Hello and welcome to this beginners guide series to graphic design.
If you're interested in graphic design and considering becoming a graphic designer,
then join me as I discuss a series of graphic design topics,
from what graphic design is, skills to be a graphic designer, design theory, education you need, equipment you need to the graphic design portfolio and interview advice.
This series is for anyone at any level.
So my name is Gareth David and I'm a freelance designer based in London, UK.
currently i have over 10 years experience in the graphic design industry.
In my experience I have worked full-time freelance for myself and
freelance for agencies. In my experience I have done lots of work ranging across
print and digital, such as designed for events, branding, websites and social media.
So I have created this series to share my experience and give some advice
to aspiring designers at any level who wish to find out more about graphic design on the industry,
maybe you're at school and you're about to choose your future creative career or
maybe your later in life thinking about a career change and wondering how to get
into the design industry. To make this seems easy to watch and understand
I have broken it down into four sections:
Section one graphic design theory.
Section 2 considering a career in graphic design.
Section 3 becoming a graphic designer.
And section four graphic design and beyond.
In section 1 I'll be discussed in graphic design and design theory.
this is essential learning for anyone who wishes to know more about graphic design.
Now if you're considering a career in graphic design and wondering if it's the
right career for you I'll be answering a bunch of key questions in section 2 and
section 3 I'll be answered and key questions on how to become a graphic designer.
In section 4 I'll be talking about what the industry is like
and what the future can hold for a graphic designer.
so over the next forty five episodes
I'll be touching on some important topics and answer some basic questions
by the end of this series I hope you will have a good understanding of
graphic design and what it's like to be a graphic designer.
Now in this series I'll be talking in depth about a lot of topics
to help you navigate the series you can download the beginner's guide to graphic design PDF.
This has all the notes discussed in this series to help you follow along with the
links to each episode. You can get that for free, the link is in the description.
For your convenience you can also find each episode link in the description of each video .
So let's get into it!
First we are going to start in section one, where i'm going to talk about
graphic design and design theory, in the first video of this section I'm going to
answer the question 'What is graphic design?'
So see you in the next video!