My Passion About Graphic Designer
Passion is a great thing, and I believe it is one of the things that I have been able to identify the best ways of being within a career. Am a graphic designer by profession and proud to say that I am building myself up something I love and something that I have looked forward to doing for a long time since I was a small kid.
I have always been fascinated by art and the fact that technology came to make things even easier by providing computer apps and mobile apps that are used to design and come up with something exciting. To be a graphic designer, you need to identify what is it you want to achieve. You need to decide whether you want to venture into using pictures and texts or using diagrams alone (Leonard 23). Most people end up taking both of these because they help maintain and keep someone on the track of what is expected.
My work entails meeting up with clients and getting to hear what they want and how they want it. At times it is hard to deal with a client who is not sure of what they want and depends on you to decide what they would like. Most clients will come and state that they have this idea but they are unable to actualize it and they put all their hope in you to get that idea and make it a reality. It takes commitment and faith because many are the times a client may reject something just because it does not meet their picture in mind.
It is also stressing if a person does not like the finished product, yet does not say what they exactly want. It takes courage, and perseverance to make it within the graphic design industry to withstand the pressure and job demands.
My best part about it all is when doing the presentation of something I created from scratch. I cannot fail to get excited anytime I have such a project because it gets me working all through the time, I get busy, and my mind is always racing with ideas of what to add and how it will look like. Corporation directors request for big projects such as the rebranding of a company’s logo or even the introduction of a new product look.
These people target a market, and I need to be sure that I can understand their target market so the appearance and image may be the same. I love it when am working at my studio and ensuring I get all the details and concepts being presented by the people involved. Looking back, I could say that the encouragement and the experience of getting from other people what they understood and what they wanted within this field encouraged me and pushed me to be better.
Most graphic designers work independently because they all have a trademark and a manner in which they take care of business and their work too (Stough et. al 40). It could be defined as the style of work that is unique and distinguishes the person from other graphic designers.
Finding a passion and pursuing it is key, to everyone and the idea is ensuring that you stick to it and if there is any education background needed, go for it. I had to go for classes even though I was good at drawing and coming up with great creative work. Education is needed so that one knows how to do these things in order, and according to how professionals want their work done.
It exposes one to what is expected of them and how well they are to identify the basics of the field. I believe that if you have a passion for something, ensure that you take it as a career and it gives you some economic benefit too. You also need to make use of the opportunities presented everyday and make great things out of them.
Work Cited
Leonard, Neil. Becoming a Successful Graphic Designer. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016.
Stough, Stuart, et al. “Managing Editor: Jessica Hill Graphic Designer: Jennifer Kruzic.” (2016).
