Graphic Designing 101:
My favourite saying in regards to access to the online space is that, “If you have access to the internet, you have no excuse to be jobless, If you have escaped from the #DigitalDevide then you have escaped one step out of poverty”.

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Graphic Designing 101:
There are a variety of #SkillSet available on the online space, that which exists & that yet to exist, waiting for the online users to be innovative & creative. Today I’ll share some few basic tips in the Graphic designing area, courtesy of @Kiganyi_ 2/12

Graphic design is an aesthetic way of visual communication. It’s a way of seducing ur target to submission. A great designer requires not only knowledge or formal way of communicating, an eye of beauty in terms of shapes, forms, colour & perspective have an added advantage
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Graphic design is a huge. Of the 8 types I'll stick to 1 type of Graphics (Marketing & Advertising which has more than 15 types) I'll stick with 5
1, Social Media
2, Brochures
3, Power Presentations
4, Flyers
5, Business Cards
~To master the art choose one step at a time 4/12

Step (1)
Choose one among the listed and start instilling, exercising and growing your talent. Social Media Posts, Brochures, Power Presentations, Flyers and Business cards are the most friendlier areas to start for one aspiring to be a graphic designer
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Step (2)
Understand the terms about Graphic Designing and do some digging of relevant valuable content online such as the ones below:-

Link (1) https://bit.ly/3dAyIw9 
Link (2) https://bit.ly/3rTk3Bm 
Link (3) https://bit.ly/3cMNP6d 
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Step (3)
Know your softwares, choose a few that are most recommendable and stick with those before going to other options. Learn everything you can, inside out, about industry-standard software such as Adobe Creative Suite programs like Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
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Step (4)
Embrace the shortcuts to amazing Graphic designs by using most efficient applications that has simplified the task to the maximum such as listed below:
1. http://Canva.com  (Visualisation) - I love this!
2. Gravit Designer (Animation)
3. Pixlr (Photo Editing)
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Step (5)
Follow up and patiently learn as many tutorials as you can about Graphic Designing. Some recommendations below:-
~Link (1) https://bit.ly/2QYd3Gh 
~Link (2) https://bit.ly/3rMcSe5 
~Link (3) https://bit.ly/3um0mUq 

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Step (6)
You need to understand the task at hand

~Client (Individual, private, public)
~Field (Education, Tech, Religious, Agriculture, etc)
~Brand (logo, no logo, colors etc)
~Taste (Old school, modern, hybrid etc)
~Message (what are you trying to communicate)
~Etc

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Step (7)
Be you, avoid too much imitation, embrace learning from others. While not all can pull it off being original, all can master a certain taste in their work in a manner that'd create a certain brand. When you see the artwork you know that is @Kiganyi_ or a copycat 11/12

I'd like to credit the artwork in our pages of @MediaConvergecy & @WomenAtWebTZ_MC to the wonderful brilliant brains of @GodfreyMuniss and @HalifaHalifax I believe they too will play part by contributing to the topic for further details and information so as to add value 12/12