Passion is a Graphic Designer’s Inspiration
To make it interesting let’s have a Q.A format.
What is a Graphics Design?
Graphics Design is an art planning and projecting ideas in the form of visual and textual content. It primarily includes designing posters, logos, brochures, banners, memes, comics, etc.
What are the tools of Graphics Design?
The standard tools of graphics design include Adobe Photoshop, illustrator, after effects, etc. but this software is quite expensive unless you have pirated ones. But don’t worry, there are open source clones like Gimp, Scribus, Inkspace which are more than enough for beginners. But remember you need a pen and a sketchpad to plan before you start designing.
How to become a successful graphics designer?
Here I would like to share another quote with you Design is intelligence made visible This quote actually defines graphics design. The ability to present your visualization and imagination in a graphical way is the foundation of graphic design. Secondly, your design must be visually appealing, attractive, and lucrative. To ensure this you see whether your design conveys the information, whether your design has the appropriate color combination and contrast, whether your words are visible or not, whether your images are getting pixelized or not. As it is said, Too many cooks spoil the broth keep in mind that too many colors and visual effects ruin your design. Obviously no design is perfect, so an almost perfect design needs a thorough inspection of every corner of your design. Here we see that patience is one more skill that a good graphics designer should possess. Don’t blindly follow trends and copy the ideas from the existing designs, this might leave some great ideas from your quiver.
What if people don’t like my design?
Sometimes it is possible that to save yourself from criticism, you try to make defensive designs, this habit generally backfires, and your design doesn’t appeal to people. In my personal opinion if you have a chance to create something extra-ordinary, why be satisfied with the ordinary design. Let your design be exposed to ideas, let it undergo all experiments and after all, it is not necessary that if some people don’t like your design others won’t like it too. Have confidence in your work and keep practicing, because behind every successful graphics designer there are many sleepless nights of hard work. A simple hack I would like to share, before finally launching your design, show it to your friends, if they like it then well and good, if not then try something else or improve the same.
What if I find graphics design boring?
Don’t design for the sake of designing, do it because you love it. Design is a passion not a burden, designers while designing tend to become insensate having nothing to do with the physical world. They don’t even know about the time despite it being in the bottom right corner of their laptops.
What is my future in graphics designing?
Designers can find themselves with a no of titles. They can design for a start-up, helping them in advertisement, social media, logo etc. You can work at freelance doing work on contract basis. You can later become the chief designer or the design head at senior positions in a company.
Finally, I would like to conclude with the line – Design because you love to!
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