How can I improve my level of graphic design?

Improving software proficiency and aesthetic prowess, it's as simple as that. There are many ways to do this, and it is recommended to add a design group to facilitate communication.

First of all, you have to realize that design is also an art. As a designer, basic things are absolutely indispensable, secondly, read more books, related magazines, etc., absorb the essence of the master, intentions, etc., and understand the history of design in your field, the style of each country and each era, humanities, etc. In the end, it's about taking these essences for your own use and using different combinations to create something of your own style.

Another point is that the designer is always the creator of history, so the design can not be static, we must have the courage to break through the predecessors, break the norms, as long as it meets the aesthetic standards, to boldly use the imagination. 1: Associating things 2:

Pay attention to the small details of life, 3: hunt more and other aspects of knowledge, such as history, culture, fashion, and other artistic knowledge. 4:

There is also a collection of some whimsical ideas that you usually think of, which can be drawn or expressed in words as long as they can be recorded, after all, people are not inspired all the time. 5: Don't stay in your room or enclosed space all the time, go out and walk more often, it may be inspiring.

6: Look at the works of my predecessors, they are all the essence!It can also be inspiring.

7: Communicate more with the customer to understand his preferences, so that the customer will like what you make Sometimes you make a good advertising idea but the customer doesn't like it, after all, everyone's point of view is different. This kind of communication can sometimes lead to unexpected ideas.

1. Massive picture reading to improve appreciation.

Usually there is nothing to do, you must look at the pictures more to improve your appreciation ability. A good designer must have seen more than 10,000 works. Looking at a large number of pictures, it is not to look at the flowers, but to look at the pictures with thinking.

When looking at the picture, I must learn to analyze, what elements are used in the whole **, what is the designer's creative thinking and method, if it is replaced by myself, can I make it like this or have new ideas to explore. In addition, we should also review our past works from time to time, compare them with our current works, and see if our design level has improved.

2. Imitation and innovation.

The "imitation" here does not mean to copy it all, but to imitate the essence of its interface, analyze its picture structure and color matching, and think about why it is combined in this way. If you want to improve your interface design skills, you also need to redesign the theme. Putting aside the inherent style and elements, while keeping the theme unchanged, we can recreate the design by ourselves, and we can transform the excellent points into our own works and add our own creative elements.

3. Professional ability and knowledge development.

If an excellent UI designer, aesthetic ability is soft power, then professional ability is hard power. Even a small business card design also contains your sense of aesthetics, typography, creativity, etc., and it is also a great test of professional skills. When you do more and more design, more and more handy, you need to integrate the previous very scattered things, combined into a whole, not only to have a global thinking, but also to have the ability to deal with local details, you need to improve your professional skills through continuous learning, create value for yourself, and enhance your market competitiveness.

At the same time, it is also necessary to do a good job in the accumulation and expansion of knowledge other than design, such as social communication, psychological analysis, negotiation skills, etc. Because in practical work, UI designers should not only understand customer needs, but also analyze the project as a whole, not only to let customers recognize your professionalism, but also to let customers recognize you as a person.

If you want to improve your interface design ability, you still need to be down-to-earth and keep practicing.

Tips for improving your graphic design skills are:

1. Collect more graphic design materials. Collect as many materials as possible, develop the habit of collecting materials, and pay equal attention to electronic and books, and comprehensively collect excellent materials on the Internet and books;

2. Learn from good design works. Always study excellent graphic design works, learn from them, and find their own shortcomings;

3. Proficient in graphic design software. Learning graphic design software is a prerequisite for becoming a graphic designer. Good creative ideas can only be expressed through graphic design software, so graphic designers should be very proficient in relevant graphic design software;

4. Read more books on design theory. For example, "Color Composition", "Plane Composition", "Font Design", "Pattern", "Layout Design", etc., learn subtly and gradually, and take learning as a way of life, and experience will slowly accumulate.

1. Gradually reduce the amount of material used.

The reason why your drawings are becoming more and more ordinary is probably because you just blindly apply the fixed template, but leave your brain and creativity behind. Learn to think with your brain, at the end of the day, a template is just a rough reference, something to help you with your creativity. Therefore, if you want to improve your design level, you must force yourself not to move the hard set, so as to reduce the number of materials after use, and over time, your brain will slowly operate, don't let it be idle, you will enjoy the sense of achievement of this creation.

2. Improve aesthetics.

What if you can't think of a design solution in your head? A large part of it comes from your own low aesthetic perception, that is, you see less and naturally have less things in your head. In my free time, I look at those excellent works, instead of being full of ordinary materials.

When you appreciate more and more excellent works, your aesthetics will also improve, and the creativity you can think of in your mind will be better. There are also a lot of excellent album change products, petals, and the station is cool.

3. Self-denial and criticism.

Many designers are very narcissistic, and they always feel that what they design is good, and that will ruin your path to success. Compare excellent works with your own works, and there is no harm if there is no comparison. To have the tenacity of the current design, it must be better than the previous design.

If you don't improve, you don't see clearly what level your ability is, and you don't have a good understanding of what your work is.

4. Don't stay home.

What is a state office? It's a design that works hard and works behind closed doors. Learn to communicate, ask questions if you don't understand.

Although most designers are not very extroverted, knowing some basic interpersonal relationships is a skill that every designer must master. Because design is not done behind closed doors, designers need to communicate with customers, understand needs, and also need to communicate with colleagues, and of course, use the Internet to communicate with other designers. As the old saying goes, there must be a teacher in a threesome, and many times some of the skills are learned by talking to other designers.

Only designers who are good at communication can improve themselves better and faster.

5. Expand the field of knowledge.

Just learn a PS and AI? Absolutely not, CDR 3D C4D UG DW A lot of 3D fonts on posters are made by 3D software, how long do you have to do it with PS? Besides, if you modify it later, you will be confused.

As a novice to learn graphic design from scratch, the first thing you understand is what graphic design is?

Graphic design, also known as visual communication design, is to use "visual" as a way of communication and expression, through a variety of ways to create and combine symbols, ** and words, so as to make a visual expression used to convey ideas or messages. Graphic designers may use professional skills in typography, visual arts, pagelayout, computer software, etc., to achieve the purpose of their creative project. Graphic design can generally refer to the process of making (designing) and the final finished product.

Learning graphic design is divided into several aspects: first, the theoretical part; 2. Software learning; 3. Browse excellent works.

How to do a good job in graphic design, I summarize three points: learn graphic design from scratch.

1.See more (excellent works of design; Pay attention to the physical objects around you and pay attention to the small details).

2.Do more (learn from other people's good works before creating).

3.Practice more (the use of design software is an important way for you to complete a work sold in a shed, and proficiency is also a reflection of whether the work can meet expectations).

What is the order in which you want to learn graphic design? Many people suggest learning theory first, so most of the learning of theoretical knowledge starts from reading, but, just imagine, when a completely zero-based novice reads theoretical books such as the three major components and layout design, how much can he really absorb? How efficient is it?

In my opinion, most people are still suitable for the following learning methods. First of all, zero-based beginners first learned what graphic design is from some network resource channels, and it doesn't have to be very clear, just know it. For example, it is very simple to understand that graphic designers need to make logos, business cards, brochures, leaflets, posters, etc.

Then the next step is to learn the software, and you only need to learn the two software of PS and AI in the early stage.

For software learning, everyone's learning ability is different, and the path chosen is naturally different. Some people learn through online courses, which requires learners to have strong self-control and learning ability and independent problem-solving skills, and some people learn through class registration, such learning, systematic, concentrated, and tutored, suitable for most people. Software is not difficult to learn, if you concentrate on efficient full-time learning.

Next, the chain is into the study and practice of theoretical knowledge, the theoretical knowledge mentioned here is not to come up to the banquet to read some of the three major components and layout design books, for example, if you want to learn logo design today, you need to see some basic knowledge of logo design, such as design principles and design techniques. You don't need to read a book in a row before designing and creating, in the process of reading the book, you can start to practice, synchronously, which is more effective than a single study.