Advertisng Vs, Graphic Design
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There is one thing for certain I know, when I think about what Im going to do when I get out of school and it consists of getting a job. Another thing I know for sure is that I want to go into graphic design and stay away from advertising. My degree is going to be in Advertising and Graphic Design but I think I want to stay away from the advertising and do the designing. Designing is something that I enjoy doing and hopefully I can find a job that makes me happy doing what I like.
I decided to stay away from advertising because of a lot of reasons really. The first reason would be I have a hard time coming up with a concept with legs. The kind of concept that can go on, and on forever. It seems to me that all the great ides I get only have one great ad and thats it, its done. I also want to stay away from advertising because, its a really ruthless game, come up with a great idea or basically youre not going to have a job. Im going to need to go in to a career that has a little more job stability. Knowing that Im going to have a job always makes me feel better.
Another reason I want to stay away from advertising is that you have short deadlines and extreme pressure to get things done in such a fast past. Thats all good and fine but I want to be able to take time on some projects that need it and move fast on the projects that dont need a lot of time. I dont mind doing things that need to be rushed but if I had to do it on every project I think my head would get a little loopy.
Last semester I had an internship at an ad agency. The agency specialized in the field of attorneys. All the advertisements consisted of basically the same concept; there was not a lot of room for creativity. I did though learn a lot from that internship in the ways of doing concepts on a budget and on a time scale. I also got to sit in on client meetings and give my input on key projects. But after a while it was just the same boring thing.