Questions tagged [education]
Questions about either learning or teaching graphic design.
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Alternative Certifications for Graphic Design and/or Adobe PS, AI, etc? [closed]
I read a lot about the Adobe Certified Expert exam and heard very good recommendations about it. Some even spoke about it being one of the highest certifications you can get as somebody who didn't go ...
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Best ways to learn all the illustrator tools and commands [closed]
What is the best way to learn all the illustrator tools and commands (for a beginner) ?
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How to draw a contrast outline around vector objects in Inkscape
Some designers draw a border line around their artwork (for example: a logo). Most likely for the purpose of maintaining image contrast if the user displays the image in dark mode browser. I'm ...
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Minoring in Digital Design
I am a computer science student that is currently working on getting my CS degree while minoring in mathematics. However, there are enough free elective credits left in my degree path that I could ...
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How can I ensure consistency in web design?
I had a lot of trouble formulating this question, hopefully the title is representative to the question asked.
Currently I'm assisting / managing an intern with his first big 'web design' project. ...
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Can I use an images (with people) for a club poster?
I work as a designer for a department at a college. My main task is designing posters/flyers for student clubs to advertise their club meetings and events. I always try to use public domain photos ...
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Where can I learn how to lay things out beautifully? [closed]
As part of my job, I create learning materials, e-learning courses and PPT decks.
I'd love to learn how to lay things out beautifully, pick the right images and colours to make learning materials ...
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Olivetti history and/or coffee table book
I'm a big style fan of the company Olivetti, I mainly know them for their typewriters (Lettera 22 and 32 are my favorites) but doing a little more research I found some amazing print ads ( https://www....
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Resources for digital painting
I have no experience in panting and drawing but I would like to start learning it in digital media. Are there any books, websites, or tutorials which teach digital painting and drawing? I use Corel ...
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How to master a typeface?
If you want to improve your typographic craftmanship an reoccurring advice is to stick to and master a few typefaces like for example Helvetica, Caslon or News Gothic. This was, for example, a common ...
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2 year diploma enough to start a career? [duplicate]
I'm finishing my degree in Art History soon and I'm realizing I am not as interested in my major than I originally thought I was. The idea of going to graduate school or working in an art history ...
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What are some ways you have used to get employers / freelance clients attention?
Linked in, personal blog, youtube, ?? What are some ways you have used to demonstrate what you are learning / doing to improve and hone your skills as a designer?
IE books ive been reading, self ...
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I am an experienced programmer who wants to learn how to design 2D game art. Is this achievable? [closed]
Although I am an experienced programmer and decent with Unity, I really want to learn how to design my own 2D levels and character art. I have some experience with Photoshop since I used to slice ...
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Suggestion for learning method [closed]
Currently I am studying graphic design, in my personal time am learning Html and Css, and I want to learn UX.
What should I do? To stick with html and css and those are enough or learn a UX software?
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Looking for a design that contains a distraction object
Pliny the Elder tells in his Natural History, that the painters Zeuxis and Parrasio -the fifth century BC- discussed which of the two painted with the most realism. To prove it, each one proposed a ...
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Steps to becoming a Web Designer without writing code?
I'm a senior back-end developer. I have a sister who's a designer, and she really struggles to get to the end of the month. I see how successful web designers can be in agencies and software companies ...
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Do the principles of design help the viewer in successfully understanding the work?
So I am learning about graphic design from the ground up starting with the fundamental elements and principles.
As I delve deeper into the subject reading more and more about principles like unity/...
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Work-life balance as a designer
I know that this is not your usual design question everyone posts about on here, but I'm going to ask anyways!
I am currently on my final year of design school/university and have chosen to write a ...
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How should a web programmer learn to design websites? [duplicate]
I worked at an agency coding websites for some time. I got very good, to where I could code entire websites from scratch in less than a day.
The agency had a separate department for graphic design, ...
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How do I learn making modern illustrations?
What are some good resources to learn this type of illustration?
I would like some help to decompose the technical elements that serve as building blocks for making theses types of illustrations
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Best sources to learn Infographics designing
What is the best online sources to learn infographic designing from begining to master level?
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I feel like I am undercharging myself and there is nothing I can change about it
I am a 16 year old graphic designer who mostly does logos for clients. Since I was a little kid, I somewhat understood colors, fonts and shapes. My friends told me that I could be a nice graphic ...
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How can I practice my design skills in a more motivating and engaging way?
My motivation to practice has been sapped away as practicing feels more of a chore. I know the number one way to truly get better as a beginner is to do fake briefs and tutorials but they aren't ...
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How to guide an employee to improve his graphic design ablilties?
I am CTO at a small-medium software development company with a few ages history. I carry RRHH selection, teaching, and internal promotion. Until yesterday we just had developers and design was driven ...
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Design workshop at conference
I will be attending a 1 day design workshop about UI problem solving soon. There's not much information on the workshop itself. So, I am unsure what to expect.
For those of you who have participated ...
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Would an MA in Communications and New Media improve my design career prospects?
I have a BA & MA in unrelated fields, a certificate in web design/UX/UI and a basic portfolio. I'd like to get a job as part of a design team for a startup or relatively successful company in a ...
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How to identify and understand the principles of a design?
I am having a hard time identifying different principles of design in action. It is hard for me to identify the relationship between different elements on a page and to know what approach was used to ...
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Cutting knife practice drills/exercises?
I teach a packaging class as part of a college graphic design program and I've noticed my students' prototyping skills have been on the decline. This is possibly due to less practice in previous ...
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Is this animated GIF showing Illustrator step by step drawings easy to understand?
I'm trying to make some short animated gifs about Illustrator, with little step-by-step drawings exercises.
I could put some explanatory text in some frames but I would prefer not to do that. Maybe ...
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Never studied Design, but work in design, where/how can I catch up on the things I missed [closed]
I am working in graphic design for almost 10 years and I always feel like I'm missing something when working along side other designers who have studied the subject.
Are there any books, courses or ...
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How can I increase my chances of reverse finding an image on Google Images
Every now and then I'm grading students and catch a case of plagiarism. Often, some part of the work stands out because it's better than what the student normally does. Usually, I just take a ...
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A 30 year old Engineer's plan on becoming a Graphic Designer [duplicate]
I was never good nor interested in math and programming, and I have poor logic-mathematical skills. Ironically I graduated as an "Information Systems Engineer" mainly for the fame and money. I ...
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Should I go back to school for graphic design? [duplicate]
I graduated college several years ago with a degree in English, and have been working in various creative positions in marketing departments since then. My current job is a kind of catch-all web ...
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A question about furthering education
I have an AAS degree in Graphic Design from 2004. I have worked steadily in the graphic design field ever since (employee, contract & freelance). I am now looking to further my education and would ...
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Engineer looking to enter design field [closed]
First of all I appreciate your answers.
I have finished my Msc in mechanical engineering, but now I realize that engineering is not for me. I was very good sketcher and painter but my mathematics ...
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Can I find employment with skills primarily in Photoshop and Illustrator or do I need more?
I've been using these programs for many years and have delved into dreamweaver for designing my own website and practicing some coding, but not much else. I got an internship a few years ago that only ...
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learning to draw but hates proportions [closed]
i draw from time to time, just as a stress reliever and a hobby. i'm into very basic sketches, nothing to crazy honestly, but i always shied away from drawing people because i get intimidated. i don't ...
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Best course to learn Adobe Photoshop
I am a rookie at Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator and I just want to know the best courses I can find on the internet to learn.
I've been looking for courses a lot and all good I find is either ...
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How can I show the feelings of motion, distance, proximity, aggregation and segregation with dots?
This is for our visual elements course, our teacher said to show these feelings or concepts (motion, distance, proximity, aggregation, and segregation) just with dots in a Square frame, I tried but he ...
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need some help with this parallel projection
Hi there,
I want anyone to analyse with parallel projection cuz i got that and completely sure this is wrong i got it as this is how i see it https://imgur.com/a/IQrKT (can't upload it here)
my ...
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Is there another name for the “Walls, Ceilings, and Floors” pen tool technique?
I want to teach my students a pen tool technique I was taught by a typographer in my last year of graphic design education. It really solved it for me when it came to using the pen tool. While I was ...
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How can a novice designer further their culture of typography?
In my teaching I've encountered a problem that is recurring among new students. They often aren't aware of when fonts were created, if they are overused (Brush Script, Comic Sans MS, Papyrus...) but ...
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Do one need to have a software knowledge before hand to be a graphics designer? [closed]
i am 17 year old , pursuing high school .So my question is that do we need an ip subject in class 12 to pursue in this field cause i dont have one..I really do love to draw thing specially anime and ...
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What are your key books for reflecting about graphic design education?
I own "The Education of a Graphic Designer" by Steven Heller. It's a great collection of essays to help teachers reflect about graphic design education.
I've yet to find other similar works however.
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What is the best way for an (almost) complete beginner to learn Digital Painting?
If this question has been asked already, I apologise.
I've had trouble finding a good recommendation of things to learn in order to become a good digital artist. The Internet is full of suggestions, ...
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How can I talk about drawing and at the same time avoid the assumption that I am only talking about analogue drawing?
In my day-to-day life, I instruct people to deal with problems that have a geometrical or topographical nature. And usually there is a critical step in the process that requires one to draw a picture ...
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Should I go for masters in graphic design or continue self taught? [closed]
Ever since I finished my bachelors in American culture and literature I have been begdrudgingly working as an english teacher for the past 6 years. I have always enjoyed drawing and have done countles ...
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How to get children active in graphic design?
A 10 year old child shows skill in art both on paper as well as with MS Paint, and can follow through speed paints done on YouTube very well. How could we help them improve their design skills, in ...
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How to overlap a continuous line on itself?
Yesterday I tried to create the following shape:
Following the path from the top it goes round, crosses over itself (bottom left), goes around again and passes under itself before going back up again....
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What to put in my portfolio if I have not had any clients yet?
I am a newbie self taught web designer. My skills are HTML/CSS web designs. My problem is, how do I start marketing myself or what type of web designs should I put in my portfolio if I have not had ...
