Of poster-making and such (questions to graphic-designers :P)

Hi guys :D So through all the work I have piled up (stories, posters, Idunnowhats) my brain decided to give up on me. 

(oh, my C1 English exam results arrived, written is 78%, oral is 95% so I passed but not how I wanted xD)

Anyway, I decided to make this little..questionaire, to graphic desingers. You can just copy it here in the comment if you want to answer, I'm just totally lost at the moment with 0! inspirationa and yeah. Maybe this will help.

If needed, I will answer the questions too xD right now my mout hurts (wisdom teeth) so I'm lazy to do it xD

 

Questions:

Why did you start making posters / graphics in general? 

Have you ever thought of taking a long (permanent) break?

What is the funniest/dumbest/craziest request you have ever recieved? How did you manage it?

What is the type of graphics you hate making? Why?

Do you prefer less or more info in your requests? (so freedom or being told how to do everything?)

Has a request / requester ever made you mad? Why? (if you want to, you can write down what had happened)

What's your opinion on re-dos?

Do you like trying out every genre or do you like sticking to the ones you've been practicing for a while?

Angst or comedy?

Blending or cutting?

Has making posters / graphics whatevers / taught you something? 

 

Aaand that's all. Please if you're in the mood, fill it in :D 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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sorarius
#1
I'll answer it in a new blog post instead... I'll steal these questions... ;) kkk...
--wickedjackal
#2
Why did you start making posters / graphics in general?
A: I used to write stories and the first poster for my fics. I actually don’t know the existence of graphic shop here before. So I made one by myself.

Have you ever thought of taking a long (permanent) break?
A: Yes, but I can’t be far from photoshop, so I never did, hee

What is the funniest/dumbest/craziest request you have ever recieved? How did you manage it?
A: Ahh, still remember… how can you possibly imagine a pregnant man? I can do that but that will look awkward, well at least TO ME. haha

What is the type of graphics you hate making? Why?
A: I don’t really have one, but sometimes it depends on my mood ~ oh ya FLUFF, I always confused ! what genre is that actually.. hahah

Do you prefer less or more info in your requests? (so freedom or being told how to do everything?)
A: MORE of course, I will ask them to state specific trait like the hair colour, the eye colour, hair length, what expression, which era the character from(for an idol) and some other stuff. Because I don’t want them to come back to me with anger asking why this is yellow… not purple(example) heeh. And I have to re-do it and it will take time. So it should MORE information to me.

Has a request / requester ever made you mad? Why?
A: YES, and it gave impact to other people as well and the person is gone at that time, my guess that person is here somewhere now using other username, But nahh, let’s keep it a secret!

What's your opinion on re-dos?
A: Love-hate, hate because ahh my graphic doesn’t hit the requester expectation, and I love it because I usually something even better when I make re-do request,

Do you like trying out every genre or do you like sticking to the ones you've been practicing for a while?
A: Every genre !

Angst or comedy?
A: Both!

Blending or cutting?
A: Blending—cutting takes time

Has making posters / graphics / taught you something?
A: Yes of course ~
bbygrlolita
#3
Why did you start making posters / graphics in general?
A: I got really tired requesting them so I decided how about I learn!

Have you ever thought of taking a long (permanent) break?
A: I'm on one now ^-^

What is the funniest/dumbest/craziest request you have ever recieved? How did you manage it?
A: I don't really remember

What is the type of graphics you hate making? Why?
A: Happy, Comedy I can't really do that

Do you prefer less or more info in your requests? (so freedom or being told how to do everything?)
A: More! I need alot of information (I say being told because I can make the request much easier)

Has a request / requester ever made you mad? Why? (if you want to, you can write down what had happened)
A: Um, I remember one but I can't really put into details

What's your opinion on re-dos?
A: I hate & like them....(I sometimes think maybe just 1 but sometimes people go over board)

Do you like trying out every genre or do you like sticking to the ones you've been practicing for a while?
A: I'm learning to do Comedy & Happy now! I always liked Angst, Sad more though & yes I have been practicing Comedy & Happy

Angst or comedy?
A: Angst

Blending or cutting?
A: Cutting

Has making posters / graphics whatevers / taught you something?
A: Yesh ^-^
slsove
#4
Why did you start making posters / graphics in general?
- I needed a signature for a forum, no one wanted to make one for me so I decided to do it myself xD
Have you ever thought of taking a long (permanent) break?
I'm in one right now, sadly ._.
What is the funniest/dumbest/craziest request you have ever recieved? How did you manage it?
I used to get quite a few crazy requests in my graphic shop, I'm not sure if I can choose only one...
What is the type of graphics you hate making? Why?
Comedy, I'm really bad at it :/
Do you prefer less or more info in your requests? (so freedom or being told how to do everything?)
More info is better.
Has a request / requester ever made you mad? Why? (if you want to, you can write down what had happened)
I don't remember such a time.
What's your opinion on re-dos?
It's kinda insulting, but it's sometimes needed.
Do you like trying out every genre or do you like sticking to the ones you've been practicing for a while?
I do try the ones I can't do, but most times they don't work out so i stick to what I can.
Angst or comedy?
Angst.
Blending or cutting?
Blending.
Has making posters / graphics whatevers / taught you something?
Yup :3
zamaair
#5
Why did you start making posters / graphics in general?

-I started making them because I needed some for my stories and I didn't know who to ask for one so I just decided to make them on my own.

Have you ever thought of taking a long (permanent) break?

-No, I haven't.

What is the type of graphics you hate making? Why?

-I don't really like making cute posters because I'm better at angst/sad posters.

Do you prefer less or more info in your requests? (so freedom or being told how to do everything?)

- I prefer less info given in my requests. (Freedom)


What's your opinion on re-dos?

-I am fine with re-dos.

Do you like trying out every genre or do you like sticking to the ones you've been practicing for a while?

-I like sticking with the ones that I've been practicing, but once in a while I like doing other genres :)

Angst or comedy?

-Angst

Blending or cutting?

-Blending

:)
CIndy934
#6
Why did you start making posters/graphics in general?
For my own stories so I can get the reader's intrest.

Have you ever thought of taking a long (permanent) break?
Yes, but I never actually did haha

What is the funniest/dumbest/craziest request you have ever recieved? How did you manage it?
Hm...a horror poster that is "fluffy" and pink. It was a request in a shop I work in, and I told them I didn't know how to combine the horror and fluff genre, so they requested from someone else. Never knew if they got their poster or not...

What is the type of graphics you hate making? Why?
Rated M/. Because I can't make that kind of stuff while my parents are constantly walking pass and checking up on me and what I'm doing o.O

Do you prefer less or more info in your requests? (so freedom or being told how to do everything?)
I prefer less so I can let my imagination fly~. But I would like information on the plot of the story, so I can make the graphic more "descriptive" (does that make sense?)

Has a request/requester ever made you mad? Why? (if you want to, you can write down what had happened)
Only once has that happened. They wanted a re-do after 3 tries despite it being my worst genre at the time!

What's your opinion on re-dos?
As I said in the answer previously, someone once wanted a re-do after 3 times. I'm fine with re-dos because I'm a perfecter and want to make the person I guess happy. As long as the reason is acceptable, I'll be glad to do the re-do.

Do you like trying out every genre or do you like sticking to the ones you've been practicing for a while?
When I first started, I stuck with angst because that was easiest for me. After getting the hang of it, and I opened a shop, I explored other genres and try to get good at them too.

Angst or comedy?
Angst.

Blending or cutting?
Depends on poster. Blend if for a more angst kind of thing, cut if for comedy/fluff.

Has making posters/graphics taught you something?
How to use gimp lol