5 advices for your to improve as a designer
4 Feb, 2008
The talent is something… but not everything in this life is talent, you cannot depend on your talent all your life, sooner or later you’ll pay the price. Technology, softwares, people, equipments, everything chances, you cannot be left apart.1. Read a couple tutorials per week
Reading tutorials is a great way to learn tons of new things, specially if you want to learn something from scratch. If you know a bit of the program, I advice you to set goals. But a realistic goal, you won’t become an expert in 24 hours.
2. Gather inspirational designs
As designers, we need to look a lot around us. And for sure, whether if it’s on the internet or at the bus stop, something is going to catch your eye’s attention. It’s time to take advantage of all the resources you have at hand, including the cell phone camera. Nobody knows, maybe you could use this as a future reference for a design.
3. See what the competition is doing
It’s really important, like I just stated above, to keep an eye over what’s happening and what are the trends. You can do it anywhere in your local area, or when you travel or even online. Analyze the designs, why did they use that color?, why that shape?, how could I do that same thing?, etc.
4. Collaborate with others
If you have friends that also know about graphic designing, do any fun project together, you will be leaning a lot. The idea flow will be astonishing. You’ll be able to develop more your team work skills and use different programs. It’s a great time to learn a new Photoshop effect.
5. Isolate problematic ideas and deal with them
We all have weak spots, and we can’t be the best in all the graphic designing areas. Identify your weak spots. Go step by step and with patience and perseverance you’ll improve.
Source: Evo Art
