Hello and welcome to this beginner's guide series to graphic design.
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 if you're interested in graphic design and considering becoming a graphic designer
join me as I discuss a series of graphic design topics.
So you're thinking about getting into graphic design and
you're wondering how to begin. In this video I'm going to discuss and suggest a
few things you can do to help you get started. To get started I would suggest
you undertake six key steps and I would recommend you do them in the following order.
Step one: Learn research, Step two: Collect, Step three: Be inspired,
Step four: Practice, Step five: Seek education
and Step six: Apply your skills.
Now these steps can be taken at any stage in your life. If young
still in school and looking to get into graphic design you can follow these steps.
If you're older perhaps you're thinking of a career change
you can also follow these steps in this video I'm going to talk about
Step 5: seek education. Now graphic design can be very conceptual and technical.
It's one thing to be able to draw, be creative and use a computer. It's another
to understand design principles, design theory and produce great design work.
After all the previous steps one through four
If you are still interested in pursuing graphic design as a career I would
encourage you next to seek further education to build on top of your
foundation skills. So one of the first things you can do is: Invest in some well
recommended graphic design books. This is a good chance to learn a lot more about
the field of graphic design, the history of graphic design, principles of graphic
design, design theory, books on typography and general tips, good practice and
inspiration. In the next episode I'll be listing ten graphic design books
I would recommend you read as you begin as a graphic designer.
So as well as seeking further knowledge from books next I would
recommend you seek formal education to get some qualifications.
Now this is where it may vary depending on your circumstances in your life.
If you are young and still in school with years of education ahead of you
then I would recommend you plan your future education
perhaps all the way up to further education and choose the appropriate
creative subjects which will give you the chance to create and exercise your
key creative skills and prepare you for your creative career in the industry. Now a
future episode in the series will be called education to be a graphic designer,
episode 28. In that video i'll be going into much more detail on this subject
and talk in depth about the education you need to be a graphic designer.
If you want to learn more go ahead to that video. Link is in the description.
Now if you're older in life and looking for a career change
it's never too late though this might mean you having to take a slightly
alternative path. If you're starting later
chances are you have life commitments maybe a family or another job.
Your aim here is to focus on building a portfolio of work. I would recommend you
repeat step one through to 4 in your spare time. Keep learning and practicing.
Set yourself personal briefs to keep you being creative to produce work. Now at
the same time you could consider enrolling in evening classes or try
enrolling in a part time degree course. Here you will get the opportunity to
talk to other designers design tutors and get design brief to challenge you
and encourage you to produce work. Now a future episode in the series will be
called career change to be a graphic designer,
episode 32. In that I'll be going into much greater detail about what you can
do in later life if you want to become a graphic designer.
If you want to learn more go ahead to that video. Link is in the description.
So as well as building your portfolio you will want to harness your creative
software skills. Now there is a big learning curve
learning software tools and it can take a lot of time. A lot of youngsters
will spend their time learning this in school or college. Tho if you find
yourself struggling there are lots of video tutorials you can use online.
I have a beginner's guide to Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
If you need to learn the software from scratch
you can find them on my channel.
So that's the fifth step on how to begin as a graphic designer.
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So one of the first things you can do to seek education is invest in some well
recommended graphic design books. This is a good chance to learn a lot more about
the field of graphic design, the history of graphic design, principles of graphic design
design theory, books on typography and general tips good practice and
exploration. In the next episode I'm going to list ten graphic design books
I would recommend you read as you begin as a graphic designer.
See you in the next video!