Ngy y, ti mun b vic bt u tr thnh mt designer.

Vn : ti khng h c tin v
thi gian theo hc kha thit k trong vng 4 nm. Thay v , ti quyt nh t hc! Trong
nhng ngy u, ti cng thc s nghi ng liu c ai c th t hc tr thnh mt nh thit
k thc s c khng?
Nu ngay by gi, bn cng ang bn khon - vy cu tr li cho bn y: c.
Ti bt u t hc design trong 6 thng (trong khi vn tip tc cng vic full time ca mnh
Microsoft). Thc lng m ni, ti khng ngh mnh sn sng tr thnh designer chuyn
nghip, nhng ri ti vn th. Sau 6 thng, ti c nhn vo lm vic trong Exec -mt Startups
y th v.
C l, ti khng th so snh c vi mt s nh thit k theo hc 4 nm ti mt hc vin cao
cp. Nhng c mt iu chc chn: ti lm rt tt cng vic ca mnh. l mt cng vic
kh rng vi nhiu mng khc nhau: thit k web, iphone app, emails, mng x hi v in n.
C th ngay lc ny y, bn ang c nh i ngh tr thnh mt nh thit k thc s?
Hay ch n gin l bn mun hc nhng bc c bn trong thit k cho startups hoc project
ca bn?
Vy y chnh l th bn cn :
Hng dn chi tit t o to thnh designer chuyn nghip
Bc 1: Hc quan st
Li b nht hay gp l nhy vo hc photoshop qu sm. S dng thnh tho photoshop
khng bin bn tr thnh mt designer - cng ging nh vic mua mt cy c khng bin bn
thnh ha s vy.
Hy bt u vi cn bn trc.
u tin: hc v
- , bn khng cn phi ngi l lt trong mt cn phng vi nhng ha s khc v c v mt
em ngon ng kha thn.
- Bn cng khng cn phi v xut sc. Ch cn hc nhng bc cn bn cm thy thoi mi
khi khua khong cy bt ch.
- Bn ch cn lm mt vic v ng cch: hy c cun You Can Draw in 30 days v luyn
t nht na ting ng h mi ngy. Trong s nhng cun dy v m ti tm thy - y l mt
trong nhng cun hay nht.
Hc l thuyt trong thit k ha
-Bt u vi cun Picture This. y thc cht l mt cun truyn v "c b qung khn ".
Nhng cng lc, cun sch cng s dy bn nhng cn bn trong thit k ha.
- Nghin cu v mu sc, typography v hc cch thit k vi nn li (grid). Nu c c hi, hy
theo hc mt kha ngn v cn bn trong thit k ha.
- Luyn mt vi trong s nhng bi hc ny hng ngy.
Hc mt cht cn bn trong user experience (UX - tri nghim ngi dng)
Bt u vi 2 cun ny:
The Design of Everyday Things
Dont Make Me Think!
Hc cch vit:
C mt cch nhn bit mt designer ti: nhng bn phc tho ca h c nht y nhng
on text v ngha kiu Lorem Ipsum . Ngc li, designer cng phi l ngi c kh nng giao
tip tt bng thit k ca mnh. Mt designer gii suy ngh xuyn sut v tri nghim ca ngi
dng, la chn tng t tng ch mt cch cn thn. Vit cho ngi. ng s dng cch vit y
hc thc giy t ngi ta vn hay dng nghe c v tr thc hn. c Made to Stick.
Voice and Tone cng l mt website vi v s v d hay.
Bc 2: Hc cch s dng Photoshop v Illustrator

Hooray! By gi bn c mt cn bn kh vng chc - c trong UX ln ha. Bn sn sng

hc Photoshop. Ni tht th ti ngh bn nn bt u vi Illustrator trc. Illustrator l phn
mm m nhng nh thit k s dng to logo v icon.
Hc Illustrator:
- C c mt ng sch v Illustrator, online tutorials ... hc Illustrator. Chn cch hc tt
nht cho bn. Di y l mt s sch rt hu dng hiu cn bn v phn mm ny:
- Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book - th thc, cun ny c chn vi. Nhng nu
bn c ht c na cun thi, level ca bn cng kh b o ri.
-Vector Basic Training - cun sch ny dy bn lm sao nhng thit k trong Illustrator
trng tht ngon lnh.
-Cn by gi n phn th v: Hc nhng kha online tutorial m bn cm thy n tng nht.
Hc Photoshop:
C c ng sch m kha hc Ps online - hu ht u nh shit. May mn thay, c mt s trang
thc s cht lng: PSDTuts ca TutsPlus l 1 trong s chng.
Thit k iphone app: photoshop tutorial to make an iPhone app
Thit k bn phc tho cho website: photoshop tutorial to create a website mockup.
C luyn chng mi ngy, v bn s ngc nhin rng mnh tin b th no trong mt thi gian
ngn n th.
Bc 3: Hc mt vi mng chuyn su:
Bn mun design mobile apps? Websites? Infographics? Hy th tt c v chn ra cho mnh
lnh vc m bn a thch nht.
Hc thit k logo:
- Lm th no to ra mt logo ngon lnh cnh o: Logo Design Love
- Sau , bn s mun tin xa hn vic to logo mt cht. Hc cch to dng hnh nh thng
hiu - t website cho n th cardvisit ... Hy c cun ny: Designing Brand Identity.
Hc thit k Apps:
- Bt u vi Tutorial ny c c ci nhn u tin v cng vic thit k Apps cho mng di
ng.
- Tip tc vi cun sch tuy ngn m v cng thu o v thit k apps cho iPhone: Tapworthy.
N s dy bn thit k apps cho iPhone lm sao va p va thn thin vi ngi dng.
- Sc so tt c nhng apps bn tm thy trn chic iPhone ca mnh. T mnh nhn xt chng:
c nhng im no c v cha c?
Hc thit k web
- c Dont Make Me Think hc cch thit k mt website d s dng v nh hng.
- c The Principles of Beautiful Web Design nu bn mun website ca mnh tr nn p hn.
- Lu gi mt list nhng web sites m bn thy thc s p v ch thch n ni bt im no.
Mt cu hi mun tha: liu c cn bit HTTL/CSS vi vai tr mt designer n thun? Cu tr
li: n ph thuc vo cng vic ca bn. Hiu v n chc chn s em li li th cho bn khi tm
vic. Ngay c khi bn khng c nh tr thnh web developer, n vn gip bn c c nhng
cn bn nht nh, gip bn hiu nhng thit k no kh thi v thit k no khng.
C rt nhiu trang hc HTML v CSS, mt trong s l Web Design Tuts.
Bc 4: To Portfolio c nhn
Bn khng cn phi hc mt hc vin ng cp c th lm designer. Nhng bn phi c mt
portfolio tht p!
Vy lm sao to mt portfolio khi m bn va mi bt u? Tin tt: bn khng cn phi lm
nhng project tht vi nhng khch hng tht - bn c th bt u ngay vi nhng d n ca
ring mnh. Di y l mt s tng:
- Design tng cho T-shirts
- Tm nhng website xu x design li
-C tng cho iPhone Apps? V n ra!
- ng k vo mt team Startup Weekend v tr thnh designer cho mt d n cui tun.
- Lm nhng bi tp thit k trong cun Creative Workshop

- Tm nhng d n phi li nhun design min ph

Trnh bin portfolio ca bn thnh mt ng t p l tp nham loi - nn nh, y ch dnh
cho nhng tc phm p nht ca bn m thi!
Trc ht hy ... n cp.
ng lo ngh v phong cch ring. Ch khi no bn cm thy cht hi lng vi k nng ca
mnh, phong cch mi dn c nh hnh. Cng ging nh vic bn phi tp nh nhng tc
phm ca ngi khc, trc khi vit nhng bn nhc cho ring mnh vy. Design cng th. Steal
like an artist.
Gh thm Dribbble, pttrns v patterntap tm ngun cm hng cho ring mnh.
Bc 5: Kim vic:
Nhng ngy bt u kim vic, ti ti mt hi ch vic lm cho designer. Bc vo mt cn
phng y designer c kinh nghim hn ti nhiu, 5,10,15 nm kinh nghim. Tt c bn h u
i kim vic. V ti - mt ngi t day mnh design, gi y ang phi cnh tranh vi nhng
ngi dy kinh nghim hn mnh rt nhiu.
6 thng sau - ti tm c vic lm. Mt iu rt quan trng khin ti khc bit vi nhng ngi
khc: ti bit cch lm vic vi developers.
Mt yu t quan trng nht i tng xc sut kim vic ca bn l kh nng lm vic vi
developer. Nghin cu design tng tc (interaction design). Hc cht cn bn v HTML v
CSS. Designer trong lnh vc cng ngh (interaction designers, web designers, app designers)
vn l mng bo b hin nay.
To mt trang web ring vi portfolio ca bn lm trung tm.
i ra ngoi v ni vi tt c mi ngi rng bn ang kim mt cng vic trong lnh vc design bn s khng bao gi bit c mnh c th quen nhng ai. Cch tt nht tm vic l s dng
nhng mi quan h.
V ngay c khi bn tm c vic:
ng bao gi ngng rn luyn.
Bi vit c dch t blog ca designer Karen X.Cheng
Ngun: alphaart.vn
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