How to Start Your Career in Graphic Designing? - Step-by-Step Guide

Have you just passed your high school exam or are you in college and curious to know about your Graphics Designing career path. I hope that after reading this article, you will get the answers to all the questions regarding graphic designing and you will know where and how should I start?

Like most graphic designing aspirants are you inspired by Adobe Photoshop or any other imaging tool like Microsoft paint, if yes then this can be the right career choice for you?

This article will help you make a decision and you will know whether becoming a graphic designer is a suitable career option for me or not?

➤ Step 1 - Education and Skills set

To go to the next step first of all you should complete your education and more importantly, you have to develop your skills, as I have told you above in this article.

➤ Step 2 - Find a Mentor

You find your guru and follow him, don't worry you don't need to go to the jungle to find this guru (lame joke!). You can find this designing guru of yours on social media platforms (Facebook, tweeter, Instagram) and learn the concept behind the designs he made. That means learn the processes involved in creating their designs and the techniques behind them.

You can follow more than one professional graphic designer on social media and learn something new from them.

➤ Step 3 - Style Building

When learning graphic design course in Delhi, try to create your design styles, which are different that have something new. It is not an easy task, but with day-to-day hard work, you will get it in the end.

Create your styles, don't copy others. This will make you a stronger player in the industry of graphic design, and hence you can run a long haul as you will not be short of opportunities and jobs.

➤ Step 4 - Portfolio

A portfolio plays a very important role for a graphic designer in getting a job. You can also call the portfolio the resume of a graphic designer, which shows how your designs are and how creative they are.

You can store this portfolio on your pen drive, CD, or on your website (online) and show it to the interviewer. You can build your online portfolio on the following platforms, which are famous all over the world…

• Dribbble
• Behance
• DeviantArt

Showcase only the designs in the portfolio that you think is the best. Mention all the modules you have learned during your education (as I have already told in this article what you will get to learn in graphic designing) and 2 to 3 designs of each module in your portfolio. 

Include all these types of designs in your portfolio like logo design, business cards, advertisement posters, and promotion designing, website designing, infographics, etc.

➤ Step 5 - Marketing

If you want to work in graphic designing, then you should come to sell yourself in the market, and in today's time, what better platform than an online marketing platform can be to do marketing and make your mark.

You can make your presence on the online social media platform as a Graphic Designer.

On these platforms, you can upload your design so that more people can see your design. The biggest advantage of this will be that you will get to know what other people think about your design and artwork. Here you will get honest feedback on your designed design which is very important for a designer.

Along with social media platforms, you can also create your online website (be aware that you will have to spend money to create an online website). It is a good option for those graphic designers who are already in this business or those who want to start their own graphic designing business. As a fresher, you don't need it. 

Through online marketing, you can show your work to the world. And this will help you to get the job. If you want to become a good Graphic Designer and want to be famous for your designing style so that you can be successful in this industry then you must follow the above-mentioned 5 steps.