Requirments Of Becoming A Designer

i was wandering what you need to learn to becoming a graphic designer. such as, web designer, game designer, concept art designer, concept model designer, etc.

i heard you need to learn c++, open gl, etc

for more examples and resources for becoming a designer go here
http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=146400

i never knew it tqakes THAT much learning just to be a designer.

One more thing, what are the requirments of becoming a web designer? because thats my goal.

-Game designer?
-etc?

This might help for all who is going to be a graphic designer later on their future career. So it is important for some of us to know these things EARLIER then AFTER or else it will become difficult for you as we speak....

 

good topic man i i am going to look at that site

 

im just 13 and im going to learn all this throughout this summer. all i need is to find some prgrams to help me practice.

some of the programs are...

-photoshop
-cinema 4d
-Maya
-3d studio max
-v ray
-open gl
-flash macromedia
-dreamweaver
and WAY WAY MORE. i know there are few more but i forgot.

people should get started learning right now before its too late, especially for people who is in highschool and close be graduating!

 

some of those programs take longer than u think to learn. I have had or seen them before. None are easy. Its like starting PS all over again.

 

Cool im looking into becoming a designer and i am close to graduating highschool lol thx for the site

 

I was also thinking of becoming that im a Freshman <_<

 

Bryce is also good. ^_^

 

There are no real set requirements to become a web designer. For some it comes naturally and you just teach youself by reading some tutorials on HTML, PHP, PhotoShop, ect.. For others it just takes a but longer. To learn the very basics of web design I suggest you check out Creating Web Pages for Dummies. It teaches you the basics of HTML, FrontPage, Dream weaver, Multimedia, JavaScript, Flash, E-Commerce, And XML. 9 books in 1.

Game Designer?

Not sure, Probab;y egt your hands on a 3d program that will give you the ability to model characters and maybe RealBasic.

 

Well i have all of those programs you listed ecept cinema 4d btu i have 3ds max so no problem there,i have had it for roughly 1 month and to tell the truth,i still dont know what all the buttons do!
Ive just started to use Dreamweaver which you need for web designing,its not as hard as i first thought.BUT my teacher wants us to do a full html website that could be uploaded to a server
Its going to be impossilbe!

 

Doing that won't be that hard depending on what your doing, remember Expanded tables is your friend, makes inserting, deleting, nesting tables so much easier.

 

Ive tryed it all but i also think our school is getting photoshop CS,that means were also going to have to make a template for it.This aint bothering me but some people in my class are just going to faint when they find out.........

 

thanks for posting, good topic!

 

I seriously doubt anyone at this forum has a chance, other than Blacklabelwood, Irrelevant, and a few select others. This is stupid. Especially you font whores sasying "I hope I'm gonna be one~?!" You have no chance, sorry to break it to ya.

 

oOo way to be an optimist. Let them try what they want. Michael Jordan was kicked off his high school basketball team.