today seven different ways that you can become a better designer and also more
creative whilst on lockdown also the very end of the video I've actually got
a design competition for you all to enter so stay tuned for those details to
the very end of today's upload so yeah welcome back to Satori graphics and
today I've got seven different ways that you can improve yourself as a graphic
designer and boost that creativity as well do follow along and listen to each
of the seven points in today's video and there are loads of links down below in
description relating to these points that I'm sure you're gonna really dig so
the first the tip is actually relating to your old graphic designs or old
projects and this could be in college University you'll just past clients
you've worked on I'm talking like one two three five years old dig up these
projects get their brief and redo it it's a great way to see how your skills
and how your approach has changed over the years and you'll get a sense of
satisfaction and a really good creative outlet during these times of being
locked down the next tip today is to read graphic design blogs because there
are so many out there that not only inspire you but you can learn a whole
lot just from blogs themselves and like I said I've got loads of links down
below including loads of blogs there are some I'm gonna really inspire you but
also there are things on like color theory and logo design you know just
really good stuff to get his creative juices flowing and a spark of
inspiration that you might need and this next point is gonna require that you do
some introspective thinking you need to work out what your weaknesses are and
work on those weaknesses so for example me myself I would say that my weakness
or one of my weaknesses is the use of color on graphic designs because I can
make something really neat and really cool in black on white and then when it
comes to adding color I can you know fall short of the ideal design outcome
so what I would do is I would do some research into color use color theory all
that stuff and then just work on that weakness because let's face it we've all
got loads and loads of time here lockdown and it's a really good time for
self-improvement and just becoming a better person you know making use of a
negative situation for positivity and this fourth point is something I
really love to embark on and that is to simply just change things up when you do
come away from that comfort zone you're forced to think in a more creative and
you know a different way and this is gonna spark a whole new venture for
yourself mentally when approaching a graphic design or just design project in
general so if you're somebody who loves working on say illustrations
why not venture into something else like a business card or a logo design but
just step out of that comfort zone and just see what else you can actually
achieve when you put your mind to it adding more skill sets to your already
arsenal of skills that you have is always going to be a good thing now a
strong house or a strong building is built on a strong foundation and so I
think this is a good chance to remind yourself of the basics in graphic design
so we're talking about the principles of say color theory line negative space you
know all that jazz all that good stuff once you've mastered the basics and once
you know them inside out you can really truly say yourself up to make some
interesting and successful designs I've got loads of videos on the graphic
design basics and I'm going to link some of them down in the scripture box below
and the penultimate point in today's video is mock briefs it's a pretty
straightforward these are briefs that are not actually real they're not for a
real client but it just forces you into that engagement of working with an
actual brief a deadline and a strict you know set of guidelines by a fictional
client it's really good practice and I've got a loads of links right down
below of good sites that offer mock briefs for you to get creative and
expand on your skills and lastly today before I give you that design challenge
I've got a whole list of design challenge websites for you to look at
now some of them are daily design challenges you know 30-day design
challenges and they've written from illustrations and logo designs you know
a whole host of things right down there in description box below this is a good
way to have routine in your life from a design standpoint and it just forces you
to be creative you know every single day and to work on a visual problem and say
yeah I have got linked as well in description box below a PDF which is my
design challenge where you can enter into a mock brief of
a Lego design and actually it was the first logo I ever worked on you're gonna
redesign the logo that I made when I was 14 years old on work experience with my
school spoiler alert my logo sucked and so next
week I'm gonna reveal the results and the winner of the logo design
competition will have their work and also their details on my youtube channel
on my website and also across social media so yeah you have until Friday next
week to get that finished and also there's loads of other links down there
as I've already said but I hope you're all doing really well in lockdown and
these crazy times are all forced into and so stay safe stay creative and until
next time guys design your future today peace