, the worse client quote to date: "hey, let's just slap some lipstick on this pig and make it presentable". Emblematic of all things that say respect for one's craft, wouldn't you say?

It's all part of guessing the client's idea (if they have one) and then making it so that their clients in turn are not turned cvompletely off and heading for the hills when they come across their website. This happens sometimes. Ok, more often then I'd like it to. But not always. and the fact remains that I am in this business for the times it does not happen.

That's about the graphic design / art direction part. Now, what about the Seattle part? What that means is that I probably am doing work for high tech companies. Which is true. The tech is very high and the work is very important. About as important as a fart in a hurricane. Sometimes. But it pays well and sometimes it can be really rewarding. That is sometimes, not always. Have I said sometimes yet?

Hey, you say, 36? That means you worked for a few companies and you have some experience, right? And I'd answer, right you are chappie, right you are.

So welcome to this so called blog, stay a while, put your feet up, have some chamomile tea, hitch yer pants up and swear loudly. It may be a bumpy ride. Or it may be just some completely irrelevant reading. And who wants to read?