A graphic designer’s process for designing is very tedious, but it is very rewarding once it has been accomplished. Something very important to remember is that an artist does not concern himself with the final product. A designer on the other hand is focused on the product and how it will affect the audience at the end of the production. The whole concept of design is focused on the user and how it affects them. Not only does it matter how it affects them, but also if the design is compatible with the person and if they can understand it. Before a design is made, the creators think about the end goal and the audience that it will affect. Once they have figure out who will be affected, they will then discuss their budget, the type of materials that are going to be used, and then they also discuss the time limit they have to finish the project. An important step in creating the product is that after setting up the general prototype, they bring out the prototypes to the public and check for feedback so they can fix it to make it more user friendly and understandable. Not only is having a functioning product important, but it is also critical to have a beautiful design for the employer. After the prototypes have been modified, the final product is created and then sent to the employer.
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What Is Graphic Design
Many people assume that graphic designers sit around and design signs, books, and logos, but this is only scratching the surface of what they do. Graphic design is the ability to interpret and understand what the individual customer or company wants in their design. Once they have an understanding, it is then translated into the final product. Being a graphic designer is also about establishing communication and clarity with the other person so that the job can be achieved quickly and efficiently.
Graphic designers must understand that their product will be affecting an audience in some form. They must be precise and on point with their designs and the guidelines that the customer has brought them. They could be designing airplane emergency exit pamphlets, or they could be designing heavy-duty equipment operation manuals. With that, it is crucial that they style these products correctly, so the message is transparent and that there is no confusion for the audience nor the company when they are reading the pamphlets or the operation manuals. Graphic design is a large category with many different types talents and skills that fall underneath it. It is our job to educate ourselves more on what other artists do in the graphic design field. It is also our job to learn how to communicate with employers efficiently and clearly so that the final product will be not only be loved, but it will meet all the requirements that were expected.
Follow up to previous post.
For some reason, I can’t post on the new videos, so here is my post for the next two videos in the Design Council series.
The next two videos describe the different aspects and skills a graphic designer has and builds. They understand the language of graphics and the ins and outs of the system. the other video goes into the process and how graphic designers actually do their projects.
What a graphic designer does? (video)
When I was a junior in high school, they would ask me what I wanted to be. I wasn’t sure but then I was interested in graphic design. I was unsure what Graphic design does so I did some research and watched a girl youtube channel in which she’s a freelance graphic designer and she explains everything. I would always be into art and whenever I see logos and design I always thought about how they created those logos and design. I always considered graphic designers to do logos and make projects for companies. Graphic design is more than making logos; they create concepts by hand and digital to communicate or to send a message. From my prior experience, I helped someone create his new business logo and his website where he was new and he wanted people to go to his new boxing gym.
In the video “What is graphic design … what a graphic designer does from Design Council.” It told me very explicit details about what a graphic designer does. Neville Brody told us about what assets we need in order to make a good product or make our work good. Typography is very important where that’s the whole point. He also says how the color and the size could change the feeling.
Question: How do graphic designers get so many ideas and What does a good graphic designer do?
What a Graphic Designer Does
Thinking back to a time where I knew nothing about graphic design and what graphic designers do, that would be before I took my graphic design class in high school. So prior to that, I don’t really know what I thought what graphic design is prior to watching the video because the video was more of a review for me. But if I’m going to guess, I would’ve thought that graphic design is strictly limited to logos and business cards and all that. Before taking the class, I did not have any experience with graphic design, nor did I ever think about taking into consideration the principles of design when I did my drawings.
As of now, I’ve taken 1 graphic design class, and currently taking another one (this class). I’ve taken a multimedia class before, and it does brush up on the concept of how design works (in a way), so that did help me gain some more experience in this field. I know the experience doesn’t seem a lot, but the high school class I’ve taken was with this teacher who I consider my mentor, since he pushed me and helped me develop my skills in such little time. He helped me become skillful that I was confident enough to take on some personal and professional design projects. What I know and remembered in the video for this week was that: graphic design is not limited to such little things such as logos and business cards, it is much broader than that. Graphic designers build a design that helps their clients or themselves communicate better communicate an idea. What I consider a good design would be something simple and still effectively conveys the idea it’s supposed to carry. What do you think makes for a good design?
What a Graphic Designer Does
From my individual encounter I can related to was within the video it said “You are having to consider the entire but at that point center on viewpoints of the dialect or the word or the piece of content simply are attempting to verbalize and communicate.” This area of the video I can relate to since there’s a part of exertion that put into a client piece . when i was started off to form ventures a few individuals would like it or not . So In any case the key to that’s having patients and understanding of the clients and what they need .
How do Graphic Designers take pressure from clients a certain way?
What a Graphic Designer Does
This video gave me a lot of understanding about the type of work that graphic designers do. It is not just creating the logo, choosing the font, or selecting the images. It is all the specific visual elements coming together, using the same voice to communicate the client’s larger message. There are so many possible combinations of these elements to convey the mood for what a project needs.
The last speaker in the video argued that getting to the core of a design project involves “trying to find an attitude for response to the client” and asking yourself what are the right moods and elements for the job. This comes before the specific craft skills to execute. Aside from direction and collaboration with the client, how do graphic designers, who design well, land on that mood? I’m sure it comes with experience but finding the perfect configuration of all of the visual elements seem daunting.
What a Graphic Designer Does
Years ago, I always considered that graphic design was always that idea of generating or developing a logo for a company, I always considered it as a simple discipline. Currently that idea has totally changed. Graphic design is much more than just making a logo, it consists of expressing a project to a specific group of people. And in which, it has a lot of sub-jobs to be able to achieve the objective. Graphic design exists in everything that surrounds us.
In the video “What is graphic design … what a graphic designer does from Design Council.” I learned that to do an excellent job in this area it is also necessary to take into account the typography, the hierarchy, the space between the letters, the color, among many more details. All these elements allow a good graphic design to be allowed, it is essential to do a search about what you want to project and to whom, it is very important to know to which group of people the work is directed.
I would like to know how graphic designers always have ideas or be creative with their projects?
What a Graphic Designer is All About.
A graphic designer can create many different pieces of creation. Using elements from all sorts of mediums and ideas. From as long as I can remember, graphic design has always been an interest to me. As long as I can remember, there has always been this part of me that has an appreciation for simplicity and design satisfactory. An instance of this would be when I found the design of a company or restaurant appealing. A very important word in my psyche is “appeal”. I have always enjoyed admiring and simply looking at logos, symbols and even at some points trying to create some of my own. Design is an infinitely universal language that can define any sort of visual creation. From a drawing to a new look for a brand, The imagination of the creator is endless.
This video gave me a general understanding of not only what graphic design is, but what the wielder of the skill formulates and practices. The job itself lends the artist to a variety of different jobs they can pick up in the field. Graphic design makes up most of the visual creations that we experience. There might be a confusion however when defining what is graphic design versus what a design is. A graphic design pertains specifically to a graphically made design means using graphic elements like text, shapes and other sorts of concepts. A design can literally mean anything that was formed and created from any sort of medium.
What A Graphic Designer Does
The video “What is graphic design … what a graphic designer does from Design Council.” told me very precise details about what a graphic designer does in their work. Graphic designers would take ideas from their clients and make things look good, clear, and attracted the audiences. Every asset (elements, logo, typefaces, and color, etc.) is considered to be effectively making a great product. They discussed with clients and research a lot of information about the marketplace what kind of design would draw the audiences‘ eyes.
I learned a lot when I watched the video because I did not know the graphics designers would do a lot of research before and communicate with others to frame creative work. They would look for other works that could inspire new ideas in their mind. I thought graphic design is kind of the same as fine art, both of them are creative but fine art is created by the artists’ inspiration and emotion. Designers have created works by others’ requests and audiences’ needs. I wonder if the designers did the same things as artists what would happen?
