What High school courses do you need to become a graphic designer?

Answer 1

It really depends on what classes your high school has to offer, but some helpful classes to take are; yearbook or newspaper/newsmagazine, depending on what your school has to offer, computer graphics, all Photography classes, art history and creative writing. Any other art classes help build up your portfolio for college.

Answer 2

Mainly art- For the fact that you need to have a good imagination and you need to be able to link you work with the project you are working on it. For example if you are designing a logo for a slimy product, you want your design green and a slimy affect.

Another subject is ICT (computers)- Graphic designers do most of their work on a computer at home.

Hope this advice helps, good luck.

Answer 3

It depends on if you're talking about high school or college. In most high schools there isn't a specific graphic arts course to take. Any computer class above beginner level should help a little though. In college, some schools have an actual graphic design major. If your school doesn't have that then maybe a major in computer technology or advertising will help.

Answer 4

Take ANY art courses you can. Digital Photography will help and if your school offers it then I suggest taking a computer graphics course too. These will give you a solid foundation for the design element of graphic designing. If your school has any Adobe programs on their computers, I would also make friends with the teacher who manages them (the resident computer teacher, most likely the one who runs around the school fixing everyone's problems). He/She can give you tutorials and tips for Illustrator and Photoshop, and may even have "Classroom in a Book", which is a handy tutorial disk that takes you through the features and elements of the adobe programs. If you don't have any designing programs, it also helps to befriend these teachers, as they often have older versions of the software that you can get started on. I, personally, took digital photography, and basic arts courses through high school. I studied Illustrator in my spare time with my accounting teacher (He used to teach graphic design and marketing) who knew a lot about illustration and was able to pass on the Classroom-in-a-book for illustrator. When I graduated I had a superior knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, and a very bright future in Illustrator. Not even having gone to school yet, one of my teachers (from photography) was able to offer me a job, to work in the busiest Sign Shop in town, as a graphic designer. The owner of the business was excited that I'd had so much experience and was impressed by my portfolio. And He showed me everything else I needed to know. Now I'm getting ready for post-secondary and its hard to find a school or course that offers more than what I've already learned from high school, the internet and classroom-in-a-book.

So, that's my advice, and GOOD LUCK!

Answer 5

Dont be sure of what you choose?? Do you want to become a graphic desiner because the only get paid 35,000 a year!! be careful choosing

Answer 6

Art classes are a good start, Art History, Computer Classes where graphics/web software are taught.

Photography, Film/Video, Theater are a good plus too.

Answer 7

Some courses that are introductory to getting into a graphic design career could be the basics of graphic design and learning how to use and master photo shop.

Answer 8

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