I can’t even call these teenagers real designers. They’re young immature 16 and 17 year old kids running around claiming to be professional designers charging clients outrageous prices only to end up proving these clients with rubbish.

One teenage Designer making the rounds lately on many design communities and news feeds is Julie Kapral, better known as JulieK. She’s 16, and talented, we also apologize for our previous comments about her work, we were in no position to judge her. Just goes to show that even though very few in number, there are naturally talented young designers out there. Thanks to Toni for dropping us an email and enlightening us.

But for the most part, how on earth do these kids get a hold of software like Photoshop and then fool clients into hiring them? We’ve said this before and we have to say it again, to all end clients, people looking for designers, these young designers can not be trusted and should not be taken serious. These kids think they can slap up a portfolio, a couple designs and people will take them seriously. They don’t respect deadlines, they don’t respect other designers work and they certainly don’t care about the quality that you end up getting.

The verdict? Don’t give these young impostors a chance, they’re fake designers for the most trying to make a quick buck to go spend on jelly beans and pink stuffed animal toys. Make sure they can do what they say they can do, and then after providing you with enough evidence that they’re capable, pay them, not before.