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Why Graphic Design

I didn’t know much about graphic design and I never thought I would like it. I only took graphic design at my high school so I could get enough art credits. After taking graphic design 1 and 2 in school I really enjoyed it. My first graphic design class I didn’t know what to except or what we would even do. In the beginning I felt that it was very confusing and that maybe I should switch out. I had no clue what to do on the computer or what object did what. I ended up staying in the class and after a couple weeks I got the hang of it. I decide to take the second graphic design class my senior year and I already knew what I was doing and liked it a lot. I never thought I would ever do graphic design in college or maybe as a major but now I might be thinking about it.

I had no clue what types of graphic design I would like. After reading the passage I learned a lot more about the different types of graphic design that I didn’t know existed. The two graphic designs that caught my eye and I seemed to like the most were Type Design and Publication Design.

Type Design 

I found type design to be very interesting. I learned about the different fonts that you can use and how each font means something different just by the way it looks. Its amazing how someone takes time to come up with a new font that can then be changed into either bold or italic. Having one word and changing one thing about it I think it makes it mean something else. The way the different fonts look I think it gives off a different meaning. Making something for a brand or any type of label I feel would be a good fit for me because you have to be patient and organized which I think I am.

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Publication Design

I found publication design to be very interesting. I thought about how fun it would be to make a magazine cove, newspaper or something for a business. I like reading magazines and looking at the front covers because thats the first thing mostly everyone sees. You can see how the creator uses the different colors, layouts, pictures and how they set it up. I didn’t know much about publication design but now I know how important it actually is because everyone sees it. In high school I had to make a magazine cover in one of my graphic design class and I really enjoyed doing that project. Its interesting seeing all the pictures on the front cover and seeing how they made the magazine cover by putting labels, pictures and fonts together. I feel this would be a good fit for me because I could see myself doing this and taking different pictures and putting them together to make the perfect front cover.

To learn more about publication design click here Publication Design    What does a publication designer do