Graphic Design with
Luisa Arango
"What if you’re not a designer but you want to learn or do
some nice graphics for a blog that you have,
or your resume?"
The world of graphic design is a never
ending one. You will always be in the
process of learning and bettering
yourself and finding inspiration for
anything and everything you can think
of. I know when most people hear
graphic design they think “that must be
a fun job,” but it sounds more fun than
what it actually is. But, like everything,
it requires learning and being patient
with people who are not in the
medium.
mostly in illustration than Photoshop
and Illustrator are your best friends.
Dreamweaver is the one that all web
designers swear by.
What if you’re not a designer but you
want to learn or do some nice graphics
for your resume or for a blog that you
have? Then you’re in luck because
fortunately some people are in your
same boat and have developed several
websites to help in the quest of design
knowledge.
Let’s first discuss what we need to
know about a designer: not everyone
who knows how to design knows how
to draw, and not everyone who knows
how to draw knows how to design.
Now, with that in mind, let's go over
programs that cater to designers. For a
graphic designer the Adobe Suite is the
holy grail, end all be all, if you don’t use
it, you don’t work. But within the suite
there are programs that cater to each
area of graphic design. If for example
you work mostly in editorial, you
should use InDesign. If you work
The first one to know, which most
people already do, is Canva. This lovely
website offers templates for every
single little thing you can think of. It’s
extremely easy to use because the
interface is user friendly and it won’t
take you more than one minute to
figure out where everything is. I
recommend Canva for doing your
resume or if you have to create a
presentation for a client and don’t want
to do it on PowerPoint. Some people
underestimate the importance
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