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Certification
is a way to measure talent or creativity. Talent and creativity are intangibles that are
difficult to measure in a consistent manner. Designers need to accept that
creativity and talent can not be certified. Instead, the purpose of
certification is to put in place a system that can measure the elements of our
profession that are tangible—the business side of design. Education,
experience, ethical business practices, technical knowledge—these are clearly
measurable. Certification places all of these elements into a neat package that
is easy for clients to identify and understand when they go about hiring a
graphic designer.
Studying
ends after college. If you
don’t like books or if you don’t like constantly learning new things, graphic
design may not be the field for you. When I look back at my college books, I
laugh. We were using Photoshop 3, and Illustrator had just started to replace
Correl Draw. It has been up to me, for the last 10 years, to constantly read
books, study tutorials, and attend classes to make sure that my skills upgraded
with the design programs. Not only did I have to keep up with the latest
software, I had to keep up with the world. As a print designer, I had to take
it upon myself to expand my skillset to include Dreamweaver, HTML, XHTML, and
CSS. I taught myself Flash and I’m doing my best to figure out PHP. I own
enough books to start a small library, and I probably spend as much time
updating my skills and learning new things as I do working on paid projects.It
is important to stay on top of the latest programs, the newest trends, and to
continually expand your skillset. Why? Graphic design is extremely competitive.
If you’re not constantly learning, you’re going to get passed up by those who
are.
Graphic
designers are natural born creatives.There is no such thing as natural born creative.
Everyone starts in a clean slate and throughout their formative years - being
exposed to the right influence and environment - they develop this knack of
creating extraordinary things that makes people go : "Wow! I wish I have
thought of that idea".
Design is only done on the computer all the time. Most students designers tend to
undervalue creating rough sketches on paper because they would rather design
directly in the computer. But what they don't know is that the greatest design
ideas start with a sketch and letting them flow though in a sheet of paper.
Anyone can be a graphic designer. This is the biggest fallacy of
all. Graphic design is not just some mambo-jumbo - where playing with Photoshop
entitles a person to call himself a graphic designer. Being a graphic designer
is a lifestyle. We have to live and breathe art and design. We need to be
up-to-date with the latest design trends and technology. We have to do extensive
studying and research before presenting a design proposal to clients. Moreover,
we need to be a well-rounded sociable person who can deal with people from all
walks of life - not to mention that we must have the of knowledge in handling
our finances.
Total reign over the design
It may
sound too good to be true if a client let us designers do what we wanted to do,
but in reality no client or company like that. Sure they would be lenient but
they wouldn't let you have all the decisions with design. Working in the design
industry is a collaborative process between the designer and the client to
achieve the desired result.Fixing a design is as fast as a flick of the
wrist. With the help of computers, designers can execute their work faster
and with more efficiency, but asking for a designer to do a design or fix a
design in just a matter of hours is a fallacy. No good design comes from rushed
work because professional designers carefully make plans and research before
starting a design project. We designers think about the process and the method
that should be employed in the production and simultaneously using quotations,
answering emails and marketing ourselves to other prospective clients.
Graphic design can make you rich fast. As much as we want it to be true,
getting rich with graphic design is never easy. More often than not only 10% of
the profit goes directly to our pockets and the rest goes to paying the bills,
putting food on the table and using it as a capital for another design project.
Graphic designers know everything. Having the ability to read minds
sounds great but unfortunately suck skill does not exist. As graphic designers
we love to hear what people wanted for their design but there are those who
give out completely vague and sometimes indecipherable instructions.
Customers are always right. Unfortunately unlike myth #8
people think that clients are always in total control of the output just
because graphic designers are paid to be their demands. Graphic designers make
use of styles and techniques to create a design and apply what we have learned
from school. books and seminars in order to make and effective design in each
project.
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