Graphic designer doesn't have imagination

Hey, I'm a graphic designer, but I always face one problem—I struggle to imagine things. I've tried many times, but I feel like I'm not great at being a graphic designer. I just have to work to earn money.

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  • I always face one problem—I struggle to imagine things

    I find it more useful to have a near encyclopedic knowledge of what has been done well by others and look at ways of reworking this for my customers.

    You will probably find that there are precious few original ideas any more and that everything is a re-imagining of something else.

    By working on the "find what works well and tune it for the specific application" and making it a less obvious copy then you can point out similar ideas that were successful which is why you think your version will work well too.

    Just a thought

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  • I always face one problem—I struggle to imagine things

    I find it more useful to have a near encyclopedic knowledge of what has been done well by others and look at ways of reworking this for my customers.

    You will probably find that there are precious few original ideas any more and that everything is a re-imagining of something else.

    By working on the "find what works well and tune it for the specific application" and making it a less obvious copy then you can point out similar ideas that were successful which is why you think your version will work well too.

    Just a thought

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  • Yeah, I do it every day—copy-pasting with a few changes—but I don’t really understand what I’m doing. I keep wondering why I’m even here. Lol.

    After wasting hours, I go back and finish the projects. If my mom didn’t create stressful situations about work, I think I’d actually be great in management..

    Management doesn't require imaginative skills.. It requires analytic skills