How to become a graphic designer?
A graphic designer should master all the digital graphic programs likeIllustrator, Photoshop,Indesign, Flash and Dream weaver. Flash and Dream weaver are programs whcih are used for designing and building Internet sites.
Any potential graphic designer should know these progammes if he or she intends to becomea web designer.
Studying graphic design entails the designer having to learn and construct designs in digital graphic programs, develop a concept and execute it. There is no need for a BA degree or high education to become a graphic designer. Today it's sufficient to have a diploma as what counts in thegraphic design field is not where you studied but rather your talent and the knowledge you have in design.
Many times I hear stories from graphic designers about employers that didn’t bother to check their diploma or were not interested in where they studied. Instead, they wanted to see their portfolio and asked intensively about their graphic
programs skills. High abilities in mastering the graphic programs are the key for a fast worker and good transferring ideas into reality. The graphic designer should show his serious attitude and knowledge he or she brings with them to a working place and generally towards the growing graphic industry of our days.
There is a big selection of possibilities where to study graphic design. Each institution offers certain graphic design program but at the end of the day they are all judged by the graphic design portfolio the students produce. The portfolio will consist of Flash,Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign and Dream weaver works. There are many career options for graphic designers in the multimedia area, visual communication, advertising and PR, web design, fashion companies, photography field, events etc. A designer can emphasize his studies around the TV design, print, web design, photo enhancement or graphic illustration. All in all these are the studies of modern digital art which is rapidly developing in our times. Some of
the studies programs offered by schools are overlapping and that’s why it's important to decide about the future graphic design direction the student would like to see himself at the end of the studies. An early direction of career would result in future satisfaction.
Graphic design studies can start by taking few courses like interdiscipline Photoshop course, Photoshop course for Photography, Illustrator course for graphic illustrations or for fashion and graphic design. The studies of graphic design vary from three months to two years. If the student decides to study the whole package of Adobe:Photoshop, Illustrator,
Indesign, Dream weaver and Flash, the studies might take up to year and a half. Some Art institutions offer degree studies of three to four years, but they cannot guarantee a better portfolio that a student can produce in seven or eight months of studying. Any plan or studies that the student chooses will get him closer and develop him to a bett er place in the work
market, all depending initially on the student talent, the quality of the works he will produce and the level of the guides the school offers.
During and at the end of the studies it is recommended to experience as many trainee jobs as possible in order to get firsthand experience with print productions and graphic design.
It is worthwhile to do those jobs without payment if necessary, just to taste the graphic world and gain some experience. Above all it is crucial to present the works we created in a portfolio, preferably in a site or high quality printed album. The presentation has to be perfect and show the seriousness of the student on his way to become a graphic designer.
Additional careers the graphic designer can apply for after his studies are the fashion area, magazine design, newspapers, events, photography and print productions.
