Re: FN-FORUM: Portfolio

date posted 6th January 2006 23:19

so jd, if you were starting out again, what's the first thing I should learn
and do?

richard

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From: "jd" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 11:43 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Portfolio


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> It is fair enough to say that we all start out somewhere and it is fair
> enough to look at what other designers do and use that as a basis of
> designing a site - ie something similar to www.......
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> But to rip something off virtually 100percent is out of order - no
designer
> would want that to happen to them
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> I have had people ask me to virtually recreate quoted sites and I have
said
> no, I will do something along the same lines but not identical, it
reflects
> badly on me as someone who claims to be a designer
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> Legal issues aside, recreating someone elses work will reflect badly on
you
> when you are eventually found out and if the word spreads - you are
buggered
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> It is far more satisfying to be happy with your own ideas, learn from your
> own mistakes and develop from there
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> And sam is correct in saying it is sticking two fingers up at other
> designers
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> On 6/1/06 11:26 pm, "Sam Morgan" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> > "MY BETTER SITES", sorry pal don't even go there. Passing of someone
else's
> > work as your own is not only extremely bad form but most likely illegal.
> > It's also sticking your middle finger up the rest of us who have spent
years
> > designing and coding to build up our portfolio rather than stealing.
> >
> > I really hope you get what you deserve.
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> > Sam Morgan
> >
> > WIREDEYES - Internet Consultancy
> > tel : 020 7100 2178
> > fax : 0871 433 2278
> > web : http://www.wiredeyes.com
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> > umop ap!sdn w,! aw dlaH
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> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On
> >> Behalf Of richard
> >> Sent: 06 January 2006 23:55
> >> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> >> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Portfolio
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> >> any advice for me then, as two of my better sites have now gone down?
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> >> and I had interviews coming up as well, where I needed to
> >> show examples of
> >> my work.
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> >> richard
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