"Graphic design is a creative process—most often involving a
client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with
producers of form (i.e., printers, sign makers, etc.)—undertaken in order
to convey a specific message (or messages) to a targeted audience. The
term "graphic design" can also refer to a number of artistic and
professional disciplines that focus on visual communication and
presentation." Okay, well what the heck does that mean? Graphic design is very artistic and commonly takes the form through the designing of logos and magazine articles. I'll spare you all the history and beginning of all this because this isn't a report. Know that there are many sub-categories that I could go into and bore you all. Some careers that hone into the specific skills are the graphic artist, art director and graphic designer. Pretty fancy, I think.
Alright, the reason I chose this was because I like to draw. Scratch that... I love to draw. I really don't want to sound conceited, but ever since I was young I was told I was good at it. When we were younger, it was, "Wow, you're a good drawer!" and as we got older it got to the point of, "Karl, you should think about becoming an artist or architect." My dad is an architect, so that's most likely where I got the genes of straight lines without the need of a ruler or the capability to write really well (otherwise known as 'girly handwriting'). I thought about joining him and making its a Kohlsaat combo business, but I thought there was more for me out there. I also really like math, which is why I got a lot of comments on becoming an architect, because of all the technicalities and hullabaloo. I just didn't think was quite my forte.
I like to draw words. Sounds really lame when you put it into words, I know. But that's just always been my interest. That's how I came to the career topic of Graphic Designer because that's right up my alley! Once in a while I'll draw shapes or objects, but mainly words. I try and make my own style of fonts or copy company logos to help get a sense on the way they positioned everything. Recently I've been creating fake company titles and drawing different shapes and styles on how to write the logo. I looked up that type of graphic design and it somewhat put me into the Visual Arts with, of course, architecture. But this also includes making logos, whether it be for a company or website, and animations. I bet if I put as much effort as humanly possible, I could help create an animation like for Disney or Pixar. All I can say is that I have no set path, but the options slowly appearing in my vision. For all I know is that this is an interesting topic that I will look further into.
Thanks,
Karl K.
