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Posted by Gary on 08 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: 420 Jars, Business, design
Graphic design. It’s our edge. The reason that our business is where it is today. I’ve been designing since I was a teenager. I had CorelDraw 4 on my first computer. I would make album covers for my favorite bands. Now, over ten years later I’m sitting in front of a setup that would make any designer drool. I’ve earned it. At least that’s what I convinced Matt of. Not to mention how much better my designs are going to be. (That’s what I told myself.)
Everything you see that is 420 Jars is all me. Matt is involved in some of the creative process and also tells me when I can stop working on something (because it’s done). But I’m the one man design show for this place. Web or print. Multidisciplinary. It could be say that theses days it’s better to specialize with design and that would be true for me if I didn’t design/work for my own company. When you’re the only one your specialty needs to be getting things done. Fast. For the first few years things were done by the seat of my pants. Designing for someone else during the day and having to come home and design for 420 Jars doesn’t leave much for creativity. But now days…things are different.