So is the general consensus here that Draplin is overrated? Liking

Nah. Yeah he's popular but a good, simple, logo is fucking hard to do and he does it all the time.

Draplin is great, his designs are always clean clear and with a retro better days feel to them.

>>288020
He admitted that he's no genius designer, just a regular guy trying to make a living from his passion. Left logo is good, though. The right one is generic, but there are others worse than that.

He's popular because of his personality/lifestyle, not his design skills.

>>288020
There's a kid in my class that would probably get down on his knees and suck his dick.

Honestly people like that put me off from things that could be alright.
I do like his approach and choices though, a lot of the retro logos tend to be the strongest.

Great talker and his passion and personality shine through. He's a good, fairly generic graphic designer, nothing more.

I personally found that video he did for Lynda quite inspiring as it demystified the logo design process for me. I always thought Graphic Designers were other worldly creative geniuses but most are not. That video made me realise I am way too perfectionist and hard on myself.

His website is shit btw

If you don't get why Draplin's designs are great graphic design, you'll never make it.

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>>288048
If you don't see why this looks like a logo for a scam Android antivirus app, you'll never make it.

>>288076
"looks like a scam logo"

The most facile statement in the last 3 months, congrats.

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>>288083
Okay so I looked into it, and the reason it looks like a logo for a scam Android antivirus app, is because it *is* a logo for a scam Android antivirus app. I have not yet determined what this means, but there is it.

>>288076
>2011
Do you know how young the app market was then? It's only from 5 years of exposure that now it looks generic and scammy. For it's time it was great.

Also, 100M+ downloads / 4.4 Rating? It's doing well mate

>>288112
I'll concede to the first point, but downloads and ratings are in no way a measure of legitimacy, Clean Master has half a billion downloads and a 4.7 rating and they don't make it any more legitimate.

I really like the guy. I just don't think he's much of a designer

Also, he's a Berniefag

He's entertaining and a good public speaker with some knowledge of design, he wouldn't be popular otherwise.
But he's a average graphic designer.
I personally don't like his stuff.