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Creating a portfolio

1 Pick your best pieces of work.  Avoid including everything you have ever created. Instead, pick the pieces you are most proud of. These pieces should demonstrate your abilities and showcase your confidence in your work. Include self-initiated work, as well as work you have done for specific clients. 2 Include a variety of examples.  Pick pieces that showcase your range of skills. Include pieces that showcase your typography, web design, and logo design skills, for example. Pick pieces that demonstrate that you have worked for a variety of clients as well. 3 Contextualize your work.  For each piece of work, write one to two paragraphs explaining the client’s goals and how your design met those goals. Talk about your inspiration for the design and your creative process. Additionally, make sure to include any information about the success of your design. Type the information up in a Word document. For example, mention that the client was pleased with your wor

Working as a graphics designer

1 Promote your work through online communities.  Sign up to be a member of an online design community . Create a profile and publish your best works on the website. This is a great way to receive feedback and improve on your work. [16] Examples of well-known online communities are DeviantArt, Behance, and Dribble. 2 Do freelance work .  If you want to be a freelancer, be prepared to find your own work. Submit your portfolio to local marketing and ad agencies who work with freelancers. Make sure to follow up with your clients if you do not hear back from them for more than a week. [17] As a freelancer you will need to be able to do your own marketing, billing, and accounting in addition to being a graphic designer. 3 Use social media outlets to find new clients.   Cr eate an Instagram or Facebook account specifically for your work. Publish your best pieces of work on these sites. Also post a link to your website so clients can quickly view your portfolio and

Creating a portfolio

1 Pick your best pieces of work.  Avoid including everything you have ever created. Instead, pick the pieces you are most proud of. These pieces should demonstrate your abilities and showcase your confidence in your work. [11] Include self-initiated work, as well as work you have done for specific clients. 2 Include a variety of examples.  Pick pieces that showcase your range of skills. Include pieces that showcase your typography, web design, and logo design skills, for example. [12] Pick pieces that demonstrate that you have worked for a variety of clients as well. 3 Contextualize your work.  For each piece of work, write one to two paragraphs explaining the client’s goals and how your design met those goals. Talk about your inspiration for the design and your creative process. Additionally, make sure to include any information about the success of your design. Type the information up in a Word document. [13] For example, mention that the client was please

Obtain work experience

1 Volunteer your services at a local charity or non-profit.  Volunteering to edit or create logos, banners, prints, and other graphic materials for charities is a great way to get some real-world experience while you are in high school or college. Contact charities and non-profit organizations in your area. See if they would like to update their logo, or if they are in need of any other design work. [7] Volunteer your services once you are familiar with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. 2 Apply for an internship while in high school or college.  Use the Internet to seek out ad or marketing agencies. Look into local agencies as well as big name agencies. Call or email them to see if they offer internships. If they do, make sure to inquire about the qualifications. Apply for both paid and unpaid internships that you qualify for. [8] For example, "Good Morning. I would like to know if your company offers internships in graphic design. If so, I would like to apply. Pleas

Training to become a graphics designer

1 Take as many art and computer classes in high school as you can.  Take drawing, painting, photography, and printing classes in high school. Also take computer classes like computer graphics, web design, and language programming classes. These classes will provide you with a strong foundation to begin your graphic design career. [1] 2 Study graphic design on your own.  Type "graphic design course syllabus" in your search engine on the Internet. Download two to three syllabi of college or university professors. Review the student learning objectives and the textbooks used to meet these objectives. Pick and purchase the textbooks you would like to use. Set aside an hour each day to read and take notes. [2] To learn the necessary computer skills to become a graphic designer, watch online tutorials on YouTube, Hack Design, Tuts+ Design and Illustration Guides, and other websites. While this approach to becoming a graphic designer is cost effective, having a degree o

Outstanding idea to become a graphics designer

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Intro: Graphics design largely depends on creativity. I guess more than 90% depends on it. To become a graphics designer one has to suffle computer as much as he/she can. Remember, the more on shuffle pc, the more he/she mistakes and the more he/she can learn. Discussion: Let me discuss how to become a graphics designer. One can become a graphics designer by following these easy steps: 1. One has to study about graphics designing as much as he can. 2. One can become a graphics designer by attending in some schools which organizations give tuition about how to become a graphics designer. One can watch youtube tutorial and can learn about graphics design. There is some content about graphics designing which is very informative. One can read that article also. 3. One can attend some introductory course on graphics designing. If one attends in an introductory course, it'll be an easy for them for maintaining courses in advanced level. 4. One should have good command over ado