{"id":25347,"date":"2015-07-06T05:00:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/?p=25347"},"modified":"2024-04-09T00:37:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T07:37:31","slug":"40-very-real-designer-problems-as-told-by-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/40-very-real-designer-problems-as-told-by-twitter","title":{"rendered":"40 Very Real Designer Problems As Told By Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The life of a designer isn&acirc;&euro;&trade;t always pixel perfect. It can be low-res images, client pet peeves, measly budgets and played-out fonts. If you can relate, you&acirc;&euro;&trade;re most certainly not alone. In fact, designer problems are being voiced all over the web. On Twitter, the community has taken countless &acirc;&euro;&oelig;funny &acirc;&euro;&tilde;cause it&acirc;&euro;&trade;s true&acirc;&euro; scenarios and packaged them into 140 characters of very real <strong>#designerproblems<\/strong>.\nSeriously, the hashtag is nothing short of a gold mine. With that said, below we&acirc;&euro;&trade;ve compiled a list of 40 of the best recent #designerproblems Twitter had to offer. How many can <em>you<\/em> identify with?\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Waiting for final payment before sending the hi-res file is the closest I will get to a hostage negotiation. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Barry Blankenship (@BarryTheArtGuy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarryTheArtGuy\/status\/608385134727987200\">June 9, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I hate the fact that someone else is going to design my funeral Memorial Card. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; AJ van Niekerk (@kitchendutch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kitchendutch\/status\/606506145998643201\">June 4, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;That&#8217;s great, but we&#8217;d rather have it as a power point than a pdf&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Katrina Smyth (@KazamySp00n) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KazamySp00n\/status\/608631664420528128\">June 10, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hmm&#8230; laser eye surgery, or&#8230; Wacom Cintiq 13HD tablet?! \ud83d\ude00 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Austine Berry (@Austine_Berry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Austine_Berry\/status\/608696080708952064\">June 10, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Have you ever stared at words for too long that they lose their meaning so you just start thinking of how weird they look? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Crystalike (@CrystalikeC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrystalikeC\/status\/599369072178892800\">May 16, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Staring at enough stock photos, you begin to recognize them everywhere. Pretty soon, sp models become your celebrities. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Pebbles (@CrazyPebbles1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrazyPebbles1\/status\/608302804420034562\">June 9, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sometimes waiting for files to save\/open is like watching paint dry. Painful. So. Painful. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LargeFileProblems?src=hash\">#LargeFileProblems<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DesignerProblems?src=hash\">#DesignerProblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Ashleigh Kilgour (@NinjaSpud92) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NinjaSpud92\/status\/608289561823739904\">June 9, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s like the end of the world when I ask my computer to open up illustrator and photoshop at the same time. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Kelly Oxman (@kellyoxman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kellyoxman\/status\/608274347040587776\">June 9, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Client: we need less copy in this piece. Also, here&#8217;s the extra 400 words we need to add. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/what?src=hash\">#what<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Christine Prado (@cuprado) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cuprado\/status\/609343046044545024\">June 12, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I Loooovvee Calibri. I use it for everything!&#8221; I just died. EVE-RY-THING. Those words will haunt my dreams forever. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/font?src=hash\">#font<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Justin Wong (@jaywongofficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaywongofficial\/status\/608101873304915970\">June 9, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Received an artwork mockup from a client created in Excel. Not even annoyed. It was awesome. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; David Tubbs (@davidbtubbs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidbtubbs\/status\/598962317334831105\">May 14, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That moment when you&#8217;ve struggled for days on a web project only to find you misplaced a closing tag. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fml?src=hash\">#fml<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/webdesign?src=hash\">#webdesign<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Kaleb Gibson (@iKaleb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iKaleb\/status\/608061317333848067\">June 9, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Realizing your new desktop doesn&#8217;t have any fonts <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Jaymz (@jmkreative) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jmkreative\/status\/608003880345927680\">June 8, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a> after I&#8217;ve tried 50 different fonts and don&#8217;t like any of them, I think to myself &#8220;good ole Helvetica&#8221;<\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; bdubose (@bethanydubose) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bethanydubose\/status\/607984028331966464\">June 8, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First sentence of direction from the client: &#8220;Please use a variety of fonts and colors.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DesignerProblems?src=hash\">#DesignerProblems<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FML?src=hash\">#FML<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Tim Nyquist (@Zeke8990) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zeke8990\/status\/607974174972198912\">June 8, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To bold or not to bold&#8230; that is the question <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Matthew Cassella (@mattcassella) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattcassella\/status\/607918282600005632\">June 8, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When you ran out of Undo commands <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Johan del Barrio (@daddyyoe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daddyyoe\/status\/607854279945166848\">June 8, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Putting of freelance work because it is a nice day just means I have to work later tonight <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/design?src=hash\">#design<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Lq8jKx7b2e\">pic.twitter.com\/Lq8jKx7b2e<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; David A Buchanan (@DavieB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavieB\/status\/607241685706285056\">June 6, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let&#8217;s see how many ads I can whip out of my ass tonight. Ready, set, go! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Alyssa Bergman (@tcbergs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tcbergs\/status\/608762099443957762\">June 10, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Client: &#8220;Can you keep all the colours the same, but make it a bit more, you know, &#8216;bluey&#8217;?&#8221;\n*smashes head on desk*\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; The All New DomShow&acirc;&bdquo;&cent; (@TheNewDomShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNewDomShow\/status\/598899344914423808\">May 14, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just bought some new, fun fonts&#8230; My name is Bethany, and I&#8217;m a fontaholic. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/typography?src=hash\">#typography<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/typegeek?src=hash\">#typegeek<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/type?src=hash\">#type<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/font?src=hash\">#font<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Bethany Primrose (@BethanyPrimrose) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BethanyPrimrose\/status\/608735446437392384\">June 10, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When you&#8217;re ten layers deep and photoshop crashes on you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Barnabas Siwila (@BarnabasSiwila) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarnabasSiwila\/status\/607971128267542528\">June 8, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I love designing content without any provided copy and images. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sarcasm?src=hash\">#sarcasm<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Crystalike (@CrystalikeC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrystalikeC\/status\/598629657202688001\">May 13, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When your programs be like &#8220;I&#8230;am&#8230;trying&#8230;to&#8230;think&#8230;about&#8230;your&#8230;request&#8230;but&#8230;&#8221; And your like OMG! STAB U!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Ashley Stark (@MrsAshleyStark) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrsAshleyStark\/status\/608675318187065345\">June 10, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So many <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ideas?src=hash\">#ideas<\/a>, not enough time. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/entrepreneur?src=hash\">#entrepreneur<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/creative?src=hash\">#creative<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Shila Griffith (@ShilaGriffith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShilaGriffith\/status\/608648207468494848\">June 10, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My eyes are burning from this &#8220;computer monitor life&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Simone (@SimoneAlicious) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimoneAlicious\/status\/608372844247060480\">June 9, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Seriously, Arial is becoming the new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ComicSans?src=hash\">#ComicSans<\/a> &#8211; if it hasn&#8217;t already. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DesignerProblems?src=hash\">#DesignerProblems<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TalesOfAChurchSecretary?src=hash\">#TalesOfAChurchSecretary<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Cassie Faith (@cfaitha42) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cfaitha42\/status\/608345838260232195\">June 9, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">my search for the perfect script font that is both elegant and completely legible continues&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Katherine Simao (@KatSimao) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KatSimao\/status\/608340166487457792\">June 9, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How it feels being the only designer at the company&acirc;&euro;&brvbar;\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/OeIwITrOuy\">pic.twitter.com\/OeIwITrOuy<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Jonathan Shariat (@DesignUXUI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DesignUXUI\/status\/607951456100941825\">June 8, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Photo: When you have an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/artbin?src=hash\">#artbin<\/a> of colors but can&acirc;&euro;&trade;t find that right shade of blue\/green <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a>&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Nl8zGO9IE0\">http:\/\/t.co\/Nl8zGO9IE0<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Staysean@KraasDesign (@KraasDesigns) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KraasDesigns\/status\/608920493262008320\">June 11, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gonna send a bag of dog poo to all the businesses offering &#8220;unpaid graphic design internships&#8221; on job sites <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/graphicdesign?src=hash\">#graphicdesign<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Dani #FreeRaif (@DaniDrawsStuff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaniDrawsStuff\/status\/608908769674665985\">June 11, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is what happens when you don&#8217;t pay your web designer. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/e9uLzZe5JD\">pic.twitter.com\/e9uLzZe5JD<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Oliur (@UltraLinx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UltraLinx\/status\/608678753779245057\">June 10, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When your friends ask your honest design opinion only to get pissed off when you are honest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sorrynotsorry?src=hash\">#sorrynotsorry<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Kae Katsiris (@KaeKatsiris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KaeKatsiris\/status\/609158683101016066\">June 12, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Screenshots occupy more of my desktop than anything ever has. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Bobby Zhang (@_bzhang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_bzhang\/status\/609135026446295041\">June 11, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The moment you forget to remove marks and bleeds. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DesignerProblems?src=hash\">#DesignerProblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Amanda Nagy (Ingle) (@AmandaCNagy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmandaCNagy\/status\/609397350096744448\">June 12, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear client with another client,\nDo not promise MY deadlines without asking if I can make them first.\nThanks.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DesignerProblems?src=hash\">#DesignerProblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Bella Blitz (@MissBellaBlitz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MissBellaBlitz\/status\/609394312699252736\">June 12, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I like fonts more than I like most people <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Triple Dot Beast (@dotdotdotbeast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dotdotdotbeast\/status\/611561333524402176\">June 18, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Client: What is your hourly rate?\nMe: I charge by project instead of hourly.\nClient: What is your hourly rate though?\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Shane Helm (@ShaneHelm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaneHelm\/status\/525386862924292096\">October 23, 2014<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ever since iOS7 I feel like everytime I use Shadows i&acirc;&euro;&trade;m going to get judged. Damn you Apple. Depth is good. Right?! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Andy Jones &atilde;&fnof;&fnof; (@andy88jones) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andy88jones\/status\/610434227818110976\">June 15, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Time to go start making signs. 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