Of course, there’s a lot more demand for it now and it is increasing as companies slowly realise the importance of design as an approach altogether.Īs a freelance designer, I mostly work with small and medium-sized businesses, though I have done a few small projects for Radiocity and Viacom18 amongst the known ones. Have you noticed any differences in the industry now than the way it used to be before?Ĭomputer-aided design is now almost a necessity. How long have you been in this industry now? It feels like being directly mentored by the people whose work you admire the most.
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You’ll find many resources online and books as well from other professional designers themselves. I did not find any programme which would have allowed me to practice the exact skills that I wanted, so I learned by myself. I think the key is to follow your interest, so it is up to you to decide whether a structured programme can give you what you want or you would rather directly learn by yourself if you have the passion and discipline. In design, I’m self-taught with the help of online resources and books. There are many who benefit from classroom teaching and others, autodidacts like myself, who prefer to study on their own. Where did you study to be a graphic designer? It turns out, the thing that excited me the most, which I then did not consider seriously, was the only thing that truly made me happy and I now had found a way to do it forever. Then finally during my graduation year, I saw an article about Graphic Design and I knew that was what I had been looking for. So, I researched and considered other options, never really feeling truly happy about any of those choices. Of course, I never thought of it seriously then, because Graphic Design as a career was unheard of then. I cannot recollect if it was a website or an application, but I thought to myself that whoever has done this, is so lucky to get to do this, it’s so much fun! I thought, I’d love to do this myself! I always loved well-designed things ever since I was a kid. When I was in class eight and we got our first computer, I saw an interface related to Disney. What prompted you to take up web designing as a line of work? The self-taught designer tells The Metrognome about being a freelance graphic designer, and about finding the thing that makes you happy and doing it forever. The Bandra resident has done a wide range of work since then – she’s designed brochures, home pages for websites, company logos and even business cards.
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by The Diarist | Mohanty (27) used to work full time as a graphic designer, before branching out on her own in 2009 and cracking the work-for-yourself code. Graphic designer Soumya Mohanty talks about the joys and the perils of working freelance, and how you can follow suit.
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