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Step Four: Identify Lacking Design Skills

What Skills Do You Need?

Look at the skills that you have and the skills that you will need to acquire to become the designer that you want to be. These skills will include leaning new software and principles of good design such as: color, spatial relationships and typography It will also be helpful to you to know about the history and theory associated with design.

Consider Non-Design Skills

You may decide that you need a broad based set of artistic skills rather than a narrow set. For any professional, good writing skills are a must. You also may need to better your writing and researching skills in association with your job. Other skills/classes that would come in handy especially if you would consider being self-employed would be: Business, Communication, Accounting and Advertising.

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