Parts of Speech

8 Practical Tips for Newbie Graphic Designers! 

One of my cousins recently joined a creative agency as an entry-lever graphic designer. For the first couple of weeks, he was in complete disarray. Being relatively new in the professional field, he was unaccustomed to working in an office environment. As an experienced professional of graphic design, I helped him by providing some insightful tips that I picked up during my stint as a graphic designer.

The dilemma of not being able to adjust in a new working environment is what every newbie graphic designer faces. Newly joining designers constantly face issues in adjusting to the new set-up and fail to deliver their true potential. This happens especially when you don’t know what the tools of the trade are. Today I would like to assist my newbie graphic designer friends in adapting to the new environment with these valuable career advices:

1. Learn from others:  Being new and relatively junior in practice, you must acknowledge the experience of your seniors and peers. Don’t be a know-it-all, instead learn from others. Make a note of all the insightful tips and pointers given by the people already working there. Bear in mind that the people who are more experienced that you will have learned from their mistakes. So being new, you can learn from them and avoid the mistakes that they made. Never feel ashamed in asking for help from others.

Source: http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/tips-newbie-graphic-designers/

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of, my: Conjuction
as: Preposition 
an, a: Article
recently: Adverb

joined: Verb 
creative: Adjetive

one, cousins, agency, entry-lever, graphic designer: Noun

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Being, was, working: Verb 
relatively: Adverb 
new, the, professional, unaccustomed: Adjetive
in, to: Preposition
field, office, enviroment: Noun 
he: Pronoun
the: Article

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This, you: Pronoun
happens, don't, know, are: Verb 
especially: Adverb
when, what: Conjuction
the: Article
tools, trade: Noun 
of: Preposition

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Being, must, acknowledge: Verb 
new, relatively: Adjetive 
and: Conjuction 
junior, practice, experience, seniors, peers: Noun 
in, of: Preposition 
you: Pronoun
the: Article

your: Adjective

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in, from: Preposition 
bear, mind, people, mistakes: Noun 
that, who, you: Pronoun
the: Article 
are, have, learned, will: Verb
experienced, their, more: Adjetive
  

Enterview to a friend

This is a enterview i made to a friend about his choice of his career.

Name: Gerardo Marcano
Date: 05/30/2011

1. Could you please define Graphic Designing in your own words?
Graphic Design is Graphic communication, in which we fix communicational problems via images; it can be impressions, television, digital, etc.

2. What influenced you to pursue Graphic Design?
I’ve always liked posters and stuff, always wanted to make them.

3. Could you please describe the educational process required to become an Graphic Designer?
Most of all you need to be creative, that’s pretty much all there is to it. The rest of the process is guidance from your tutor that teaches you about the basic steps for designing, the rest it’s all up to you.

4. What are the skills you need to be a good Graphic Design?
Like I said before, you need to be creative :)

5. What job considerations were you looking for after you completed your education?
Illustration or Web design and multimedia

6. What's something of your school life that you enjoy the most?
Sharing all that knowledge with my friends

7. From your perspective, what is the most difficult part of being an Graphic Design student?
I would say getting started with the programs if you had no previous knowledge about them.

8. What are your plans for the future?
I’m not sure yet. Maybe build a company (laughs).

9. Point out your most personally gratifying moment in Graphic Design.
Hmm, I would say when i finished my last illustration project.

10. Why would you recommend Graphic Design as a career?

I would only recommend it IF the person is interested in what it’s all about because there are not so many people who are interested in Graphic Design.

Video: Fall

Fall from Lainy Voom on Vimeo.

I think the right phrase in this case is Fall for (informal), fall in love with. 

The video shows a girl stading alone in the middle of nowhere holding an umbrella and a photo of a boy. The scene we see in this part is kind of sad or melancholic because of the tone of the colors and the fact she's all alone. The music helps that sensation too. She walks to the edge of a cliff and starts to fall down, passing through some letters until she's underwater meeting with the boy we saw in the photo in the beginning. 

I think is a metaphor of a girl who can't handle falling in love for a boy who has been trying to make her fall, maybe through letters. So in the end, she ends up with him. When they hug each other, there's a comparison between the calm or relax feeling of the water and the hug, make me think that they finally felt peace beacuse they've fallen in love.

Friend

My friend's name is Pedro Piña and he’s from Maracaibo, Venezuela. He’s 19 years old and lives in Urbanization El Pinar. He’s studying Graphic Design in the 3rd semester.

He likes Music, Graphic Design and Industrial Art besides that he likes playing the bass, hanging around with his friends, being with his girlfriend, being on the computer and reading about graphic design. He also likes to apply what he reads on his designs. On the other hand, he hates being late for a place, being hungry and dealing with a slow computer.

His dream is to get graduated, have a decent job and being able to travel around the world in his vacations. The first place he wants to go is Bolivar State, here in Venezuela.

He thinks that English is interesting because it allow us to interact or communicate in other countries. He said that all the best information and resources he found are in English.

Using the Dictionary

I took these paragraphs from an article called "Using Illustration in Graphic Design" (you can check the article here: http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/elementsofgooddesign/a/find_illustrate.htm). I used Answer.com as a dictionary.

Illustrations are commonly used in graphic design projects. A beautiful illustration can often grab the attention of your audience just as well as a photograph, and in many cases it can be even more effective. Illustrations are often necessary to “illustrate” a point, such as in graphs, charts and maps or in a set of icons for a website. There are several sources of illustrations, each with advantages and disadvantages in terms of quality, cost and time. Regardless of where the illustrations are obtained, be sure to include the terms related to such work in a contract, to make sure you are paid for your time, and that payments to others or stock agencies are covered in the budget.

Creating Illustrations Yourself

Of course, creating an illustration yourself is always an option, provided you have the skills to complete the job. The complexity of illustrations can vary greatly, so whether or not you take on the work may depend on what the client is looking for, and what was agreed on. If you don’t consider yourself an “illustrator,” but a project requires a simple shape or icon, you may want to work on it yourself. The most common software for illustration work is Adobe Illustrator, though many programs, including Photoshop, have the tools necessary to complete this type of work. Again, what is used will depend on what you or a client is looking for.

Charts /chärt / noun. A sheet presenting information in the form of graphs or tables.

Regardless / rĭ-gärd'lĭs/adverb.  In spite of everything; anyway. e. continues to work regardless.

Budget / bŭj'ĭt / noun. The total sum of money allocated for a particular purpose or period of time. e. a project with an annual budget of five million dollars.

 

A Poem For Her

 












She,
She's always here
Even I can't see it
She,
She's standing strong for me


Mistakes that I made
Words that I regret
She,
She never seemed to care
Because she was always there

Hugs that I love
Smiles that means a lot
She,
She's the reason of these thoughts


"Keep going. Come on"
Typical words
She keeps in her mouth
Do you how can she be so strong?

She,
She keeps the hope
For me
Even I can't say:
"Hey mom, I love you a lot"

She,
She knows what I feel
Even not knowing about this
Because she,
She's always here.
            (in my head)
            (in my heart)

Introduction

My name is Yoselin Zapata. I'm 19 years old and I live in Maracaibo, Venezuela. I study graphic design at Urbe in the 8th semester and I study arquitecture at Luz too, on the 2th semester. I studied at E.T. Hermano Ildefonso Gutierrez, known best as Maristas and Colegio Nuestra Señora del Fátima.

I really like drawing and it has been like that since I can remember. Besides that, I like listening to music; when i have the chance i listen to it; it's like an addiction. I usually do those thing simultaneosly because I feel more inspired.Other thing that I enjoy is sharing with my friends and talk about anything that comes up in our minds. And, of course, I like sleeping.

Most of the things that i don't like or hate are liars and hypocrite people, vallenato music and papaya juice. I almost forgot that i really can't stand the cigarette smoke.

What do I want to do in the future? Well, the first thing it's getting graduated from Urbe and Luz to get my second plan: a job. Those are my basics but important plans. I really wish that i could work outside the country and if i do it well and work really hard, being able to live in that country.

I'd like to work like an Illustrator because you can represent something applying your drawing style so, for me it fits perfectly. In the other hand, i really want to travel to Europe and visit every museum that i can.

Most of my plans requires being able to talk in English and here's my opinion about it: English it's an important tool because it gives you a lot oportunities like getting a job or meeting new people. It helps you to know things that you haven't know because of your language, in my case Spanish.

I listen to music in english, talk or write with some friends in english. When i want to find more information, i do it in english. Everytime i can, i use this language to practice and to don't forget it because like i said it's a tool that opens you new doors, gives you new chances to get something good or better than things you already have.

Thanks for reading :)