[Alxneeds2gopee]

role call

anyways...i'm gonna be a JR starting on my classes for my major an di awnted to know from you all...how is it? Also, i would like to know, if anyone have a laptop do do thier design on what laptops are good...I was thinking about either the sony vaio SZ line or the Apple Macbook (heard macs are better for graphic design)

[YUNA!]

I'm a graphic design student, and I prefer working on OS-X systems rather than XP/WIN.
I've been using it for a little more than a year and I have little to no problems with my graphic programs.

[simply_ayu]

hmm mac ;p well the colleges in our area give u an option to 'rent' or buy a laptop that they recommend you to use.. btw congrats on gettin in, i've always wanted to do graphic design & photography *sigh*

[Millou]

i prefer to use a mac for my graphic programs... but when i went back to hk, i saw a laptop which is very good for graphic designers. I forgot which brand it is, it's a korean brand with 2 letters, maybe you know. The sales guy from that strore says that sony isn't that good...

[Alxneeds2gopee]

^ LG?

seriously though how is the field of graphic design besides it being competitive?

[Blu_Velvet_Sea]

mac computers are used at my school for graphic design.

[SnowApple]

^ LG?
seriously though how is the field of graphic design besides it being competitive?

depends on where you go with it. right now i'm interning for a freelance graphic design company and they're really laidback, so if you wanna go that route, it's a piece of cake as long as you know the right freelancers.

but if wanna go the corporate/mass marketing route, i imagine it'd be much more thankless and corrupted. *is such a pessimist*

[kpopchild]

what school do you guys go to for graphic design majors?

[Brusky]

GD's h0lla! haha

i'm at a comm. college right now, but i'll be transferrin' to an art school (for soph. standing) to major in GD/advertising (hopefully minoring in photography) in a year

it's a saturated field, but everyone i know who's made it through said they love it; that's what i'm waitin' for =P

for now, i've got two socal schools in mind: Art Center in Pasadena, and Otis in LA. i'll be applying to quite a few more and even some in the bay area, but we'll just have to wait and see.