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I see what you did there.palimpsest - Bow down to the QBN godsNBQ00
- spl33nidoru2
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Should be possible on instagram to create groups to organise accounts we follow.
- Make the plugin!canoe
- Only for stories? with those close friends feature?grafician
- I just want to dump and mute all those "met you once for work" people in there + have the possibility to view feeds by theme.spl33nidoru
- autoflavour5
State of QBN 2025
peak dumpster fire..
- the canoe guy is relentless, on a crusade really needs to seek help
then again he works in advertising...grafician - seek help, and lay off the bottleutopian
- seek bottle and lay off the helprobthelad
- Drink from bottle, and get laid with the help. -A. SchwarzeneggerAkagiyama
- thanks DEIneverscared
- so now you're going to start referencing me on every thread... and at the same time think that advertising is beneath you...canoe
- your comments read exactly like a Trump tweetcanoe
- the canoe guy is relentless, on a crusade really needs to seek help
- canoe1
Show some recent work
Art Director, Writer, Designer.
File under "amazon tech product"
Store banners that sold.
Design direction they didn’t go for is in purple.
I was just happy they didn't throw away the typeface.
- @grafician, you asked me to post some work. Here ya go, just something random that's not too boring for QBN.canoe
- @grafician, you're either going to (1) ignore this (2) make an NDA excuse (3) call me a dog humping your leg...canoe
- but you're not going to post work.canoe
- Since he called you fuckin' pussies and challenged you also maybe @continuity, @utopian, @mono, @palim will post some work.canoe
- Uhm...I'm confused...all this drama for you to post SOME FUCKING BANNERS MADE IN CANVA?!
Unreal
:|grafician - What did you actuall did on these?
Typeset some copy in Fractul font and add a drop shadow?grafician - Yes, I can recognize the fucking font because I actually know my stuff
https://ladd-design.…grafician - The photos seem unedited, straight from the phone??!grafician
- So you're saying I am a wannabe designer and you come up with this junior level crap?
Wow.grafician - AI will instantly take out designers that call this "design". We call them the "first-to-go". If AI can do it better, you're gone.bigrobot
- canoe is gonnneeeeeeeeegrafician
- It's called advertising you fools. Wrapping the product in that techno snake is not design? Ok robot.canoe
- NO, IT'S NOT :)))))))))
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH...grafician - Only graf would respond like he doesn't understand Art & Copy, the backbone of advertising.canoe
- You're stupid dude... using graphics integrated into a product is design, much more design than have some text inside squircles.canoe
- OMG THE AUDACITY :)))))))
Please stop, you're making an even bigger fool of yourself :))))grafician - LOLOL. So you took an AI-generated swirly multi-colored poop pile and masked the product around it. Big fucking dealbigrobot
- No grid to speak of, letter spacing and line height are atrocious, drop shadow on text (LMFAO), font choice is horrific as well. Dafont.com vibes.bigrobot
- EXACTLY!
HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA COOL "DESIGN" ADVERTISING BOY!grafician - Also, you misspelled "Android" it's not "Andriod" jackass. That's the ultimate sign of a junior or trash designer. Pick one, you're it.bigrobot
- I love you canoe but this doesn’t really scream design to me either. More production if anything.monospaced
- Yah I used AI five years ago to make this. I love the typeface. I think I said, Art Director (photoshoot), Writer (headlines), Designer (techno snake)...canoe
- ...for the mood board.canoe
- Thats ok I'm a big boy I can handle that this doesn't scream design. It's definitely a campaign. I like the purple one regardless.canoe
- @robot - You should ask people if they use AI instead of accusing them. That's not how I roll, plus this is older work.canoe
- It's like 5 years ago. I posted it so that graf would finally post some of his mindblowingly creative work. I've posted my most recent projects already...canoe
- The sports brand and the land rover brandcanoe
- The what?
Where?grafician - @robot, what did I do? Art Directed the photoshoot, wrote the copy (excuse the typos) and made the ads. And made the mood board in purple to show a diff idea.canoe
- Still the fundamentals aren't there - grid & type details mainly. Old work or not, at least clean them up in 5 minutes before postingbigrobot
- I kept telling him he was no design skills after his typography "blunders" but he keeps insisting he's a big boss in advertising :))grafician
- I like the work, canoe.maquito
- bigrobot = grafician?canoe
- Thanks for posting design work! Perfectly servicable banners, like, you just gotta get them done and cash out without too much time spent on it. Supa.robthelad
- An honest day's work.palimpsest
- a honest day work of a dilettant, just kiddin... junior work is always best...fuck these senior wankers designers with their snobish and exploitivneverscared
- aesthetics... keep it sloppy keep it groovy...neverscared
- Always trying to optimize my hours Rob, I mean Dragovcanoe
- Aww, I can only find Voltbox items on Ebay. They not around anymore? :(Akagiyama
- canoe = trollmort_
- Knowing context helps me appreciate what you did here.monospaced
- Stop kissing his ass monospaced, this is crap work
Sure, still "work" but for him to have this BIG OF A MOUTH with THIS crappy work...grafician - Go fetch me some fonts Buttonscanoe
- It's a photo of a product, with a cool typeface and some super short yet effective headlines. It's what we do guys.canoe
- It's no wonder only personal projects are posted on here... because our regular day job work is ridiculed.canoe
- Not every design, not every client, wants album cover artwork... this speaks to their audience and has a tech vibe...canoe
- Didn't know that this thread was only for award winning work...canoe
- I posted a real app that I work on that is in production and used by hundreds of dental labs all over Europe.
You post banners.
Have some humility maybe?grafician - I posted RECENT WORK as in production this week.
You posted banners 5 years OLD!
You have a BIG mouth and very high EGOgrafician - I left Advertising because of too many people like yourself around - idiots with high egos
In Product we solve actual problems for people
You sell crap!grafician - You didn’t leave advertising because of people like me. You left because you couldn’t handle the pressure. Couldn’t deal with feedback. Couldn’t compete.canoe
- So now you trash it from the outside to feel better.
Stop spazzing out. Go jerk off to some fonts and relax.canoe - You're TELLING ME WHY I LEFT ADVERTISING?! YOU TELLING ME?!!!?
LOLOO
Bro you're demented, really seek helpgrafician - Yah, I have delusions of grandeur, an inflated ego, I'm never wrong and I'm the best UX/UI designer for Acme Inc.canoe
- stoplying13
Props For:
Huge props to the guy who smashed his Escalade into my parked (and empty) 2015 Subaru yesterday. He wrote an apologetic, sincere note with his phone number and called his insurance company to report the accident. One hour after the accident (my wife was in a meeting at her office and had no idea what happened), his insurer called me to tell me they had an appointment set up with a quality local body shop, and had arranged for a rental car to be waiting at the body shop for my wife to drive.
Kind of sad that I feel lucky that this person was doing the right thing, but here we are. Damages are exceeding $4k and we won't have to pay a dime.- Wow. Props to that guy and the insurance company. I didn't know anyone who was supposed to would choose to be that helpful.CyBrainX
- That's a rare human being... can't tell you how many dings / dents / gouges are in my still bank-owned vehicle after 3 years of usage :/PonyBoy
- A neighbor got his driver's side door crushed in in a parking lot a few weeks ago. No note. $4k+ in repairs.mg33
- I did this too the ONE time i backed into a parked car. Felt good to do the right thing even if it cost me more in the long run.monospaced
- Akagiyama9
- Can’t wait_niko
- B O N U S!PhanLo
- Sweet.i_monk
- LOL was hoping I could watch with my kids, and in the first five seconds there's a robot dildo.mg33
- lol mg me too, thought the same. It's a shame because the episodes are so damn good._niko
- Skip the dildo episode :DAkagiyama
- Yep, can't wait!grafician
- @mg33 flol, did you not see any of the other volumes? There's like one child-friendly ep, and it's about robo tourism after the death of humanity.garbage
- "Jibaro" from season 3 still sticks in my head. Amazing animation. Scavanger's Reign seemed like an LDR episode turned into a series.Akagiyama
- I am a few episodes into Scavenger's...visual... stunning, but plot too randomgrafician
- I've never even heard of this before but will check it out.mg33
- SR stitches the different plots together toward the end.i_monk
- SR is top notchgarbage
- @mg33 there are a few misses, but Three Robots, Zima Blue, The Secret War, Beyond the Aquila Rift, Bad Traveling, Jibaro.. tons of hits.garbage
- canoe4
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The difference between someone who has made it — or at least worked at legit shops — often comes down to one thing: the ability (or inability) to take criticism.
The evolution usually goes like this...
Infantile: “I got a job at a great place. I must be awesome.”
Youthful Hype: “This place is cool, and the clients are big — but wow, there’s a lot of talent here.”
Awkward Teen: “I love telling people where I work. But damn, I haven’t sold anything yet. Am I even good?”
Getting Real: “That Creative Director just shredded my concept... and they were right. I should stop taking everything so personally.”
Grounded: “That feedback was legit. It’s not about me — it’s about the work.”Experienced: “I’ve sold some things. I’ve failed on some. Either way, I’m open. Let’s make it better.”
Zen Mode: “Creativity isn’t constant. Some projects hit, some don’t — and that’s okay. It’s not about defending every pixel. It’s about the result. The goal. The growth.”
Graf, when you 'stand by your work' like it's untouchable, without recognizing the difference between what’s good and what’s just... there, you’re not showing confidence — you're showing you’re stuck.
Still defending your output like a fragile badge. Still reacting like feedback is an attack, not an opportunity. That’s not Zen. That’s still Infantile Mode with a portfolio.
If you’re really as seasoned as you act, you’d know: standing by mediocre work without self-awareness isn’t bravery. It’s just blindness dressed as pride.
- i_monk7
Drama
Move all the grafican-related bullshit here please.
- Including grafician himself? I'd be down for that.Continuity
- I'm also for grafician only posting here. If he leads the way we shall follow.palimpsest
- Oh, there's a thought, too!Continuity
- In search of daddy's attention and approval.utopian
- Continuity10
blog
Bro, this is the most fun we've had around here.
Keep that meltdown going, bro.- +1maquito
- Keep avoiding the real issue, ignore the arguments, have beers with the boys. Come back and insult us.palimpsest
- imperator furiosa: retaliate firstneverscared
- "you cringe ass font ignorant dork"monospaced
- manners firstneverscared
- ^ yupmaquito
- i_monk4
Grafician Hate Why?
You all need a hobby.
- Putting out my first EP, yet I'm still able to stand up to QBN tyranny, be a dad and a designercanoe
- Think of all the food I post. If that's not a hobby, I don't know what is.Continuity
- Lol. You reminded me of a very important mentor I had... now also a very good friend: bruster.com.uy who uses to tell me, every time I show him some...maquito
- ...design related thing: "maquito, have you tried with trying to fuck?"maquito
- what the whatcanoe
- LOL @maquitoOBBTKN
- Continuity0
- Uhm...thanks for posting my works out of context I guess?
*facepalm*grafician - Do you think you're embarassing me here with something or...?
I am proud of all my stuffgrafician - But tell me if you want me to design a logo for you Continuity, your old "pd" icon looks dated man...grafician
- Not to mention posting in your big shot creative director concepts like that Star Wars etiquette :))
Come on man...grafician - They just keep getting better.palimpsest
- @palimpost do you mind this is a discussion between creatives
We'll call you when we need something barely codedgrafician - https://gifs.cackhan…maquito
- superiority complex syndromeutopian
- Like years, you're wrong again. You meant creative.palimpsest
- Completely delusional.palimpsest
- ^Continuity
- @utopian
is this your logo slop?
https://i.imgur.com/…grafician - @Continuity hanging people in the cinema to make a joke wins you Cannes? LOL
https://i.imgur.com/…
I've seen better junior work man...grafician - I guess we are all proud of our works
ʕ♥ᴥ♥ʔgrafician - FLOL of course you have, icon boy.Continuity
- Hmmm actually https://www.iconboy.… would've been a great domain for a folio!grafician
- This guy talking about Junior Work but at the same time takes pride in this work? What a joke.canoe
- He’s a senior for suremonospaced
- AARPpalimpsest
- Uhm...thanks for posting my works out of context I guess?
- Continuity1
Grafician Hate Why?
Oooooft.
These fine examples of grafician's work have Red Dot award, ADC nail, and Cannes Lion Grand Prix written all over them.
Bravo, sir. Bravo.
We prostrate ourselves at the feet of your immense talent.
- Now it all makes sense.palimpsest
- Designers Republic watch out!canoe
- It's very recent too!
None of that stale shit.palimpsest - This is FRESH!Continuity
- Like I said...you're weirdd people
¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯grafician - < and yes, these are some of my works, apparently presented here without any context
*facepalm*grafician - I just LOVE to design logos and iconography!grafician
- This really can't be his work? Not the Shutterstock logo and Noun Projects icons, you guises are kidding right?utopian
- I'd love to hear about the context.palimpsest
- Nope. Not joking, utopian.
It's the genuine article.Continuity - Here's some context for you:
Your work is shit.palimpsest - The F symbol is for Fog, a secure chat app
Icons I actually designed a long time ago in Sketch to test the app when it was released, then redid them in Figmagrafician - @palimseslf Pretty strong opinion coming from a developer :))) but that's just your opiniongrafician
- But I stand by my works ofcgrafician
- ofcmonospaced
- Dunning-Kruger Effectutopian
- OBBTKN2
Quote someone
"I would like to live like a poor man with a lot of money."
— Pablo Picasso.- AmenOBBTKN
- ♥maquito
- noble idea ... . probably shouldn´t have bought 5 houses then though...neverscared
- https://youtu.be/m-a…NBQ00
- neverscared - pretty sure he wasn't talking about material itemscanoe
