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1. Don't Try. 2. See 1. Seriously. Some people have artistic skills and sensibilities. Most don't. So you're much better off spending a small amount of money t

1. Don't Try. 2. See 1. Seriously. Some people have artistic skills and sensibilities. Most don't. So you're much better off spending a small amount of money to get a proper designer to help you out.

perfunctory 14y ago
What's your position on "learn to code" meme? see http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/05/please-dont-learn-to-code.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/05/please-dont-learn-t...
vasco 14y ago
I could argue that there's much better programmers than you right now who could do whatever you want to do in less time and with less bugs. Just spend a small amount of money and get them to help you out. Trying to improve is never a bad thing!
drhowarddrfine 14y ago
Absolutely. I have a mindset that puts one foot in both the technical and artistic worlds and reading his ideas made my skin crawl. While I have a good understanding and appreciation of artistic expression, I know it's difficult to switch between coding and painting. Pick one and hire someone else to do the other.
lusr 14y ago
It is absurd to generalise like this and tell people not to try without knowing their background and goals. While I personally don't see the point in spending my time learning design skills, this is because my current goal is to move away from doing the work myself to managing others doing the work. Assuming your statement that only some people have artistic skills is correct, and even assuming the proportion is very low for the statement to be interesting, you're still making an assumption that people with artistic skills and sensibilities are always aware of them. What does e.g. a 22 year old "programmer" have to lose trying their hand at a new skill? They may discover a passion or talent they never realised they had and your advice would see them miss this opportunity.
gte910h 14y ago
This is total crap. While some people have a more intuitive grasp of things, most of it is looking at certain principles and looking FOR certain principles and evenly applying them. Talent is often practice masked by a lack of individual history on the person. The person who draws well at 22 has been practicing since they were 5, etc.

1. Don't Try. 2. See 1. Seriously. Some people have artistic skills and sensibilities. Most don't. So you're much better off spending a small amount of money to get a proper designer to help you out.

perfunctory 14y ago

What's your position on "learn to code" meme? see http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/05/please-dont-learn-to-code.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/05/please-dont-learn-t...

vasco 14y ago

I could argue that there's much better programmers than you right now who could do whatever you want to do in less time and with less bugs. Just spend a small amount of money and get them to help you out. Trying to improve is never a bad thing!

drhowarddrfine 14y ago

Absolutely. I have a mindset that puts one foot in both the technical and artistic worlds and reading his ideas made my skin crawl. While I have a good understanding and appreciation of artistic expression, I know it's difficult to switch between coding and painting. Pick one and hire someone else to do the other.

lusr 14y ago

It is absurd to generalise like this and tell people not to try without knowing their background and goals. While I personally don't see the point in spending my time learning design skills, this is because my current goal is to move away from doing the work myself to managing others doing the work. Assuming your statement that only some people have artistic skills is correct, and even assuming the proportion is very low for the statement to be interesting, you're still making an assumption that people with artistic skills and sensibilities are always aware of them. What does e.g. a 22 year old "programmer" have to lose trying their hand at a new skill? They may discover a passion or talent they never realised they had and your advice would see them miss this opportunity.

gte910h 14y ago

This is total crap. While some people have a more intuitive grasp of things, most of it is looking at certain principles and looking FOR certain principles and evenly applying them. Talent is often practice masked by a lack of individual history on the person. The person who draws well at 22 has been practicing since they were 5, etc.