National Service Postings Checking

Take Note: All prospecting service personnel who want to check their postings can only do that, starting from Monday, 4th October, 2010. All Service personnel, according to City news, are also to report to their various service positions latest by 15th October, 2010. Follow this blog for further information later.

National Service Postings

At long last, the 2010-2011 National Service postings have been released. According to City news, postings can be checked, starting from Monday, 4th October 2010. You can follow this blog for more information on it later in the week.

CraftyEka: Learning about Graphics:

CraftyEka: Learning about Graphics:: "Graphics as seen in the ordinary is all about shapes and images, text and illustrations and to spice it up, colour. But a good graphic desig..."

Learning about Graphics:

Graphics as seen in the ordinary is all about shapes and images, text and illustrations and to spice it up, colour.

But a good graphic design work comes along with creativivity, which is obtained from intensive brainstorming in order to add beauty and emotion to the art piece being worked on. (CraftyEka)

Who is a Graphic designer?

A graphic designer as defined by the Wikipedia World Encyclopedia, is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, printed or electronic media, such as brochures and advertising. They are also sometimes responsible for typesetting, illustration, user interfaces, and web design, or take a teaching position, although these specialties may be assigned to specialists in various graphic design occupations. A core responsibility of the designer's job is to present information in a way that is both accessible and memorable.

Graphic Design is also called Communication design. This is based on the fact that, it is purposely mearnt to communicate information to the public.

Some of the qualities the greatest graphic designers share include:

1.       Artistic Ability: A great graphic designer must be talented and have a variety of artistic skills and ability.

2.      Client Oriented: A great graphic designer is able to work easily with clients to ensure that designs meet specifications.

3.      Communication: A great graphic designer is able to effectively communicate with clients and other members of the design team to ensure they are on track with deadlines and other goals.

4.      Creativity: A great graphic designer is very creative and can come up with new and exciting ideas for designs.

5.      Knows Audience: A great graphic designer understands that different audiences respond to different images and can integrate this understanding into their designs.

6.      Manages Priorities: A great graphic designer is able to work within boundaries of deadlines and changing priorities and can effectively manage a workload to meet deadlines and satisfy clients.

7.      Open to Change: A great graphic designer hears all criticism with an open mind and is willing to change designs based on the needs or wants of a client or opinions of members of the design team.

8.      Strategy: A great graphic designer understands how strategy plays a part in marketing and advertising, and is able to develop strategic ideas and work within the scope of a client's strategic plan to execute top notch designs.

9.      Teamwork: A great graphic designer works well as part of a team and recognizes that all team members must work well together and communicate openly to get a project completed.

10.   Technology: A great graphic designer is well-versed in a plethora of desktop publishing software and is able to quickly learn new programs and incorporate them into his or her work.