today I'm gonna take my time to answer your guys's questions in today's video
on frequently asked questions that I receive on my YouTube channel
what is that people welcome back to the Torah graphics the home graphic design
content right here on YouTube so I got a lot of questions on a YouTube channel
and I actually try to apply to all of the comments that I do receive now today
I kind of thought I wanted to bundle together a series of questions that like
asked quite often so this will help answer many people's questions in one
video I try to pick the ones I see after the night day to day on my youtube
videos so let's jump right into the questions right now now one of the main
questions I've seen is Tom why do you actually make youtube videos
why do you take your time to do this instead of graphic design now just right
off the bat I still do rafa design work I still make posters I still make logos
and do all these kind of things but it's kind of taking a back seat to me making
YouTube videos now there various different reasons for this but initially
I started making YouTube videos simply because I had an interest in video
editing a video making in general but also I learned to love behind the kind
of process of coming up an idea and a solution to the problem that people have
when searching on YouTube every time I read a comment from you guys letting me
know that my videos helped you with something you grabbed the design
workflow it means the world to me and it's really awesome to see comments
coming from all over the world on how my youtube videos in fact did help but as I
started to make videos I learn something about myself and about what I don't like
with graphic design I'm sure you're aware of this but when you make a design
for a client and you send it off for review most of the time you're not gonna
nail it on a head in just the first try they're going to come back with your
revisions with changes and everything in between so this can be kind of annoying
and when I make youtube videos I'm kind of my own boss I have a plan I know what
I want to do and I just do it the only person have to answer to is
myself so yeah that's kind of why I make youtube videos now I love
course is a nice monetary supplement to graphic design work so it gives hand at
hand basically now this is a big question I get asked very often indeed
and that is where can I find liquor design ideas and get ideas for more
lagers now I'm gonna be blunt with you guys here if you're a graphic designer
you should be aware that is partly a creative career you need to have that
creative spark somewhere within you tries to become a successful graphic
designer or at least as a local designer anyway because that does need some
creativity at the root level I always have to keep referring people to the
logo design process which actually involves doing research on the client on
a background of the industry and then developing ideas on paper brainstorming
you know writing adjectives around the clients name call the industry of work
and just developing concepts on paper first and foremost many many designers
skip this process but it's essential for having an abundance of ideas on a logo
design project and ending up with a final design solution that doesn't suck
you shouldn't be looking on the internet to steal or like kind of manipulate
someone else's original idea into your own idea usage happen to that creativity
that you have already and go from there I will make another video on a logo
design process if you guys want to see that so drop a comment down in the
comment section below and let me know if you want to see more videos on the logo
design process another big one that people ask me is how do you start a
graphic design career and how do you actually get clients now this one's
tricky and I know it's tough starting out as a designer but you need to be
aware of what the client is looking for they're looking for someone who's
experienced they're looking for someone who can show their skills in past
projects so thinking about this logically
you need to have work to show beforehand and one great way to get work in your
portfolio is to enter graphic design competitions motives are great because
if you actually haven't got a portfolio set up already you can enter them and
have access to a graphic design brief if you actually win the competition that's
just a bonus but if your work is consistently great you have an actual
brief and an actual project in your portfolio of work to show potential
client another one is to actually start off designing for friends and family for
free just so you have something in your portfolio
to show off your skills oh yeah and also I have to mention social media social
media is a big if advertising yourself as a graphic designer
and promoting your skills utilize Twitter hashtags utilize Facebook groups
utilize social media as a whole just get yourself out there and be passionate
about what you do here's another question I often see is illustrator
superior to photoshop you guys will know I loved illustrator I use it all the
time but I also use Photoshop all the time and this is my point to the answer
this question each tool has its place within a toolkit I'll use Photoshop for
making thumbnails for you know making some artwork for a poster for example
but I'm always going to use illustrator for a vector like vector logos sometimes
vector posters no infographic stuff like this but every single tool has its place
and each Adobe program has its place too I actually prefer InDesign for mocking
up print projects simply because the printing settings like the bleeds and
the crop marks are actually superior to that of Illustrator so yes is the case
of knowing when to use certain programs for a certain jobs and actually on my
last poster design I use InDesign illustrator and Photoshop all for the
same project another wanna Kass is what mic am i using for my videos and I'm
actually using a blue snowball which I bought off eBay which I think was this
last year yeah last year it's fairly inexpensive and it was a major upgrade
to the microphone I was using beforehand I really don't even know how my youtube
channel grew when I was using the previous microphone it sounded really
bad but yeah this was about $80 I think 70 or $80 thereabouts I'm my upgrade and
get a Yeti microphone but for now this one is doing the job so it's all good
and performance the last question in today's video make sure to let me know
if you want to see more videos just like this one today right answer your
questions or a frequently asked questions I might even hold a Q&A if
that's something you guys are interested in so just let me know
another question like asked is how long does it take to make a video most of the
channels out there will just talk on a microphone whilst recording the tutorial
that's not what I do what I do is I actually record the video in Illustrator
and then I actually write a script after I've edits to that so I have to edit the
video then I have to scribbs and then i have to actually
record the audio of the scripts that I put all together and edit it so it takes
quite a long time to do that and a general rule of thumb from my content is
one minute of video takes around an hour in production so yeah when I'm making
these 10 minute long videos it takes me around eight or ten hours to make those
and I think most people don't understand the effort and time that I put into this
channel but yeah there is today's video on frequently asked questions I often
get them on YouTube videos remember to subscribe to Satori graphics if you want
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on today's video and of course until next time design your future today peace
you