you dont need to be able to spell to draw, or to design, the content part can be stuck through a spell checker. I think it sometimes help's me as I can come up with weird versions for stuff like changing numbers for letters. cre8tive ......

[gray]

Eye halve a spelling chequer, it came with my pea sea. It plainly marques four my revue Miss steaks eye kin knot sea. Eye strike a key and type a word and weight four it two say weather eye am wrong oar write. It shows me strait a weigh. As soon as a mist ache is maid, it nose bee fore two long and eye can put the error rite - its rare lea ever wrong.

to qoute a great dictator, the almighty Basil Brush,
"ha ha, boom .... boom"

[Mik]

Originally Posted by Bill Posters

I think mik might be right.

*chokesonwords*

its true - - still, better you realised now then when you've gone

[sleepingfish]

nice.

[Bill Posters]

mik, I knew I should have added "...this once" to my post.

[Mik]

bugger

[flatcat]

Originally Posted by oqpo

you dont need to be able to spell to draw, or to design, the content part can be stuck through a spell checker. I think it sometimes help's me as I can come up with weird versions for stuff like changing numbers for letters. cre8tive ......

u 7|-|1|\||< u'r3 50 1337 d0|\| ' 7 j00?

:p

man I am a gaming dork... :x

[roto]

Originally Posted by oqpo

I be sure to make a note in my give a fuck not pad...

Can I borrow that pad?

[Mik]

is that like an etcha sketch?

[sleepingfish]

no it's an iBook

[Brown]

Originally Posted by oqpo

you dont need to be able to spell to draw, or to design, the content part can be stuck through a spell checker. I think it sometimes help's me as I can come up with weird versions for stuff like changing numbers for letters. cre8tive ......

i thought that was called dyslexia. do you speak like that in real life?

[andycogbill]

I read this discussion and was satisfied on some levels and left wondering on others. Obviously it takes a good portfolio for a designer to get hired, but what many of you are saying is that a degree can't hurt, it can only help.

Can I ask what type of degree? As a student at a liberal arts college in the US I will be graduating next year with a B.A.

Do you mean to say that a degree in design is what is needed here, or just a degree from a university? Obviously a 4-year degree from a decent university has some merit, as it is through this education that one learns how to work independently and efficiently. A degree in design is necessarily better for a person trying to pursue a career in design. However, as a French major, I can't say I have much in the way of formal design knowledge.

After reading books and teaching myself as much as possible about web design for nearly 7 years (I was once a 13-year-old on Tripod Homepages), I have started perfecting my style and working small jobs on the side. Am I condemning myself to a life of small jobs if I opt out of a degree in design, despite having a regular 4-year degree?

[flatcat]

ummm..............without having a degree specifically in design, or some form of training in design you are going to have to rely strictly on your portfolio to get you through the door of any potential jobs...and you aren't going to be able to talk the talk when you're in the job? I guess it all depends on how much you've studied on the web design subject... Do you know what "the fold" is? And many designers today, in order to be highly regarded anyway, must be able to do other mediums than strictly web...a strong knowledge of print will take you a lot further for a web position if you and the people you're competing with have roughly equivalent skillsets for the web....

Basically, a degree in an unrelated field isn't going to get you very far if you haven't studied some form of arts or design while taking that course (undergraduate?)...And with no related experience save your few web jobs....you're going to need to be able to walk the walk and talk the talk when you apply...

By not having a degree in the field there's a lot of information you miss out on like the difference between 2 colour and 4 colour press, etc....it's always possible to have learned all this stuff in your sparetime, however you're going to have to WORK YOUR ASS to prove yourself to whomever you're trying to get a job with. Someone coming in with a degree from a a university is already expected to know certain things...which you do not have a piece of paper saying...

[Stickman]

Originally Posted by flatcat

do you know what the rule of thirds or "the fold" is?

http://www.designerstalk.com/forums/...ad.php?p=20668

Is this your new catchphrase?

[oli]

Personally I wouldnt worry too much about a degree, of course its a bonus but I think a full portfolio and experience will go further in your favour.
Im sure an employer would rather hire someone who has worked in the business and has experience dealing with clients, meeting deadlines etc than someone who has great academic knowledge but no practical experience.

[gray]

thanks for all the comments, i appreciate it

So if there is a job advertised which specifically mentions "Degree/HND", should I still go for it and hope my portfolio will impress (eventually )?

[dorian]

it is good to know your theory though - i'm sure the developers in here would say the same about my code
which is why i'm not a... sorry wrong thread.

[oli]

Yeah you still need to know your theory even if you dont have a degree to say so.

[-Red-]

I am just finishing a four year degree in Interactive Multimedia Design. Now I'm looking round for a good job and I have not come across even one which asks for a degree or any qualification past the standard GCSE's, all they want is a Portfolio. Which of course is the way it should be but I wanted to play it safe and now I owe the 'man' £16 Grand and I'm four years behind where I could have been without Uni. Make up your own mind but I'd say don't go for the degree especially since my course now charges £3500 a year and you are only there a few times a week.