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Graphic designer career choice

If you are looking for a career in graphic design don’t be put off with helpful comments like ‘you would have to be exceptional to make any money out of it’ or ‘train in a proper job and do graphic design in your spare time’. Graphic design is work, like any other profession, it is also rewarding both materially and personally.

Graphic designers can become bogged down by the 9 to 5 routine, a time frame more suited to less emotional occupations. 9 to 5 is only the half of it, in reality you probably spend much of your ‘free’ time thinking of the work that’s on the go. But how wonderful to be paid for something you love doing.

The image of tortured artist only really applies to fine artists. But there are times when presented with a brief, there’s a great white, blank canvas in the mind. Then what is required is hard work to try and understand the product or business, coming at it from different angles to get a new view. From that first moment of anguish, inevitably there will be something that ignites a spark of an idea. and finding a brilliant concept is magical. The art of creating a good logo design is not something that happens in a moment – it is a process.

In short, if you fancy being a graphic designer, do it! It’s a career that is both exhilarating and rewarding.