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CAREERS IN GRAPHIC DESIGN : HOW TO BECOME A GRAPHIC DESIGNER
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How to Become a Graphic Designer: A Designer’s Point of View - One of the graphic designers who visits All Graphic Design decided to write an article about becoming a Graphic Designer.
The Importance of a Graphic Designer - Illustrators and graphic designers are practical artists who put their talents at the service of commercial clients.
How to Become a Graphic Designer - You may be one of the many individuals who look at a logo, an advertisement, or perhaps a website and wonder how it may have been created. Behind all of those magazine ads and brochures lies a graphic designer.
How to Transition from Graphic Designer to Web Designer - So what’s the best way of making the transition from graphic to web designer?
A Day in the Life of a Graphic Designer - Find out what a day in the life of a graphic designer is like.
A Graphic Design Career Makes Art Affordable - If you have a talent with colors, shapes, and layouts, there's no reason you couldn't use your gift in a career. The demand for quality graphic design is growing by leaps and bounds. In 2002, American companies employed 212,000 graphic designers. Imagine the fulfillment of being paid for your creativity as a graphic designer.
A Closer Look at the Layout Artist Job Description - A layout artist deals with the structure and layout out of images and text in a pleasing format for printed media. This can include magazine work, brochures, flyers, books, cd booklets, posters, and that kind of thing.
A Closer Look at Web Designer Careers - As a web designer your work could be viewed by thousands of people everyday. Web designers create the pages, layout, and graphics for web pages, and play a key role in the development of a website.
Average Graphic Design Salary - Do you want to find out how much a graphic designer makes before going into the field...check out this article.
Become a Graphic Designer - Wondering how not to be a starving artist? From cereal boxes to credit cards, book covers to freeway signs, graphic designers are responsible for visually communicating with the world at large. Lucky for designers, the demand for eye-catching graphic design never ceases.
Become a Graphic Designer on 43 Things - Visit a Blog of Others like you who want to become a graphic designer.
Become a Graphic Designer - Learn how to put your creativity and problem solving skills to use by becoming a graphic designer. See what it takes, what to consider, and where to go from there
Career: Graphic Designers - If you’re fascinated by the differences between the fonts Times New Roman and Geneva -- or simply enjoy arranging photos on a page -- you may have a future in graphic design. One of the most practical paths for artsy people, graphic design requires not only a good eye, but an ability to use the computer as a tool for achieving your vision.
Careers and Education in Graphic Design - The ArtSchools.com Guide to Graphic Design Schools, Degrees, Financial Aid and More...
Career in Graphic Design - If you love to draw, if you get really excited about seeing new covers at your favorite bookstore, or if you find yourself frustrated by signs on highways or in shopping malls, you should consider launching a career in graphic design.
Careers in Graphic Design - In high school, it was drawing and painting, not computer-generated art, in which Brent Gale was most involved. “I wasn’t really quite sure what graphic design was,” he says. “I thought that graphic design was just a more technical way of drawing.” Boy, was he in for a surprise.
Common Myths About Graphic Designer Certification - Discussions about GD certification have always evoked passions on both sides of the debate. However, in discussing this issue on various GD discussion boards and blogs, it's clear that the same myths about...
Deep or Wide - Between Education and the Design Profession - I tend to argue with myself. It usually ends peaceably unless it's out loud on public transportation. As these last days of summer fade into the school year, I find I am at odds with myself once again.
Designers - Who are They - What are They - The answer to this question answered by the government.
Graphic Artists and Designers - What They Do - lors and shapes can have a strong effect on people, evoking a wide range of emotions, from sadness to anger to joy. Graphic artists and designers understand this and are experts at manipulating color and shape to make people react in certain ways--most often in a positive way.
Graphic Design Career: Are You Good Enough to Succeed? - A good graphic design course will channel your natural abilities and give you the start you need in a competitive industry.
Graphic Design vs. Desktop Publishing - When developing a career as a graphic designer, you will face important decisions about the niche of customers you want to serve or the general types of work you hope to specialize in. Desktop publishing has emerged as a distinct slice of the graphic design pie.
Graphic Design Major - People searching for graphic design major found the links, articles, and information on this page helpful.
Graphic Design / Visual Communications - Graphic Design / Visual Communication - If you’re someone who gets excited about how things look and consider yourself a “visual” person, then you may be a potential graphic designer.
Graphic Designers - Graphic Designers play an important role in the advertisement of many of the products and services we use on a daily basis.
How to Become a Graphic Designer - Graphic designers are responsible for creating notable product logos and/or packaging designs that will catch the public's eye and increase a company's sales. To be successful, designers must also possess excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to sell their ideas to executives.
How Do I Become a Graphic Designer - So, you get that rolled up piece of paper, sport the robe and flip the tassel. What’s next? More school. Yes, in order to become a marketable Graphic Designer (G.D. for short), you need a college education. But where do you go? Well, that question is too complex to answer on this tapped-for-space monitor. The challenge is to find a school that meshes with your interests, goals, talents and personality. -
How to Grow as a Graphic Designer - Catherine Fishel examines the philosophical foundations on which every creative business is based.
Image is Everything... - Especially for graphic designers who choose careers in this highly creative field
Job Article - Graphic Designer - Graphic designers put together words and pictures to inform, communicate or persuade. They produce designs for book covers, company logos, brochures, advertising posters, website and CD-ROM pages, magazines and newspapers.
Jobs You Would 'Design' For Yourself - In the world of graphic design there are several areas of specialization and several career paths you can start on. Which graphic design job interests you?
Learn a New Career at Graphic Design School - Do you like to draw? Are you a person who enjoys finding new shapes, colors and textures for all the things around you? You could start an exciting and profitable career as a designer.
Major: Graphic Design - Graphic design majors learn the design and computer skills necessary to create the look for books, magazines, CD jackets, websites, and more.
Monster Career Advice for the Graphic Designer - Monster.com lays out what graphic designers need to know and what they do.
Technology School and You - Graphic Design - A Rapidly Changing Field Due to Technology - According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the number of graphic design jobs is climbing at a steady pace, and will continue to do so for at least the next decade.
The Platt Way: Building a Career in Graphic Design - Sometimes a career choice is accidental; sometimes it’s carefully plotted. In either case, students who come through the doors of Platt College to study graphic design emerge with state of the art skills honed by professional faculty to meet employers’ needs.
Too Many Grads or Too Few Competencies? - The design-school dilemma -- educators are anxious over indiscriminate acceptance policies and too few jobs for grads
What Should Designers Study - Young people who are contemplating a design career often seek advice on what they should study. To them I say, "Anything and everything!" Why do I offer this advice? Because you never know when something you've learned may come in handy.
What to Look for in a Graphic Design Program - Confused about all the choices in graphic design programs? Here's what you need to consider in choosing a graphic design school.
When I grow up I want to be an Interface Designer - I may not be old enough to offer sage wisdom to budding young designers (at least, I prefer to think I'm not old enough), but I do have the required experience in this field that my advice might be worth something to some of you out there.
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This article was written by the very talented, Mark Misenheimer of Misenheimer Creative, Inc. Mark is an expert freelance graphic designer who has been in the design business for years. He has documented the design of a logo from start to finish in order to help other graphic designers. I know that you will learn something from this tremendous logo design article.
The Graphic Design industry is very competitive, and trust me, it can certainly get stressful and frustrating at times. However, it doesn?t always have to be that way. Here, I have broken down my design process. This is how I create my design layouts from start to finish. Basically, with some focus, structure, and a little bit of talent, creating rewarding and professional design work can be produced more efficiently and with less stress.
As a designer everyone has experienced a point where they just can no longer think of anything worth while. It?s in these situations when you have to reevaluate your perception of what works and what doesn?t. Use the following 20 tips to avoid and get through a tough designer's block.
Graphic Design and Typography are deeply connected. For that reason, I figure that most of you are going to love these free online font and type tools. Most, if not all, of these are very useful and I recommend that you use them when you have a chance. Below you will find the huge list of free browser-based font and type tools.
I have found a load of design related podcasts that I am sure will peak your interests. Just think of it as radio shows geared towards you and your love of design. You will even find Podcasts on Photoshop, Illustrator, Typography, Freelancing, as well as Web Design and Graphic Design.
I love Vector Magic, a free online vectorization tool. It is a really cool browser-based tool that can be used to turn a photograph into an illustration. It doesn't always succeed in getting that look that you might be looking for, but it does a pretty good job. I usually just use it to play around with photos to see what Vector Magic can do with it, but it also can be very useful if you want to convert a photo into an illustration. I started to wonder how many other vectorization tools and software packages there were out there and I was surprised to find out that there are a ton o them. Basically, most of these tools turn Raster / Bitmap / Photo Images into Line Art / Illustrations / Vector Art.
I am in love with vector shapes right now. I think they are so handy to have around when you are building a site. The way that you can stretch vectors without creating jaggy edges, makes them incredibly useful. Most of the time I just land up breaking them apart to use a curve that I like. I also love using them for as badges or buttons on web sites. I have collected a huge selection of free custom Photoshop shapes. If you download every single one of these, there are probably close to 15,000 free Adobe Photoshop shapes. There are more to come in Part II. Enjoy.
As graphic designers, we are always on the hunt for quality free clipart images to use in our designs. The problem is that often searching for clipart often brings back very inaccurate search results. Well, thanks to one of my friends, I have found a new site called Find Free Clipart which will make my life much easier the next time I search for clipart online.
Whether you?re right out of high school, a Mom looking for a career she can do from home, recently out of the Military or simply someone who feels they have a knack for design and is ready for a career change, consider that you have a few options on how to gain the skills you will need to pursue your dream job. But first, ask yourself some questions
As Graphic Designers, we are all creative individuals. I thought that most of you would love to know about all of the fantastic online drawing and painting tools that are available online. Not only are they fun, but they are also quite useful for sketching out some of our ideas. Some of these tools can also be used as design collaboration tools to use with your co-workers, clients, friends, teachers, and family. Enjoy and don't hesitate to send me links to online drawing tools that I might have missed.
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6 Million Downloadable Clipart Images for Graphic Designers
The Clipart.com collection of more than 10 million royalty-free clipart images, photos, illustrations, fonts, sounds and Web graphics provides creative professionals with the most choice at the best price. With a Clipart.com subscription, you pay one fee and download what you need.
May 27A New and More Accurate Search Engine for Finding Free Clipart
As graphic designers, we are always on the hunt for quality free clipart images to use in our designs. The problem is that often searching for clipart often brings back very inaccurate search results. Well, thanks to one of my friends, I have found a new site called Find Free Clipart which will make my life much easier the next time I search for clipart online.
Apr 26Podcast for Freelance Graphic Designers
Lindsay Marsh, owner of Marsh Graphic Design has created several audio and video podcasts she calls the Freelancer. They cover various topics related to the freelance graphic designer. She plans on doing these pretty regularly and from what we see there is a lot of potential here. I suggest you check them out. The [...]
Mar 7Hot in Graphic Design - A Superb Guide to Designing With Black
A Superb Guide to Designing With Black Many of the people who visit All Graphic Design are Graphic Designers and many of you are Web Designers. If you are a Graphic Designer, than you most likely know that many things can go wrong when sending your files to be printed. For one thing, colors never look [...]
Mar 6Hot in Graphic Design - Find Out if You are a Lousy, No Good Graphic Designer
Find Out if You are a Lousy, No Good Graphic Designer Hey, I bet you think you are the best Graphic Designer around, don't you?! Well, if you are brave enough, you should take a look at an article which will hit you where it hurts (if you are doing any of the 13 tell tale [...]
Mar 5Hot in Graphic Design - Examples of Good Graphic Design Portfolios
Examples of Good Graphic Design Portfolios This is a post on Astheria Design Blog that is in response to a previous post called "?My Last Portfolio Sucked, Yours Might Too"?. This articles includes pictures and links to Design portfolios that were designed with a goal in mind. All of these design portfolios have one thing in [...]
Mar 5Hot in Graphic Design - Some Online Printing Services I?ve Used
Some Online Printing Services I've Used - Personal Commercial Printers Review Whether you are a Graphic Designer or a Web Designer, we all need to use commercial printing services every once in a while. All freelancers, in fact, need to use printing services to print items such as business cards, printing labels, envelopes, letterhead, marketing materials, [...]
Feb 29Hot in Graphic Design - Should Graphic Designers Use Design Elements in Their Resume?
Should Graphic Designers Use Design Elements in Their Resume? I have always been told that utilizing design within a resume is the wrong thing to do, Graphic Designer or not. So when I saw this article title, it caught my eye and I had to read more. However, the author of this article doesn't agree with [...]
Feb 29Hot in Graphic Design - List of 120+ Free Photoshop Actions for Cool Designs
List of 120+ Free Adobe Photoshop Actions for Cool Designs I was excited when I found this huge list of free Adobe Photoshop actions, and I am guessing that you will be excited as well. Actions are the best way to speed up Photoshop tasks that you do on a regular basis, such as change an [...]
Feb 29Hot in Graphic Design - Logo Design Trends for 2008
Logo Design Trends for Graphic Designers in 2008 As a Graphic Designer, you might not think that trends are important when it comes to designing a logo. However, as you can see if you look at design archives, the art of Graphic Design changes. As a designer, you will need to keep on top of these [...]
Feb 27Hot in Graphic Design - Which Mac Should You Buy if You are a Graphic Designer?
Which Mac Should You Buy if You are a Graphic Designer? As a graphic designer, you might be in need of a new computer these days. If so, and you are interested in buying a Mac, which Mac should you buy? This is a question that is consistently posted on every design form across the net. [...]
Web Design for Motor Sports Community
Describe your project in as much detail as possible: building a motor sports community. The site will have members profiles, blogs, photos they can post, classifieds, an event calendar, forms, artic? Client is in , IA
Website Redesign for Online Market
We are an online supermarket, located in Europe, and have a functioning website. The design of the site is fine and we`re quite happy with our logo and some of the design concepts. However, we are loo? Client is in Frederiksberg,
Design Images for Social Community Websi
We are in need of an illustrator/animator to produce images that will be used as categories headings on our new website. We will provide an attachment that will help explain what we are looking for. T? Client is in New York, NY
Website Design for Internet Music
Number of pages (approx): 9 My Industry: Music Background: White Features: Flash, wordpress blog integration, picture slide shows I would like to have a blog integrated into the site. One flash pa? Client is in New York, Ny, NY
Flex UI Designer
I am looking for a flex designer to re-do the graphical component part of our Flex application. ? Client is in Kowloon,
Redesign of Site with Interactive Functi
Number of pages (approx):? My Industry:jewelry/wholesale/retail/online only incorporate existing search engine (i will furnish) into new look, and functions, similiar to bluenile.com, or kebutler.co? Client is in Dallas, TX
Web Design: Law Enforcement
I am looking to start an informational website that would allow me to eventually expand into a search engine. I have a general idea of what it will include and am looking for design & maintenance assi? Client is in Auburn Hills, MI
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Information Site: checked Ecommerce Site: checked Flash Animation: checked I would like to creat a website for on-line shopping. Right now - I have at least 60 products. I do like qvc website. How? Client is in N. Hollywood, CA
Web Design for Two Sites
I will only require basic designs for 2 sites: Site 1 (Vacancy Portal) Site 2 (IT Company) Vacancy Portal ? Client is in , Amstedam
Website Redesign for Weddings and Events
Number of pages (approx): 5 My Industry: Weddings Local Roswell Web designers only. SStudents and beginners welcome as well. We have a website, but it needs to be redesigned. It looks very old,? Client is in Roswell, GA
Flash Design for Video
I prefer to work with designers located: denver Number of pages (approx): 8 with video inserted in flash My Industry: infrared saunas We need a video designed for our website. We have the photos th? Client is in Denver, CO
Website Redesign: Architecture Study Gui
I need someone to update and redo my website. I need to reduce the number of products on the site, increase the number of seminars listed. I would like for people to be able to order the products onli? Client is in Las Vegas, NV
Web Design for Music and Record Label
Number of pages (approx): 10 My Industry: Music/aandr/record label I am looking to create an HTML site rather than the flash that the site currently operates. I am looking to keep the same colour sc? Client is in Edinburgh,
Website Redesign for Wholesale Luxury Wa
Number of pages (approx):15 My Industry: Wholesale I need to change some of the pictures on the site as I don't carry all of the products on there any more. I want to update the text, which I will p? Client is in Wyomissing, PA
Logo Design for a Window Cleaning Compan
I prefer to work with designers located: tarrant county/ dfw Planning to start services once we finished our safety certification. We are going to provide the following services: Storefront Window ? Client is in Keller, TX