Usually I’m incredibly right brain when dealing with situations, in fact when i come up with stuff it usually doesn’t work but it seems cool and looks good. When i start designing a website though, everything switches, i write 20 lines of code easily, but when it comes to coming up with button designs i’m completly dumb. Is there any way to get past this
i know i spelled the title wrong
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Pay me to make them for you.
look around for stuff you like, and think about why you like it. so you’re not copying other people’s work, but finding the aspects of it that work for you. like some people like glassy effects, some people like extreme simplicity…
look at sites that you think look cool and think ‘what is it that makes this design cool?’
in the end an aesthetic sense is something you’ve got or you haven’t, but you can certainly develop whatever natural aptitude you have… places like this blow my mind design-wise - but that may not be your cup of tea… there’s a fair bit of individual taste there as well. (incidentally the article on that page is also quite interesting :D)
gee thanks, but if i was gonna pay for stuff i’d go to flashden
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Thanks, I kind of had that idea already, but i wasn’t sure if i’d ever develope something like that hopefully i do. I’m gonna give that site a good look around
Just keep on creating things. Sooner or later you will find stuff that you do like about your work and stuff you hate. Once you discover the bad things it’s a lot eaier to create something ridiculously good looking.
One thing that at least made me a bit better at what I do was to stop jump into code directly and instead sit down and sketch out the whole site / application on a piece of paper so I had a clear overview on how everything would interact with other items, what pieces that need to be their own classes, etc.
too many people just make something cool in PS, cut it up and then jump into flash/flashdevelop and just start coding away. It leads to very poor project architecture.
EDIT: I just re-read your post and realized I was totally … utterly… off. My only suggestion there is … drop it : ) Some people are designers, other aren’t. I know I’m not one. I’d love to BE one, but ponder this: Very very very few people are good at both code and design. In fact, I’d wager to say that there’s only a handful of them at the moment. Most people become either awesome at design or awesome at code. Or mediocre at both.
you don’t wanna be mediocre, it sux 
/\ good advise, i’ve noticed that i end up with a peice of paper 90 percent of the time. I used to just start with a background and go, hehe everything turned out bad
Ah, “the curse”, I have it too. I can’t draw or design for **** but I got all these good ideas trapped in my head, they refuse to come out =(
[quote=sekasi;2358993]One thing that at least made me a bit better at what I do was to stop jump into code directly and instead sit down and sketch out the whole site / application on a piece of paper so I had a clear overview on how everything would interact with other items, what pieces that need to be their own classes, etc.
too many people just make something cool in PS, cut it up and then jump into flash/flashdevelop and just start coding away. It leads to very poor project architecture.
EDIT: I just re-read your post and realized I was totally … utterly… off. My only suggestion there is … drop it : ) Some people are designers, other aren’t. I know I’m not one. I’d love to BE one, but ponder this: Very very very few people are good at both code and design. In fact, I’d wager to say that there’s only a handful of them at the moment. Most people become either awesome at design or awesome at code. Or mediocre at both.
you don’t wanna be mediocre, it sux :/[/quote]
I don’t believe you, i know there are types who are really good at both, and mediocre at both. I think everybody can find a happy medium and feel comfertable with themselves. I’m not sure if you cought the “right brain” reference, but i was just trying to say that most the time, i don’t think logically, I’m the person in crouds doing dumb stuff, i’m the guy on fourth of july making illegal concoctions. I’m the person thats reading philosophy books instead of doing their math homework. Though when it comes to flash i just don’t have the yang of it * yet*.
Just saying to give it up isn’t very helpful, maybe thats what you feel, most people don’t have the mental capacity to be good at both, but thats where i strongly disagree. I think it can be acheived with time, and if you yourself have given it up, you should reconsider, having code without something wonderful to compliment it is almost as bad as having nothing at all to me.
Love you <3 thanks for the advise though.
Hey, I wasn’t intent on discouraging you from evolving as a designer. I was just trying to say that it’s almost always better to excel at one thing than being ‘ok’ at three.
Which is true, but i just think with enough time everybody has the potential to be good or even exceptional at three
I think one naturally goes as far as one can in any given area, provided one works at it. I know I’ll never be the best visual designer, but I’ll be closer to the best than to the worst 
As far as coding is concerned I’ll probably be the other way around. But that’s just my capacities… I don’t think I could become the world’s best coder even if I worked at it all my life…
But why do you set those limits for yourself, I’m guessing you don’t want to work at “being the best coder in the world” because thats not what your interested. I’m sure if you really wanted to you could, along with alot of people. I just think if you have the time, and the want to, you can do it, regardless.
[QUOTE=saxx;2359032]Which is true, but i just think with enough time everybody has the potential to be good or even exceptional at three[/QUOTE]
Sure, but who has that much spare time
Besides, either way it’s definitely going to reward to become great at 1 thing first instead of trying to become awesome at 3 things at once. I’m saying that from a business perspective too.
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