The Ultimate Guide on How to Become a Designer

Learn to become a professional Graphic Designer with our comprehensive course. Discover essential skills, tools, and insights for a successful career in the creative industry.

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Brief Summary

This course is your go-to guide for stepping into the world of Graphic Design. With fun videos and practical tips, you'll learn everything from the basic role of designers to mastering essential software skills. It’s all about following your passion and becoming a pro!

Key Points

  • Explore what it means to be a Graphic Designer.
  • Learn about essential tools and software.
  • Understand different specializations in design.
  • Get tips to make your work stand out.
  • Find out what qualifications you need (or don't)!

Learning Outcomes

  • Know what a Graphic Designer does day-to-day.
  • Identify essential tools and software for designers.
  • Learn how to specialize in different areas of design.
  • Discover tips to get your work noticed.
  • Master key design terms and skills to keep learning.

About This Course

Find answers to all your questions and follow your passion. Learn everything you need to know to become a Designer!

This is the first and only course to provide a detailed guide to becoming a professional Graphic Designer. This dynamic, challenging and fun career path has an important place in the creative industry and if you want to learn about the skills you need to become a professional designer you’re in the right place!


Any questions you may have about, the job role, what type of work it involves doing, how important are software skills and what skills do I need to get started will be answered and even more.


The idea of this course is to help you prepare for taking the next steps to becoming a commercial Graphic Designer.


A closer look at what you will learn:

  • The first chapter of this course will practical information about being a designer like what qualifications you do or don’t need, what it’s like day to day, how much you could earn, the different ways you can make a living etc.

  • Now you know all about the role it’s time to think about optimising a workspace and what’s very useful to have around.

  • Next up we will go through the essential tools a designer needs to get the work done! You probably already have most of it!

  • The fourth chapter will introduce the Applications designers work in, what they do and why they are essential to this job role.

  • There’s plenty of essential software skills to master which make design work fun and enjoyable. Learn about composition, layers, masking, adjustments, the pen tool and loads more.

  • The final chapters help you to think about areas you can specialise in and how to get your work noticed in a competitive environment.

  • Finally get your hands on some useful design terms, resources websites and a guide to keyboard shortcuts so you can carry on learning!


This course includes:

  • 52 Videos

  • 2 Hours of learning content

  • 1 Download


Who will find it useful:

  • Ideal for anyone who wants to learn more about the role of Graphic Designer.

  • To people who want to know about starting a professional career in this field of work.

  • Students who are  currently studying design or learning from online resources.

  • People who are looking to change professions

  • Or anyone currently applying for roles in the creative industry.


Martin is an Adobe Certified Instructor who has years of experience teaching  in both and online in classroom environments. He has also worked professionally in the creative industry for over 10 years on a wide range of projects. The examples and techniques used have been developed over this time to deliver the most efficient and enjoyable approach to teaching and learning.


Get clued up on how to become a Graphic Designer and take the first steps towards a professional role in the industry with this course!


  • This course will guide you on your journey to become a designer.

  • Find answers to all your questions about becoming and being a designer.

  • You can learn a lot of invaluable insights and information about the creative industry.

Instructor

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Martin Perhiniak

Martin is a graphic designer and an Adobe Certified Instructor. He was a presenter at Adobe MAX the ultimate creative in 2018 and was recently voted one of the top 10 Adobe instructors in the world. Over 100,000 students are studying from his online courses from over 200 countries. As a designer and illustrator he worked for companies like Pixar,...

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ui-avatar of Valeriia Bogomolova
Valeriia B.
5.0
3 years ago

Love the teacher and the way information is presented! Thx U Martin

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ui-avatar of David Le
David L.
5.0
3 years ago

Yes, this is a good approach, scope, and pace for my skill and interest levels.

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ui-avatar of Joana Rodrigues
Joana R.
1.0
3 years ago

Very very vague, every time he starts explaining something is just to promote another course of his

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ui-avatar of Maxim Medved
Maxim M.
5.0
3 years ago

what a great job! really use full and clear information/ thanks

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ui-avatar of Essam Sarkinha
Essam S.
5.0
4 years ago

Very nice instructor

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ui-avatar of Sarah Rzemieniak
Sarah R.
5.0
5 years ago

Yes, wonderful so far!! Encouraging, realistic, compassionate, useful!

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ui-avatar of Veronika Velkova
Veronika V.
5.0
5 years ago

Excellent course and great advice! Thank you!

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ui-avatar of Maninder Singh
Maninder S.
5.0
5 years ago

I really loved the way Martin designed this course and then presentation.
Really helpful if you want to figure out what niche you want to be in.

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ui-avatar of Bolarinwa Abdul-Razaq
Bolarinwa A.
5.0
5 years ago

It made me more aware and interested

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ui-avatar of Terry Martin
Terry M.
3.5
6 years ago

Somethings should be updated. Thank you!

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