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Post by deskjet on Mar 6, 2008 17:17:59 GMT -5
Years of schooling? Personality, thought processes? Thanks
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Mar 6, 2008 17:18:54 GMT -5
Years of schooling? Personality, thought processes? Thanks College education. A bachelors for sure. And connections are the biggest asset. |
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Post by hurricane on Mar 6, 2008 17:25:38 GMT -5
4 years get's you an AA, 6 I believe is a Bachelors, then comes Docterette. You'd only need Doc if you wanted to teach. An AA would get you a nice job, just because you have something, a Bach would get you an even better job. But with all that, you KINDA have to have some talent and know what you're doing.
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Post by Doomrider on Mar 6, 2008 17:49:16 GMT -5
It's a really hard field to get into at the moment because it's slowly becoming a dime a dozen industry. Everyone wants to be a graphic artist nowadays, and for what most companies are demanding from their designers are so simple, even those with a basic knowledge of any design programs can get a job. I mean if you really want to do it, by all means follow your dream. Find a school with good job placement. They may get you in somewhere once you graduate.
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Post by King Shocker the Monumentous on Mar 6, 2008 18:01:56 GMT -5
I can't believe nobody's mentioned "artistic talent" yet.
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Post by Barrett on Mar 6, 2008 18:10:09 GMT -5
I can't believe nobody's mentioned "artistic talent" yet. Well, I was about to. |
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Post by Kliquid on Mar 6, 2008 18:19:41 GMT -5
Years of schooling? Personality, thought processes? Thanks College education. A bachelors for sure. And connections are the biggest asset. Naw', I have an Associates Degree in Graphic Design and I have a great job making good money. Connections are important, though I didn't have any connections with the place I work at now. In fact, the thing that got me my job was my football website. The people who hired me absolutely loved the design of the site and they were also football fans, so my interview was mostly us talking about football. LoL. I can't believe nobody's mentioned "artistic talent" yet. To be completely honest, you really don't need artistic talent. All of the mechanics can be taught to anyone. It's more a matter of coming up with ideas. 4 years get's you an AA, 6 I believe is a Bachelors, then comes Docterette. You'd only need Doc if you wanted to teach. An AA would get you a nice job, just because you have something, a Bach would get you an even better job. But with all that, you KINDA have to have some talent and know what you're doing. An associates degree is 2 years. It took me about a year and a half. Bachelor's is four. ... Just like about every other bachelor's and associates degree. |
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Post by Doomrider on Mar 6, 2008 18:32:37 GMT -5
College education. A bachelors for sure. And connections are the biggest asset. Naw', I have an Associates Degree in Graphic Design and I have a great job making good money. Connections are important, though I didn't have any connections with the place I work at now. In fact, the thing that got me my job was my football website. The people who hired me absolutely loved the design of the site and they were also football fans, so my interview was mostly us talking about football. LoL. That's key...the easiest way to get through a job interview is not talk about the job, ha ha. Works for me all the time. |
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Post by ll ALASKA ll on Mar 7, 2008 0:37:02 GMT -5
Honestly you need to be creative. Anybody can learn how to make banners, websites, avatars ect. You need to have good ideas and you need to know how to present them.
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Post by Get A Rhythm™ on Mar 7, 2008 1:30:54 GMT -5
I'm almost finished with my second year as a graphic designer in college. I love it, and I'm going for the full four years, which would earn me a bachelors degree. It's a good field, but I've noticed with a few people in school that even if you suck at it, they won't be honest with you. Hell, they won't even push you to do better because honestly, you're only going to get a certain amount of effort with some people and that's all. You can't change that. With me, I'm always grabbing postcards and whatnot that the design students make to promote fashion shows, design shows, etc. in the school and in Boston, because it gives me creative inspiration and whatnot. That's the thing - when you're a design student, especially graphics, and you come across ads in magazines, you look at them differently and almost critique them and pick ideas from them that you like. That's how you start to think. If you want my honest opinion, you just need to love what you do. I have friends that just do the bare minimum to get by and some friends that play around on Abobe Creative Suite all day and it really shows in the work they produce. That's not saying you have to be like them - you just have to like what you're doing and be passionate about it. If that's you, then by all means, go for it. It's an interesting field.
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Post by Get A Rhythm™ on Mar 7, 2008 1:33:44 GMT -5
Honestly you need to be creative. Anybody can learn how to make banners, websites, avatars ect. You need to have good ideas and you need to know how to present them. Thats another thing. If you have the opportunity, take a public speaking class. |
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Post by guster on Mar 7, 2008 2:10:31 GMT -5
Learn how to do crossword puzzles.
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Post by deskjet on Mar 7, 2008 8:20:31 GMT -5
Thanks guys. This is gonna be a new endeavor for me. I have some public school teaching experience so i think I can handle the presenting part. So from what I'm hearing is this a field that's in demand? Also, what are classes like? thanks
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Mar 7, 2008 8:31:42 GMT -5
Well it is a very competitive area in design. As long as you are committed and have a passion for it you should suceed. Keys to success are also small jobs. Like doing little design jobs for places and all, that looks attractive to employers.
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Post by sheikydeik on Mar 7, 2008 9:10:42 GMT -5
College education. A bachelors for sure. And connections are the biggest asset. Naw', I have an Associates Degree in Graphic Design and I have a great job making good money. Connections are important, though I didn't have any connections with the place I work at now. In fact, the thing that got me my job was my football website. The people who hired me absolutely loved the design of the site and they were also football fans, so my interview was mostly us talking about football. LoL. To be completely honest, you really don't need artistic talent. All of the mechanics can be taught to anyone. It's more a matter of coming up with ideas. 4 years get's you an AA, 6 I believe is a Bachelors, then comes Docterette. You'd only need Doc if you wanted to teach. An AA would get you a nice job, just because you have something, a Bach would get you an even better job. But with all that, you KINDA have to have some talent and know what you're doing. An associates degree is 2 years. It took me about a year and a half. Bachelor's is four. ... Just like about every other bachelor's and associates degree. yeah but in a sense coming up with ideas = creavity which from my point of view is an artistic talent |
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Post by Eyce on Mar 7, 2008 9:32:07 GMT -5
Be a good communicator in both verbal and textual forms.
Looks like you need work on the latter if your Thread title is anything to go by.
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Post by Treball on Mar 7, 2008 13:14:42 GMT -5
I don't know of anything I can add that hasn't been said already. 4 years for a Bachelor of Design degree is what I've got under my belt. But I'm sure there's shorter ones out there. And it's all a matter of what school you go to. I went to an actual art college, rather than any technical school, so there was a tonne more emphasis on the actual design and artistic talent rather than the adding a Photoshop filter on a found image. You could make a living without artistic talent I'm sure, but you wouldn't be a very good designer. It's all about ideas y'all.
But more than anything, it's totally who you know. My design job currently? People who know people. The freelance illustration stuff? I've gotten work mostly through people from school, or people who know people. You HAVE to socialize and network. It's 50% of what it takes to make it in the design industry, if not more than that. I doubt you could make it if you did a correspondence course or whatever being at home.
Plus you have to be extra good at promoting yourself. If your shy and introverted, you better be a friggen design genius, because if you're not, I have a sneaky feeling you wouldn't cut the proverbial mustard.
Granted though, this design stuff bores me to tears. There's a reason I took the illustration route when given the chance. But, here I am doing design for work. Ugh, I should listen to my own advice...
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Post by deskjet on Mar 7, 2008 16:54:39 GMT -5
Be a good communicator in both verbal and textual forms. Looks like you need work on the latter if your Thread title is anything to go by. LOL..thanks EYCE...yeah that's hardly my best work. Just threw it up there for shyts and giggles |
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Post by King Shocker the Monumentous on Mar 7, 2008 17:27:49 GMT -5
To be completely honest, you really don't need artistic talent. All of the mechanics can be taught to anyone. It's more a matter of coming up with ideas. ...aren't you a graphic artist?  |
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