Best Tips for Beginners to Learn Graphic Design

We know, as a kid you use to edit portraits by adding a mustache, beard, and glasses to random photos in your History and Language textbook and activities like collage making by cutting different images. But today you have grown up, and now have better technology. Many of you developed the interest and now want to learn graphic design. Here, we have the best tips for you to escalate your graphic design game.

Stay Closer to the Trend

Today it is important to keep up with the ongoing trend. That doesn't mean you drop your style of graphic design. Pay attention to the giants and graphic design Gurus on social media. Studying them will help you learn graphic design better. Following a graphic design influencer will teach you the reason behind certain things and such understanding can help you break things without disturbing the beauty of the design.

Collect your Inspiration

We would suggest you collect work which inspires you to create a new graphic design. For this, you can use pinboard on Pinterest, use bookmarks on the web page, use save options on Instagram and Facebook or simply save on your PC. 

Keeping one catalog will also help you go through works you like without any hustle. You can study the trend in graphic design if you maintain a catalog. This will also help you see the pattern and design you like, you can define your preferences by this collection. You will also get to know where to look and whom to follow for inspiration. Not to mention how helpful such collection is during artist block.

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Break Down the Process

If you ever tried creating an illustration, though being one made from simple shapes, it might have been frustrating. And that is because you started the project without any plan and layout. You are capable of doing the same project more efficiently, but you are not able to spot the plot holes. Learn the process, educate yourself and practice. Without practicing you won't be able to learn much.

Recreate your Favorite Projects

Please don't violate the rules and copy someone's work and sell it as yours. That's a law, and being an artist, you know how much effort it takes to create something beautiful. Respect all artists.

If you try to recreate your favorite design, you will learn graphics & animation techniques and get to learn deeper supporting reasons for the placement of elements. It will help you develop a sense of design and recreating the work of a single person will also give an idea of how he would have created. If you are not able to completely recreate, don't get frustrated, remember, you are a novice and he is a master. It will take effort and time to reach there. Keep working to achieve that.  

Banish the Fear of Feedback

It is your work, it is not about. Don't be afraid of criticism. We all are afraid of harsh criticism, but it is our work which is being criticized, not us. Learn to accept constructive criticism (obviously, pay attention to someone who knows the field, don't accept all criticism. Filter them out), it won't be easy to learn, but it will surely help you in the future.

You might not be that good, but focus on how good you want to see yourself in the future. Instead of seeking approval, pay attention to the truth, what is wrong. Such critical and may bring on pain, but if you learn to accept and appreciate the feedback, you will reach your destination earlier

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But to follow these above given point, you will need to start. Start from today, wherever you are, however you are if you want to learn graphic design, create a design, learn from the mistake, practice and repeat. And between all this, don’t forget to love yourself and love the process. Don’t be harsh and blame yourself. Enjoy the journey.