Another unsuccessful interview because they wanted a web designer, and although I had already said on the phone yesterday that my html knowledge is a self-confessed 5/10, they had to have me come down to prove it with my web-lacking portfolio. Something like a previous company that gave me an interview when I applied for an illustration job, and then was disappointed that I had brought an illustration portfolio.
Furthermore, I am not like Sarinah, who declared gustily on FB that she wants to be a web designer. And I am not like Joanne, who lives for typography. Every time I see a graphic design opening or go for an interview, I think of at least twenty other people who deserve the job more than I do. And still there is so much bad design out there: misaligned type, grammatical errors, contrived flourishes and silhouettes. Why do those designers have their jobs?
I'm not bitter, or fighting any losing battle. I think that there is a job out there that I deserve more than anyone else. I just don't want to go for any interviews that are clear misfits from the start. Maybe I have to conform and try to be passionate about getting a design job for these initial years. But I tend to feel like a sculpture in a photo gallery, ugly only because I'm in the wrong place. I have to stop applying for the wrong jobs.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
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3 comments:
that sucks.
Or maybe you just have to let even more people see and know what exactly you do! In the sea of people in the industry, there MUST be someone who's looking for someone who does illustrations the way you do.
i still think your works are special, don't let them be lost in the sea of cookie-cutter designs and ideas!
love.
at least you know that you're not really ugly, you're just in the wrong place. sometimes i think there is no right place for me
you are still yourself after all that has happened. sometimes we want to change mayb because we envy, we are just sick in our head or sth., anything. but deep inside its still us. whats ugly (like tights and all the mismatched acessories) will have its time and place. everything is always v pretty n v ugly at the same time. like people. we are beautiful in our lovers eyes but nt the same in others. some pple love microsoft which i rly think it sucks. but anyway. it's all abt finding the balance and going on an adventure in life. you never know what you wld find and thats the juli i know. always losing and finding. =) love you babe.
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