I can work/play in Photoshop and Illustration until my fingers go numb. (So I got cheap, thin gloves and cut and burnt the fingertips so I could still work.) I prefer InDesign, but I can still roll with Quark. One day, I'm going to get Corel Painter and a Wacom tablet and it will be on.

 

I am a PC, because I can get my work done cheaper and more efficiently due to the insane level of customization I have on here. Other things about me as a designer:

 

One of the reasons I hate living in Columbia is the rampant abuse of the Papyrus font.

 

And it's true, Comic Sans, Lens Flare, and really bad layer cut-outs raise my blood pressure. Check out the candles. Okay, that didn't raise my blood pressure, that's just hilarious.

 

I have not shopped at WalMart in months because I heart Target's graphic design.

 

I threaten to strangle the responsible Home Depot designer every Wednesday night ad set.

 

Paint customers with 4 or more swatches are sent to me. I can tell by the pigment whether or not I can appropirately adjust the color in the can to what a customer wants and know exactly which colors to use, and no one should question me when I say that K and AX make green, so don't try it.

 

I have a collection of all those little postcards you get advertising the latest party while you're in college, usually at some place like Club Level. (Events like Panty-monium!) It's like a car wreck on neon pink paper. You can't look away, but it hurts so bad!!! ACK!

 

I'm a firm believer that if you add "Skip Intro" to a website, that button will be utilized, so why waste everyone's time.

 

You usually don't have to go all out to think outside the box because the box your customer has is usually on the small size, anyway. ("Add pink, she'll love it!" "...What." "Oh, I love the pink! That's so different!" "...What.")

 

I actually don't drink a lot of coffee. I just get progressively more insane. I mean, artistic. Creative...Those kinds of words.