Everything about Graphic Design
If you want to have 10-15 thousand pocket money with graduation, you can have side income. Here is a list of some freelancing skills you can learn –
- Graphic Designing
- Website Design and development
- Content Writing
- Photography and Videography
- Video Editing/ Photo Editing
- Digital Marketing
- Animator
- Translation and Languages
- Android App Developer
Here we are going to discuss “Graphic Designing”. In this blog you will learn who is a graphic designer? What is the job of a graphic designer? Which software and tools graphic designers should know? How much time does it take to learn graphic designing? How much money do you get for freelancing? Can we make a career in this too? Is degree required? Are certificates required? This all topics we are going to cover in this blog.
You may have noticed many people make their vector image. This work is done by a graphic designer. You must have seen that some websites have some drawings made in them. That is also a work done by a graphic designer. If there is a website, make a blueprint of it initially. This is also what graphic designers do on adobe XD.
Graphic Designing for Clients
Making logos for brands is also a job of graphic designer. Graphic Designer makes 5-6 logo designs to pick one from it. Whatever is our Facebook page or YouTube page, the banner art that is placed above it is also the job of a graphic designer. The best thing is that graphic designing is a field that is going on increasing day by day. The need for graphic designers is increasing.
If anyone wants to open a shop even today, then they go to the graphic designer for illustrations on the website, logo and templates. You can talk about any field, policemen need army people, the corporate world has a mandatory need of graphic designers. Advertisement companies, social media all need graphic designers.
Now the topic is where you can get graphic designing freelance work? So, there are several freelancing sites in the market to find graphic designing freelance work such as Rockerstop, 99Design, Freelancer, Upwork. Rockerstop and 99 design is basically for Graphic designers only.
Tools for Graphic Designing-
When we do graphic designing, we need a lot of software and tools. So, let’s first see which software and tools we need. Mostly used software and tools are
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator – Logos and Vector Image Illustrations
- Adobe XD
- Adobe InDesign
Besides these tools there are many other tools also. But your work will be easily complete from these tools only.
1. Adobe Photoshop
Adobe photoshop is the strongest editor in the market for photo editing, masking etc you can do easily on adobe photoshop.
2. Adobe Illustrator
To make logos, illustrations and cards then we need Adobe illustrator as it offers vector images. Where the vector image is used, for example – Coca Cola logo is used in bottle cap as well as in big banners. It is highly recommended that first you get familiar with Adobe photoshop, then you should see Adobe illustrator.
3. Adobe XD
Adobe Xd is for designing prototype, blueprint and illustration for the websites.
Another question! From where we can buy these software and tools? All these tools are paid and you buy these from Adobe Official Site. Otherwise, if you are smart you can search how you can use these tools for free.
After download and software installed in your system! How will you learn these software’s? However, there are so many courses on YouTube but they do not cover all topics. So, in this case- Udemy is the website from where you can purchase training courses by experts. These are also paid but you know how to download training courses for free.
Now comes do we need a degree to become a Graphic Designer?
Let’s understand this with an example! In Gym there are normal trainers as well as certified trainers, so certified trainers are more valuable than normal trainers.
Similarly, if you are about to do freelancing for pocket money in your college days or to do a part time job with your regular job. Then in this case you don’t need any degree.
This is because in this field people give importance to your skills and how strong is your portfolio, how high is your rating, how you have worked for your previous clients.
But if you choose graphic designing as your main source of income, and if graphic designing is your career choice, then you have to take a degree!
Certificates Necessary?
No, there is no need for any certification. There are various graphics designers out who can make certificates fake. So, one believes in your certificates but they do believe in your skills.
What is the salary of a Graphic Designer?
In India when you are working for small firms, they will offer around 5-7 thousand initially and will increase as time goes. On the other side if you are working for Big MNC companies, they will offer initially around 15-20 thousand and increase gradually in years or may be in some months.
So, we have covered all the questions mentioned above. This was all about how you can become a graphic designer and do freelancing in your college days and after that you can also choose graphic designing skills for your career option.
In our upcoming articles we will cover more topics on Graphic Designing. So, stay updated on our blog and for any further query, comment in the section below. We are always there to answer your questions.