Characteristics of a Great and Mediocre Graphic Design Students : How to Be the Best Student Graphic Designer and Hang Out with the Successful and Talented Designers

Article Written by Kearan Emrith of Twentyfive Eight Design Solutions

Graphic design is one of the most under-estimated, under paid, yet most important career paths in the world. Design influences and effects everything in and around us. It aggravates our intelligence, beautifies our emotions and gratifies our senses. Yet the average person thinks if you slap together some primary colors and a photo of their favorite singer in Photoshop, save it as a .jpeg AND a .psd file, that they are now graphic designers. It’s not as easy as “common knowledge” may lead you to believe. Yes graphic designers use Adobe Creative Suite which does include Photoshop and other tools, but to become a successful graphic artist is much like becoming an athlete. Having all the right equipment isn’t even half the battle. It takes a lot of conditioning and training to get to that level that you need to get to. You will have to train your brain to speak the language of form, function, line, shape, positive and negative space and so forth. Your thought process will be so engrossed within graphic design that you will be able to visualize mind maps, brain storming, and futurist visualization within your head. You will only need to be put these ideas on paper to convey your ideas to the less fortunate. Mathematicians do calculus in their heads, designers should do creative brainstorming in theirs. The truth of the matter is that not all designers will be successful. Some will fail, most will remain mediocre, and the select few who are gifted all around will get exactly what they deserve … Everything.

Believe it or not amongst all the bull we have been fed throughout our lives there is some underlying truth. One of these truths is that education is the key. In graphic design the learning never stops. The industry is ever-changing and expanding to accommodate everyone in all different fields. The one thing they do not stress enough in the graphic design curriculum is to continue to READ. I know it sounds asinine and childish but the only way to stay informed and aware of the design world around you and your peers from across the globe is to follow the industry closely. Starting this as a student will not only get you in the habit for the rest of your career but it will also make you a better designer while in school. Designers feed off each others work and experiences more so than Hollywood musicals feed off of Broadway shows. We facilitate each other.

This might not be evident the first year of your graphic design program but it will become more and more obvious as the program goes on.  When my first year began, all of us seemed more concerned with making friends than making art. As the year progressed we all had our comfortable niche of students we worked with. Even if it was an individual assignment we would sit together in the library and feed off each others creative energy. Fuel each other to be the best we possibly could. In the first semester of the program I was in we were divided in half. Graphic design A (GRA-A) and graphic design B (GRA-B). We had the exact same classes, lectures and assignments but we were separated from the other group. I was in GRA-B and by the time first semester had ended I could tell who was going to be successful and who was going to fail after graduation. In second semester they inter-grated group A and B. In a way this was good but it started the weeding out the weak process all over again. This time was easier because I knew what characteristics to look for in students to classify them as mediocre.

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In my opinion ... this person is so right in many ways, graphic design it's no easy as it seems and not everyone could be a good graphic designer. Also , it's true the thing about chosing the best students to be your friends and work with them even when you don't have to. Personally I always want a constructive opinion of them about my work. Here is the link of this page, in case you want to read the rest of the article...


http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2009/05/13/advice-for-graphic-design-students-characteristics-of-top-design-students/

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 For my english class I have to write three sentences and tell about the verbe tenses.

"Even if it was an individual assignment we would sit together in the library and feed off each others creative energy."

INDIVIDUAL:

adj.

1. Obsolete not divisible; not separable
2. existing as a single, separate thing or being; single; separate; particular

Sentences: *The teacher said that the exam is going to be individual.
                    * The room has individual sits.

TOGETHER:

adv.

1. in or into one gathering, group, mass, or place.
2. in or into contact, collision, union, etc. with each other

Sentences: *We have to bring the family together.
                    * The cars skidded together.

LIBRARY:

 A library is a collection of books, or is a room or a building where collections of books are stored. (noun)
  
Sentences: *You have to go to the librery.
                    * The librery is far away from my house.