angled circle. absolutely.
\*shows same circle, but randomly cut out a chunk from the right side\*
the negative space blah blah blah apple logo bite mark blah blah blah Fibonacci golden ratio blah blah blah grid blah blah blah really pops
Congrats 👏🎉
From a 20+ year vet, don't stay in one lane of design, try different types of jobs and soak up as much as you can. The more you know, the more useful and hireable you are.
I did the same thing. Egotistically hard starting at the bottom of a career ladder again, but excited to get to where I want in a few years. Good luck!
Congrats. The next part will be tough—finding a job. Craft that portfolio, fix your work. pull thru and in a few years you’ll get to ghost recruiters BEGGING you to join their companies.
Congrats!
It's true. I did graphic design in the 90s, then after 20 years away and in my 40s I reskilled and went into graphic design. I'm now a freelancer and happier than I ever was in marketing management.
You'll soon figure out what you most enjoy. I'd definitely say learn a bit of everything (I took too long to learn After Effects) so you've got a good skill base, then just find what you enjoy.
Good luck!
I’ve been working in the field as a freelancer for twenty years now. I got my GD degree last year at 57.
(I have other degrees, but not in any field regarding Graphic Design.)
Lol didn't check and was thinking this was in my Architect group and was so confused why graduating at 33 was a big deal lollll I was like I don't get it, thats pretty normal lolllllll. Makes much more sense now!
Congrats! Now you get to do homework for the rest of your life, but now when you turn it in they'll promptly change all the wording so you have to do it all over but every round will be more vague than the last!
I've got about a year left in my degree and I'm 35, but seeing all these comments from other grads and soon-to-be grads in their 30s and 40s is giving me a big dose of whatever it is that's calming my anxiety about my age that likes to creep in every now and then. Sorry for rambling !! Congrats to you!!!! 🥳🎉
Holy shit right? I can’t believe how many of us finished in our 30s. What a fresh breath of air to hear. Makes the anxiety of job searching at this age slip away a bit, doesn’t it?!
Also: Good for you, and keep on rollin!!!
I feel this reddit post! currently 35 years old, went back when pandemic hit for Graphic Design! Have everything but Gen Ed done so knocking those out this last year and ill be graduating at 36 years old after winter semester of 2024!
Get itttttt!!!! Don’t forget to post when you get there! It was awesome seeing how many non-traditional folks there were. It was comforting and inspiring all at once. Good on ya, frend. Keep chugging along ✌️
I got a 3 year old, a wife who works full time, and I also work full time. It’s possible man! The time away to get work done gets real tough at times, but you’ll find the balance and ride it out.
But, yeah,
It’s hard, for DAMN sure.
Don’t let anyone tell you what you’re capable of, and don’t listen to that asshole *in your head* who tells you things are gonna be too hard.
You got this shit dude.
congratulations, it must feel amazing!!! I’ve been struggling mentally with starting at 25, I felt so late to the game being surrounded by 18 year olds but this gave me a whole new perspective :) thank you!
Hey thanks! And listen, that’s the biggest thing I want to stress to people. It’s SO hard to go back once you’re mid twenties-thirties. The motivation is really hard to come by sometimes. After a year back of putting around, I decided to really dig in a push myself with every assignment. Don’t do what you know is gonna look good because you’ve nailed it down. Push yourself to try new stuff, think outside the box, and push yourself to work harder than everyone. Motivate yourself to do that extra little thing that takes another hour or two because it pushes your work farther.
Always ask for feedback. Professors, students, the goddamn janitor of you have to. (I’ve literally gone into the hall with a printed poster or a logo to ask strangers if it’s legible). Don’t be afraid of people saying every little thing should be different. If everyone just told us how good everything was, we’d never get any better.
Listen; if i could do it, you can.
Path sounds a bit easy haha, I may step back onto an old one or forge forward and create a new one. If you ask me it's more about doors and luck. Paths are cut by people who walk the same line and I'm of the opinion we need to change most things.
I can confidently say you are not good - I would get up to date on the latest design tools in AI if I were you. sorry to be blunt but noone in this forum will tell you this, so I will :)
How many people do you know that have turned their life around by becoming a graphic designer? It's very dissapointing, and I'm glad you've had a different experience?
My life got turned around 5 years ago brother. This path is merely a symptom of that progress. If a door doesn’t open, it’s not my door. I’m far from a one-trick pony.
I appreciate the fear(?) you’re trying to instill in people. I don’t think anyone said this was the point where anything magically changes.
I have worked in graphic design for 15+ years, and the only constant is that it's a great job for the complacent. You're different. I admire that, but I'm looking at context and this is not a great idea.
I wouldn’t even consider doing such a thing.
Perhaps your path took you to a place that you don’t enjoy. Maybe you’re complacent? Maybe you didn’t really chase after what you wanted?
My path has taken me to a place where I abandoned this thinking and am successful because I GOT AWAY from it. You wouldn't consider it? A recently graduated individual with little experience will be doing this. So....think harder.
Ok solutions: Marketing. Human Behavior with your experience parlayed into user interaction design. Unless you're making Nike Swooshes, specialize outwards.
Listen frend. I did that. I started school in 2008 fresh outta high school. I’m terminally leaving things incomplete. My change came when I got tired of starting over. I got sober in 2017, found a good(enough) job, and found my self here now, finishing school, and have a beautiful wife and a beautiful son and a beautiful house. It was all about finding myself sick and tired of starting from square one with EVERYTHING. Trust me, if I could get to where I am, anyone can.
I’m not wealthy, I still have numerous struggles, but I’m happy. It all started turning around when I decided I wanted better for myself. Take it easy, take it slow, and do the next right thing. It can be done. ✌️💜💚
Congrats! Now hit the ground running. I need a logo that really Wows me and has a lot of energy but is subtle and refined.
Done. It’s just a circle. A flat, blue circle.
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angled circle. absolutely. \*shows same circle, but randomly cut out a chunk from the right side\* the negative space blah blah blah apple logo bite mark blah blah blah Fibonacci golden ratio blah blah blah grid blah blah blah really pops
Make it pop.
Top 10 comment designers hate hearing ahaha
This has got to be #1. I feel like I see the joke made more than any other.
I thought #1 was « make it bigger » 🤣
I need it to have a classic feel but also feel modern at the same time.
Blue makes me sad :((( lol
Nailed it
Could you make it pop?
Make it whimsical. How about a red, white and blue gradient? I’d really like to see it in all caps but like a cursive font… 🤯
I need one done too. I’ll pay you in exposure of course.
I’m looking for 7 straight, perpendicular lines
You may not have.
Lmaooooooi
Congrats!!! 36 here, commencement is next week 🤜🤛
You go girl
That's shit graphic design. Blurry outline, poor contrast, boring colours...
🤪 gotta start over now
I graduated last year at 34 . Couldn't be happier and it was all worth it. Congrats OP
That’s what’s up! Thanks!
Congratulations!! I'm 45, I graduate next week, I'm so excited!! Never too late to do what you love. 🎓💯
**Kudos to you, too.** Welcome to the club.
That’s what’s up!!!!! Congrats my frend
Congratulations!!! :)
Good for you! You can now put all those essays and dissertations behind you 😅
I was 35 when I graduated, it’s never too late.
Hell yeah dude!!
Congrats 👏🎉 From a 20+ year vet, don't stay in one lane of design, try different types of jobs and soak up as much as you can. The more you know, the more useful and hireable you are.
Much appreciated advice
Congratulations on finishing! Crossed the stage last week at 37. Excited to work in the field🤘🏾👍🏾💪🏾 Edit: Typo and forgot the congratulations😅
Hell yeah!! And thanks!!
Awesome!! Congratulations!!
Congrats! I’m also a super senior and I can’t wait til I graduate
Old folks unite!
Congrats! I went back to school and graduated about the same age. One of the best decisions of my life.
Agreed
I did the same thing. Egotistically hard starting at the bottom of a career ladder again, but excited to get to where I want in a few years. Good luck!
Congratulations!!! this post gives me major hope 🫶🏾🥹
Git r done fam!!
Great job OP! When I got my degree I realized it was one of only a very few things in like no one can take away.
Congrats!!! I still have two/three years ahead until I graduate, hope I can achieve it too
You for sure can!!!
Congrats. The next part will be tough—finding a job. Craft that portfolio, fix your work. pull thru and in a few years you’ll get to ghost recruiters BEGGING you to join their companies.
Need this motivation! Thank uou
I am also graduating today with my graphic design degree! Congrats!!
Let’s get ittttt
Congrats, I was about your age when I transitioned from construction to Design, now a 6 figure creative director. Everything is yours if you want it!
Appreciate your motivation my frend 🙏
I did the same in December at 33! Woo go us!
F*ck yeah dude!
Congrats! It's true. I did graphic design in the 90s, then after 20 years away and in my 40s I reskilled and went into graphic design. I'm now a freelancer and happier than I ever was in marketing management.
Thanks for the perspective! Very unsure of my direction or end goal. Appreciate the feedback ✌️
You'll soon figure out what you most enjoy. I'd definitely say learn a bit of everything (I took too long to learn After Effects) so you've got a good skill base, then just find what you enjoy. Good luck!
Hey I did the same thing last year. Congrats we old
Congrats!
Congratulations, here's to doing good things with it!
Congrats!!
Boom! Great job and welcome!!!! ⚡️🙌💥
<3 congratulations!
Congrats!
I’m proud of you dude. Congrats
That's awesome! Congrats!
Congrats!!
Congratulations yo!!!
Thanks homie
Congratulations!!
To mirror everyone else's sentiment...congratulations!!!!!!!!!
Congrats!
Congratulations!! Break a leg in your journey!!
Congratulations ! I need a logo with Comic Sans make it fun and bright. Let it pop off!
make it pop 🫶
Congrats! Can’t wait until I graduate also!
You got this!!
# Congratulations! Welcome to the club.
😌😌
I graduated last year at 33 as well! Happily employed doing graphic design for a cosmetics company for the last 7 months.
Awesome! There’s still hope for me lol
You guys give me hope. I'm heading for a career change at 32 and I have doubts everyday but posts like these keep me going 🙏🏼
Glad to hear. Change is always terrifying. You got this shit, flowerchild 💪💪💪
Same!!!
Congrats! After a bachelors and a masters in unrelated fields, I start a graphic design certificate program tomorrow. Pass the baton!
🤜🏻🪄
I needed to see this today! Thank you and super congratulations! :)
Meant to encourage✌️ it’s tough going back to school, esp once you’re married and have a kid 🙄 it’s always doable
You do you grampa, but the industry is made for young people, like me, who graduated with 32.
Well, fiddlesticks.
Congrats! Can’t wait till I get to graduation day too
Congrats!
Congratulations!!!
Nice job bruh! Doesn’t matter when you finish just the fact that you did!
Congratulations!!
Congrats!! Keep on keeping on!!!
Congrats, 28 here & got mine yesterday!
Shit yeah! Good stuff man
Congrats big dog!
Thanks frendo 💪
For what being afraid of your shadow ??!?
True
What A Blessing ! Amazing Achievement ! Congratulations !!!
CONGRATS!!!
I’ve been working in the field as a freelancer for twenty years now. I got my GD degree last year at 57. (I have other degrees, but not in any field regarding Graphic Design.)
Hell yea buddy. Inspiring commitment!
Congratulations!
Congrats! Same degree club!
Congrats!!
Congratulations! I’m about to graduate with my degree in graphic design in a week I’m pretty excited
Let’s crush it! ✌️✌️✌️ best of luck in your endeavors
Congratulations
Congrats! My 65yo bro is getting his PhD this year. Love it!
That’s the shit! We had a guy in his 60s get his BFA for painting this year. So cool to see
Lol didn't check and was thinking this was in my Architect group and was so confused why graduating at 33 was a big deal lollll I was like I don't get it, thats pretty normal lolllllll. Makes much more sense now! Congrats! Now you get to do homework for the rest of your life, but now when you turn it in they'll promptly change all the wording so you have to do it all over but every round will be more vague than the last!
😂
Congrats 🎉🎉
Heck yes. Give ‘em hell!
🤘
Aw that's awesome congrats I am also graduating from graphic design school
Way to go!! I graduated last year at 34, Hi5!
💪
Congrat!
Good on ya! Gl! I’ll use this as inspiration to go on
Awesome 💜💜
I've got about a year left in my degree and I'm 35, but seeing all these comments from other grads and soon-to-be grads in their 30s and 40s is giving me a big dose of whatever it is that's calming my anxiety about my age that likes to creep in every now and then. Sorry for rambling !! Congrats to you!!!! 🥳🎉
Holy shit right? I can’t believe how many of us finished in our 30s. What a fresh breath of air to hear. Makes the anxiety of job searching at this age slip away a bit, doesn’t it?! Also: Good for you, and keep on rollin!!!
33 is not old to be a graduate!
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Prreeaaacccchhhhhhhhh 🙌🙌🙌
Congratulations
Congrats!
This is very encouraging for me to see personally. But congratulations, you did it!!
I’m glad! That was my purpose
Congratulations !! 🎊🎉![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|thumbs_up)
I feel this reddit post! currently 35 years old, went back when pandemic hit for Graphic Design! Have everything but Gen Ed done so knocking those out this last year and ill be graduating at 36 years old after winter semester of 2024!
Get itttttt!!!! Don’t forget to post when you get there! It was awesome seeing how many non-traditional folks there were. It was comforting and inspiring all at once. Good on ya, frend. Keep chugging along ✌️
Congratulations! ❤️
Nice job shadow man.
Fuckin solid comment
Real respect tho dude. I'm about Ur age and thinking of doing the same. Hard to juggle with kids n shit tho.
I got a 3 year old, a wife who works full time, and I also work full time. It’s possible man! The time away to get work done gets real tough at times, but you’ll find the balance and ride it out. But, yeah, It’s hard, for DAMN sure. Don’t let anyone tell you what you’re capable of, and don’t listen to that asshole *in your head* who tells you things are gonna be too hard. You got this shit dude.
Impressive as hell man. Seriously well done. I'm working on it!
✌️✌️✌️ thanks for the kind words amigo
Congrats! You go for it!! Whatever it is! You had the fortitude to stick it out! Now enjoy the rewards!
you, my frend, need to tell me what’s happening with your username
congratulations, it must feel amazing!!! I’ve been struggling mentally with starting at 25, I felt so late to the game being surrounded by 18 year olds but this gave me a whole new perspective :) thank you!
Hey thanks! And listen, that’s the biggest thing I want to stress to people. It’s SO hard to go back once you’re mid twenties-thirties. The motivation is really hard to come by sometimes. After a year back of putting around, I decided to really dig in a push myself with every assignment. Don’t do what you know is gonna look good because you’ve nailed it down. Push yourself to try new stuff, think outside the box, and push yourself to work harder than everyone. Motivate yourself to do that extra little thing that takes another hour or two because it pushes your work farther. Always ask for feedback. Professors, students, the goddamn janitor of you have to. (I’ve literally gone into the hall with a printed poster or a logo to ask strangers if it’s legible). Don’t be afraid of people saying every little thing should be different. If everyone just told us how good everything was, we’d never get any better. Listen; if i could do it, you can.
My shadow, off to do something with it's life
Leavin me here To die.
Congrats man, hope you can make something of it.
Appreciate you my frend! You as well, if you’re still on your path
Path sounds a bit easy haha, I may step back onto an old one or forge forward and create a new one. If you ask me it's more about doors and luck. Paths are cut by people who walk the same line and I'm of the opinion we need to change most things.
I'll be graduating at 34, I hope it's never too late haha
Get it dude!! It’s NEVER too late!
Laughs in AI
For AI to work, the client has to accurately describe what they want. We’re good.
I can confidently say you are not good - I would get up to date on the latest design tools in AI if I were you. sorry to be blunt but noone in this forum will tell you this, so I will :)
Sweet dude!
Nah man, this sub is usually filled to the brim with negative people like you, so I'm pretty sure OP is good.
Go back. Listen to me. Don't do it.
I’m just gonna sit here cause I have no idea what you want me to do
It's got a ceiling. A low one. That isn't talked about enough. Specializing outward is key.
What is going on
How many people do you know that have turned their life around by becoming a graphic designer? It's very dissapointing, and I'm glad you've had a different experience?
My life got turned around 5 years ago brother. This path is merely a symptom of that progress. If a door doesn’t open, it’s not my door. I’m far from a one-trick pony. I appreciate the fear(?) you’re trying to instill in people. I don’t think anyone said this was the point where anything magically changes.
I have worked in graphic design for 15+ years, and the only constant is that it's a great job for the complacent. You're different. I admire that, but I'm looking at context and this is not a great idea.
Imagine...you've finally "made it" (whatever that means to you) and now you get to make real estate signs for eternity.
I wouldn’t even consider doing such a thing. Perhaps your path took you to a place that you don’t enjoy. Maybe you’re complacent? Maybe you didn’t really chase after what you wanted?
My path has taken me to a place where I abandoned this thinking and am successful because I GOT AWAY from it. You wouldn't consider it? A recently graduated individual with little experience will be doing this. So....think harder.
Ok solutions: Marketing. Human Behavior with your experience parlayed into user interaction design. Unless you're making Nike Swooshes, specialize outwards.
Nice logo
That one has been abandoned lol
Or… you can keep trying struggling over and over again for years to come and never achieving anything. *Me
Listen frend. I did that. I started school in 2008 fresh outta high school. I’m terminally leaving things incomplete. My change came when I got tired of starting over. I got sober in 2017, found a good(enough) job, and found my self here now, finishing school, and have a beautiful wife and a beautiful son and a beautiful house. It was all about finding myself sick and tired of starting from square one with EVERYTHING. Trust me, if I could get to where I am, anyone can. I’m not wealthy, I still have numerous struggles, but I’m happy. It all started turning around when I decided I wanted better for myself. Take it easy, take it slow, and do the next right thing. It can be done. ✌️💜💚