How did you start a career in graphic design?

The path of a graphic designer is: mastering professional knowledge and unique design style - selling yourself to work - customer recognition - flying solo yourself.

Depending on your description, you can skip stage one.

Then it is the second stage, it is necessary to sell yourself to work, and to go from a small company to a large company (this is for the future to support your own façade), from the edge of the industry to the high-end of the industry, this stage can better apply your things to practice, broaden your horizons, and contact more customers (. . . This is the key to ... And gradually understand what customers really need, grasp the real market demand.

Stages 2 to 3 is quite a long process, essential and very important! Client recognition is not only about your individual work, but also about your design ability, and even asking your company to appoint you to complete the project through several collaborations. If you can complete these two stages of transition, then congratulations you are not far from the imaginary "free man".

When the customer needs you, not your company, you have the capital to fly alone, in fact, you have your own customer resources, at this time, whether you are worth twice the value of the job-hopping or choose the "free man", it depends on you.

It should be clarified: through your introduction of yourself, I estimate that you have not been in the industry for a long time, even if you have a period of work experience, you have not completed the above transition from the second stage to the third stage, so you do not have your own customer resources. In fact, what you call "free man" is the same as opening a company alone, the difference is the amount of investment and the scale of production capacity, all those who dare to go it alone, and also engage in their own original industry, must have one thing in common, that is, to pry away the previous company's customers and business!

If you can't accumulate customers in the process of working for people, then whether you are a freelancer or invest in a design company, you will still receive casual jobs.

Find a company to work with, they will come to you if they need it.

Come to Hefei Langshi Design to see!

Graphic design work in the customer often has the need for spring skin, but whether it is in PS or Coreldrw in the typesetting table is extremely inconvenient, word and excel typesetting ** excellent, but not used in graphic design, indesigncs or pagemaker with the table, after the completion of the **, can be directly inserted into the pagemaker, or poured out as eps, and then open with AI, it is recommended to convert into a path, Personally, I think that these two are the fastest to do at present, and the functions are not bad. Therefore, now the main graphic design software is Photoshop, CorelDraw, IIIUSTATOR, FreeHand, Pagemaker, Photolmpact. Among the most commonly used software are Photoshop, Illustrator, Coreldraw, and PageMaker.

Photoshop is a dot matrix design software, composed of pixels, the larger the resolution, the larger the image, the advantages of Photoshop are rich colors and super functions, no one can match; The disadvantage is that the file is too large, the clarity will be reduced after enlargement, and the edges of the text will not be clear.

Illustrator is a vector design software that can be scaled up and down at will without the same clarity. The biggest advantage of Illustrator is that it can be kept clear when zoomed in to any extent, especially the logo design, text, and typography are particularly excellent; It can be applied for both Mac and PC.

CorelDraw is a vector design software that can be scaled up and down at will without the same clarity. The biggest advantage of CorelDraw is that it can be kept clear when zoomed in to any extent, especially the logo design, text, and typography are particularly excellent; There are not many Mac applications, and they are mostly seen on PCs.

Your design should meet the aesthetic standards and requirements of the stuffy sail public, look at more problematic designs, give yourself more experience accumulation, slowly find your own shortcomings, and lower your mentality, after all, you have only come out of school now. If you want to make progress, you must learn some experience from other people's roads and take a distinctive path of your own design. Graphic design requires solid computer knowledge.

In China, graphic design is in its infancy, Guangdong, Shenzhen, Beijing, and Shanghai may be better, but most people still don't understand this industry, especially students who have graduated from professional colleges, if the design you learn in the college is not enough business, it will be difficult to adapt at first, and you will feel that others really don't understand what design is! Because the general aesthetic level of Chinese is very low, a few people who are really good at design are optimistic. It's really hard to compare with Western countries.

So if you want to design in China, that's it. I advise you to get used to it first. In addition, I would like to say that a real designer can do design even if he has any tools, instead of using other people's well-made and well-shot materials, which is still the behavior of an immature designer.

How to do the design?

Always remember that you are a businessman who understands design and loves design. Eat with design, you are more qualified than others.

The design company is characterful, ten years to be small, once to become big, all your efforts will be verified.

Never be satisfied with your work, people and companies stronger than you are around, and they are always ready to give you a hard blow. All you can do is keep improving yourself and make your vitality more vigorous.

We must pay attention to every small list and small customer, otherwise the so-called professionalism will be lost, and you will lose the opportunity and quality of development.

It is necessary to be clear that the fundamental difference between a design company and an advertising company lies in the road, and only by knowing the road can you think about how to take this road.

Pay attention to learning business etiquette, these qualities will earn you the respect of customers in the process of starting a business.

Watch less dramas and more news and financial programs to develop your ability to observe and examine problems.

Be knowledgeable, don't be sophisticated, just miscellaneous, and make every one of your customers feel like you're an expert.

Don't turn your back on your ideals, unless you feel that money is the only thing you think is important, being a person with ideals will naturally make a company with ideals.

Don't always associate yourself with people who do designers, unless you just want to be a designer. First of all, of course, I want to look at the works of my predecessors, and then follow their works and do it myself (how can there be so many designers, all clones).If you want to do a good job in graphic design, you must first have real kung fu, such as ** effect or something, at least you have to be able to do it, and it is the most headache to be filial to the point where you can't do it, with a certain production ability, coupled with bold assumptions, you should be able to design a good work.

I think that if you dare to try, and you are not satisfied, you will succeed if you are willing to pursue and persevere, and of course, you need a little creative talent to do design.

Graphic designers mainly do advertising, renderings, signboards, etc. The available jobs are:

Planning and art: responsible for the design and production of promotional materials for the company, and at the same time have certain copywriting and organizational skills; It is required to have strong comprehensive ability, be able to use graphic design software, hand-drawn posters, etc. Mainly in shopping malls, hotels, entertainment venues, ** companies, etc.

2.Graphic art: the use of computer design and production of promotional materials, requires proficiency in graphic design software and a certain art foundation. Mainly working in advertising agencies.

3.Display art: At present, it is a relatively new industry in China, responsible for the window design and store layout of business places (mainly shopping malls and specialty stores). It is required to have a foundation in planning and art, and at the same time be creative and have a sensitivity to fashion and art.

5.Film and Television Drama Artist: Film and Television Drama Artist, who has this major in the Film Academy.

6.Stage art: The beautiful effect of the "Spring Festival Gala" every year is a masterpiece of stage art.

7.Photo studio artist: responsible for making photo albums in the wedding photo studio**.

8.Inkjet artist: responsible for the production of display panels and the use of inkjet printers, to be precise, this work can only be regarded as operation rather than design, generally in the inkjet company.

Graphic design, in layman's terms, is visual communication design, which is created in a variety of ways, using symbols, ** and words to convey ideas and messages. Graphic design is widely used in people's work and life, publications, print advertising, signs, logos, product packaging, product design, artworks, web design, etc.

These are relatively large classifications, and there are many detailed classifications under each category, covering a lot of content. The following is a detailed explanation of several graphic designs that are more popular than liquid trembling silver.

1. Print advertising design.

Advertising is ubiquitous in today's society, and print advertising plays a pivotal role in it, touching all aspects of work and life. Advertisements, leaflets, billboards, posters, product packaging advertisements, posters, advertising shirts, overalls, etc., published in publications all belong to the category of print advertising design.

2. Product design.

The application of graphic design in product design is mainly reflected in the design of product appearance, which mainly refers to the creativity and combination of shapes, patterns, and colors. The daily necessities, household appliances, furniture, decorations, luxury goods, office supplies, etc., all of which are related to graphic design, such as clothing, handbags, bags, watches, cars, toys, mobile phones, computers, desks, etc.;

3. Logo design.

The logo is the core part of the brand image, and a good brand logo can be remembered at a glance and play a good role in identification. Logo design is not only used in commodities, but also widely used in enterprises and social institutions, the image of the first organization, as large as a country's national emblem and flag, as small as a commodity logo, and even personal image representatives, can be achieved with logo design.

4. Web design.

The modern network is changing with each passing day, and various ** platforms are emerging in an endless stream, and web design is particularly important. A good **, if you want to get more attention, then in addition to the hard conditions of the game, visual design is crucial. Different types of **, it is necessary to do some special design in a targeted manner, and the layout and use of colors must be perfect in order to better attract the audience.

As can be seen from the above introduction, graphic design will have different work content in different fields and different companies, and it cannot be generalized.

There's interior design or some product packaging and so on. It depends on what you choose? If it is an interior design, it is common to draw a floor plan for the interior of the room.

For example, furniture is placed in ** to imitate a top view, an upward view, or something like that? Or if it's a product design. For example, let's ask you to design the outer packaging of a box.

Then you operate on the software. Design every side of this outer packaging.

Graphic design is also divided into a lot. For example, there is interior design or some product packaging design and so on. It depends on what you choose?

If it is an interior design, it is common to draw a floor plan for the interior of the room. For example, furniture is placed in ** to imitate a top view, an upward view, or something like that? Or if it's a product design.

For example, let's ask you to design the outer packaging of a box. Then you operate on the software. Design every side of this outer packaging.