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  1. 08-08-2010 09:50 PM #1
    MaoFlores
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    Popular Mistakes

    How many of these do you do regularly?

    1. Take constructive criticism too personally
    2. Not knowing any famous designers in particular Paula Scher, Milton Glaser, Paul Rand and not knowing WHY they were famous
    3. Not Staying Up on Current Events and Design News
    4. Not Owning the Graphic Artists Guild Handbook
    5. Charging too Little for Design Projects
    6. Not Using Contracts to Cover Your Butt
    7. Not Setting Deadlines for Projects
    8. Doing Spec Based Work (If you like it you can pay)
    9. Not Asking for a Down Payment before Starting a Project
    10. Using Poorly Designed Fonts from Free Font Sites
    11. Using Display Fonts as Text Fonts
    12. Using the Comic Sans Font
    13. Using too Many Different Fonts in One Design
    14. Forgetting White Space is your Friend
    15. Not Sketching Before Designing
    16. Not Using Rulers on Screen
    17. Relying Totally on the Computer, Especially for Kerning
    18. Using Photoshop Filters After Your First 6 Months
    19. Using Low Resolution Web Images for Print
    20. Not Designing Logos in Vector Format
    21. Making Logos Unable to Reproduce Well Small
    22. Forgetting to Learn Keyboard Shortcuts
    23. Not Saving Frequently
    24. Not Backing up Files on an External Hard Drive
    25. Not Getting Enough Sleep!
    26. Stealing or ‘borrowing’ Other Peoples Work
    27. Using the dash quotation marks instead of true quotation marks.
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  2. 08-09-2010 12:28 PM #2
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    errr... I have committed all the mistakes on your list
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  3. 08-09-2010 01:47 PM #3
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    I wonder why the Comic Sans font is so hated! I mean it is only the best font around.

    ban comic sans :: Putting the Sans in Comic Sans

    That site is hilarious, if you all have never seen it.

    ~Corey
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  4. 08-10-2010 02:20 PM #4
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    haha ya i def dont ever get enough sleep and it def effects my work for school. i like the white space is your friend. theres a few on here that i never really thought about too much
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  5. 08-12-2010 02:45 PM #5
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    Yeah i have made all of these mistakes as well :/
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  6. 08-12-2010 06:37 PM #6
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    There should be an addendum to the comic sans mistake...*Using the Papyrus font.
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  7. 08-13-2010 12:31 AM #7
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    Mostly all but not number 1. If they don't see what I see in a project, hey, it's fine with me.
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  8. 08-13-2010 09:12 AM #8
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    Number 18 made me giggle. I know a kid who does that lol
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  9. 08-13-2010 09:18 AM #9
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  10. 08-17-2010 08:41 PM #10
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    An education will help with just about all of those. =) Just about .....
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  11. 09-03-2010 03:32 PM #11
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    to # 25 the designers of such.

    Cheerr
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  12. 09-05-2010 07:51 AM #12
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    Wink designer which is good.

    I think that all will assist reminds us as designer which is good
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  13. 09-05-2010 01:55 PM #13
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    LOL can never get myself to sketch before i creat on the computer
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  14. 09-05-2010 06:26 PM #14
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    I'm guilty of some of those
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  15. 09-05-2010 09:57 PM #15
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    Number 12 is creepy! Comic Sans font is number one in the fonts freakshow!
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  16. 09-06-2010 06:06 PM #16
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    Not sleeping is good especially working at night is the best productive hours compared to during the day, you have less distractions.
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  17. 09-21-2010 10:55 AM #17
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    #4 Where can I get one?
    Is borrowing included as not owning?
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  18. 09-21-2010 11:07 AM #18
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    About Comic Sans is nice written here:

    Comic Sans: The Font Everyone Loves to Hate

    (I´m with anybody who hate it
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  19. 09-21-2010 11:14 AM #19
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    Uh-oh...does this make me a bad designer?
    I'm gonna have to bookmark this or something.
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