Kevin Whipps
March 31, 2021 · 9 min read
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1. Your computer Will Crash at the Worst Possible Time


2. There Will Be Typos on that Critical Document

3. Your Clients will Hate Your Favorite Design and Love Your Least Favorite


4. Somebody’s Already Done That Design


5. You Will Get Creatively Stuck When A Huge Deadline Is Looming



6. The File Is Never In The Format You Need

7. You will miss that one pixel/vector

8. There Will Always Be Edits When Your Schedule Is Already Packed

9. That Image You Want For The Design Will Always Be Just Slightly Out Of Focus

10. You Will Never Find The Font You Want When You Need It

Murphy Strikes Back
I don’t care who created the concept, Murphy’s Law is a real thing, and something that smacks me in the back of the head every day, just as it probably does to you. Is it fair? Nope. But it’s in the cards we’ve all been dealt, so we might as well deal with it. Or at least we’re forced to, because if we don’t, we know it’s all going to get messed up anyways. Get bent, Murphy.Products Seen In This Post:

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Kevin Whipps
Hi! My name is Kevin Whipps, and I'm a writer and editor based in Phoenix, Arizona. When I'm not working taking pictures of old cars and trucks, I'm either writing articles for Creative Market or hawking stickers at Whipps Sticker Co.
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