Before, people used to design with their hands and publish it in pages. This reached a level of art and people like Pablo Picasso and Leonardo Da Vinci became popular for eternities. But now a days, people want efficiency. They want a design that can be reproduced in millions in less than few hours’ time. Can artists like Vinci and Picasso paint millions in such a short time? This is where graphic designs fit in. Graphic designs are digitally made designs, which is done by some software.
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Does that mean that these days are the end for Picasso and Mr. Vinci? The answer is no. To be a graphic designer, you need to be very skilled in designs and have creativity at its utmost level. You need to master what you are doing and you need a series of practices to reach the highest level.
Here are some of the ways you can become a successful graphic designer.
1. Collect Every Designs
2. Keep a sketchbook
3. Read a lot of graphic related books
4. Join a design community
5. Read Graphic related blogs more and more
6. Create your own graphic related blog
7. Make the most out of your spare time
8. Redesign your previous work
9. Keep a good touch with the Gurus
10. Practice, Practice, Practice
Whenever you are browsing the internet or looking at the designs done by others, just copy and save them on your computer. Collect everything that gets in your way. In a few months, you will notice that you have made yourself a library of so many designs. From getting ideas and having inspirations, these designs will come in handy for all of you. Sometimes you will find a lot of designers also uploads the source files. Open them and see how they have done those.
Always keep a sketchbook with you. You never know when an idea pops into your head. If you have a sketchbook, then you can always sketch the idea into it and prevent the best ideas escaping from your head.
There are a lot of books where you can learn more and more about the designs. The sea of knowledge for graphic designers is humongous and there is no end of learning. Read more books and gain a lot of inspirations.
Join a design community. There are hundreds of communities available. Join those forums and groups, share your knowledge with them and you will find how much knowledge the community has for you.
Read more graphic related blogs. Here you will find new ideas and inspirations. Create your own blog, and showcase your ideas for the others. This will keep you in practice and will make you a leader in your own community.
Spend most of your spare time, either designing, or gathering inspiration or anything related to graphic design. Doing these instead of watching a movie will pay you off big time in the long run.
Redesign your works that you have done previously. This will help you keep up with the talent that you possess and not lose certain potentials. Keep in touch with the design Gurus. Add them up in your groups or in Skype and ask for advice. Ask for reviews for your design and if something is missing, ask them what it is.
At last but not the least. Keep practicing. Practice makes a man perfect. The more you practice, the more efficient designer you will get.
If you follow the above steps, you will be a perfect graphic designer, and who knows? You can be the next Picasso of the digital world. You never know.
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