I want to be a "REAL" designer
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- jtb260
I Agree with Yurimon. Stop putting yourself down. You care about the intersection of style and function. You want your stuff to work, accomplish goals and look good. You're now a designer. Congratulations. Now, time to get good at it, right?
Here's some places to start. Most importantly you'll want to start honing those design sensibilities. If you have a strong aesthetic you just need to fill that out with understanding of design principles and typography. Here's some reading:
Gestalt Principles: http://graphicdesign.spokanefall…
Drawing: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product…
Visual Story Teling: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product…
Various Design Tutorials: http://design.tutsplus.com/artic…
Some Basic Typography Rules: http://fontfeed.com/archives/eri…You'll want to know Photoshop and Illustrator. Google will serve you well here if you don't know it already. Even still never hurts to sharpen those production skills a little.
Want to learn to code? Not a bad idea. I recommend Treehouse, Code Academy or Lynda.
Also, get out there and meet other designers. Even in a small town there's bound to be one or two others somewhere in driving distance. Ask one if you can buy them a cup of coffee or a beer and let you pick their brain. You might find a mentor, and when your just starting out that can be incredibly useful.
Always be building your portfolio. If you don't have client work find your own projects to practice your craft. Your book is your livelihood.
Good luck mate.
- Wow, what a wealth of information. Thanks a ton!mtthwsms