September 2010, makes six years that I started my journey to pursue graphic design. I stepped out in faith to pursue my passion. I took the risk and changed my career from auditing to graphic design. Having gained much insight from this experience, I thought to share five things graphic designers do. Graphic design is everywhere, from print media signs, web pages, and television screens to road signs and retail displays. The western world has become reliant on visual communications to develop a social and cultural identity. In addition to the …
How to Pursue Graphic Design with Jessica Oddi
A few years ago, I was honoured to meet the most awesome and talented Jessica Oddi. She was (and still is!) such a sweet and respectable person with a positive vibe. Today I am privileged to interview her and share with you how physically accessible graphic design is, as a career. How we met Back in college days, I wanted to work on campus and earn a little pocket money. I applied for a few jobs and landed a job in the Accessible Department; little did I know then, that this …
How to take the Risk to Pursue Graphic Design
“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be” ~ Abraham Maslow I discovered this quotation right about the time when I started my search for a new career. It sounded sooooo refreshing! It was like that moment when I knew within myself that I am not using my God-given talents as best as I could. We spend most of our awake hours at work. Shouldn’t this time …
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Thou art intelligent! How to discover your Multiple Intelligences
I believe you are intelligent—YES you! Actually, you’re more intelligent than you may know! Graphic designers are super intelligent — they have ‘supersonic vision’ or what is called a strong visual intelligence. They are literate in visual things. Every one of us has a degree of it within us. We all tried our hand at it as a child with coloring books and crayons, markers and sidewalk chalk. From colouring within the lines to reading street signs or finding that playground park the second time around from memory. These …