"Invisible" wrote:
> Rune wrote:
>> Hmm. Remember that even the cheap brands have people designing them, 
>> trying to make them look attractive so people will buy them. The better 
>> looking branded products have probably spent a lot of effort getting to 
>> where they are, with many rejected designs along the way. Comparing with 
>> them is setting a bit high standards... :)
>
> In summary: I am not a graphic designer.

Noone are born graphic designers... Did you miss the part above about making 
lots of bad designs before being able to make good ones?

> (Unfortunately, I lack the creativity necessary for coming up with 
> original designs - be that visual or auditory. I guess I'm too much of an 
> automaton to think for myself...)

I find that it comes down to enjoying the process. Do you like working with 
designs, or are you only interested in a nice end result, and wish you 
didn't have to put all the hard work into it?

If you really enjoy working on graphic designs, I think you can become good 
at it. If you'd rather be doing something else, then it's probably not the 
right thing for you.

I played the synthesizer when I was a child. For many years! I learned some 
basics but never got beyond that. Basically, practising felt like a duty, 
and I'd rather sit by the computer. I would have been really cool to be 
great at playing that instrument, but obviously, I didn't have the 
enthusiasm to get there. Eventually I gave up on it and focused on what I 
liked doing, rather than what I just would have liked to be good at.

Rune
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