Freelance Freedom #41



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N.C. Winters is always drawing. When he isn't making comics, doodling or working as a freelance graphic artist, he spends his time painting pretty pictures for galleries from his home studio in sunny southern California.


  1. PG Ink Master

    HAHAHAHA! awesome! soo true :p

  2. PG Aloke Pillai

    LMAO! Funniest for sure!

    Thanks! Keep Rocking!

    Aloke Pillai

  3. It’s a cool cartoon and all, but I really do hate to compare web developers with physicians. Sorry.

  4. PG Spenser

    Absolutely brilliant.

  5. PG Christopher Humphries

    LOL, I love this one. Sums up other fields like programming, systems and database administration. Just you know PHP, some MySQL, and a Linux distro doesn’t make you an expert in any field :)

  6. PG Mimi

    Oh great! Thanks for posting my new email signature! That should help my “designer” clients quite a bit!

  7. Ain’t it the truth, then again… the irony is what makes it so funny. Love these cartoons N.C.!

  8. PG Ez

    This is gold. I need to send this to my uncle who thinks because he can resize something in illustrator that makes him a designer.

  9. PG Filosof

    Muhehe. I can remember dozens amateur discussions about the “better” and “proffesional” software, where designer was judged by his soft… :-)

  10. PG Anthea

    When I told family that I had just finished a digital media course, and that it was basically web design that I learned about, my 30-something cousin…

    “Oh I’m thinking about getting into web design. There’s lots of money in it and I have this program called coverpage or something which makes it really simple, I wont need to do anything.”

    Oh CRINGE!

    I love freelance Freedom :)

  11. PG Tommy Crawford

    Heh, awesome. This is very true! A lot of my friends have asked me to help them get started, saying that it can’t be that hard and will only take a few days to get into it, all they need is a book to tell them what to do. =/

  12. PG ayad

    So true!! I met a guy on an Action Script3 update course, he was exactly like this. He bought the whole creative suite but his portfolio looks like sh*t.

  13. PG Niki Brown

    Ha….this is hilarious because im a web developer at a medical school! I have even had a medical student try to one up my design in some lame dumbed down version of flash….things were flying across the screen! All the while he thinks his design is more professional…. :)

  14. PG Warbo

    I know I’m overthinking this, but it’s just a funny thought…Why was he carrying around a stethescope? I’ve been watching this strip for a a while and this designer main character is the wierdest guy I’ve ever seen. lol.

  15. PG Grant

    Complete Genius…

  16. PG Luis Nunes

    Simply clever, brilliant :D

  17. PG Shaun Spalding

    I was wondering if this would ever be an FF topic! Great

  18. PG SEO South Africa

    Man,this is so true!
    I love it!

  19. PG Enes Kaya

    Wow, really cool, true, and so funny. Thanks, man :)

  20. PG Mokokoma Mokhonoana

    funny but true,

    Nobody is declared a professional writer just because they know their way around MS Word!

    The same should apply with other fields, esp creative.

  21. PG Chad | ProFreelancing

    That made me laugh! Good one!

  22. PG Abe

    This one is my favorite!

  23. PG Scott Taylor

    LOL, I know quite a few individuals who instead of paying a developer/designer; like me or you – will use software or frontpage to design a site and I just laugh. I love how someone can click a few buttons and consider themselves a true dev… HIlarious!

  24. PG sascha/hdrs

    Muahaha! Love these cartoons!

  25. PG Kuldeep

    haha! Liked this one! Well Put

  26. PG JJ

    Strikes me as a little bitter.
    If you have talent, you will succeed without having to belittle people who want to try something on their own.
    I wonder how many designers run every bit of text they work on by an editor (since designers aren’t degreed in English)?
    There are lots of terrible degreed designers who turn out terrible work. There are a lot of people without degrees who turn out wonderful work.

    1. PG Simon

      I don’t think you get the point of the cartoon. So many people believe that being a dev is all about owning the expensive packages associated with that industry and that somehow owning a copy of photoshop is a rights of passage. The cartoon is simply saying just because you own professional software does NOT make you a professional, years of experience and knowledge does whether you have a degree or not.

  27. PG Steve

    Haha, that’s good… except that being a doctor requires a phD, and being a designer doesn’t require a degree of any kind (not to say you wouldn’t benefit by getting one).

  28. PG Chris O'Connor

    Same applies to photography. Too many people now get a digital SLR and start XYZ photography.

  29. PG Mae

    I think this applies to everything that has to do with doing business online LOL people thinks it’s so easy to just buy something and they’re all set for business! hehe

  30. PG Ahmad Alfy

    HAHAHAHAHAHAA

    Great :D

    So true xD

  31. PG Chris Laskey

    Thanks for reminding us that design is about _the design_, not the latest software.

    (I admit it, I’m still using CS2)

    Cheers

  32. PG Marco

    Haha, funny!

    Stereotype of all the “webdesigners” out there.

    Thanks for sharing.

  33. PG erwin magbanua

    110% true.. most of my friends bought this dslr camera and suddenly the called themselves Professional Photographers what the heck….. their portfolio doesn’t fit their title.

  34. PG Jonathan Shih

    I wrote a similar sentiment in my blog. I have been in argument with this kind of attitude(anyone can be a artist/designer) stuff since college. Starting with my classmates who took up a course in Art because it’s the easiest course to enroll in. And more so now with the advent of computer graphic software, where you can call yourself a designer with a few clicks of a mouse.

  35. PG callisto9

    While I see what the cartoon is getting at, this kind of stuff is very discouraging for those of us starting out. I have been slowly working my way into graphic design over the years (as a HOBBY, not a business) and all I’ve been meet with is criticism (and I didn’t show any work!) and a general negative attitude. No one has been helpful with my inquiries, and since I didn’t go to school for it, it’s like I can’t be let into this little club.

    It’s the snobbery of the industry and the people in it that turns people off, not the prices.

  36. PG VSJ

    Unless you believe your blessed by the Almighty, it all depends on who’s logged in more productive, analytical, determined, obbsessive, knowledge seeking hours, whether its self-taugh or instructed. Although, a “steady hand” and an “eye” for the job can certainly accelerate your learning curve and skill.

    -vsj

  37. PG subthing

    just great :D

    so sad, so true…

  38. PG sevs

    Sad but so, so, true. I’ve seen this happen way to many times.

  39. PG Dani McDaniel

    exactly :D

  40. PG Jarryd

    /sends to all current and future clients

  41. PG rds-nltsgrafx

    True…Its not the software that makes u a good designer..Its about the talent of the artist and how he utilizes the software.There is a lot of people out there with degrees in Graphic Design,Web,etc..But that doesn’t mean that they will be more successful nor better than the graphic artist without the degree.
    Its about who has talent and (in there mind) unlimited creativity!
    I have no degree and mostly self taught.Been drawing ever since I could pic a pencil.I have been using corel draw for many years and are still learning.And I feel like I can design or create with the best of them.

  42. PG Alex10

    But my personal experience in speaking with so-called liberated women bears this out. ,

  43. PG Benja

    my thoughts exactly

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