Dirty Little Secret(s) Part I

BEHOLD, my fellow graphic designers or those students who are currently studying visual communication. I want to share some short cuts and good tips for you :)

For those who are still in college/ uni, if you are thinking that you are going through hell, well let's say that loe cuma baru aja sampe  di depan gerbangnya neraka. hahahahahahaha *keselek*. Cause once you have start working as a professional GD, things are getting worse than when you were still in school.

You are going to face the real clients, real projects, and of course you have bigger responsibility because people pay you for your artwork. Doesn't it sounds scary? well, it is. BUT, if you prepared yourself, you shouldn't be afraid of anything, because everything needs a process. Apalagi dunia design itu, learning by doing.

My tips on getting a job:

1. PREPARE AN AWESOME PORTFOLIO.

You will need an awesome portfolio to amaze your future employer. Ga usah masukin banyak2 project, karena pas interview pun they barely have time to check all your artworks. Cukup masukin project2 yang menurut loe bagus dan misalkan yang udah di publish beneran (kalo ada). 10-15 projects juga udh oke.

2. SEND YOUR CV AND PORTFOLIO TO LOTS OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES

Be confident. :) Put aside the negative thinking like : "Hell no, I will not get this job." JUST TRY. You have nothing to lose. I sent my application to be an Art Director when I was still 19 years old and viola, I got it. I never thought they want to hire me but hey, you will never know if you don't try, rite? :))

3. WHEN THEY CALL YOU FOR AN INTERVIEW...

Congrats! hahaha means your portfolio berhasil bikin mereka tertarik B) You may want to design and print your own name card! Print out your portfolio and CV, gave them a copy of your CV would be nice. Give them a QUICK review of your portfolio, always smile, and relax! It is okay for you to ask them if you don't understand about the regulations.

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GOODLUCK YAH JOB HUNTINGNYAHHH. I hope my tips will help you :)
Note that these tips are based on my personal experiences.
I will share my other dirtier little secrets for my fellow graphic designers, SOON.
STAY TUNE FOR THE DIRTY LITTLE SECRET(S) PART II !!!! :D

My Portfolio VolumeIII's cover

Divider Design

Project preview's Design.

Love,

DW

FAB LANE.

Udah lama banget nitch ga ngeblog pake bahasa nenek moyang.
Lega banget rasanya jari2 tambun ini nari2 diatas keyboard tanpa harus bolak - balik ke Google Translate atau sekedar ngecek grammar di Google, dan Oxford Pocket Dictionary butut gue.

Tapi kadang-kadang kalo jiwa kebulean gue lagi keluar, gue lebih nyaman ngeblog pake bahasa inggeris. *kibas rambut*

Pernah gak lo berasa super cape, tapi lo ga bisa tidur ?
Dan itu bikin lo pengen nangis kejer buat luapin semua kecapean lo? Bengong dikit, mata berair. Lengah dikit, tau-tau lo lagi bengong. *bengongception*

Hidup gue sekarang semacam perempuan gila kerja. Apalagi sejak Monokrom resmi jalan dan bikin gue otomatis jadi Art Director di 2 design agencies sekaligus. Bangga? Tentunya. Cape? BANGET. Abis selesai ngantor di Cideng, gue masih harus ke PIK, seminggu 3x kesana. Dan kalo gue ga ke PIK, gue bawa pulang kerjaan ke rumah, pulang ngantor tidur bentar, lanjut kerja lagi. Nge-date? Boro-boro, gue sering banget malem mingguan sama laptop, terus pulang ke rumah bercumbu sama ranjang gue.

Semuanya gue jalanin dengan ikhlas, gue seneng dikasih kepercayaan sama Tuhan buat punya 2 tanggung jawab yang berbeda, artinya Tuhan taulah kalo gue mampu. Banyak yang mau cari kerjaan susah banget, ini gue malah ada 2. Harusnya gue seneng, ya kan?

Tapi ada titik dimana gue super duper merasa minder dan gak percaya diri bahwa gue mampu ngejalanin ini semua. Gue pernah ada kepikiran pengen mundur dari either Octis atau Monokrom karena gue takut banget ngecewain orang dan gue ga bisa ngasih apa yang mereka harepin dari gue. Tapi gue ga mau nyerah gitu aja, i am a fighter and i refuse to be a quitter.

Bukan berarti gue benci sama kerjaan gue, gue cinta banget sama kerjaan gue. Gue bisa liat diri gue sampe 40 tahun ke depan tetep bergelut di bidang graphic design tanpa bosen sedikit pun, I feel like I was born to be an awesome graphic designer. Tapi yah gitu... gue suka lost my grip dan gue bisa berubah dalam sekejap dari dewi yang kuat ke dewi yang super manja ples cengeng. -____-"

Untungnya gue punya nyokap yang bener-bener bisa jadi pelipur lara gue *halah*
Dipeluk dia, semua rasa khawatir, ketakutan akan masa depan, bayangan masa lalu, semuanya pupus dalam sekejap~ She must be some kind of a fairy godmother or sumthin. She is truly magical...

ANYWAY~
Blog gue udah sampe 3600views.. walopun gue jarang ngeblog dan bru setaonan ini aktif ngeblog, gue cuma mau bilang thank you for reading my blog! dan semoga lo ga bosen2 mampir di blog gue hehehe.

All is well.

Love,

Dewi

The Fighters

I am a fighter. I choose to be one.

I fight for my rights, for things that I believe in, and most importantly I fight for my dreams, to make it happens, to make it not only just a dream. I am fearless, I must be; because I am strong enough; because being strong was the only choice I have, in order to stay awake.

God loves me so much that He gives me His blessing abundantly, that He finally granted my wish, a wish that I have been dreaming of since I was just a little girl. He sees my efforts and I am rewarded. :)

And I am not the only blessed fighter:

The Founders of Monokrom Creative House :)

Those are bunch of the great fighters I have ever meet in my whole life! I would like to thank these people who took the important and crucial role in the making of Monokrom Creative House. And thank you guys for making my dream come true! :3 Specially to TR and RH who were work harder than the rest of us. I have a main job in Octis and DE currently living in Pekanbaru, so we couldn't do anything much. SORRY GUYS, I LOVE YOU TO DEATH. ♥♥♥

Monokrom was founded around this mid- April and we are officially open for business last Monday (18/6/2012). Monokrom Creative House provides the good quality design services such as Logo & Stationery Design, Company Profile Design, Brochure Design, Printed Advertising, Website Design, you name it and we will give you our best :)

For further information you can email us at monokrom.team@gmail.com or visit our Facebook Page, Monokrom Creative House and our twitter page @monokromCH.

YEAYYY :D

My Supportive Family! :)

TR's niece, Audric! so cute right?

Audric's big brother, Aurel :)

The Fighters!

And the great adventure has just begun! :D

Love,

DW

Chapter XIX: Stupid people is STUPID.

I love designing! Even since I was a kid I knew what would I become, gak bakalan jauh-jauh dari bidang seni deh pokoknya. Dari jaman SD I love to make a personalized birthday card or christmas greetings card for my friends and family.

And here I am.. a 20 years old Art Director and I achieved my Advanced Diploma when I was only 19 years old. Am I proud of myself?? HELL YES I AM, this is one thing I won't be humble about! The obstacle I have been through to get my advanced diploma is PRICELESS. I still have the desire to pursue my Bachelor Degree.. someday.. when God let me to do so. Don't get me wrong, each people must have something they proud about themselves, so do I. :)

So, basically I DISRESPECT people who thinks that it is so EASY to be a graphic designer. You just need to learn by yourself, get as many as tutorial CD's and youtube videos aaannd TADAAAAA, you're officially a graphic designer. IT IS NOT THAT EASY, BITCH.

More importantly, I can say that I HATE people who underestimate the formal education for Visual Communication; I disrespect people who underestimate the power of (proper and formal) education. And those self-taught graphic designers who want to be appreciate as much as the certified graphic designer, who thinks they are the same or even better from those who actually went to the REAL and PROPER school.. are full of SHAME. How an arrogant asshole you are if you think so. I am honestly feel disturbed by their presence, yes, the self-taught graphic designers. They basically ruined the market price of design services as they will not survive to compete with the certified graphic designer if they ask for the normal price. So the market thinks that those certified graphic designers ask for too high price.
-___- FML

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For those who are an educated and professional businessmen and businesswomen will understand why it takes so much money to design a logo, as the value of the logo is not from the size, color, or the difficulty of the logo, but it lies on its originality and ability to represents the company's profile, vision, and mission.

I personally believe that Visual Communication major is important as much as Medical or Law major. In college we learn from the experts themselves and our artworks are judge by them, who are certified and experienced in a real professional world. From the beginning, the lecturers helped us to form a strong and excellent sense of design-style, colors, and font type choices. While a self-taught graphic designer learn from CD tutorials, youtube videos.. and their artwork judge by common people who don't have any idea what a good design is.

Certified graphic designers have more promising career. Why? Because most of the top and professionals design agencies, where ever it is, require a certified graphic designer as their employee, sometimes at least you have to be a Bachelor Degree and they won't accept an Advanced Diploma like me. In so many events, those talented-lucky self-taught graphic designer who got accepted in a company, will be sent to college by their employer to earn their formal education after they shows their skills. Why? Because a good company/employer knows and realize how important a formal education is. :)
Even tough you are an experienced self-taught graphic designer, you still need to get a formal education to be approved as a good designer.

Have you ever seen a self-taught doctors actually works at the hospitals?
Have you ever seen a self-taught lawyers represent a criminal in the courts?

Me neither. :)

A certified graphic designer bisa dikategorikan sebagai graphic designer otodidak, tapi graphic designer yang otodidak enggak akan pernah bisa di kategorikan atau disamakan dengan those certified graphic designer.

Perbedaan itu ada, kenapa harus disamakan kalo emang gak sama?? Let's respect the difference, let's respect each other. STAY HUNGER, STAY FOOLISH, just like what Steve Job says.

Hasil kerja designer otodidak belum tentu jelek, begitu juga sebaliknya. Semuanya balik lagi ke pribadi masing-masing. Yang penting adalah jangan pernah meremehkan pendidikan dan jangan cepet berpuas diri akan pencapaian yang udah ada. Di atas langit masih ada langit kawannn... :)

Regards,

D.W