today we're going to be looking at the mentality that you need to be a
successful graphic designer in collaboration with verge at the
YouTube channel a life for designer
well is that people welcome back to Satori graphics the home of graphic
design content right here on YouTube so today I'm gonna collaborate with a
really really great guy and a great designer has a YouTube channel the life
of a designer now you will need to check out his content because he's got quite a
low subscriber count as of now but its quality of videos is really really up
there with the best of us he puts that really great content on the business and
psychology side of graphic design whereas I put up mainly tutorials and
that kind of thing so I suggest you check out the link in the description
below to his channel and go and check out his videos so I think you're gonna
find them really useful for you and your graphic design career today I'm gonna
give you guys some answers to the questions that he actually raises on his
channel on the video on the mentality of a successful graphic designer go over to
his channel and check out his video to see what the questions and the points
that he raises but the mentality that you need to be successful designer so
the first thing we're going to talk about in today's video on the mentality
that you need to be successful graphic designer
is patience it's easy to get ahead of ourselves in this day and age you know
with modern technology and having everything like right now and
instantaneously however something grand something really really worth doing in
your life doesn't happen overnight guys that's just a fact this is how it is you
need to take your time you need to actually cherish the journey instead of
the actual final goal now I suggest that you set mini goals within your final
goal so if you want to become a professional graphic designer you're
maybe runs your own business shut down the goals within that goal so you
actually have something to import before the end result so maybe you need to put
fully a website maybe you need to like gain three clients this month you know
set yourself some goals and understand that many things in life the journey is
the goal you know and if you have a passion for graphic design and design in
general you're going to enjoy the challenge of actually becoming that
professional designer that you want to be there is that saying that says it
takes 10,000 hours to master anything alive now of course that's just like a
ballpark number but the point is that it takes a long time to become a
professional at most things in this world so be patient and work towards you
many goals within that goal then the next point in that verge raises in the
video is honesty now this is mainly being honest with
yourself you really need to take a step back and actually take a look at your
work objectively you also need to look at other work out there in the industry
right here right now and see how your work compares it's easy to fall in love
with the creation we've designed and if you're not like amazingly skilled right
now you might not be able to see the flaws so be honest with yourself in a
kind of brutally but compassionate manner and actually take step back and
look at your designs and look at the work you're producing and then compare
it to other work out there if you're honest with yourself instead of just
keeping your work how he is right now you can actually improve it and see what
changes you need to make in your graphic design workflow now the next point kind
of leads off from the previous one and that is actually rejection we all get
rejected in life you know if it's like a boyfriend or girlfriend or like a client
or maybe a boss or something we always get rejected and rejection is just part
of human nature it's part of society so we all go through it guys we all go
through it I've been through it the best designers out there I've been through it
it's just par for the course you know the trick here is not to see this as a
roadblock take it on void take on the comments that came with that rejection
use it to your advantage and then grow and prosper after that so if you get
rejected from a job or client turns you down think to yourself why did this
happen why did I get rejected and how can I actually improve on that and
change who I am as a designer and my work in graphic design you don't get
rejected a personal reason so don't take it too personally it's just that your
work doesn't meet their standards or your style doesn't like fit with their
brand or whatever there could be many different reasons
it's about being critical and objective about your own work and who you are as a
designer now the next point that verge raises is self-doubt you know when we're
beginning as a designer and like starting out even into the intermediate
and like higher levels it's kind of easy to fall into this trap of not thinking
your works good enough or not thinking it's worthy not showing it to people and
social media and stuff like that you need to be sure of what you're doing and
you need to be confident in your design skills and if you're working on a
project and you're kind of a bit lost in having some doubts simply ask the client
some questions now get all of the information you can from the client
about that project and if you have presented design already ask for some
really great feedback and detailed analysis on the work that you presented
but the key thing we like any graphic project is known in the brief so if you
studies and scrutinize the brief into detail you're not gonna have that much
doubt if any at all the brief basically tells you exactly what you need to know
and what you need to be doing so get familiarized with the brief and you
shouldn't have any self-doubt in your skills as a designer now the last point
today is criticism there's constructive criticism which is positive to receive
and it's downright insults which you don't need that in life you don't want
that as a designer there is a difference between constructive criticism and like
straight-up hating on your work you should learn to ignore one and take the
other on board those norms constructive criticism is helping me and my work and
also my youtube channel here recently someone said to me that I need to change
up the audio and lower the base of my voiceovers I didn't even realize it was
a bad thing until someone told me if I was resistant to that constructive
criticism I could have looked at it felt insulted and just ignored that person
but instead I listened to what they were saying I took it on board
I changed things up and improved my quality of work so it's best to analyze
the criticism me getting see if is valid and then change your workflow in your
designs relating to that criticism but yeah I suggest you go over to verges
video and his channel to check out his content on graphic design the psychology
and the business side of things because he does really really great content I'm
surprised he doesn't have more subscribers I've been talking back and
forth with him on Twitter and stuff for a long time ready and he's a really
great guy in a good designer so go check out his work give him a follow and tell
him Tom Satori sent you over there but anyway guys tomorrow
I've got a new leg and a signatory for you all and if you did enjoy today's
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social media if you do find it useful but yeah enter next time design your
future today peace
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