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How to Learn Design | How to Get Started in Design - Episode 1

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Welcome to part 1 of a 5 part series about getting started as a designer. In this video, we cover learning design. Since there are so many facets of design I focus on 5 tips on what to learn and how to learn more effectively. Remember to Subscribe https://goo.gl/6vCw64 This series is geared towards people who have an interest in becoming professional designers but don’t know where to start. In this series, I’ll be covering topics such as: 1. What to Learn 2. Projects to Make 3. Portfolio Building 4. Landing Clients 5. Behavior This series is great if you are interested in design and is not limited to a certain facet of design. Whether you are interested in graphic design, web design, product design, logo design, etc... I cover basic steps that are distilled down in the hopes of helping people make less of the mistakes I made during the process. My goal in making this series is to answer the flood of questions I’ve received by email and twitter asking to get started? What projects to pursue, how to find clients, what to do if you have never had a paying client etc... I really hope you enjoy the series and watch it all the way through. I really tried to answer as many of those foundation questions as I could. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ////////// Want to support my content and get extra goodies? Become a member and get perks like member-only content, behind the scenes, design files, and more... https://designchamps.io/hip ////////// Connect with me here 👍🏼 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imjesseshow Twitter: http://twitter.com/imjesseshow Anchor: https://anchor.fm/imjesseshow Medium: https://medium.com/@imjesseshow ////////// Sign up for my Monthly Newsletter 📫 http://jesseshowalter.com/newsletter ////////// Music is from Musicbed click below for a free trial 👇🏼 http://share.mscbd.fm/imjesseshow ////////// Equipment 📸 https://www.amazon.com/shop/jesseshowaltertv

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'duration': 6.345}], 'summary': 'Recommend honing in on foundations, principles, and theory, and learning the technical aspect when starting design.', 'duration': 27.147, 'max_score': 181.519, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/0oCITNwKpqk/pics/0oCITNwKpqk181519.jpg'}, {'end': 264.124, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 222.176, 'weight': 0.725, 'content': [{'end': 227.539, 'text': "There's obviously some of the big industry standards and the things you have to pay for, like the Adobe Creative Suite,", 'start': 222.176, 'duration': 5.363}, {'end': 229.581, 'text': 'like Photoshop and Illustrator and InDesign.', 'start': 227.539, 'duration': 2.042}, {'end': 232.102, 'text': "You can learn those if that's what you want to do.", 'start': 229.881, 'duration': 2.221}, {'end': 239.227, 'text': "There's also some cheaper options out there, like Affinity Designer or Affinity Photo or Sketch or Figma.", 'start': 232.462, 'duration': 6.765}, {'end': 243.749, 'text': 'If you wanna learn digital design or print design, those things can work as well.', 'start': 239.507, 'duration': 4.242}, {'end': 251.034, 'text': "There's also some free options for those of you that are just getting started, like you can use Figma on a free plan for like a long time.", 'start': 244.03, 'duration': 7.004}, {'end': 257.719, 'text': 'You can use Gravit Designer, which is a completely free software for Mac and Windows and Linux.', 'start': 251.434, 'duration': 6.285}, {'end': 258.86, 'text': 'You can find it everywhere.', 'start': 257.738, 'duration': 1.122}, {'end': 260.141, 'text': 'You can use it in the browser.', 'start': 258.88, 'duration': 1.261}, {'end': 264.124, 'text': "That's a good place to get started if you really, really need something for free.", 'start': 260.562, 'duration': 3.562}], 'summary': 'Various design software options, including adobe, affinity, sketch, figma, and gravit designer, cater to different budgets and needs, with free options available for beginners.', 'duration': 41.948, 'max_score': 222.176, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/0oCITNwKpqk/pics/0oCITNwKpqk222176.jpg'}, {'end': 352.501, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 305.089, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 314.638, 'text': 'a vector-based kind of software, something like you know Gravit Designer or Affinity Designer or Adobe Illustrator.', 'start': 305.089, 'duration': 9.549}, {'end': 317.741, 'text': 'you should learn something along those lines, okay?', 'start': 314.638, 'duration': 3.103}, {'end': 325.029, 'text': "So between the photo editing software and a vector editing software, that's kind of pretty much all you need.", 'start': 317.781, 'duration': 7.248}, {'end': 331.015, 'text': 'And in there are the basic tools, like you need to learn the pen tool, you need to learn the pathfinder tools,', 'start': 325.489, 'duration': 5.526}, {'end': 334.098, 'text': 'you need to learn alignment and all that kind of stuff.', 'start': 331.015, 'duration': 3.083}, {'end': 340.265, 'text': 'My recommendation would be watch lots of video tutorials, take some lynda.com tutorials.', 'start': 334.559, 'duration': 5.706}, {'end': 344.27, 'text': 'YouTube is great, but something about a start to finish,', 'start': 341.266, 'duration': 3.004}, {'end': 352.501, 'text': "kind of like curriculum that someone's laid out for you and by the end of it you're looking for curriculums that have some sort of capstone project.", 'start': 344.27, 'duration': 8.231}], 'summary': 'Learn vector-based software like gravit designer or affinity designer, with focus on tools like pen tool, pathfinder tools, and alignment. watch video tutorials and complete a curriculum with a capstone project.', 'duration': 47.412, 'max_score': 305.089, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/0oCITNwKpqk/pics/0oCITNwKpqk305089.jpg'}, {'end': 422.772, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 394.284, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 398.665, 'text': 'You never stop learning, but one of the ways of learning is to learn by doing.', 'start': 394.284, 'duration': 4.381}, {'end': 405.387, 'text': "You need to be making stuff, okay? You need to find the thing that's contextually relevant to you.", 'start': 399.005, 'duration': 6.382}, {'end': 410.328, 'text': 'For me if you watch the intro to this whole series, to me it was band flyers right?', 'start': 405.487, 'duration': 4.841}, {'end': 414.69, 'text': 'And you know band posters for like punk, rock and heavy metal shows.', 'start': 410.728, 'duration': 3.962}, {'end': 422.772, 'text': 'I would make lots of those things and through it, it required that I learn different techniques and then have to actually produce something.', 'start': 415.05, 'duration': 7.722}], 'summary': 'Learning by doing is essential, making band flyers led to learning different techniques and producing a significant amount.', 'duration': 28.488, 'max_score': 394.284, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/0oCITNwKpqk/pics/0oCITNwKpqk394284.jpg'}, {'end': 477.096, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 454.425, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 462.188, 'text': 'she probably posed for that like 25 times before she accepted it and put tons of filters on it and fixed it up and put it online for you.', 'start': 454.425, 'duration': 7.763}, {'end': 467.851, 'text': 'Get out of the perfection mentality and get into the production mentality.', 'start': 462.808, 'duration': 5.043}, {'end': 469.832, 'text': 'Start making stuff.', 'start': 468.311, 'duration': 1.521}, {'end': 471.093, 'text': 'Let it be awful.', 'start': 470.152, 'duration': 0.941}, {'end': 472.113, 'text': 'Show it to people.', 'start': 471.233, 'duration': 0.88}, {'end': 473.154, 'text': 'Let them critique it.', 'start': 472.193, 'duration': 0.961}, {'end': 474.154, 'text': 'Make it again.', 'start': 473.394, 'duration': 0.76}, {'end': 476.075, 'text': 'Make lots of stuff.', 'start': 474.855, 'duration': 1.22}, {'end': 477.096, 'text': 'Learn by doing.', 'start': 476.196, 'duration': 0.9}], 'summary': 'Shift to a production mentality, make lots of stuff, learn by doing.', 'duration': 22.671, 'max_score': 454.425, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/0oCITNwKpqk/pics/0oCITNwKpqk454425.jpg'}], 'start': 164.464, 'title': 'Design fundamentals and learning techniques', 'summary': 'Focuses on the significance of mastering design mechanics, technical aspects, and learning web design through video tutorials, practical projects, and embracing imperfection.', 'chapters': [{'end': 331.015, 'start': 164.464, 'title': 'Becoming a designer: mechanics and technical aspects', 'summary': 'Emphasizes the importance of learning the mechanics and technical aspects of design, recommending the study of foundations, principles, and theory, as well as the use of photo and vector-based editing software for graphic and web design.', 'duration': 166.551, 'highlights': ['The importance of learning foundations, principles, and theory for design The speaker recommends focusing on foundations, principles, and theory, through classes, books, videos, or blog posts, as a crucial step in learning design.', 'Emphasizing the need to learn technical skills for design The chapter stresses the necessity of learning technical skills, particularly in utilizing photo editing software and vector-based editing software for graphic and web design.']}, {'end': 517.688, 'start': 331.015, 'title': 'Learning web design: tips and techniques', 'summary': 'Emphasizes the importance of learning through video tutorials, practical projects, and creativity, stressing the value of learning by doing and embracing imperfection.', 'duration': 186.673, 'highlights': ['The importance of following a structured curriculum with a capstone project is emphasized for effective learning.', 'Learning by doing and making contextually relevant projects is emphasized, encouraging creativity and practical application of knowledge.', 'The significance of embracing imperfection and focusing on production mentality rather than perfection is highlighted to encourage continuous learning and improvement.']}], 'duration': 353.224, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/0oCITNwKpqk/pics/0oCITNwKpqk164464.jpg', 'highlights': ['The speaker recommends focusing on foundations, principles, and theory as a crucial step in learning design.', 'The chapter stresses the necessity of learning technical skills, particularly in utilizing photo editing software and vector-based editing software for graphic and web design.', 'The importance of following a structured curriculum with a capstone project is emphasized for effective learning.', 'Learning by doing and making contextually relevant projects is emphasized, encouraging creativity and practical application of knowledge.', 'The significance of embracing imperfection and focusing on production mentality rather than perfection is highlighted to encourage continuous learning and improvement.']}, {'end': 792.195, 'segs': [{'end': 543.089, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 517.688, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 522.311, 'text': 'that doggy daycare or whatever it is, and then have everyone critique it.', 'start': 517.688, 'duration': 4.623}, {'end': 528.775, 'text': 'Put it out there into the world, right? And so that is an important part of learning is learning by doing.', 'start': 522.351, 'duration': 6.424}, {'end': 537.483, 'text': 'We talked about this one a little bit earlier, but the fourth thing you need to do when learning design is you need to learn how you learn best.', 'start': 529.235, 'duration': 8.248}, {'end': 539.505, 'text': 'That is something that people take for granted.', 'start': 537.643, 'duration': 1.862}, {'end': 543.089, 'text': "There's lots of different types of teaching and learning styles.", 'start': 539.766, 'duration': 3.323}], 'summary': "Learning design includes practical application and understanding one's learning style.", 'duration': 25.401, 'max_score': 517.688, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/0oCITNwKpqk/pics/0oCITNwKpqk517688.jpg'}, {'end': 590.045, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 562.083, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 566.827, 'text': 'If you learn best by reading and taking notes, you need to get on it and start taking some notes.', 'start': 562.083, 'duration': 4.744}, {'end': 576.413, 'text': 'So you need to find what style of learner you are, and then you need to actually like participate that way in the learning process.', 'start': 567.167, 'duration': 9.246}, {'end': 583.559, 'text': 'Because otherwise, A lot of this is just gonna roll right off of your back and go right over your head and not make sense to you.', 'start': 576.673, 'duration': 6.886}, {'end': 590.045, 'text': "Me. I'm a visual learner and I'm also a person who I read if I take notes.", 'start': 583.979, 'duration': 6.066}], 'summary': 'Identify your learning style and actively engage for better retention and understanding.', 'duration': 27.962, 'max_score': 562.083, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/0oCITNwKpqk/pics/0oCITNwKpqk562083.jpg'}, {'end': 660.964, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 630.316, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 636.745, 'text': "You need to get your work that you're making out there in front of other people and let them actually respond to it.", 'start': 630.316, 'duration': 6.429}, {'end': 643.91, 'text': 'So I think early on, if you watched the introduction, I had some internships and some mentorships that really, really helped me.', 'start': 637.065, 'duration': 6.845}, {'end': 649.034, 'text': 'I found people who would actually sit down with me and teach me what they knew about design,', 'start': 643.99, 'duration': 5.044}, {'end': 653.698, 'text': 'whether that was my wife and all of her Photoshop knowledge, or my friend, who like,', 'start': 649.034, 'duration': 4.664}, {'end': 660.964, 'text': 'sat down and actually took the time and taught me some of the technical skill or some of the theory stuff or whatever it is.', 'start': 653.698, 'duration': 7.266}], 'summary': 'Seek mentorship and internships to learn design skills and gain exposure.', 'duration': 30.648, 'max_score': 630.316, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/0oCITNwKpqk/pics/0oCITNwKpqk630316.jpg'}, {'end': 697.688, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 670.85, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 675.353, 'text': 'If you know nothing about design, one of the best things you could do is go to a design meetup and just listen.', 'start': 670.85, 'duration': 4.503}, {'end': 678.515, 'text': "Just listen to what they're talking about.", 'start': 676.554, 'duration': 1.961}, {'end': 680.717, 'text': 'Just glean all that you can.', 'start': 678.855, 'duration': 1.862}, {'end': 686.12, 'text': "Ask questions and be bold enough to be there even though you don't know anything about what they're talking about.", 'start': 681.257, 'duration': 4.863}, {'end': 688.061, 'text': 'You wanna learn, you wanna know.', 'start': 686.5, 'duration': 1.561}, {'end': 689.842, 'text': 'And maybe if you go to one of those,', 'start': 688.161, 'duration': 1.681}, {'end': 697.688, 'text': "you might meet somebody you can hang out and have a cup of coffee with and just talk story and figure out a little bit more about what it is you're getting into.", 'start': 689.842, 'duration': 7.846}], 'summary': "Attending design meetups can help you learn and network, even if you're a beginner.", 'duration': 26.838, 'max_score': 670.85, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/0oCITNwKpqk/pics/0oCITNwKpqk670850.jpg'}, {'end': 756.142, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 720.709, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 728.415, 'text': "You're learning how to grow, you're learning how to communicate with other people, even possibly get you better at communicating with clients.", 'start': 720.709, 'duration': 7.706}, {'end': 735.781, 'text': 'You need to talk with people about your designs, about design in general, and you need to learn from other people.', 'start': 728.835, 'duration': 6.946}, {'end': 736.622, 'text': "Well, that's it.", 'start': 736.141, 'duration': 0.481}, {'end': 744.51, 'text': "That's all I got when it comes to what to learn and how to learn it and where to go to learn when it comes to starting out in design.", 'start': 736.682, 'duration': 7.828}, {'end': 746.111, 'text': 'I hope that was helpful to you guys.', 'start': 744.81, 'duration': 1.301}, {'end': 750.196, 'text': 'I hope it was an encouragement and beneficial in some way, shape or form.', 'start': 746.131, 'duration': 4.065}, {'end': 754.2, 'text': 'If you have any questions, make sure to leave them down in the comments.', 'start': 750.996, 'duration': 3.204}, {'end': 756.142, 'text': "I'll get back to them as soon as I can.", 'start': 754.22, 'duration': 1.922}], 'summary': 'Learn to grow, communicate, and collaborate in design. seek learning opportunities and engage with others for improvement.', 'duration': 35.433, 'max_score': 720.709, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/0oCITNwKpqk/pics/0oCITNwKpqk720709.jpg'}, {'end': 792.195, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 770.874, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 775.078, 'text': "I hope you are making amazing things, and I hope that you don't give up.", 'start': 770.874, 'duration': 4.204}, {'end': 776.019, 'text': 'Have a good one.', 'start': 775.558, 'duration': 0.461}, {'end': 777.72, 'text': 'Talk to you in the next video.', 'start': 776.339, 'duration': 1.381}, {'end': 778.221, 'text': 'Tell you what, man.', 'start': 777.74, 'duration': 0.481}, {'end': 780.888, 'text': 'Sometimes I get tired of learning.', 'start': 779.727, 'duration': 1.161}, {'end': 782.509, 'text': "I'm gonna be honest.", 'start': 780.908, 'duration': 1.601}, {'end': 786.051, 'text': "If everyone else is learning stuff and they're all young and excited and motivated.", 'start': 782.969, 'duration': 3.082}, {'end': 789.373, 'text': "I'm just some old 33-year-old dinosaur who's like I already know what I want.", 'start': 786.051, 'duration': 3.322}, {'end': 790.794, 'text': 'I already know everything I need to know.', 'start': 789.393, 'duration': 1.401}, {'end': 792.195, 'text': "That's probably the stupidest area.", 'start': 790.814, 'duration': 1.381}], 'summary': 'The speaker expresses frustration with learning at 33 years old.', 'duration': 21.321, 'max_score': 770.874, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/0oCITNwKpqk/pics/0oCITNwKpqk770874.jpg'}], 'start': 517.688, 'title': 'Learning design and starting out in design', 'summary': 'Focuses on learning design by doing, identifying learning styles, seeking mentorships, and attending meetups to improve design skills. it also offers tips and encouragement for starting out in design, emphasizing continuous learning and creativity.', 'chapters': [{'end': 606.356, 'start': 517.688, 'title': 'Learning design: finding your learning style', 'summary': "Emphasizes the importance of learning by doing in design, and highlights the need to identify one's learning style to optimize the learning process, with examples of different learning styles and corresponding actions.", 'duration': 88.668, 'highlights': ['Identifying your learning style is crucial for optimizing the learning process, as it allows for tailored learning experiences and better retention of information.', 'Engage in activities that cater to your learning style, such as spending time podcasting and listening for auditory learners, watching visual content for visual learners, and reading and taking notes for those who learn best through reading.', 'Learning by doing is emphasized as a key aspect of learning design, encouraging practical application and real-world feedback for effective learning outcomes.']}, {'end': 736.622, 'start': 606.596, 'title': 'Learning design: tips and strategies', 'summary': 'Emphasizes the importance of learning your style, seeking mentorships, attending meetups, and receiving critiques to improve design skills, with a focus on learning from others and gaining practical knowledge.', 'duration': 130.026, 'highlights': ['Mentorships and internships greatly helped in learning design, including technical skills and theory.', 'Attending design meetups is beneficial for learning and networking, even for those with minimal design knowledge.', 'Receiving constructive critique helps in improving communication, learning to take criticism, and growing as a designer.']}, {'end': 792.195, 'start': 736.682, 'title': 'Starting out in design: tips & encouragement', 'summary': 'Offers tips and encouragement for starting out in design, with a call to action for engagement and future content, emphasizing the importance of continuous learning and creativity.', 'duration': 55.513, 'highlights': ['The speaker provides tips and encouragement for starting out in design, promoting engagement by asking for questions and calling for likes and subscriptions.', 'The speaker emphasizes the importance of continuous learning and creativity, encouraging viewers not to give up.', 'The speaker expresses feeling tired of learning and self-doubt, highlighting the challenge of maintaining motivation with age.']}], 'duration': 274.507, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/0oCITNwKpqk/pics/0oCITNwKpqk517688.jpg', 'highlights': ['Identifying your learning style is crucial for optimizing the learning process, tailored learning experiences and better retention.', 'Learning by doing is emphasized as a key aspect of learning design, encouraging practical application and real-world feedback.', 'Mentorships and internships greatly helped in learning design, including technical skills and theory.', 'Attending design meetups is beneficial for learning and networking, even for those with minimal design knowledge.', 'Receiving constructive critique helps in improving communication, learning to take criticism, and growing as a designer.', 'The speaker provides tips and encouragement for starting out in design, promoting engagement by asking for questions and calling for likes and subscriptions.', 'The speaker emphasizes the importance of continuous learning and creativity, encouraging viewers not to give up.', 'The speaker expresses feeling tired of learning and self-doubt, highlighting the challenge of maintaining motivation with age.']}], 'highlights': ['Emphasizes mastering design mechanics and technical aspects through practical exercises, video tutorials, and projects.', 'Learning design theory and vocabulary is crucial to understand the elements of design, such as contrasting color palettes, negative space, line, and shape.', 'Emphasizes the importance of learning and practicing design theory before attempting to create designs.', 'The speaker recommends focusing on foundations, principles, and theory as a crucial step in learning design.', 'The chapter stresses the necessity of learning technical skills, particularly in utilizing photo editing software and vector-based editing software for graphic and web design.', 'Identifying your learning style is crucial for optimizing the learning process, tailored learning experiences and better retention.', 'Learning by doing is emphasized as a key aspect of learning design, encouraging practical application and real-world feedback.', 'Mentorships and internships greatly helped in learning design, including technical skills and theory.', 'Attending design meetups is beneficial for learning and networking, even for those with minimal design knowledge.', 'Receiving constructive critique helps in improving communication, learning to take criticism, and growing as a designer.']}