The life of a designer isn’t always pixel perfect. It can be low-res images, client pet peeves, measly budgets and played-out fonts. If you can relate, you’re most certainly not alone. In fact, designer problems are being voiced all over the web. On Twitter, the community has taken countless “funny ´cause it’s true†scenarios and packaged them into 140 characters of very real #designerproblems. Seriously, the hashtag is nothing short of a gold mine. With that said, below we’ve compiled a list of 40 of the best recent #designerproblems Twitter had to offer. How many can you identify with?
Waiting for final payment before sending the hi-res file is the closest I will get to a hostage negotiation. #designerproblems
– Barry Blankenship (@BarryTheArtGuy) June 9, 2015I hate the fact that someone else is going to design my funeral Memorial Card. #designerproblems
– AJ van Niekerk (@kitchendutch) June 4, 2015‘That’s great, but we’d rather have it as a power point than a pdf’ #designerproblems
– Katrina Smyth (@KazamySp00n) June 10, 2015Hmm… laser eye surgery, or… Wacom Cintiq 13HD tablet?! 😀 #designerproblems
– Austine Berry (@Austine_Berry) June 10, 2015Have you ever stared at words for too long that they lose their meaning so you just start thinking of how weird they look? #designerproblems
– Crystalike (@CrystalikeC) May 16, 2015Staring at enough stock photos, you begin to recognize them everywhere. Pretty soon, sp models become your celebrities. #designerproblems
– Pebbles (@CrazyPebbles1) June 9, 2015Sometimes waiting for files to save/open is like watching paint dry. Painful. So. Painful. #LargeFileProblems #DesignerProblems
– Ashleigh Kilgour (@NinjaSpud92) June 9, 2015It’s like the end of the world when I ask my computer to open up illustrator and photoshop at the same time. #designerproblems
– Kelly Oxman (@kellyoxman) June 9, 2015Client: we need less copy in this piece. Also, here’s the extra 400 words we need to add. #what #designerproblems
– Christine Prado (@cuprado) June 12, 2015“I Loooovvee Calibri. I use it for everything!” I just died. EVE-RY-THING. Those words will haunt my dreams forever. #designerproblems #font
– Justin Wong (@jaywongofficial) June 9, 2015Received an artwork mockup from a client created in Excel. Not even annoyed. It was awesome. #designerproblems
– David Tubbs (@davidbtubbs) May 14, 2015That moment when you’ve struggled for days on a web project only to find you misplaced a closing tag. #fml #designerproblems #webdesign
– Kaleb Gibson (@iKaleb) June 9, 2015Realizing your new desktop doesn’t have any fonts #designerproblems
– Jaymz (@jmkreative) June 8, 2015#designerproblems after I’ve tried 50 different fonts and don’t like any of them, I think to myself “good ole Helvetica”
– bdubose (@bethanydubose) June 8, 2015First sentence of direction from the client: “Please use a variety of fonts and colors.” #DesignerProblems #FML
– Tim Nyquist (@Zeke8990) June 8, 2015To bold or not to bold… that is the question #designerproblems
– Matthew Cassella (@mattcassella) June 8, 2015When you ran out of Undo commands #designerproblems
– Johan del Barrio (@daddyyoe) June 8, 2015Putting of freelance work because it is a nice day just means I have to work later tonight #designerproblems #design pic.twitter.com/Lq8jKx7b2e
– David A Buchanan (@DavieB) June 6, 2015Let’s see how many ads I can whip out of my ass tonight. Ready, set, go! #designerproblems
– Alyssa Bergman (@tcbergs) June 10, 2015Client: “Can you keep all the colours the same, but make it a bit more, you know, ‘bluey’?”
*smashes head on desk*
#designerproblems
– The All New DomShowâ„¢ (@TheNewDomShow) May 14, 2015Just bought some new, fun fonts… My name is Bethany, and I’m a fontaholic. #typography #typegeek #type #font #designerproblems
– Bethany Primrose (@BethanyPrimrose) June 10, 2015When you’re ten layers deep and photoshop crashes on you #designerproblems
– Barnabas Siwila (@BarnabasSiwila) June 8, 2015I love designing content without any provided copy and images. #designerproblems #sarcasm
– Crystalike (@CrystalikeC) May 13, 2015When your programs be like “I…am…trying…to…think…about…your…request…but…” And your like OMG! STAB U!!!! #designerproblems
– Ashley Stark (@MrsAshleyStark) June 10, 2015So many #ideas, not enough time. #designerproblems #entrepreneur #creative
– Shila Griffith (@ShilaGriffith) June 10, 2015My eyes are burning from this “computer monitor life” #designerproblems
– Simone (@SimoneAlicious) June 9, 2015Seriously, Arial is becoming the new #ComicSans – if it hasn’t already. #DesignerProblems #TalesOfAChurchSecretary
– Cassie Faith (@cfaitha42) June 9, 2015my search for the perfect script font that is both elegant and completely legible continues… #designerproblems
– Katherine Simao (@KatSimao) June 9, 2015How it feels being the only designer at the company…
#designerproblems pic.twitter.com/OeIwITrOuy
– Jonathan Shariat (@DesignUXUI) June 8, 2015Photo: When you have an #artbin of colors but can’t find that right shade of blue/green #designerproblems… http://t.co/Nl8zGO9IE0
– Staysean@KraasDesign (@KraasDesigns) June 11, 2015Gonna send a bag of dog poo to all the businesses offering “unpaid graphic design internships” on job sites #graphicdesign #designerproblems
– Dani #FreeRaif (@DaniDrawsStuff) June 11, 2015This is what happens when you don’t pay your web designer. pic.twitter.com/e9uLzZe5JD
– Oliur (@UltraLinx) June 10, 2015When your friends ask your honest design opinion only to get pissed off when you are honest #designerproblems #sorrynotsorry
– Kae Katsiris (@KaeKatsiris) June 12, 2015Screenshots occupy more of my desktop than anything ever has. #designerproblems
– Bobby Zhang (@_bzhang) June 11, 2015The moment you forget to remove marks and bleeds. #DesignerProblems
– Amanda Nagy (Ingle) (@AmandaCNagy) June 12, 2015Dear client with another client,
Do not promise MY deadlines without asking if I can make them first.
Thanks.
#DesignerProblems
– Bella Blitz (@MissBellaBlitz) June 12, 2015I like fonts more than I like most people #designerproblems
– Triple Dot Beast (@dotdotdotbeast) June 18, 2015Client: What is your hourly rate?
Me: I charge by project instead of hourly.
Client: What is your hourly rate though?
#designerproblems
– Shane Helm (@ShaneHelm) October 23, 2014Ever since iOS7 I feel like everytime I use Shadows i’m going to get judged. Damn you Apple. Depth is good. Right?! #designerproblems
– Andy Jones ッ (@andy88jones) June 15, 2015Time to go start making signs. As a graphic designer its the only way I feel I can ever tell people what to do. #designerproblems
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