Can good design be deceiving?

Sometimes I come across a site that wows me with it’s design and right away I think” the service it presents must be as good as it’s design” and I sometimes buy from it without hesitation fascinated by it’s great design.

It happened with me recently with WPMU DEV, just as I saw the way they displayed their products and advertized their themes and plugins, I couldn’t resist and I signed up right away, however, after logging in and using some the plugins and putting them to real-world test, I got a bit disappointed.

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How do you deal with designer disappointment?

As a designer I sometimes get very disappointed for a number of reasons:

• I work hard on a project and the clients hates it completely!
• I sometimes can’t find inspiration to start on a big project.
• Sometimes looking at great work of others gives me the thought that” I will never be that good!”
• I might work very hard on a project to find that it’s getting very little appreciation by visitors.

So many reasons, but in the end I find myself unable to work or produce something good, and I really don’t know how to deal with such cases.

What about you, do you ever face this situation and if so how to you manage to overcome it?

I’d love to hear from you new and creative ways that you use personally to tackle this roadblock and get back on track again.

Trying and failing with Creattica Gallery

Since the first time I heard of Creattica Gallery, I loved the idea of getting my work featured on it, and since then I’ve tried to submit my design work multiple times but until now I kept getting this message,

Unfortunately your submission “” has not been accepted into the Creattica gallery.

But What is Creattica?

Creattica gallery

Creattica is a gallery of great design and inspirational imagery. Anyone can submit their work for consideration and voting on items is open to one and all. The best work is accepted and featured in the gallery which receives thousands of visitors every day.

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