if you're confused on how to become a better graphic designer or even how to
begin then today's video is going to outline a step-by-step process that you can go through
to not only better your skills and understanding of the industry but to actually start getting
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the first thing that you must have in my opinion is passion if you're trying to become a graphic
designer and things like this seen on screen right now doesn't get your creative juices flowing or
if you see typography like this whilst flicking through a magazine and you don't stop to examine
it with a sense of appreciation then you're going to find it difficult to get far in this industry
passion is something very powerful it drives us to push the boundaries and put in extra time and
effort needed to gain success now if you love live and breathe the things that you work in
then you're likely going to go a lot further than most people around you
okay so passion is important but what next it's something i talk about on this channel a whole
lot because it is so fundamental to design and that is the graphic design principles
you can easily be awesome at using software but if you don't understand what methods make effective
design then you're going to be pretty much lost it's a lot like knowing how to use a frying pan or
a cooking oven but without recipes and knowledge of being a chef you would likely end up with
a mediocre food at best so research and study the principles until you know them inside out
completely we're talking about contrast balance hierarchy color typography line and so on the
internet is there waiting for you to learn about them and i cannot stress enough how important the
principles are to learn you don't have to master the principles before starting to make designs
you can learn them while learning the few steps in this process in today's video so the third step
is the software yes graphic design principles are crucially important but going back to that
chef analogy you cannot make quality food if you cannot use the frying pan the oven
or other utensils properly it doesn't matter if you use adobe illustrator inkscape affinity
whatever programs you use to get the job done will be just fine i don't personally have a bias for
any of them over other ones it's just what you like to use and what you feel comfortable using
but yeah just understand that sometimes you will need to use vector-based graphics and other times
raster images are just going to be fine but you know the software and then know when to use that
software this of course takes time but that's the same with any kind of professional skill set
okay so the fourth step is really important but i feel like most designers skip over this
or they don't even think about it and that's probably why so many people do fail to succeed
as graphic designers in the early stages of your career you should be looking at existing examples
of graphic designs made by professionals and then deconstructing those designs
so what do i mean by that exactly well take your knowledge of graphic design principles and
try to apply those principles to the work you're seeing online or in magazines by established and
professional designers study the design and see how they have used hierarchy or has a designer use
symmetrical or asymmetrical balance how has color been used to convey the intended message by the
designer is there contrast found in typography ask all these questions and more and just apply those
principles to the designs you're seeing in doing this you will see how the principles play such an
important role in effective design and you will learn how to apply them to your very own projects
if you do this you will really elevate yourself above so many other designers
so the previous steps can be worked on simultaneously that's to say that you can
better your knowledge of principles the software and application of principles at the same time
but next it's time to start applying all of that to actual briefs
if you cannot find design clients to work with then it's a good idea to either sign up for
graphic design competitions or just to work with mock briefs i will link some mock brief websites
in the description box below so you guys can just have a look over those in your own time
mug braves are good because they give you the chance to take on actual projects to practice
your skills it's one thing knowing about contrast or hierarchy but it's a completely
different thing working those ideas into a client's brief guidelines again this takes time
and it is a process of improving each time you work on something having a graphic design process
is really really important and i've made videos on that in the past it's the whole action of doing
research creation of ideas refinement and so on but if you do take every step in today's video
seriously you will surely better understand what it means to be a designer and then you become more
efficient in your approach and of course from here you need to start marketing yourself and
compiling your work into portfolios and again i've talked about that in videos in the past
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