Jeremy’s Rants and Stuff

Just yesterday I received an email from a friend of mine telling me that The Grafix Lounge will be back up and running. Mind you, it had been down for quite a while. Anyhow… here’s a little bit of history…

I found the Grafix Lounge originally back in 2003 I believe and I had just started doing graphic design on the computer. I was looking for PhotoShop resources on the net and came across a link to it. I looked it over and noticed that it was a thriving forum full of useful information. I joined.

This forum introduced me to some of the best graphic designers out there. Not to mention the people were the biggest help to a n00b like me. After a couple of months of being on there I entered a “battle” (A “battle” is where two designers go head to head making a series of graphics based upon a given picture or image) and I won! I wouldn’t have been able to do it if it weren’t for this group of people challenging me and giving their honest opinion and critique on my work.

Anyhow… through this forum I was also introduced to other great places like DeviantArt and PhotoshopCAFE. These two places are great resources as well. I’m going to make a “Graphic Design Resource” page for this blog as well when I get a chance. It’ll be at the top menu when I get it done.

Well to

make a long story short… the Grafix Lounge, to me, was and is THE best forum for the just starting out designer as well as the veteran that wants to hang out with cool people and converse. You should check it out if you are even the slightest bit interested in this type of stuff.

For now I’m out…

JK