Please, I need some advice from professional Logo Artists.

lordofthejungle · 3 months

I'd say there's a future for you, of course. You need to get work, but i'd start with doing web icons for people and iconographic illustration (posters maybe?), that sort of thing.

Identity (Logo) design is a packed market and is very difficult to do successfully. Effectively you have to be able to go to a business with the confidence to tell them your design will improve their bottom line, and you've to charge a lot of money for that. The reason being, most businesses don't just need a logo, they need an identity. That's colour scheme, font choices and brand guidelines. So if you're designing a logo, say you charge $300 (way too cheap for a logo), do you think that logo will make back the $300 your client spent on it?

Your design should make back more, it should raise their profile, bring in money. To do that you need to be in a position to tell businesses what they need in their given market. At 17 it's hard to imagine you being taken seriously enough or having enough experience with market places to do this correctly.

You should indeed be practicing, and doing anything you can. You need to be practicing Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign. The first for photos, images, textures anything of a fixed resolution. Illustrator is a must know for logo design. Indesign is used for text layout on anything more text heavy than a poster.

You're not making a mistake at all, you're young enough to fulfill your aspirations quite early, but you have a lot to learn between now and being a "logo designer". If you can design logos, you should already be able to design a lot of other things.

Sorry this is a messy response, if you've any questions, shoot.

TOASTEDTOASTED · 3 months

20 year old designer here . Network like a mother fucker , build a portfolio draw/design/sketch at least once a day. Look at other designers work, pick up a couple design books or magazines . As for the market just be original and have a passion for it youll be fine!

edu723 · 3 months

Holy pixel that's a lot of questions...

In case you're asking about design education: You can study graphic design and/or communication design (which is basically the more contemporary and broader name).

Once in school -or maybe out of it- you can look for internships. What it reads like you're interested in is brand identity design (logos & their families) and with the writing thing I guess some brand strategy might mix well.

Experience is the most valued thing in the field for what I can tell; but obviously coming out of high school you're not expected to have it already. Education helps a lot in many aspects and I'm pro-it personally but that's a recurring debate in this sub.

Yes there is a future in design, of course there is. Just don't fall in love w/just the glam side of it because many of us make a good living doing very boring shit. But the beauty of it is how endless it is. You have so much potential to do stuff. And there's always freelance projects and personal projects for when you want to bust a conceptual creative nut.

The market is very competitive yes and ever-evolving. Years back if you were just good with logos that could be enough to make you a great hiring candidate but nowadays web skills give you and edge more and more.

Hope this helps even a tiny bit. Don't be discouraged. Do what you love and love what you do.

disclaimer: I am just someone who graduated last year with a BFA after getting an AAS, I have a FT job that pays well and freelance around like a drunk hummingbird. Take everything I said with a grain of salt, if you chose to even take it at all :)

redditforgotaboutme · 3 months

Check out this guy or you may wanna also read his blog

Strict logo designers, like Jeff, can make decent money in a competitive market. If you start now at the age of 17, by the time you are out of college you should be already making impacts. Look for charity work, also like others mentioned, just make a logo for something that you are interested in, for fun. Keep doing that, over and over and over. Don't just go with the top idea, keep at it, snowball your ideas until its refined. DRAW, I can't tell you how important comping is, it will save you so much time. Also, Illustrator or Corel is what most professionals use as far as programs, if you want to get your hands on some vector based software but don't have the $$, then get inkscape for free and start now, today, don't wait.

Good luck to you young design padowan.

rdpatrick · 3 months

Just design stuff. Rebrand some famous logos or local businesses from your area for practice. Build your portfolio with these things. Join some social network like Forrst or Dribbble. I recommend Forrst because there is so much more helpful feedback to help you improve. Good luck.

PatrickNLeon · 3 months

Study, study, study. There is so much to learn from the great masters of this industry - past AND present. Buy books, do research online, do not be passive about it or you will fail.

Do not limit yourself.

You don't need to spend money on a fancy college education. Your portfolio is more important. Subscribe to Lynda.com or something like that and stay local perhaps. If you have talent and what it takes to be a successful designer, no amount of education will make it happen. Be honest with yourself. If you find out that you suck, quit and try a new profession.

Good luck!

aaron_is_here · 3 months

Take a look at this book at B&N or whatever bookstore that has graphic design books: http://www.neversleepbook.com/

I guess you can call this book an autobiography of two designers of Dresscode and their journey from high school students who have an interest in web/graphic design and their progression to a successful design business.

Aside from the book, design is much more than just designing logos and stuff. The way you're thinking right now is a little narrow. Design is a way of thinking and doing things. Some would say a way of living. To be successful in the design field you'll honestly need to be immersed in it. Eat, sleep, and breathe design. Expose yourself to the design culture and check out some magazines like Print and ID. You can read up on real design for free on the internet by checking out blogs like Speak Up and Design Observer.

You can be successful. Successful money-wise is a different story. People get into this field because they love what they do. The money is icing on the cake.

Absorb everything you can outside of design as well. Be humble, show some humility, and have a thick skin because being a designer is a tough but rewarding career.

youenjoymyles · 3 months

2 of the best blogs/resources on branding/identity design:

http://www.brandingserved.com/

http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/

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