The word graphic comes from the German word Grafik. The word graphic means figure or line. The word graph means picture and design implies design. In simple words, graphic design is the process of creating or making a design with pictures. In other words, drawing pictures or any image and letter art is graphic design.
According to the famous designer Neville Brody, “Design is a synthesis of needs, information, and color that creates something greater than the sum of its parts” (he has also received several international awards for this definition…I may not have expressed it correctly in Bengali but he has a lot in this definition. tried to explain)
What is design?
Design means designing. Design is the planned location of objects on a given field. That is, the design done to create a picture or image is called design. A proper design is born by using the basic principles of design properly. In short, design is the basic structure of any creative work.
Design requires 2 types of things.
1. elements
2. Equipment
Design Elements:
1. Lines
2. Shapes
3. Colors
4. Textures
5. Spaces
Equipment in Design:
1. Pencil
2. Rubber
3. Ruler etc.
Most Famous Websites in English to Learn Graphic Design:
What software will we work with:
1. Adobe Photoshop
2. Lightroom, Illustrator
3. InDesign, Dimension etc
4. Wilcom Embroidery Studio
5. Quark Express
6. CorelDRAW
7. Blender 3D
8. AutoCAD
Adobe Photoshop: The most popular graphic software in the world is Adobe Photoshop. It is Photo Editing Software. But over the years it has become quite popular in design work.
Adobe Lightroom: It is a supporting software for Adobe Photoshop. It is used in photo editing and various types of special effects.
Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Illustrator): This is the most popular software nowadays for drawing and design work. Print design work can be done very easily with its help. Most of the designers in our country use Adobe Illustrator for their design work.
Adobe InDesign (Adobe in Design): This Software is Publishing Software. It is widely used in various publishing works. It has become quite popular in our country at present.
Adobe Dimension (Adobe Dimension): This software is a new addition to Adobe. It is very similar to Blender 3D software. 3D Mockup can be created very easily with its help.
Wilcom Embroidery Studio: This software is embroidery design software. It is not used much in our country.
Quark Express: This software has been used in publishing for many years. This software is very popular in our country.
CorelDRAW: It is Vector-Based Graphic Software. This software is mainly used as an alternative to Adobe Illustrator.
Blender 3D: A very popular free software for creating 3D models. Gradually it is becoming quite popular. It is mostly used to create product models and mockup presentations.
AutoCAD: AutoCAD – This software is also very popular. It is generally used more in the Engineering sector. It can work in 2D and 3D.
What will we do after learning to work?
♦ Step:1
Free the personal or professional work of others around you. Doing many real projects will make you quite confident.
♦ Step: 2
After step 2 and step 3, you have learned a lot. Now you have to participate in the contest. Although winning the contest is difficult. But you don’t enter contests just to win. Participate in various online contests to better yourself and showcase your skills by looking at the competitive market.
♦ Step:3
Publish your designs to people online on various sites (behance.net, dribble.com) or through your blog.
Online Marketplace:
GraphicRiver:
This site usually sells business cards, pliers, business cards, logos, web buttons, banners, backgrounds, price charts, etc. Each can be sold separately here. Prices vary by element and design. Here a design can be sold not once but multiple times. Designers create their beautiful designs and submit them to Graphic River. Once the design is accepted by the Graphic River site, they do the rest. A price is then determined for the design. This price can range from $1 to $10 depending on the quality of the design. Initially, you will be paid 40% of the set price of your design for each sale.
99designs:
There are many such marketplaces where you can earn money just by participating in various graphic design contests. In these marketplaces, any buyer organizes a competition to find the design they need. The designer participating in the competition, whose design is chosen, is awarded at the end of the specified period. Prizes usually range from $300 to $1,200.
RedBubble:
Companies from different parts of the world come to this site to find the designs they need. From where they prefer to buy ready-made designs. Then those designs are placed on t-shirts, mugs, shopping bags, or stickers. All you have to do is open an account join the site, and create your virtual design shop, which is very simple. Once the shop is created, you are done with uploading your designs. Red Bubble executives will do the rest. They will handle everything including pricing and promotion of your design. So far, about 4 lakh designers from different countries of the world have joined this Australian website.
Fiverr.com
Fiber is very popular with new freelancers. Here one can easily open an account and get a job. However, the difference between Fiber from other marketplaces is that to get work on Fiber, you have to create a gig with a sample and description of your work, and the buyer orders after seeing the gig. So if you can create a good gig, the chances of getting a job in Fiber increases.
Upwork.com
This marketplace is very popular and known only for professional buyers and sellers. Here Bayer posts his job description and freelancers apply for work. This bidding process is called bidding. If you don’t have a strong profile, it’s a bit difficult to get a job here. However, it is not impossible to find work, and showing samples of your work will increase your chances of getting a job.
freelancer.com
: This is a very large field of work for freelancers. This is one of the best sites. Here web designer, copywriter, or freelance programmer, SEO can bid for all types of work.
behance.net
: This site is a very good site for those who work with creative and unique ideas like graphic design, multimedia, etc.
dribbble.com
: Sign up here and find your job on the job board by clicking the ‘Hire Me’ button on the profile page.