Something Witty

Tumblr

2009-12-01T17:27:00.003-02:00

Instead of filling up this blog with things/garbage that I find online I decided to open a Tumblr.

You'll find a random collections of things I've happened to stumble online, hence the name, Repositor... aka. Repository

Since I have pretty much stopped blogging for some time now I figured I'd put it up here in case you ever want to have a laugh or find something interesting.

Cheers all.

Fonts

2009-03-13T10:39:00.006-03:00

Ever wondered what fonts would look like if there were real people??

From the comedy masters CollegeHumor.

*Warning* Only designers and people who work with fonts will appreciate the humor.

Photography in Focus

2009-01-30T15:23:00.005-02:00

It's been quite some time since I have posted anything here, due to Christmas, vacations and all that riff-raff.

But here is the latest photo that I worked on.
Taken during a photo-shoot with a friend of mine. Unfortunately I was only able to use a couple of photos from that photo-shoot.

Face Me

Cutest Frown

Tools used:
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Lightroom 2

Blue Series

2008-11-25T06:52:00.010-02:00

Here are some photos from a couple of weeks ago that I took for the concept design of a music CD (tentatively) titled "Sonhos do Meu Coração" aka. "Dreams of the Heart"

They wanted a pensive, dreamy feel for the cover, so that explains some of the 'strange' pose.

Blue Dreamer

This was one of the chosen images for the cover.

Blue Dreamer 2

Another one of the images shot for the concept art of the CD cover.

Post-processing done in Adobe Lightroom 2.

I have one or two more images which I will post when I have the time

20 Ways to Take Stunning Portraits, Part 1

2008-09-18T22:06:00.004-03:00

1. Alter Your Perspective
Most portraits are taken with the camera at (or around) the eye level of the subject. While this is good common sense - completely changing the angle that you shoot from can give your portrait a real WOW factor.

Photo by striatic

Get up high and shoot down on your subject or get as close to the ground as you can and shoot up. Either way you’ll be seeing your subject from an angle that is bound to create interest.

Photo by TeeRish

2. Play with Eye Contact
It is amazing how much the direction of your subject’s eyes can impact an image. Most portraits have the subject looking down the lens - something that can create a real sense of connection between a subject and those viewing the image. But there are a couple of other things to try:

A. Looking off camera - have your subject focus their attention on something unseen and outside the field of view of your camera. This can create a feeling of candidness and also create a little intrigue and interest as the viewer of the shot wonders what they are looking at. This intrigue is particularly drawn about when the subject is showing some kind of emotion (ie ‘what’s making them laugh?’ or ‘what is making them look surprised?’). Just be aware that when you have a subject looking out of frame that you can also draw the eye of the viewer of the shot to the edge of the image also - taking them away from the point of interest in your shot - the subject.

Photo by monicutza80

B. Looking within the frame - alternatively you could have your subject looking at something (or someone) within the frame. A child looking at a ball, a woman looking at her new baby, a man looking hungrily at a big plate of pasta…. When you give your subject something to look at that is inside the frame you create a second point of interest and a relationship between it and your primary subject. It also helps create ’story’ within the image.

Photo by paulbence

3. Break the Rules of Composition
There are a lot of ‘rules’ out there when it comes to composition and I’ve always had a love hate relationship with them. My theory is that while they are useful to know and employ that they are also useful to know so you can purposely break them - as this can lead to eye catching results.

The Rule of Thirds is one that can be effective to break - placing your subject either dead centre can sometimes create a powerful image - or even creative placement with your subject right on the edge of a shot can sometimes create interesting images.

Photo by reportergimmi™

Another ‘rule’ that we often talk about in portrait photography is to give your subject room to look into. This can work really well - but again, sometimes rules are made to be broken.

Photo by Bukutgirl

4. Experiment with Lighting
Another element of randomness that you can introduce to your portraits is the way that you light them. There are almost unlimited possibilities when it comes to using light in portraits.

Side-lighting can create mood, backlighting and silhouetting your subject to hide their features can be powerful.

Photo by Bukutgirl

Using techniques like slow synch flash can create an impressive wow factor.

Photo by diskomethod

5. Move Your Subject Out of their Comfort Zone

I was chatting with a photographer recently who told me about a corporate portrait shoot that he had done with a business man at his home. They’d taken a lot of head and shoulder shots, shots at his desk, shots in front of framed degrees and other ‘corporate’ type images. They had all turned out fairly standard - but there was nothing that really stood out from the crowd.

The photographer and the subject agreed that there were plenty of useable shots but they wanted to create something ’special’ and out of the box. The photographer suggested they try some ‘jumping’ shots. The subject was a little hesitant at first but stepped out into the uncomfortable zone and dressed in his suit and tie started jumping!

The shots were amazing, surprising and quite funny. The shoot culminated with the subject jumping in his pool for one last image!

While this might all sound a little ’silly’ the shots ended up being featured in a magazine spread about the subject. It was the series of out of the box images that convinced the magazine he was someone that they’d want to feature.

Image by TeeRish

Taken from 10 Ways to Take Stunning Portraits from the
Digital Photography School.

Sorriso (Smile)

2008-09-15T18:32:00.007-03:00

A short video clip I made for our Sunday event that ended up getting postponed to next Sunday. It took me a couple of days to make (In my free time) because I was learning how to use Premiere CS3.

Will post more info on the video later.

Enjoy!

A Passagem

2008-08-23T16:23:00.006-03:00

Yes, time flies!

Just a quick update.

Worked on an audio CD recently: "A Passagem" (aka. "The Ticket")

Went to Rio to mingle with Nan & Co., and learn how to properly produce music with insane deadlines. (Hint: Having a professional do it is an essential part in being successful)

Helped out with my 2 cents on the cover design, enough to land my name in the cover design, but the real credit goes to Calebe and Curi.

After the CD recording madness, we went on to dupe and print the covers and booklets here, (Never again!!) while prepping for a Seminar. I survived, and slept for an entire day after the event.

So now a couple of weeks later, I am still trying to get back to normal. Until I figured...

What the hell! Things won't go back to normal.

After that things started to go back to normal. So here I am, adjusting to the new 'normal'. Once I am properly adjusted, I am sure something else will come along to jolt me again. This time I have time to put on my seat-belt.

Disclaimer! All recording & production photos in the CD spread are mine. I just didn't want to be an ass and have my name dominate the credit list.

Sexy Powers!

2008-07-20T01:19:00.009-03:00

Oooh! I have 'Sexy Powers'!!!

Check out more at Whubble.

Cannonball (Music Video)

2008-07-19T17:02:00.005-03:00

Another of those 'Discovery of the Week' videos, and again, another live performance. A wonderful mixture of good music, and a good video clip.

(Detail) Listen to the solo on the cello.

Oh to have a studio and mics like these...

Photo of the Week 10

2008-07-11T15:47:00.004-03:00

Tang Zi Xuan
by foureyes on DeviantART

Essential Photography Quotes

2008-07-11T15:45:00.000-03:00

Since I had "some" time free, I decided to pull this out of its mothballed state, and reinstate it to some form of a blog.

From the Digital Photography School, here are a couple of good quotes to think about when/before you take a photo.

10 Favorite “Best Photo Tips”…. By You!

In no particular order they are…

1. “Think BEFORE you press the shutter” - Fuzzy

2. “Do you REALLY want a photo of this?” - Brian Rueb
or
“Would you put it on your wall?” - Chet

3. “Light is EVERYTHING in photography” - Teineli
similarly…
“Don’t take photographs of subjects, take photographs of the light” - Cedric
and very succinctly put…
“Your photo will be no better than the quality of the light… if the light is mediocre, do not expect anything more than a mediocre photo” - GL

4. “The difference between great photographers and a not so great photographers is that the great ones don’t show their crappy pictures.” - Bill Boem

5. “K.I.S.S. - Keep It Simple Stupid” - Laura

6. “Try to express your emotion in photo.” - Igor

7. “It’s not the camera” - Smitty

8. “Take notes on every shot - you will learn far more from your failures.” - D. T. North

9. “Bring your camera with you.” - Sybren

10. “Never stop learning.” - steaminhaggis

Honorable Mentions:
- “If it’s worth taking one photo of, it’s worth taking a whole roll of. ” - Dan Wolfgang

- “Know your gear” - Scott

- “Fill the frame.” - Tim

- “Stop reading - go shooting.” - UncleSam

Just for Now (Music Video)

2008-06-09T14:51:00.003-03:00

Here is one of the only reasons why anyone would use a sequencer.

(Disclaimer!) Ignore the clothes and the hair.

An impressive live performance, it was the discovery of the week (aka. last week)!

Photography

2008-05-27T17:24:00.004-03:00

Simple Smile

Mature Beauty

The Art of Living (Flyer)

2008-05-12T15:21:00.006-03:00

An old flyer I put together last year (With updated text now)

All done in Indesign and Photoshop

Just posting it for record keeping purposes. Will be working on a new one some time soon.

August Rush

2008-04-11T21:59:00.003-03:00

I know it has been awhile but I'll just pretend that I've always been posting.

Keeping up with the movie "reviews" I watched August Rush a couple of weeks ago, and have been plugging it shamelessly since.

A cute movie that isn't ashamed to be fairy-tale-like takes you for a trip that is unabashedly romantic (in a literary sense).

Details and plot give-away here. (Spoiler Warning!!)

Illustrator Goodness

2008-03-05T08:17:00.005-03:00

The other day I vectorized an image that we were using as a logo for our site. Projeto Contato I can't take credit for this as it was JP's work, I simply vectorized it. I made the Illustrator file in a way so that making a flash banner would be easy.
The vectorized image is an Illustrator CS3 file. After it was vectorized, I composited it in Indesign CS3. (What can I say? I am a chained eagle to Indesign. *grin*) The largest part of the work lay in creating the Illustrator vector. And no, it isn't a "traced" image. 100% lines and curves. Enjoy!

Composite Banner

Based on Change of Seasons by StefanWilkens on DeviantART

Vectorized source

Lunar Eclipse

2008-02-22T07:30:00.002-03:00

Unlike that 'memorable' occasion of The 'Midnight' Joke of the Century this year's celestial event was indeed confirmed by

... those weirdos who believe that we came from monkeys and give the billions and billions of light-years away speeches?

aka. astronomers.

This night however, no one seemed to stay up late to watch the lunar eclipse. (I wonder why?) But before going to bed I managed to take a couple of photos sans tripod. I had to use my camera case to get the lens pointed up at the moon.

I realize that the photos aren't 100% in focus, but these 2 are the only photos in where the stars aren't a streak across the sky.

Here they are. Enjoy!

Lunar Eclipse, February 20, 2008.

Taken without a tripod.

Had to stop shooting when my dog started sniffing up the camera.

Dummy? Or just plain proud?

2008-02-18T13:47:00.011-03:00

You all must forgive me for being delinquent with my blog. I won't even try to excuse myself or enumerate all of the reasons why I was delinquent, but suffice it to say I have been busy.

Besides being involved a lot more in events, in the last couple of days I have been trying my hand at Web Design. While I have tinkered with HTML in the past, for some reason I felt the burning desire to dig deeper.

So off I went with nothing but Notepad++ and a CSS Template from FreeCSSTemplates.org.
(Ok fine! I had Dreamweaver installed just in case. But I didn't use it! I swear!)

But after a couple of hours of tinkering (aka. 2 days) I grew so frustrated with having to copy the header and footer from page to page, I turned to the Oracle (Google) to find out how to create a header and footer in CSS.

But instead of finding a tutorial on CSS, I stumbled across an extremely Easy Peasy way of using PHP.

It seemed so simple, and so easy to follow the logic that I couldn't resist, and installed WAMP Server (again) to test it out.

After 15 minutes of intense coding (aka. copying and pasting) I had a working page with a PHP menu!

With such quick progress, I grew confident that at last I had found my true calling!! Until someone called me to do janitor duties and off I was cleaning toilets again.

Speaking plainly, I finally understood many principles in PHP which eluded me even after trying to read PHP & MySQL for Dummies more than once, the logic in those books never seemed to sink in. Even after understanding the basics, I went back to the book to try to develop, and got myself even more confused than I was before. It took me a couple of visits to the Oracle to get my brain cleared from all the garbage from those books.

Don't get me wrong, I have talked to several people who swear by anything from (insert product here) for Dummies. But my brain can't seem to wrap around the logic that rules in the Dummy world. No offense to all of you.

(Darn! I just sounded so conceited there!)

After running after my own tail for awhile in both PHP and MySQL, I finally got back on the straight and narrow path of making them work together.

Now, for an experienced Web Designer/Coder that is a piece of cake, but for me who swore I would never be able to code a dynamic Website, that is quite a feather in my cap so to speak.

And while I have ran into a couple of brick walls, so far I've been able to either fix my own mess, or find alternatives. But learning never ends, and unfortunately so do bugs in your code. But the Oracle has all the answers, it all depends on your question.

Moral: Don't try to be a dummy if you aren't one.

Wedding

2008-01-18T07:09:00.000-02:00

On Christmas Day I was asked to be the (semi)official photographer for a friend's wedding. However, on the day before the wedding (January 13) I was stuck in Rio. (A 6 hour drive from home)

Fortunately the car (which was/is broken) was deemed safe to travel back. So off we go at 5 in the morning, arriving home at 11 with the wedding starting at 12.

All I had time to do was take a shower, throw on some clothes, and run outside to start shooting photos. (Over 460)

Thankfully some of the photos turned out decent, I was expecting a total flop. I learned a lot, mainly in regards to focusing and timing. (Yes, I learned the hard way) But that was one reason why I accepted to take photos of the wedding, so I could learn, even if it would be through the school of hard knocks.

Here are a couple of the best ones. (In my humble opinion at least)

A Man, a Tie, and a Wife

The Moment

His Ring

The Cellist of Sarajevo

2007-12-24T08:33:00.000-02:00

This is an article I found awhile back, but haven't had the time to post. But if I didn't post if before Christmas part of its 'magic' would be gone.

The Cellist of Sarajevo
by Swati Chopra

What do we do when faced with unspeakable horror?

Play music is what a resident of Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia, did, even as bombs rained around him. His is a story of courage and grace in difficult times

A musician walks on stage to the sound of deafening applause. He is in his coattails, dressed in black. He bows, sits down on a concert chair and takes an instrument in his hands. Let’s say it’s an old cello the color of burgundy. A few quiet moments as he prepares himself. And then, the music flows.

This is a routine every Western classical musician is familiar with. As was Vedran Smailovic, principal cellist of the Sarajevo Opera, when he decided to perform it in the middle of the war zone that his neighborhood had become. The year was 1992. The former Yugoslavia had erupted in ethnic strife and beautiful Sarajevo, with its rich theater and art traditions, had transformed into Europe’s “capital of hell”.

At 4 pm on May 27, as a long queue waited patiently for bread in front of one of the last functional bakeries in the city, a mortar shell dropped in the middle of it, killing 22 people instantly. Smailovic looked out of his window to find flesh, blood, bone, and rubble splattered over the area. It was the moment he knew he had had enough.

Smailovic was 37 at the time, widely recognized as an exceptionally talented cello player. Till 1992, he had been occupied with his involvements in the Sarajevo Opera, the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra RTV Sarajevo, and the National Theatre of Sarajevo, as well as playing the festival circuit and working in recording studios.

Looking back on that period, Smailovic describes himself and his associates as being “totally naive”. So great was their confidence in their unity and plurality, he says, that even when they were watching what was happening in other parts of Yugoslavia, they felt absolutely certain that similar destruction could never happen in Sarajevo, that it would be impossible to destroy such strong unity. That dream was shattered by 1992.

Smailovic felt enraged by what was happening around him and powerless to do anything about it. He was neither a politician nor a soldier, just a musician. How could he do anything about the war? Did that mean he would just stand by and watch people die, fearing all the while for his own life? In the long, dark night that followed the bread-queue massacre, Smailovic thought long and deep. With the dawn of a new day, he had made up his mind that he would do something, and that something would be what he knew best—make music.

So every evening after that, at 4 pm, Smailovic would walk to the middle of the street, where the massacre had occurred. He would be dressed formally, as for a performance. There he would sit, on a battered camp stool placed in the crater made by the shell, his cello in his hand, playing music. All around him, mortar shells and bullets would fly. Yet he would play on regardless, perhaps substituting the war noise with applause in his mind.

For 22 days, one each for the people killed, Smailovic played in the same spot. He played to ruined homes, smoldering fires, scared people hiding in basements. He played for human dignity that is the first casualty in war. Ultimately, he played for life, for peace, and for the possibility of hope that exists even in the darkest hour. Asked by a journalist whether he was not crazy doing what he was doing, Smailovic replied: “You ask me am I crazy for playing the cello, why do you not ask if they are not crazy for shelling Sarajevo?”

Smailovic continued to play his music of hope until December 1993, in graveyards and bomb sites. He had decided to “daily offer a musical prayer for peace”, he said. As his story began to filter into the press, he became a symbol for peace in Bosnia. An English composer, David Wilde, was so moved by the story that he wrote a composition for unaccompanied cello, simply called ‘The Cellist of Sarajevo’, into which he poured his own feelings of outrage, love, and brotherhood with Vedran Smailovic.

Celebrated cellist Yo Yo Ma played this piece at the International Cello Festival in Manchester, England, in 1994. Pianist Paul Sullivan, who was present, describes it thus: “Quietly, almost imperceptibly, the music began, stealing out into the hushed hall and creating a shadowy, empty universe, ominous with the presence of death, haunting in its echoes. Slowly it built, growing relentlessly into an agonized, screaming, slashing furore, gripping us all, before subsiding at last into a hollow death rattle, and finally, back to the silence from which it had begun.

“When he had finished, Yo Yo Ma remained bent over his cello. His bow still rested on the strings. No one in the hall moved, not a sound was made for a long, long time. It was as though we had just witnessed that horrifying massacre ourselves. Finally still in silence, Yo Yo slowly straightened in his chair, looked out across the audience, and stretched out his hand toward us. All eyes followed as he beckoned someone to come to the stage, and an indescribable electric shock swept over us as we realized who it was: Vedran Smailovic—the cellist of Sarajevo himself! He rose from his seat and walked down the aisle as Yo Yo came off the stage and headed up the aisle to meet him. With arms flung wide, they met each other in a passionate embrace just inches from my seat.

“The drama was unbelievable, as everyone in the hall leaped to his or her feet in a chaotic emotional frenzy: clapping, weeping, shouting, embracing, and cheering. It was deafening, overwhelming, a tidal wave of emotion. And in the center of it at stood these two men, still hugging, both crying freely. Yo Yo Ma, the suave, elegant prince of classical music worldwide, flawless in appearance and performance. And Vedran Smailovic, who had just escaped from Sarajevo, dressed in a stained and tattered leather motorcycle suit with fringe on the arms. His wild long hair and huge moustache framed a face that looked old beyond his years, creased with pain and soaked with so many tears.”

In the years since his heroic anti-war statement, Smailovic has relocated to Belfast, Ireland, where he performs, composes, conducts, and produces music locally and internationally. But the message of this story is greater than the man who made it. As American philosopher Robert Fulghum says in his book Maybe (Maybe Not): Second Thoughts From a Secret Life: “Listen. Never, ever, regret or apologize for believing that when one man or one woman decides to risk addressing the world with truth, the world may stop what it is doing and hear. There is too much evidence to the contrary. When we cease believing this, the music will surely stop. The myth of the impossible dream is more powerful than all the facts of history. In my imagination, I lay flowers at the statue memorializing Vedran Smailovic—a monument that has not yet been built, but may be.”

Source

Based on this story, the rock band Savatage composed "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24",

which after achieving critical success, led to the creation of the "Trans-Siberian Orchestra", which has graced us with successes such as "The Ghosts of Christmas Eve", and the "Christmas Trilogy".

Merry Christmas to you all!

Christmas Carols for the Disturbed

2007-12-22T20:33:00.000-02:00

Schizophrenia: Do You Hear What I Hear?
Multiple Personality Disorder: We Three Kings Disoriented Are
Dementia: I Think I'll be Home for Christmas
Narcissistic: Hark the Herald Angels Sing About Me
Manic: Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office and Town and Cars and Buses and Trucks and Trees and.....
Paranoid: Santa Claus is Coming to Town to Get Me
Borderline Personality Disorder: Thoughts of Roasting on an Open Fire
Personality Disorder: You Better Watch Out, I'm Gonna Cry, I'm Gonna Pout, Maybe I'll Tell You Why
Attention Deficit Disorder: Silent night, Holy oooh look at the Froggy - can I have a chocolate, why is France so far away?
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Jingle Bells,! Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle,Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells...

Priceless.

I'm Dreaming of an Old Christmas

2007-12-16T14:15:00.000-02:00

Yes, that is right. I am dreaming of (or yearning for if you please) an "Old Christmas", just like the ones I used to know.

You all will have to forgive the corny reference to one of the most widely abused Christmas song, but after some time waiting for the "Christmas Spirit" to fall out of the sky, I realized that Christmases aren't what they used to be. Unfortunately little by little it seems we have been swindled out of our Christmas Cheer and instead offered a so-called bargain, of stress and confusion.

With only 9 days left to Christmas, I came to the conclusion that that old time Christmas cheer, has simply disappeared.

I didn't come to this conclusion to whine and moan about the "Good ol' days", but rather to set a goal for myself that I don't want a modern, stress-filled, and chaotic Christmas.

I'll take the old fashioned family loving, gift giving, (And by gift I don't mean the stressful shopping to get a gift for so-and-so or else he won't get me one) carol singing, peaceful Christmas spirit anytime. Thank you very much!

Joyeux Noël

2007-12-10T12:29:00.000-02:00

Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) is a movie about the informal "cease-fire's" that occurred on several fronts on Christmas Eve 1914.

A good movie in almost all aspects. Most of the acting was well done, but one of the issues I have with the movie (which after looking online, most people complain about as well) is the ad-libbing of the two opera singers. But ignoring that part, the movie has a solid presentation.
Something which I found added to the realism to it, was the fact that all 3 sides (German, French, and Scottish) spoke their native language.

Here has a more detailed description as well as the historical background to both the movie, and the events covered in the movie.
Source

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

2007-12-09T14:02:00.000-02:00

Here is the official Trailer for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

Found via NarniaWeb.

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The production seems to be much better than The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
I just hope that all of the "fancy" special effects won't detract from its simple, yet enchanting story.

25 Bad Habits of Graphic Designers

2007-12-07T18:14:00.000-02:00

Here are 25 Bad Habits of Graphic Designers.

While some of them don't apply if you aren't a freelance designer, most of them are pretty spot on.

1. Taking Constructive Criticism Personally
2. Not Knowing Paula Scher, Milton Glaser, Paul Rand and Friends
3. Not Staying up on Current Events and Design News
4. Not Owning the Graphic Artists Guild Handbook
5. Charging too Little for Design Projects
6. Not Using Contracts to Cover Your Butt
7. Not Setting Deadlines for Projects
8. Doing Spec Based Work (If you like it you can pay)
9. Not Asking for a Down Payment before Starting a Project
10. Using Poorly Designed Fonts from Free Font Sites
11. Using Display Fonts as Text Fonts
12. Using the Comic Sans Font
13. Using too Many Different Fonts in One Design
14. Forgetting White Space is your Friend
15. Not Sketching Before Designing
16. Not Using Rulers on Screen
17. Relying Totally on the Computer, Especially for Kerning
18. Using Photoshop Filters After Your First 6 Months
19. Using Low Resolution Web Images for Print
20. Not Designing Logos in Vector Format
21. Making Logos Unable to Reproduce Well Small
22. Forgetting to Learn Keyboard Shortcuts
23. Not Saving Frequently
24. Not Backing up Files on an External Hard Drive
25. Not Getting Enough Sleep! Stop Drinking so much Red Bull!

Source

One of my main problems would probably be

7. Not Setting Deadlines for Projects

followed by

15. Not Sketching Before Designing

and

19. Using Low Resolution Web Images for Print

It stands to reason, however, that anyone who has...

12. Using the Comic Sans Font

wouldn't be considered a serious designer by many people.