Instead of discouraging him, I'd rather see him use type. Graphic design isn't just graphics, there's text - and there's always text as far as I'm concerned.
Nbalive744, you seriously need to put in the same amount of time in your font choices as you put into your graphics. Your graphics have improved significantly, but you might even spend just as much time putting in the type. As a typographer (yes, I just graduated from an advanced typography course - I can use that title

), I spend a shitload of time browsing through various kinds of fonts and styles, sizes, kerning, weights, positioning, and if needed, effects. Those that I've mentioned, you need to really emphasize if you want to be a better graphic designer.
if you were killed tomorrow, i WOULDNT GO 2 UR FUNERAL CUZ ID B N JAIL 4 KILLIN THE MOTHA FUCKER THAT KILLED U!
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