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> Don't get me wrong.  I'm not a "Graphic Designer" by any stretch, god
>  forbid I get asked to do a poster, I'm no Saul Bass that's for sure!
>  But I really really enjoy the cut and thrust of a good creative
>  brainstorm.  I also like - at other times - to really get into a
>  tricky set of logic problems to do with coding and the sense of
>  satifaction of not only solving them, but solving them elegantly.
>
>  I'm more of a UI design/coder and I think for that area having strong
>  skills in the creative side and the tech side is important as there's
>  no point in designing a UI that can't be coded and there's no point in
>  coding a UI that looks awful and can't be used.
>
>  So in effect I agree with you in many ways but I think people can be
>  left and right brained.  I'm a musician *and* a sound engineer in my
>  spare time and they are opposite skills.  I can't write music and
>  engineer at the same time, but I can do both to a fairly high standard
>  at different times as long as I get in the right head space.

I feel the above describes me pretty well. I enjoy tricky
coding/database issues, get anal about clean bare-bones html and css,
but also enjoy working with grids, type, colours and positioning (used
to love knocking up animations in flash, reminded me of sequencing in
logic!) but ask me to design a logo and I hit a mental brick wall
(this could be lack of exp/skills and confidence though I suppose).

I am also a musician and did both music tech and sound engineering at
college (even did work exp at realworld many moons ago!) and imo all
creative pursuits have highly technical aspects to them in the same
way that coding issues require a creative spark to solve problems.

cheers,

jon


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