Graphic design lesson for beginners in 3 week

 You've already completed your bachelor's degree, perhaps years ago. Maybe you majored in computer programming, or maybe you majored in anthropology. Once out of school, you began at the entry level and worked your way up. But now, you want something different. You want to begin a career in graphic design. How do you make a 180-degree career change?

 Many technical schools, community colleges, and even traditional four-year universities offer certifications in Web design or graphic arts. These programs, when combined with previous professional experience, such as a bachelor's degree and several post-college years in the workforce, can be powerful tools with which to break into graphic design.

The advantages of pursuing a certification over a degree are time- and cost-savings. First, aspiring graphic designers are saved the hassle of having to take college general education requirements all over again. Some college classes, especially basic English, math, and science courses, might seem like they'd be a breeze to re-take, but the hours of work they require can be trying for adults with full-time careers. Just as important, graphic and Web design certifications are less expensive. The fewer credits you take to complete an educational program, the less money you will spend, overall. By focusing just on design skills, certificate programs allow adult students to forgo unrelated academic material.

To find the right program for your career needs, consider the major factors: cost, time until certificate completion, and breadth of skills taught. If you want to break into Web design, you will need to know how to work with text and images - and will likely need to understand how to use photo and graphic editing programs; Web design programs; file transfer protocol (FTP) clients; and probably, some Web scripting languages, as well. Graphic designers might need to know most or all of these skills, as well - and, more likely than not, will also need to understand typography and vector graphic creation.

Graphic designers will always have to deal with type, and typesetting on computers makes it more accessible, because now everyone can set type, although it does still need basic perceptions of the skill. The grid structure that is used in typography provides a framework for good type layout and for colour and blocks. It is like a craft that the user can get better at with the passage of time.

Digital design has brought about new kinds of production collaborations. While the earlier graphic designer used to work with a printer, the designer of today has to work with the code developer.

The digital design phenomenon carries great influence. Logo design styles displayed by web 2.0 online services have manipulated the offline corporate identity too. The distinctive identities designed in Web 2.0 have bright gradients, soft lines and reflections that can now be produced in print because of advanced digital printing technology that does not need numerous runs for every colour.

A safe conclusion to be reached is that graphic design companies may have to do an increasing amount of work for digital screens, yet print is not dead and the next generation of a typical graphic design company will do a large amount of work with animation and sound, and numerous other multimedia implementations. The conventional groundings in typography, composition and grid structures are likely to continue as the foundation for effective and strong visual communication.