I know I'm better than this but I saw a former classmate do a design collab with a cool designer and it made me feel like I don't make work that moves the needle creatively anymore. I got into design to do album covers, book jackets and posters but all of those things are digital and disposable now. I feel like I missed out on making what I love.

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Im sure you thought of this but you can do your own work on the side for that hit of real creativity. Truth is probably both the classmate and the pro do boring client work to pay the bills too. Grass isn't always greener. Even the people that design book covers are just pixel pushers for marketing departments.

The best solution I've seen is to make your own art, promote and market that, and it can lead to freelance with clients who want exactly what you're offering. Somebody like Lauren Hom who did her own lettering work, got clients from it and quit her AD job to do it full time. It's not easy or fast but it seems like a better alternative to this unfulfilling agency work. Personally I'd be mad that I never took the chance.

With you in solidarity. Advertising kills so much artistic passion

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