Category: Professional practice

Another industry that I’m interested in and currently studying for is graphic design. Graphic designers create and combine symbols, images and text to convey visual representations of ideas and messages. They use typography, visual arts and page layout techniques to create designs. Most common uses of graphic design include corporate design (logos and branding, editorial design (magazines, newspapers and books), web design, packaging and many more. It’s an interesting industry, because there are so many branches within it, that anyone who has skills can find a place they belong to with their particular skill set. Also, after doing some research about the industry, I found something that was pretty interesting. Apparently the origins of graphic design can be traced all the way from the origins of human existence, which is quite surprising and cool.

Now, I want to talk about the industry itself. There are a lot of directions you can go as a designer, but one stands out for me, personally. That profession is concept artist. Concept artists pretty much try their best to convey an idea for films, games, animations, comic books in an illustrative form. Concept art is developed through several iterations and multiple solutions are explored before settling on the final design. Concept art is not only used to develop the work, but also to show the project’s progress to directors, clients and investors. Once the development of the work is complete, concept art may be reworked and used for advertising materials. This career intrigues me, because I love films and games, so working for a franchise that I love is almost magical. I am not skilled enough for the industry just yet, but I’m getting there slowly but surely, practicing everyday.

Now, I want to talk about the industry itself. There are a lot of directions you can go as a designer, but one stands out for me, personally. That profession is concept artist. Concept artists pretty much try their best to convey an idea for films, games, animations, comic books in an illustrative form. Concept art is developed through several iterations and multiple solutions are explored before settling on the final design. Concept art is not only used to develop the work, but also to show the project’s progress to directors, clients and investors. Once the development of the work is complete, concept art may be reworked and used for advertising materials. This career intrigues me, because I love films and games, so working for a franchise that I love is almost magical. I am not skilled enough for the industry just yet, but I’m getting there slowly but surely, practicing everyday.