The Clink Room is a blog that i follow. Its run by a couple of designers from Plan B branding. They do mostly sports franchise identities, which i find to be pretty interesting.
So anyway they decided to have a little contest.
Basically its an imaginary baseball league comprised of Taco shops/stands. The point of it is to come up with a concept for a team and then design a logo/hat. The winner gets his hat made BY NEW ERA and $250. Plus i think 10 of the hats. And every time they do another run of the hats (if theyre big sellers) you get another $250. So i figured it was worth takin a stab at it.
So i had a question about the PDF format of the template they provided, so i emailed them. As an afterthought i attached this ROUGH version of what i was working on. Figuring maybe theyd have a critique or something.
These jerks (just kidding guys, if you're reading this) posted it and made it sound like i was a degenerate who was unfortunately using CorelDraw. Then suggested some other designers who have the appropriate software, team up with me to do an entry.
At first i was insulted, on some "F the Clink Room!" steez, but then i realized its just another case of prejudice against Corel, or any other non-adobe design software out there. They assumed that since i didnt have Adobe Illustrator, i must be some kinda chump who was just taking a shot at it. Its a common misconception, in all reality (not about ME necessarily, im just sayin...), that if you dont use Adobe products, you must not be a real designer. Which is hardly the case in my humble opinion.
*End of Rant*
Anyway, i got a couple of ideas up my sleeve for another entry or two, so i feel like i need to really come correct and represent for all those lame Corel users out there. (kidding)
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The bail bonds!! yeah!!!!
-J-
It's not the software that makes the designer, there are plenty of kids out there with bootleg copies of Illustrator who completely suck, on the other side of it I'm sure there are some people who could make something amazing using MS Paint.
Also where are the Bird and Magic Prints? or did I miss the boat.
J, i told you it was a front runner, lol.
Adam, the prints are kind of on hold. I wasnt happy with the quality of the first print shop that i had make proofs for me, so im still looking for a better option. To be honest i guess im not still looking, as i know of a shop i want to go to, i just hanvent made it there yet.
Dont worry though, you havent missed anything, i will definitely post about the prints when they get done.
"there are plenty of kids out there with bootleg copies of Illustrator who completely suck"
that would be me lol, but I JUST got illustrator a week ago
it ain't the pencil, its how you write your name.