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Getting started in graphic design?
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1073663"><p>Photoshop jockeys are always in demand, but the graphic arts is a much more comprehensive field than that.</p><p></p><p>Your best "textbooks" are simply the world around you -- notice good design, figure out why it works for you, figure out how you'd do that same effect in Photoshop or Illustrator.</p><p></p><p>Read ads and notice art. It has a language, and like all languages it has rules and "grammar." You have to know the rules before you can know which ones you can break, and when. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Start with business cards, and small ads and such. Work with printers/print shops/community publications to discover what they bring to the process (answer: the real world and its limitations!). You'll probably need to do a lot of "little, tedious" type jobs, but you'll also get the occasional "big, cool" thing to work on every now and again.</p><p></p><p>Read Photoshop User magazine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1073663"] Photoshop jockeys are always in demand, but the graphic arts is a much more comprehensive field than that. Your best "textbooks" are simply the world around you -- notice good design, figure out why it works for you, figure out how you'd do that same effect in Photoshop or Illustrator. Read ads and notice art. It has a language, and like all languages it has rules and "grammar." You have to know the rules before you can know which ones you can break, and when. :) Start with business cards, and small ads and such. Work with printers/print shops/community publications to discover what they bring to the process (answer: the real world and its limitations!). You'll probably need to do a lot of "little, tedious" type jobs, but you'll also get the occasional "big, cool" thing to work on every now and again. Read Photoshop User magazine. [/QUOTE]
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