Ask for guidance from graphic design masters!!

Didn't know you were a**! 5 years, 3,000 yuan per month, if you put it in a city like Xi'an or Changsha, you yourself are a god! Due to China's national conditions, the graphic design industry is very worthless in China.

More than 80% of advertising companies, make money in materials, production and construction, basically the design is free, since it is free, the lower the cost must be, the better, how to reduce the cost, of course, is to give designers low wages! This is something that most advertising agency owners can think of and are implementing. Of course, you would say that there are many companies that make money from design!

In fact, you can count how many such companies there are, there are more first-tier cities, and there are few or even none after the second-tier cities. This kind of company is facing large customers, producing CIS, BI, MI, VI and other systems or formulating print advertising plans and advertiser screens for customers throughout the year, which is difficult for ordinary small advertising companies to do, so I say that most advertising companies do not make money from design. Generally, the salary of designers in advertising companies is not very high, and there is no problem with food and clothing, but it is difficult to buy a car or a house.

Design is suitable for people under the age of 30, and few people do design after starting a family after the age of 30.

Personally, if you have been in the industry for so many years and design is not a problem, then you should specialize in materials, production and construction, and then start your own business when the time comes. Starting a business in the advertising industry is also simple, a few computers, a few people, and you're fine. As for the production, you can find peers to process and install, do the small work yourself, find workers for the big work, save some money slowly, and buy some equipment appropriately, so that you can do it slowly.

Otherwise, when you get married, you will still be designing at the age of thirty or forty, and it is estimated that you will not be able to support your daughter-in-law and baby!!

I started to do design in 07, last year I began to partner with classmates and friends to get my own, at the beginning of the work is very little, how to calculate the loss, persisted in this year, now the business is not bad, every day is very busy, I rarely make drawings, although hard and busy, but the income is not bad, the heart is also very down-to-earth, plan to buy an inkjet printer at the end of the year. The advertising industry relies on persistence, many people learn design, but many people give up after working for a year or two, because the design industry is really hard and makes less money, but everything is expensive in persistence, I hope you can also persevere.

Finally, as a companion, as a fellow traveler, and as an old man who has been 5 years old, I salute you!!

I agree with the statement upstairs, I am almost the same as you in this regard, I felt that the development was stagnant after 2 years and sought new breakthroughs. If you're doing graphic design, don't stop at computer drawing. The characteristics of materials should be learned simultaneously, and various new materials and characteristics should be learned.

There is also the production process, in this way, you go to a professional design company, make a vi, bi, etc. for the hotel, the design fee is more than 10w, the commission is 3 points, and you can generally get about 8k, and if you know everything about this industry, go to the project, the entire planning and design, including post-production processing, then you earn more.

You can also open a shop with a little money, and you can process and send out, provided that you are familiar with the material characteristics, processing, and **.

1.Learn the theory first and understand the three major components: plane composition, color composition, and three-dimensional composition 2

Learn to draw by hand, sketch, watercolor, not required to be proficient, but it is best to be able to draw a sketch that can be seen 3To learn the software again, Photoshop, Illustrator, and CorelDraw must be mastered.

4.Professional knowledge, to have a certain understanding of printing, know typesetting, bleeding, cutting line, hair arrangement, printing, UV, bronzing, cutting, etc., not necessarily will, but must understand, in addition to the resolution of the inkjet, material, lamination, etc., the general graphic design post-production is mainly in contact with these two industries.

5.Practice with an open mind, practice produces true knowledge, the distance from theory to the finished product is too large, there are too many things to learn, we must be modest.

Go to the training school for graphic design about 3000 yuan.

Colors and styling.

Graphic design and three-dimensional modeling are basic.

Then there's PS 3DMAX

First of all, I think it's important to consider the situation of the family, including your parents and your girlfriend. It's important to listen to their advice. After all, family is more important than work (at least that's how I see it).

Second, maybe you are closer to Dalian, so you will consider between Dalian and Shanghai. Although I don't know much about Dalian, after all, a provincial capital city cannot be compared with a municipality directly under the central government. Obviously, although Dalian has the advantages of software development and software outsourcing services, it may not be the first choice for a graphic design graduate.

And Shanghai has far more opportunities than Dalian. What do you think?

Thirdly, I think you can think about Beijing again. As the cultural center of our country, Beijing has unique advantages in terms of cultural creativity, while Shanghai is only the economic center of our country. Beijing has 798, DRC, Shijingshan Creative Center, Yonghe Creative Industry Park, and so on.

I think Beijing is closer to Dalian.

In the end, it's up to you to decide! Good luck!

Graphic design jobs are easier to find in Shanghai, after all, there are many opportunities in Shanghai, and advertising planning companies are recruiting more talents in graphic design. And the daily consumption is similar to that of Dalian, as long as you don't want to consume high, the daily consumption is about the same. Renting a house in Shanghai is a little more expensive, but now there are a lot of shared houses, and the cost is not too expensive.

The income of this work in Shanghai is about 3500, and the rent is about 1500, for your reference.

If you really want to be in Shanghai, then go to Dalian to work. If you really want to go to Dalian, then go to Shanghai to work first, which will make you more comprehensive.

I am from Dalian, I advise you to go to Shanghai to study, further study, development, (international city, the vision is not described...)

Later, he came to Dalian to settle down (the natural environment is more suitable for human survival, although it is not as good as before...)

Of course, it's Shanghai, don't even think about it.

As a designer in Dalian, please don't hesitate to go to Shanghai.

This configuration is too old. If you make a slightly larger file, it will get stuck, which will affect your work efficiency.

A lot of design software is memory-intensive, and the larger the memory, the better. The requirements for the motherboard are also relatively high.

General memory 8G, CPU i7 series according to the budget to choose one, take i7-3540M as an example CPU numerical meaning is as follows: i7, on behalf of the product series, generally the later the better, i7 is better than i5 is better than i3; 3540m's 3 represents the 3rd generation, 5 represents the performance grade, 4 represents the main frequency, the larger the number, the higher the frequency, and 0 represents the version;

The English meaning is as follows:

X: Extreme performance version, such as i7-3960X, priced at 9,000, super performance.

K: The unlocked multiplier version can be overclocked to improve performance. i7-4770k

p: Coreless display.

S: low-power version, this type of CPU frequency is very low, and the performance is not as good as the same level without S, T: Ultra-low-power version, not as good.

m: Mobile version. The standard power of the notebook is that the power consumption is normal, which is better than S and T.

XM MX: Extreme performance mobile version, with M are used on notebooks, plus X, it is Extreme, very bullish meaning, such as i7-2920XM

QM MQ: Quad-core mobile version.

HQ: Quad-core mobile version (support vpro), in fact, the one above is the same, such as i7-4700mq hq, the same.

LM UM: Low voltage mobile version.

7M U: Super Voltage Mobile Version (Ultrabook).

Y: Ultra-low voltage mobile version (tablet hybrid version).

Choose according to your actual needs and budget, and it's best to let someone with a computer recommend it to you.

The storage space is larger, at least 1T, and you should have a mobile hard disk of more than 500G to store materials and files. You can let the recommended motherboard with the computer, choose a board with good read speed and write speed in the budget, and a big brand, otherwise you can slow down when copying large files.

If the budget is good, it's best to choose a discrete graphics card.

1. Originality and creativity

Design is the core, creation is the soul. You don't have to use the same creative methods that everyone is working with, but avoiding trends and exploring your own style will make your design work unique.

2. Use levels to sort out the content

Arranging content and information in a more hierarchical way is the most important part of visual design, and adjusting the color and proportion of elements in your content can be observed to see a change in its importance in the overall visual.

3. Symmetry is also useful

Many good designs make full use of symmetry. When using symmetry, make sure that the symmetry is consistent in terms of visual thickness.

4. Leave blank

White space will give the various elements in the design enough space to breathe and give the user room to imagine. It makes the content more focused and easy to read, and it doesn't distract users from clutter.

5. Idea first, then design

Researching, reading, and researching materials before you start designing will help you develop your work, which will give you control over enough facts and content, and research will ensure that the design is a well-thought-out product. Only good ideas can achieve good works.

6. Create mood boards

Centralize your collection of relevant **, color palettes, and other visual work on a whiteboard before designing, so you can find inspiration, find common features, themes, and color palettes, and ultimately apply them to your project.

7. Imitation and creation

We have said that there is no shame in imitating tribute, use search and filter to find works, styles and styles that meet your needs, and build your own works in imitation and creation. After all, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and with the works of predecessors to learn from, future generations can stand on the shoulders of giants and see further.

That's all about graphic design skills.

1.Aesthetic awareness

First of all, a good graphic designer must always pay attention to new things and consciously observe the surroundings. No matter what we do, we can discover design in our lives. Focusing on art, typography, packaging, posters, magazines, books, apps, web pages, and even buildings, objects, or natural objects can inspire you and shape your design taste and means.

2.Visual hierarchy

Every year, our UX Studio organizes a month-long course for product designers in Budapest to help those who wish to enhance their UX knowledge. When it comes to the design on the screen of a device, we talk a lot about the visual hierarchy.

When you're looking at a design, the visual hierarchy defines where and what you should pay attention to. Everything has a visual hierarchy. Books, magazines, screens, and even buildings or objects can have a visual hierarchy!

If you can build the hierarchy well, you can channel people's attention properly.

3.The best way to get inspired

Graphic design is a creative profession. We've all heard a lot of that. But do you really need to be creative to become a skilled graphic designer?

Does this creative personality really exist? Or do we just tend to put this label on certain people or professions? Or even ourselves?

To work creatively and find innovative solutions, sit down, understand the problem market customers, and try to generate a lot of ideas from them. Although most of the cases are bad, if you work hard enough, you will find a suitable and useful solution. Creativity involves process and practice.

You have to train your brain and get used to the process. But you still need to learn the process, which is a must-have skill.

4.Typography

As a graphic designer, you need to work with fonts and typography. So, you have to learn the basic rules and popular trends of typography. Typography techniques are also closely related to the visual hierarchy.

The above is the relevant sharing of global green ivy on graphic design visual skills, I hope it will be helpful to those who are new to design, if you want to know more about design-related content, welcome to pay attention to this platform in time!

Dot

A point is a relatively small element, the intersection of the lines forms a point, and the point can form a line by motion. The most important function of a point is to indicate the location and make a cluster. A point is the most basic and important element, and we can consider a smaller element in a diagram or more than two non-linear elements in a diagram at the same time.

In this way, a point can have a variety of shapes and have different areas, but in graphic design theory, its position relationship is more important than the area relationship, and even many times, we don't care about the area size of the point.

In graphic design, the same point, due to the difference in size, shape, and position, produces different visual effects and psychological effects. The zooming of the dot plays the role of emphasizing and attracting attention, while the magnification of the dot has a sense of face.

line

The line has the characteristics of length, the trajectory of the point, the characteristic of direction and the sense of movement of the force, and the line is also the boundary of the surface and the turning point of the surface. The closure of the line can form a surface, the line can highlight the shape, and the outline line has a beautifying effect.

The proper use of straight lines has a standard, modern, and stable feel for the work, and we often use straight lines to correct the design that is not standardized enough. Proper straight lines can also divide the plane. The curves are feminine and have a soft, elegant feel.

The neat arrangement of curves will make people feel smooth, making people imagine hair, feathers, running water, etc., which has a strong psychological suggestive effect, while the irregular arrangement of curves will make people feel chaotic, disordered and free.

faces

A polygon is a trajectory in which a line moves laterally and has the shape of a polygon. The line has a directional basis and is a one-degree spatial existence; The existence of a plane with a horizontal and longitudinal two-dimensional space. There is no absolute distinction between points and polygons, and we call them points when positional relationships are needed.

When we need to emphasize the area of a shape, we think of it as a surface. A certain number of faces are arranged in an orderly manner, which can create a sense of hierarchy. Faces can be further constituted.

The above is the relevant content about the basic skills of graphic design shared with you, I hope you will be helpful, if you want to know more about skills, please pay attention to this platform, and it will be sorted out and published on the platform in a timely manner.