Everyone will have to deal with rejection at some point and here’s one of my several rejected icon designs in the past.
“Oh my, you can’t reject me! I got a smooth and beautiful metal skin.” – Probably more aqua lotion is needed.
Reason for rejection: Lack of shiny Aqua gloss.
Constant rejection is always part of the job but sometime what gets accepted and what gets rejected keeps me scratching my head with wonderment. That said, I do love being rejected sometime and two reasons for this are: You can have your own personal museum of rejected works! It’s fun sharing them to your friends. Second reason, you’re free to “reuse” them in other projects without ownership issues.
Little tidbit: Forty percent of all graphic designers leave the profession in the first two years due to constant rejections. Link
real mac has a to do app?
That’s a gorgeous icon! Did they ever see Mail.app – no gloss there. Or Address Book or Dictionary or Font Book or iCal or…
Pat, they used to have one but it got shelved after beta one.
http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/1...
Hey, I remember you showing me this! Long time ago, when you told you me got started with 3D and that I should get started with it before it gets too late. Glad I did.
Personally, this index card holder looked much better at the larger resolution. I think what bugs me most about this icon are the index cards, or the darkness of the cage. I guess sizing down a large image does have hits cons.
In one of my recent projects, I didn’t quite get rejected with my design, but I had to keep redoing and revamping the thing. By the time the design was accepted, it was totally different from the initial proposal. So, I can’t blame ~40% of graphic artists leaving due to rejection… hopefully I won’t be one of them =D.
I think this is very nice design.
and I feel you bro :) same thing happens to me so it’s a risk we gotta take :D as they say come with the job :P
keep up the awsome work :)