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1. • mike
   • Sporadic internet access mike here!
     
     Yeah, just wondered from all the people who do a bit of design work, I'm wanting to learn how to make striking magazine pages, I use Quark at work but I think I'd be wise to learn Illustrator and InDesign too.
     
     What would people reccomend I use? I'm weighing up either getting a mac and all the software (expensive!) or perhaps getting a laptop with the same, which would be infinitely cheaper and possibly easier to use, I really don't mind Mac or PC at all, love the macs at work but they are a little bit on the rich side.
     
     Any other programs that would be good to learn too?
   • [13:06 on 27/07/09]
2. • Gareth
   • Draw cocks in MSPaint and hide them throughout the paper.
   • [16:33 on 27/07/09]
3. • bad admiral
   • Gareth says:

     Draw cocks in MSPaint and hide them throughout the paper.
     
     
     i started a facebook group about that a bit ago. you should join as you have "the right stuff".
     
     search: drawing cocks on things club.
   • [16:49 on 27/07/09]
4. • alan
   • bad admiral says:

     Gareth says:

     Draw cocks in MSPaint and hide them throughout the paper.

     
     
     i started a facebook group about that a bit ago. you should join as you have "the right stuff".
     
     search: drawing cocks on things club.
     
     
     Haha, I have requested to join!
   • [17:16 on 27/07/09]
5. • bad admiral
   • alan says:

     bad admiral says:

     Gareth says:

     Draw cocks in MSPaint and hide them throughout the paper.

     
     
     i started a facebook group about that a bit ago. you should join as you have "the right stuff".
     
     search: drawing cocks on things club.

     
     
     Haha, I have requested to join!
     
     
     i saw. welcome to my world...
   • [23:34 on 27/07/09]
6. • alan
   • bad admiral says:

     alan says:

     bad admiral says:

     Gareth says:

     Draw cocks in MSPaint and hide them throughout the paper.

     
     
     i started a facebook group about that a bit ago. you should join as you have "the right stuff".
     
     search: drawing cocks on things club.

     
     
     Haha, I have requested to join!

     
     
     i saw. welcome to my world...
     
     
     Thanks. I feel both honoured and somehow violated already.
   • [23:41 on 27/07/09]
7. • Grym
   • To answer mikes initial question. Get a laptop and "aquire" all the software you need from the 'net. As long as you don't get tempted to fill it with other crap (Various media players! Downloaded movies! Downloaded albums! Free software! All that tempting stuff.) it'll be just as good as a Mac and a billion times cheaper. You won't be fashionable though... heh heh. As a qualified design geek that's been in the industry for 13+ years I've worked with both Macs and PC's for the entire time and yeah, 10 years ago Macs probably had the slightest edge where design was concerned for the simple fact that the OS was more stable than Windows '95 which most places were running at the time. Nowadays, it's mostly a snobby fashion thing, I've been running a laptop with Windows XP for 3 or 4 years at home and Illustrator/Photoshop/Quark all run exactly the same as on the high end Macs I've used in my workplaces. Only differences, holding Ctrl rather than the Apple key for menu/function shortcuts. Software wise, if you can "aquire" Adobe Creative Suite of some description (CS1, CS2, CS3) you'll have Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign (effectively the succesor to Quark) and some web design stuff all bundled up in one package. A £350 laptop will do the same job as a £900 Macbook.
     
     But the design snobs may point and laugh.
   • [23:59 on 27/07/09]
8. • Jack
   • A PC would work fine for you, I do prefer Macs as I work with them every day and also do a lot of motion graphics work which is where I find a mac really comes into its own with stability etc. But for print graphics work, the software i.e. illustrator etc is the same and does the same thing so if your on a budget then take the pc option and you'll still be fine.
   • [08:35 on 28/07/09]
9. • bad admiral
   • alan says:

     bad admiral says:

     alan says:

     bad admiral says:

     Gareth says:

     Draw cocks in MSPaint and hide them throughout the paper.

     
     
     i started a facebook group about that a bit ago. you should join as you have "the right stuff".
     
     search: drawing cocks on things club.

     
     
     Haha, I have requested to join!

     
     
     i saw. welcome to my world...

     
     
     Thanks. I feel both honoured and somehow violated already.
     
     
     I like the way your jib is cut. That is how you're meant to feel.
   • [10:28 on 28/07/09]
10. • Podge
    • added, I was in bumsnogger, the skill to draw cocks on things (and abuse mars) was more important than drums.
    • [19:10 on 28/07/09]
11. • bad admiral
    • sweet. obviously being in koresh it is also an important skill. far more important in fact than actually being able to play anything.
    • [19:14 on 28/07/09]
12. • Tim Holehouse
    • Nout wrong with a good drawing cock and balls on things...
      
      We did a whole load of them in the condensation on windows in this swiss town after a show... turned one of the windows was actually dust... it was up for 2 months as my tour buddy went back our skilled and detailed drawing where still there.
      On Mike's more serious note DI DI uses a MAC mike... I can ask he what specs she uses.
    • [07:27 on 29/07/09]
13. • Gareth
    • bad admiral says:

      sweet. obviously being in koresh it is also an important skill. far more important in fact than actually being able to play anything.
      
      
      I have applied to join your group. My ambition is to draw a big cock and balls on the moon.
    • [22:27 on 29/07/09]
14. • bad admiral
    • Gareth says:

      bad admiral says:

      sweet. obviously being in koresh it is also an important skill. far more important in fact than actually being able to play anything.

      
      
      I have applied to join your group. My ambition is to draw a big cock and balls on the moon.
      
      
      please feel free.
    • [10:02 on 30/07/09]
15. • Ollie
    • drawing cocks is ace...if you have time do the line (of spunk!!!)
    • [10:51 on 30/07/09]
16. • mike
    • Thanks for the advice about cocks everyone.
      
      Might go for the laptop then, would probably try and just get the adobe creative suite and run the whole PC using the net as little as poss, keep my big-ass PC for surfing etc.
    • [12:27 on 30/07/09]

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