How to Become a Graphic Designer
let's take a look at how to become a
great graphic designer in india in 2021
if you are a college student or if
you've just graduated and you want to
explore this field of design i'll be
talking about exactly what elements you
should understand what are the different
fields in graphic design what are the
places in which you can get your clients
and at the end i'll be talking about
some really helpful tips that will save
you a lot of time as well as money so
make sure that you watch studio till the
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into this one
How I Became a graphic designer
i began graphic design
back in 2019 december it's going to be
about two years now and i have learned a
lot along this journey
7 Graphic Design Elements
there are
basically seven elements that you should
be mastering when you are getting into
graphic design these are going to be
line shape color texture type space and
the image now these things are going to
be super important and mastering them
and understanding exactly when to use
what and how much of it to be used is
going to be super crucial if you want to
get clients if you want to create some
amazing work always remember when you
are doing graphic design it's a lot more
about watching 20
and 80
implementing and building things as much
as possible and that's what has really
helped me out
Graphic Design Fields
let's take a look at the
different fields that you have as a
graphic designer that you can go into
number one it's going to be brand
identity design then you have marketing
and advertising design packaging design
you have web and user interface you have
print and publication design you have
lettering and type design you have
graphic illustrations and at the end you
have data visualization and infographic
design
Salary of a graphic designer
talking about the salary it can
vary a lot depending on what field you
want to get into but just to give you an
example in india ui ux designers get
paid around the same amount as that of a
software engineer yes that is the truth
you might have heard a lot of people say
that software engineering is the only
way to go that is definitely not the
case if you are good at design you can
get some great packages as well but i
would say that a lot of graphic
designers end up doing freelancing and
that is when they get paid a lot more
than an actual job of a graphic designer
Graphic Design Freelancer
now let's take a look at how can you
learn the skill of graphic designing now
i've already talked about this in a
separate video in which i talked about
the free resources and courses that you
can take to become a great graphic
Designer
Softwares for graphic design
but just to let you know figma
adobe photoshop illustrator indesign xd
canva sketch spark affinity design are
some of the softwares that you can use
to learn the scale of graphic designing
some of these are going to be free some
of these are going to be paid a lot of
you will anyways be looking out for
torrents to get cracked versions of
these software so you can look at that
if you're interested
Free Adobe Photoshop alternative: Photopea.com
but if you want to
use a free alternative for adobe there
is something called as photopia that i
have a link in the description that you
can use it's an online website that is
very much similar to adobe photoshop so
that can also be a great alternative
that you can take a look at it is
completely for free
Canva graphic designer
then you have canva
i think that canva has disrupted the
whole graphic design field and canva has
become like a great starting point for
graphic designers i think it's
definitely a great thing that you can
get started with and i've also made a
video in which i talk about how people
are making over four thousand to five
thousand rupees for every single social
media post that they are making with the
help of canva using sites like fiverr
and camera of course is for free
Biggest mistake graphic designers make
the
most important or the most biggest
mistakes i see amateur designers make
are not understanding about contrast and
colors not understanding about space
about negative space and how it works
and not understanding about what type to
use
Typography
you need to understand one thing
very particularly that every single type
or every single font family or font face
that you see gives you a particular
sense of feeling right like take a look
at this font and then take a look at
this font now both of these fonts are
very much different in the way that they
make you feel when you look at them and
when you read them so you need to
understand what font to be used where
and what sort of feeling do they give
away to the user to the customer next
Graphic Design Portfolio
let's take a look at the portfolio now
the portfolio is going to be the most
important thing that you will be
building as a graphic designer if you
want to get some great opportunities
this is the most important thing that
you should be focusing on make sure that
you create a stellar portfolio for
yourself you can either use a website or
you can also build your own portfolio on
dribble as well as behance make sure
that you update it as soon as possible
as frequently as possible with the best
work that you are doing right at the
moment
How to get clients as a graphic designer
next let's take a look at how do
you get clients now you are a graphic
designer you can either work at a job or
you can work as a freelancer once your
profile is complete now is the time for
you to build social profiles start
learning in public sharing whatever it
is that you are learning start
organizing events start meeting people
in events and start understanding about
this field and this industry of graphic
design you need to start engaging with
people on linkedin as well as on twitter
apply for job openings always remember
do not work for free you can give a free
demo but working for free as an intern
or as a graphic designer is definitely
not a good thing that you should be
doing right there
Freelancing websites to get graphic design clients
let's take a look at
the websites that you can use to get
your clients if you want to approach
freelancing platforms these will
basically be including upwork freelancer
fiverr 99 designs top tall guru people
per hour dribble linkedin design hill
and twine among others so do take a look
at all of these websites the next thing
that you will be looking at is going to
be inspiration now design is one of
those creative fields in which you need
to know what other people are doing how
other people are creating their designs
so that you can get inspired and you can
get motivated and you can work on your
designs as well you can check out
dribble and behance these are great
sites that you can use to find a lot of
graphic designers connect with them
learn from them you can also get clients
on these websites if you want to
Conclusion
now
let's take a look at the conclusion i
would like to conclude by saying that
this is going to be a field in which you
have to constantly learn about different
styles different methods different
softwares different techniques and that
is going to be really helpful for you
whenever you are going into this field
also once you are in this field of
graphic design start learning a little
bit about brand strategy and how it all
works there is an excellent podcast
episode i recorded with chris du he has
been working as a designer for the past
25 years and he has basically shared
whatever he has learned and that video
will definitely be insightful for you so
take a look at that with the link in the
description but i would want to stress
upon the fact that you need to
incorporate yourself make a legal entity
you need to learn about how to create
contracts learn about taking 50 advanced
payments learn about creating invoices
and learn about keeping track of all the
projects that you are working on as you
start getting more clients you will
understand the importance of doing all
of these things these are not related to
design particularly but when you're
working as a designer it's really
important that you understand all of
these things and that is all that you
need to know if you want to become a
great graphic designer thank you so much
for spending your time on this video it
would mean the world to me if you write
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video with your friends create a circle
of graphic designers and start working
together start building projects
together start getting clients together
and learn in public that is going to be
really important thank you so much for
watching all the videos that i've talked
about in this video are linked in the
description so you can take a look at
that if you're interested you can follow
me on instagram and i will see you in
the next video bye
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