Being a graphic design you are suppose to use pictures, text, shapes, lines, colors, etc to create a visual that will help a client or help yourself. As a graphic designer, you are supposed to be able to create a design that is able to express a meaning to the viewers. You must be able to fulfill a specific need from the client, the audience or yourself. When you get a project you should enjoy every minute of it. Being a designer is not an easy job, we must be able to communicate to the audience. We have to be able to see are designs from two perspectives, as an artist and as a viewer. You must also become an advertiser, you can create the most beautiful design but if no one sees it how will you be known. As a graphic designer you must be able to start with a problem and be able to solve it. What clients will do is give you an idea and it is yours to create what they are looking for.
The skill a graphic designer possesses is many. You cannot be a great graphic designer if you can create a piece and never be willing to hear the negative critiques. When you only listens to the positive feedbacks of your works, it doesn’t make you a better designer it makes you worst. The reason for that is a design is never perfect. Every viewer will have his or her own opinion about it but that does not mean you cannot use it to your advantage. A design must be able to catch the viewer’s attention. If you cannot create a must-see affect, you are not doing your job as a designer. As a designer it is your responsibility to show what you want people to see. To be successful you must be able to communicate with others and while your work is doing the same. You must be able to think beyond simple, when it is needed.
The future of graphic design will always change. With the new technology we have now, graphic design will always be in use. They will find a way to use an Ipad as your sketchbook. So with the improvements of technology I think that papers will become useless and it will be all electronically done.
Being a graphic designer is like a being in love-hate relationship. You love what you do but hate the process of starting it. What I mean by this, is that when you get a project or assignment, the start of the assignment is always the most difficult. When you are able to come up with a design it becomes a little bit easier, but there is still that issue of a design never becoming perfect. As a student you must be able to prove that you are able to obtain the three traits: Passion, Perseverance, and Professionalism. If you do not love what you do, why do it? As a graphic designer you cannot always design for the personal liking of your peers, you must also design something that you also enjoy.
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