Quote from: Reggie Essent on November 23, 2024, 11:16:28 PMShittiest car ever built and sold.

I don't know dude, shit lasted her forever, even when the floors were gone 

Quote from: Lab Flaker on November 23, 2024, 10:20:27 PMI'm not going to beat around the bush Blazor...graphic design sucks donkey balls. You'll be hitting midlife crisis soon and wake up one day thinking... "what the fuck am I doing with my life for fuck sakes!?"

I dunno, man.  It's worked out well for me, but then, I'm an old fuck and got in on the ground floor just as everything went digital. Now I consult and spend my days when I feel like working gently explaining to younglings what things like CMYK and dpi and DS,A/B mean and why it's important to know when selling added value deliverables for your clients.

And my midlife crises was a nice guitar.  I told my wife she got off easy, but she was still pissed about the money I spent.

Quote from: Blazor on November 23, 2024, 11:17:21 PMI don't know dude, shit lasted her forever, even when the floors were gone 

I had a Pontiac Aster.  I think they just slapped it on the same chassis, I thought it was gonna fall apart right under me the whole time I owned it.

Quote from: Reggie Essent on November 23, 2024, 11:25:33 PMI dunno, man.  It's worked out well for me, but then, I'm an old fuck and got in on the ground floor just as everything went digital. Now I consult and spend my days when I feel like working gently explaining to younglings what things like CMYK and dpi and DS,A/B mean and why it's important to know when selling added value deliverables for your clients.

And my midlife crises was a nice guitar.  I told my wife she got off easy, but she was still pissed about the money I spent.

Tell your wife to pipe down. I bought a factory built race carr for my mid life crisis!

Quote from: Reggie Essent on November 23, 2024, 11:25:33 PMI dunno, man.  It's worked out well for me, but then, I'm an old fuck and got in on the ground floor just as everything went digital. Now I consult and spend my days when I feel like working gently explaining to younglings what things like CMYK and dpi and DS,A/B mean and why it's important to know when selling added value deliverables for your clients.

And my midlife crises was a nice guitar.  I told my wife she got off easy, but she was still pissed about the money I spent.

Oh, my, God, these youngins are so clueless on all that shit!!!! They are digital minded, not print minded.

I don't think I've reached my midlife "crisis" yet lol. I'm very happy I picked up fiddle 5 years ago though. I'd like to get a nicer one this coming year.

Quote from: Lokmar on November 23, 2024, 11:28:24 PMTell your wife to pipe down. I bought a factory built race carr for my mid life crisis!

I still got the guitar.  How's the race car doing?

Quote from: Lokmar on November 23, 2024, 11:28:24 PMTell your wife to pipe down. I bought a factory built race carr for my mid life crisis!

It's a nice ride to man!

I still love my Jeep, had it almost 19 years now. I did a lot to it this past year, jus needs some more work this Spring, like paint and stickers.

Quote from: Reggie Essent on November 23, 2024, 11:25:33 PMI dunno, man.  It's worked out well for me, but then, I'm an old fuck and got in on the ground floor just as everything went digital. Now I consult and spend my days when I feel like working gently explaining to younglings what things like CMYK and dpi and DS,A/B mean and why it's important to know when selling added value deliverables for your clients.

And my midlife crises was a nice guitar.  I told my wife she got off easy, but she was still pissed about the money I spent.

So I had that choice in '89 and the digital age didn't bode well for graphic design. You must of already had your foot in the door by then?

Quote from: Blazor on November 23, 2024, 11:35:37 PMOh, my, God, these youngins are so clueless on all that shit!!!! They are digital minded, not print minded.

I don't think I've reached my midlife "crisis" yet lol. I'm very happy I picked up fiddle 5 years ago though. I'd like to get a nicer one this coming year.

I know it, little brother.  I prepressed newspapers for a long time as the industry slowly died.  Now I take clients that still need to have shit printed, but there ain't many left who know how to get it done anymore.  It works out for me because there's still clients that need print-ready graphics produced, but there's not many "Graphic Artists" who understand the difference between making a pretty layout on a computer screen and creating a RIP-ready digital file to burn a plate for a printing press.

And keep sawing the fiddle, man.  I like the sound.  I'm thinking of getting a banjo for a late-life crises. :)

Quote from: Lab Flaker on November 23, 2024, 11:45:11 PMSo I had that choice in '89 and the digital age didn't bode well for graphic design. You must of already had your foot in the door by then?

I grew in my father's print shop, just as he grew up in his.  In the late 80s, I was with a suburban newsgroup that put out five daily newspapers.  I was very proud of creating the very first digitally created color weather map that ran on the back page of the A section across all five papers.  I think that was the year I got a beta version of Photoshop 1 to play with.

Quote from: Reggie Essent on November 23, 2024, 11:38:42 PMI still got the guitar.  How's the race car doing?

Its good. Goes out of warranty at the end of the month. Thats a bummer.

Quote from: Reggie Essent on November 23, 2024, 11:59:05 PMI grew in my father's print shop, just as he grew up in his.  In the late 80s, I was with a suburban newsgroup that put out five daily newspapers.  I was very proud of creating the very first digitally created color weather map that ran on the back page of the A section across all five papers.  I think that was the year I got a beta version of Photoshop 1 to play with.

Guess the artist from Detroit.

I woke up this morning with an ache in my head,
I splashed on my clothes as I spilled out of bed,
I opened the window to listen to the news...
But all I heard was the establishment blues.

Quote from: Lab Flaker on Today at 12:08:34 AMGuess the artist from Detroit.

I woke up this morning with an ache in my head,
I splashed on my clothes as I spilled out of bed,
I opened the window to listen to the news...
But all I heard was the establishment blues.

This?


I'm moar this:

Quote from: Reggie Essent on Today at 12:21:35 AMThis?

I'm moar this:

Yeah man! Rodriguez was such an awesome bloke. I've had a good yarn with him back in 2011.

Quote from: Reggie Essent on November 23, 2024, 11:51:29 PMI know it, little brother.  I prepressed newspapers for a long time as the industry slowly died.  Now I take clients that still need to have shit printed, but there ain't many left who know how to get it done anymore.  It works out for me because there's still clients that need print-ready graphics produced, but there's not many "Graphic Artists" who understand the difference between making a pretty layout on a computer screen and creating a RIP-ready digital file to burn a plate for a printing press.

And keep sawing the fiddle, man.  I like the sound.  I'm thinking of getting a banjo for a late-life crises. :)

Nah, they don't have a clue about margins and bleeds and crop marks and shit. 100s upon 100s of times I've explained it to these noobs, and most will keep coming back still frickin' clueless! Like "wheres the bleed bitch! I've told you and told you!" lol.

They don't know web is RGB and 72dpi, while newspaper is usually grayscale and 150 dpi, and magazine and such is CMYK and 300 dpi. Most are designing in web mode.

I worked at a print shop, I know all about CMYK plates for the press. There at the end, we were going towards digital printing, which is pretty much just big ass copiers.

I plan on learning more fiddle tunes over the Winter, that's what I lack, a good amount of tunes I can jus kick off. I know several, and can play along a bunch with other folks, I need to learn more I can do solo. Btw, I've been gifted a mandolin, and inherited a banjo too. The mandolin I've fixed up, its good to go, but the banjo needs a lot of work before its playable.