Today we had a visit from Humphrey Weightman, a graphic designer who told us about his past career and how he got started as well as what he is currently doing. He showed us some of his work from record sleeves to arts festival booklets and more. He gave us all tips on starting up as a designer, as well as the financial side of being a designer and bookkeeping. He shared some very wise words and life lessons he has learnt over the years. Humphrey quoted author Yogi Berra with a very interesting saying "when you come to a folk on the road,take it." i felt this was a beautiful metaphor for the difficulty in recognising the appropriate decision to make when one is faced with a pivotal life decision.
It was very interesting listening to a man with so much experience talk about his work, i loved how down to earth he was and how much detail he went into with things like the business side of it, its not something a lot of people seem to feel comfortable discussing but it is something that i really wanted to know about. it was amazing hearing his life as a designer and his outlook on it. Some of the terminology he used i did not understand, as i am not a graphic designer but he recognised that and was giving out advice on all designers and situations we will all be in as designers. a very wise man and i absolutely loved hearing and seeing his work.
It was very interesting listening to a man with so much experience talk about his work, i loved how down to earth he was and how much detail he went into with things like the business side of it, its not something a lot of people seem to feel comfortable discussing but it is something that i really wanted to know about. it was amazing hearing his life as a designer and his outlook on it. Some of the terminology he used i did not understand, as i am not a graphic designer but he recognised that and was giving out advice on all designers and situations we will all be in as designers. a very wise man and i absolutely loved hearing and seeing his work.
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