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CAREERS IN GRAPHIC DESIGN : HOW TO BECOME A GRAPHIC DESIGNER
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Best Graphic Design Career and Business Books - Ultimate List of Books for Freelancers & New Designers - I decided to compile a list of the best graphic design career and business books collected from reading people's favorites listed on forum posts and blogs. I came up with the following graphic design career and business books.
120 Innovative Self Promotional Ideas for Graphic Designers & Freelancers - The biggest list of marketing ideas for designers ever.
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Become a Graphic Designer - Design Careers & Design Education Advice from Professional Designer - Elle Phillips wrote this article full of advice to individuals who are looking to become a Graphic Designer. This article is an informative article to help many other people who also wish to become a Graphic Designer.
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.
[ ALSO SEE: How two Transition to a Web Designer after Being a Print Designer / Graphic Designer ]
If you are a Photoshop guru, then you are probably always on the lookout for new free Photoshop stuff. Well, we try to do that legwork for you. On this page you will find a nice roundup of free Photoshop pattern sites. Click through to these sites and download some of those free patterns. Have fun.
A collection of Typography blogs & resources, Typography articles, Typography showcases, and Typography tools and then categorized them for you in this article.
I have collected the top Photoshop Logo Design tutorials online and listed them for you below. There are also plenty of Web 2.0 Logo Design tutorials as well.
This part II of a never-ending series of the coolest outside ads, billboards, and public advertising.
Best Clever & Unique Billboards and Outdoor Advertising I have found tons of the coolest billboards, outdoor advertising, and transit ads ever. I am listing many of them today but I have found many others (and I am still searching for more) that I will list soon. I am listing them in a gallery [...]
This is part II of a multiple part series of the coolest logo designs. You can use this list as a source of logo inspiration or just look at it because it is fun to do.
Within this article, I am going to detail the ?six steps? that I took to design the logo for the ?Seventh Congress of Zoos and Aquariums?
I saw some really beautiful logos today so I thought that I would share some with you and then make a series out the idea. This is part I of a multiple part series of the coolest logo designs. You can use this list as a source of logo inspiration or just look at it because it is fun to do. Either way, enjoy the following list of beautiful / cool logo designs.
This is the 4th part of our Coolest Business Card series. This time, we are including the printer (when we can find out the information) who printed these business cards.
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.
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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.
Sep 1Huge Roundup of Typography Blogs, Resources, Articles, Galleries, & Tools
A collection of Typography blogs & resources, Typography articles, Typography showcases, and Typography tools and then categorized them for you in this article.
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 [...]
Website Redesign Offsite Backup Business
I prefer to work with designers located: in NY, NJ, CT or PA. Number of pages (approx): 12 - 15 My Industry: Offsite Backup We have a website that is now out of date and needs a refresh. We will pr? Client is in Hackensack, NJ
Web Design: Print and Product Marketingp
I prefer to work with designers located: chicago area or IL, WI Number of pages (approx): 4 My Industry: Print, Promotional Products We like the 2.0 design and look of wired.com and zazzle.com. We ? Client is in Vernon Hills, IL
Website Redesign: Computer Building
My Industry: Computer Building We need to redo our website. the site will have approximately 6-7 pages and is a custom computer building site. We would like to have flash and E-Commerce. ? Client is in Smithfield, PA
Website Redesign for Radio Station
Number of pages (approx): 5 My Industry: Online Bassline House, UK Garage, 4x4 radio station, Need a new home page, the schedule page, profiles and contact us page done, Ideally the whats playing bo? Client is in Kens,
Website Redesign for Comic
Number of pages (approx):9 My Industry: Entertainment industry Currently, there are 6 pages. I want to eliminate one, and then add 3 to 5 new pages. I don't think I'll need any new graphics, but I'l? Client is in Los Angeles, CA
Logo Design for Artisan Chocolatier
Logo design and packaging design for gourmet chocolate start-up company. High end product calls for logo/packaging that is simple, elegant (without being "stuffy") and appetizing. Customers should ab? Client is in Kings Park, NY
Logo Design for New Website
I am looking for a designer that is very creative and has a flamboyant flair. The right logo will help to distinguish the site and set the tone. I am looking for three concepts that are illustrated in? Client is in Redwood City, CA
Logo Design for Card Processing Company
I prefer to work with designers located in Santa Clarita, CA. Need an artist to finish up our logo, get it camera ready, etc.? Client is in Santa Clarita, CA
Ad Design for Tequila Brand
Looking for someone to design three space ships over Las Vegas Nevada...with the beams touching the ground, my logo in the middle and tag line on top. Ad will be 8.5x11 No printing needed.? Client is in Las Vegas, NV
Mockup Home Page Design for Airline Comp
Number of pages (approx): 1 My Industry: airline home mockup like www.jetblue.com We will provide content to be used for home page. just the mockup of the home page for now. Then if the customer ? Client is in Montevideo,
Template Design For Moodle
I need a moodle template designed to match my current website template. ? Client is in Imperatriz,
Ideas for Vehicle Wrap Design: Christian
Number of pages (approx): My Industry: graphic design ideas for a vehicle wrap or vehicle lettering. No need for actual design. it is for christian dating site. ? Client is in Temple Hills, MD