Tag: graphic designer
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5 Common Challenges Faced by Junior Graphic Designers
It is common to go through rough patches when you are getting your career off the ground. For junior graphic designers, it is important to understand what challenges you’re facing and what you can do to overcome them. The set of problems for junior designers are different from the problems a senior designer or art…
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Graphic Design Aesthetic: 5 Steps to Cultivate Your Design Style
Graphic designers and artists are not the same. Artists create things out of their own volition and inspiration, using their own techniques and conveying their own messages. Graphic designers are visual communicators. They communicate the messages of brands, organizations, or other people through graphics or other branding materials that they make. So how do you…
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10 Tips for Staying Inspired as a Junior Graphic Designer
People assume that people starting out on their graphic design career are full of passion and are bright-eyed about entering the workforce. For some, that might be true. But realistically, it is hard work getting your career off the ground. This is especially true considering the current economy and job market. There are times when…
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Graphic Design Is My Passion: Deconstructing the Meme
If you are even remotely online, you have likely seen the “Graphic Design is My Passion” memes. If you happen to have missed it in the (almost) 10 years since it first surfaced on the internet, it came about in 2014 by Tumbler user Youngterra. It consisted of a clip art frog against a grey,…
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Graphic Design Burnout: 7 Things to Do When You Have It
Graphic design burnout is a real thing. Here are 7 things to do when you have it.