JFlah's Blunders

I have to admit I laughed crazy hard at this video when I saw it the first time and had just about the same reaction to it when I just re-watched it. Why, as designers and creatives, do we not value our time (the building blocks of our lives)? Why don't I value the creative talent and ability God's given? There's no way I would ask anyone to offer their services for free but I'm asked on a regular basis to do design for free or for crazy low rates. When will I do better? #saynotospec   Then there's this guy: Chris Do... talk about a person who knows how to think/talk/reason. Wish I could do that on the fly.

Paint and Pj's painting for this year. Haven't decided if I'm going to add text or not. Here's a close up of the cutie snowman. Saw this great article on Muddy Colors . I've come across this trouble so often that I wonder why even I have started to devalue my own work. Now I know that part of the reason that it happens to me with the regularity that it does is because I'm in a "cul-de-sac" design career - and to exasperate the problem, I work full time at a non-profit where the norm is that people volunteer their time/talents. "Photo by JS Choi of he-who-will-not-be-named doing his brilliant thing at Illuxcon. So perfect and hilarious." Picture and quote from Muddy Colors Blog This video perfectly illustrates what it would be like for someone to try to treat other businesses and professionals like many clients try to treat artists and designers. And I highly recommend that you read the whole article at Muddy Co...