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What is Design?
Design is the first step taken when creating or building something. Without design, there is no product. Design is brand-able and it touches everything that we do. Because design covers almost everything, every business and product needs design in some way. Whether it’s a website or a logo or even someone’s front yard – a designer is needed. Every designer has their own tools; for example, web designers use HTML and CSS to style web pages and fashion designers use pen and paper or computer-aided software to visualize their work.
How Much Do Designers Make?
There are a total of 1.9 million designers employed in the United States. From the lowest percentile (10%) designers make on average $22,850 per year. In the 90% percentile, designers on average can make over $100,000 per year.
How to Become a Designer
Becoming a designer is learning how to use the tools and understanding the theory behind the design. It’s no different than learning a language, once you understand the rules, then it’s possible to start designing. Because design touches every aspect of our lives, you first need to decide what aspect of life you are most drawn to. People who are drawn to websites become web designers and those who love cars end up designing cars for a living. The steps below provide a general guide to get you on your path to becoming a designer.
Step 1 – Choose an Industry
It’s hard to be a designer in multiple fields of work, although it can be done. Most designers pick one specialty and become very good at it. The reason being, it takes a lot of time and practice to master the technicalities of a specific designing niche. Take a graphic designer, for example, they need to become computer literate to even have a chance. They have to learn and master a graphics editor like Adobe Illustrator in order to design graphics. Choosing, mastering, and sticking with a niche is the first step to becoming a designer.
Step 2 – Educate Yourself
Don’t wait to find a job. Start with what you already have and keep learning. Many designers you meet will tell you that they are self-taught. With all the information out there on the internet, especially on YouTube and Udemy offering full courses online in multiple areas of design, it’s easy to start learning quickly. It all comes down to creating products or services that you can sell. If you can’t get a job for a company, there is still plenty of work available that you can find as a freelancer in your niche.
Step 3 – Find Employment or Work for Yourself
Without knowing, many professionals are forced to be their own designers by the nature of their job. For example, a web developer often finds him or herself having to pick a website’s colors and editing the layout. They might not have enough money to hire a “professional” graphics designer to create a logo so they end up doing it themselves. Don’t expect to be the world’s greatest designer starting out. Learning through experience is the best advice for any designer. Designers can find jobs online using the following sites: