r/graphic_design • u/arnauddsj • 3d ago

Discussion Tired to read about AI nonsense

Sorry for the rant but I’m tired of all these messages from young people saying they quit freelancing or their graphic design studies because “AI can generate images.” So what?

You think a marketing or brand director is gonna fire their graphic designer and start creating visual campaigns themselves by prompting an AI? Then what, he sends his “ready to print” files (300dpi, with bleeds and all that shite) to the printer, who replies “Sorry, this isn’t even CMYK…”? Or probably the AI will generate the 100 banners in 10 formats the e-commerce team need for their affiliation campaign.

And now developers don’t even need to talk to UI designers anymore. They build faster with AI, so of course, they’ll just prompt the design themselves too.

Wait, never mind. Developers are gone too because AI took their jobs.

So I guess it’s just one CEO now, prompting all day.

Stop the nonsense. Maybe you're just looking for an excuse to give up or be lazy. And for those who are ready to get sh*t done, good for them, less competition.

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u/AcceptableJacket5455 2d ago

My art school which teaches graphic design has been using AI for its social media and basically all creative/design work for a year, so I don't know... If even art schools prefer AI to graphic designers it seems that the future is pretty horrible

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u/arnauddsj 2d ago

Most Art Schools are scams, they reveal themselves

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u/AcceptableJacket5455 2d ago

In my country Graphic Design is not a """serious""" degree, meaning that it's not a degree you can get in a university, so if you want a GD degree you have to go to an art school, so how do you get licensed then?

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u/arnauddsj 2d ago

I've been doing graphic design (no illustration) for 20 years, I stoped school after High school because I hated it. I don't even know what a licence is for. You need to get good, the best even, at what you like doing, to have the chance to get a job. This always have been even before AI. I don't think I've any special talent, but I learn as much as I can and deliver value to my clients (or past employer). this is the only thing that matter.

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u/master117jogi 1d ago

Maybe in the US, but in nearly every other part of the world your skill isn't important, what's important is that you got a nice document from a school that says you got a degree in whatever you do. Basically all job offers will refuse to even look at you if you don't.

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u/arnauddsj 1d ago

I agree, I'm in France and it'sld hard to find a clever company who would hire me because of my skills and not my diploma. it happened once though

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u/ohmarlasinger 2d ago edited 1d ago

Graphic Designers don’t explicitly need any sort of license, or college degree even, in the states. I do have a couple AA degrees & a handful of certificates but my “education” / skills are shown thru my work/ portfolio. In the creative industry in the states a degree is encouraged but time in the industry counts too, even self taught w no formal schooling is valid if your book & your work ethic back you up.