As opposed to popular opinion, a graphic designer’s job is not child’s play. The amount of precision, hard work and time that goes into their work should be sufficient to tell us they work with a pen tool and not a magic wand.
You’ll relate to these hilarious tweets if you are a designer. And if you are not, then you’ll definitely understand their pain.
Too many times!#designerproblems #designerhumor #designmeme pic.twitter.com/YgoC2ClBQv
— Filipa Amado (@filipa_amado) October 25, 2018
legitimately me whenever a client attempts to give me feedback over the phone as if I can see them pointing at their screen #designprobs #designerprobs pic.twitter.com/S6uGBZZ6Qh
— Alyssa Marie (@amjvisually) March 9, 2018
When you’re browsing through your fonts library and the word sample starts to look like a different language @designprobs
— Ali (@a_swag5) December 5, 2015
Every single time I look for a design job. #designprobs pic.twitter.com/bl8LAchL19
— Graphic Design Probs (@designprobs) December 6, 2015
This is my everyday look…#designprobs pic.twitter.com/SQRf6Vr0lJ
— Graphic Design Probs (@designprobs) December 10, 2015
When you stop and realize you’re working zoomed in at 400%@designprobs #graphicdesignprobs
— Jeff (@jeff___greer) December 14, 2015
Clients reaction when they see the final product. #designprobs pic.twitter.com/ZGm3hEa7IE
— Graphic Design Probs (@designprobs) December 16, 2015
Adobe needs to add a fourth choice to these messages… @designprobs pic.twitter.com/kbYxD8Leoe
— bat tory 🦇 (@latequilacat) December 23, 2015
Coming to the end of project and getting notified that you misspelled a word and have to re do it 🙃🔫 #igotfinalapproval #fuck
— Graphic Design Probs (@designprobs) January 7, 2016
@designprobs Love hearing people with no graphic design training try to explain why I made a design decision. #GraphicDesignerProblems
— Nate Scott (@PixelBunneh) February 3, 2016
“I’m sick, so I won’t be able to do that until afternoon.”
“Isn’t your work just in front of the computer? Can’t you sit up?”@designprobs— Emily Urban (@helloemilyurban) February 9, 2016
My english professor just said Comic Sans was cute #yikes @designprobs
— Han (@hhaven13) February 9, 2016
@designprobs getting files by 3pm means “maybe by 4:15pm, and then it might be late. Oh, and we’ll need it done by 5pm.” #SMH
— Nate Scott (@PixelBunneh) February 22, 2016
I have a dream; a dream that I’ll have more than five minutes to work a project before someone asks, “is it done yet?!?” @designprobs
— Nate Scott (@PixelBunneh) February 23, 2016
how it feels when you love your design but your client doesn’t #graphicdesignerproblems #designprobs pic.twitter.com/0Ykyw1vYvz
— Alyssa Marie (@amjvisually) January 4, 2016
Ask for the logo and they send .jpg and .png files. @designprobs #graphicdesign
— Jason McCulla (@JasonMcCulla) March 14, 2016
I got asked if I design things in Word and if I could send the file so they can edit it. My life is not real. #GraphicDesignerProblems
— Kelly Gannon (@KelG7) March 16, 2016
My life as a graphic designer #briefing #graphicdesignerproblems pic.twitter.com/9BxSuGA5wF
— Dayana Matos (@m471c4) March 14, 2016
@designprobs pic.twitter.com/cNMDcO1mvz
— Shmellen (@kugrl6) March 31, 2016
“Can you make the text glow?”
No, I can’t. Not because I don’t know how. It goes against my morals. #mytruthisnotrelative@designprobs— Emily Urban (@helloemilyurban) April 13, 2016
@designprobs #GraphicDesignerProblems “Client thinks they want to maybe make something different…maybe.” pic.twitter.com/PoL2D3WAUG
— Nate Scott (@PixelBunneh) April 13, 2016
“We need to scale the artwork so that it fits as a poster.”
“Sure thing, what size?””Poster size.”#thingsyouhearinagencies #designprobs— Alexander J Ward (@_AlexanderJWard) March 31, 2016
“You can turn this into a billboard, right?”
“What does the file size look like?””It’s a 15kb JPEG.”@Lee_E_Rose @designprobs— Alexander J Ward (@_AlexanderJWard) May 18, 2016
Client meetings: “Make it look the same but different.”#designprobs
— Graphic Design Probs (@designprobs) June 2, 2016
when you write a detailed email, but a client says “can you call me?” @designprobs #graphicdesignprobs #design #lol pic.twitter.com/Fhg2uUIKWB
— Alyssa Marie (@amjvisually) June 28, 2016
Client: I want this done within two weeks!
Client: *takes two weeks to respond to emails*@designprobs— Emily Urban (@helloemilyurban) July 14, 2016
when a client blames you for taking too long, but you’re waiting on them to send over files #designprobs #design pic.twitter.com/SGF2LUeENP
— Alyssa Marie (@amjvisually) August 4, 2016
People need to stop double spacing. It isn’t a thing. It is a problem. #designprobs #graphicdesign #graphicdesignerproblems @designprobs
— VinceSell (@VinceSell) August 12, 2016
client “where’s the final files?” me “where’s the final payment?” #workclapback #designprobs #graphicdesignprobs pic.twitter.com/It1AlMZvEI
— Alyssa Marie (@amjvisually) August 16, 2016
When you accidentally open your work email on a weekend @designprobs pic.twitter.com/Lgp5mp27wx
— Marquez White (@_whitehaus) October 16, 2016
@designprobs “I want you to use Comic Sans.” My brain: pic.twitter.com/MZ5w3fnf3n
— Kaci Whitehead (@Kaci_Whitehead) October 25, 2016
When the client asks “what are specs?” @designprobs #GraphicDesignerProblems #NeedMoreBooze pic.twitter.com/lQgsf7RGVm
— Nate Scott (@PixelBunneh) October 24, 2016
Just had 4 separate emails all with “URGENT” in the subject title, moments before the end of the day. What social life? @designprobs
— Kevin John Stevens (@Double_O_Kevin) December 5, 2016
Every designer in this world 😂#designprobs pic.twitter.com/10ofoDSARh
— Graphic Design Probs (@designprobs) January 10, 2017
listening to a client with a small budget describing a complex design project #freelancelife #designprobs #no pic.twitter.com/4trvvskvL6
— Alyssa Marie (@amjvisually) September 28, 2016