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21 March 2009

Tips for Budding Graphic Designers

Developing marketing collaterals is not an easy task. Beginners in the world of graphic design would, most often than not, feel overwhelmed by a particular task. Be it brochure printing or booklet printing, developing campaign collaterals involves a lot of effort.

Professional graphic artists are paid huge amount of money to create something that would ultimately increase the sales of any business. Every booklet printing, every brochure printing, every flyer printing must be more attractive, more interesting, in other words, better than their previous design. This is the challenge professional graphic artists are confronted with every time they are at their drawing board.

Experience is what makes graphic designers different from one another. Experience is what makes seasoned graphic designers a cut above the rest. The problem is every company or business is looking for someone with experience yet none are willing to give experience. So how would a budding graphic designer penetrate this exclusive world of graphic designing?

The following tips would give any budding graphic designer a shot at 'stardom:'

Know the competition. There are successful graphic designers and there are those that are not so successful. The only thing common with these two types is the fact that they are in the same field. So why are others more successful? What made others fail? Understand the difference then between the two types. Know what made others successful and learn from the mistakes of those who failed.

Research. What is written in your textbook may not be what is happening in reality. Be attuned to what is actually going on. Know the current market trends. In an economic slowdown, develop creative proposals to make your marketing collaterals still work despite a decrease in purchasing. Research on how you can make marketing collaterals less expensive like developing cheap booklet printing strategies or cheap flyer printing strategies.

Find a Mentor. The easiest way to be recognized is to be associated with an established, highly acclaimed, very experienced mentor. This way, you get to learn the tricks of the trade while building a name for yourself. Who knows later on when you have mastered everything, you might have the chance to inherit your mentor's client base.

At the end of the day, the challenge to any professional graphic designer is to come up with something uniquely original and exceptionally interesting. This is no mean feat even for seasoned marketing professionals. One does not only have to have the skills, it is also extremely important to have the experience. What designs work? What would sell for your cheap booklet printing? What graphics capture what the business wants to say? What color combinations would suit a particular market segment?

For every marketing collateral design project such as booklet printing or flyer printing, these are the questions one has to contend with.

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