[CAUT] electronic tuning device preference?

[Greg Newell]

David,
	Ron's lovely wife is an excellent graphic artist. The story he told
here, unfortunately, exactly parallel's my story and the difficulty in
having her produce business cards for me. She came up with so many wonderful
ideas that I had trouble deciding on what I really wanted which was
frustrating for all of us. I wish it had gone so much better because she
really is VERY good! Yeah, I'd say he knows a thing or two about graphic
artists.

Greg Newell
Greg's Piano Forté
www.gregspianoforte.com
216-226-3791 (office)
216-470-8634 (mobile)

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David
Ilvedson
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 9:00 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] electronic tuning device preference?

Ron,

Now what  exactly do you know about graphic artists and what they do?   

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Received: 3/17/2008 1:25:46 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] electronic tuning device preference?



>> He's right that the computer enables graphic artists
>> to produce a big load of work in a short time, 

>Well, no, it doesn't. the time is wasted doing computer 
>related things and dealing with clients who believe there is 
>little time involved in the artist making up fifty versions of 
>something so they can reject them all out of hand because they 
>couldn't seem to convey to the artist what it was they wanted. 
>After all, you just push the button and the design appears on 
>the screen, right?


>>and to
>> make some effects they couldn't make any other way.

>Granted, often at considerable expenditure of time and 
>frustration. Had much experience with software?


>> However, I made up my business card from scratch, with
>> a pen and ink drawing, and with press-on letters, twice
>> the desired size. Then the printer shot it down.
>> 
>> The result was a card which looks unlike anyone else's.
>> It stands out from a batch of others whacked together on
>> a computer, without recourse to fancy color or raised
>> printing.

>A mediocre graphic artist is a mediocre graphic artist whether 
>they are working on a computer or not. Much like a mediocre 
>tuner, be it with a computer or a fork.

>Ron N