Athyrius (bio)

I hear this a lot:

"Wow!, Your art is wild/flamboyant/colorful/amazing..etc.."
Yes it is. When you are competing against 10,000 other graphic artists in a town where your 'graphic art' is displayed on a 35 foot plasma screen which is competing with 350 other 35 foot plasma screens, all on the same stretch of road, you do what you need to grab attention and hold it.

Just the term 'Desktop Publishing' evokes a collective groan of disgust among graphics professionals.
If you are not sure how Desktop Publishing differs from Graphic Design and why it brings on scowls and winces in the creative community; read on.