Back in the stone age, when computers were as large as suburban houses, and I was a design major in college, we did things the old way. The tools were different but the thinking was the same. We learned that it was most important to get the ideas across quickly and easily. Legibility was paramount. Visual puns, unusual juxtaposition, dynamic images, and "effective surprise" are still good design concepts.
The computer has made it all happen much faster, cleaner and sometimes better. I still enjoy this aspect of my profession, especially when I can use graphic design to do my own things. This includes inventing all kinds of useful things which can be made to look as if they actually exist in the real world. The computer has also helped me to write and illustrate my own books. (See Tammy & Blue below.)
I prefer to work with smaller more intimate clients but am comfortable with larger corporations if they aren't too high on the pollution meter.
