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Starting a career in graphic design can be incredibly rewarding, especially if you have a passion for creativity, problem-solving, and visual storytelling. As a graphic designer with years of experience in branding, illustration, and digital design, I understand the challenges and opportunities that come with breaking into the industry. If you're eager to learn how to start your journey as a graphic designer, here are some practical steps to help you get started.

At Crafty Penguin, I understand that creating a strong, memorable brand is essential for success. As a graphic design business offering branding solutions, I specialise in creating visual identities that help businesses stand out. Recently, I attended a webinar titled "TMH Disasters to Success: 6 Steps to Rebranding Right" led by Sarah Robb and Rachel Farley.

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, standing out from the crowd is more important than ever. As we step into 2025, brands need to prioritise creativity, authenticity, and connection to make an impact. At Crafty Penguin, I specialise in helping businesses like yours elevate their branding with thoughtful design and bespoke merchandise solutions.

Creating a professional brand is more than just picking a name or a font. It’s about crafting an entire identity that captures what your business stands for and how it wants to be perceived by customers.

The use of colours in artwork is important, so colour correction for Graphic Design is critical. It is key to making sure your colours look correct in the media you chose. If you have had any experience with design you may well of heard of two acronyms RGB and CMYK.

Canva is a online graphic design tool that was created in Australia by Melanie Perkins, Cliff Obrecht and Cameron Adams. Over the last few years it has grown massively online. Whilst it has grown in its popularity it seems to have caused a stir with in the graphic design community.

Attending a craft fair can be very daunting, especially if it is your first event. Once you have took the plunge and booked your event, it's time to make sure you are as prepared as you can be.