Design is one of the most popular industries in our country. Who just does not call himself a designer: starting from serious website developers and ending with ordinary manicure masters. However, the real designer is the graphic designer.
Nowadays, the general computerization of graphics classes on paper remained the lot of artists. All other specialties associated with it have long ago grown into computer ones. A graphic designer is no exception. This is what this person does "scientifically": "carries out art and design activities to create a harmonious and effective visual-communicative environment." In fact, everything is not so scary, just the field of their activity - books, magazines, advertising and websites. It is these experts who develop the visual design of pages on the Internet, magazines and books, fonts, which print articles in newspapers.
To work effectively in the field of design, you must have knowledge in the field of
graphic editors, special programming languages such as Pearl, Java. You also need to know the basics of computer typesetting and typesetting languages - HTML, XML and others. At the same time, the graphic designer himself can use ready-made images, photos and printed materials. His task is not to write texts or shoot. He must make sure that these texts and photos are submitted on the website or in print in the most favorable light, beautiful, effective and unusual. This is precisely the goal of the graphic design specialist.
It is possible that after listing the features, you really liked the profession of “graphic designer”. "Where to study this specialty?" - naturally you ask. Now there are a huge number of courses that give the necessary "crusts", many faculties of the Art-graphic and Architectural Universities also began to graduate such specialists. In general, you can turn to them first. However, the knowledge that you gain within the walls of educational institutions will not guarantee your success in graphic design. Because first of all, mastery training is already in progress. That is why in Russia a large number of graphic design specialists do not have a diploma in this profession, which, however, does not prevent them from working successfully.
In general, your portfolio of graphic designer will be the face of your knowledge in this profession - this is a selection of the most successful projects in this field that have been personally implemented by you. It and only it will tell about your skills better than any diploma and recommendations. So remember, only hard work and self-improvement will make you a really good designer. Undoubtedly, this profession cannot do without a lively imagination, the ability to look at things from a non-standard
angle of view and sense of style.
All these qualities form the result of such an interesting and mysterious profession - a graphic designer. If you also want to try yourself in this specialty, act, and you will succeed!