Whats your level of education? etc.

[Silence04]

What's your level of education for graphic design?
How long have to been in the business?
How old are you?

[Gavin Joule]

Welcome Silence, good question...

Ba in Graphic Information Design, plus various courses from html to screenprinting
20 odd years (that's 20'ish, but yes most of them have been odd)
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[Madora]

For graphic design - no education
I have been in GD for 4 years.
I am 22 years old.


"Never miss a good chance to shut up."

[LTG]

For graphic design - experience and self-taught
Worked for newspapers late 70s/early 80s for about 4 or 5 years
Stayed home for about 18 years raising and home-schooling my children but had computers and tried to keep up (somewhat)
Worked for newspapers in early 2000s for about 2.5 years
Currently doing graphic design (a copy place and freelance) and pursuing more art/design education in both formal classes (watercolor, technical drawing, Graphic Design and Layout 2) and self-taught (Total Training for Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign) and I read - a lot - until lately when I discovered GDF - and now my addiction has to be fed several times a day. : )
I am 47 and not old yet

Hopefully, more real designers will answer you - I'm just a designer wanna-be.

If it wasn't for the last minute nothing would ever get done.
(When I grow up I want to be just like Keyare! He does excellent work - even when he's trying to not to.)

[Mickey]

BA graphic design and Art History minor.
2yrs Print production and Freelance
2yrs Corporate designer and freelance
I'm 27

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[Ryan8720]

10th grade high school - no GD courses
3 years in Web design
16 years old.

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[D-Frag]

AA in graphic design
1.5 years with Clear Channel Comm. (in house designer)
2 years Finishing, Production, Graphic Design (large format printhouse)
1 year owning my own company
im 26


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[casedsgn]

first got an associates in fine art....then got a BA in GD & Illustration
Been doing this professionaly for about 4 1/2 years now.
I'm 28

[defjoe]

BA in GD
10 years in!
31

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[style]

btec in gd... and self taught
2 yrs
20

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[naileek]

Lots of school spread out over about 12 years
5 years professional experience
34

[in shadows]

self taught.. started with web design 3 years ago , then fall in love with photoshop !
15.. :D

[Soma Steve]

Qulifications: Nothing in GD but BTEC National Diploma in Industrial Design

Experience: 11 years

Age: 29

Stephen

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[Silence04]

Certification in GD
been in the business for 3 years
21 years old

Taylor

[D-Zine]

BFA in GD
8 years
28 years old

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[PrintDriver]

AA in Liberal Arts, BS in Wildlife Biology (illustration and taxonomy < NOT taxidermy) and later a BA in Studio Art/Graphic Design
14 years off and on, steady last 7 years in Production.
42

Specialization is for insects...

R.H.

[DFuture]

B.A. in Art and Design with emphasis in Graphic Design and Digital Imaging.
a whopping 3 months in an actual related job but my previous employment helped landing me my job I have now.

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AAS in Graphic Design
4 1/2 years doing this
18+ playing with crayons
25 years old

*so what are we going to do tomarrow night Brain*

*TRY, AND TAKE OVER THE WORLD!*

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[Chriser]

BS in GD (that sounds bad..)

4.5 years experience
28 *coff*

[Ryan8720]

Interesting quote there Benjo. Pinky and the Brain?

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[court6478]

BA in Fine Arts with a concentration in Graphic Design
BA in Journalism with a concentration Nonverbal Communications
3 years on the job experience, 8 years of freelance, then 15 years in the greeting card industry, currently freelancing and looking for a decent job in Dallas. Self-taught lettering artist with almost 25 years doing that as my field of expertise. I'm almost 55 but mistaken to be much younger. It's an attitude thang.

The 'Lettering Guy' says: 'It's not only what you say, but how well you say it.'

[Madora]

Hey Court - So how goes the job search?

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Ryan8720 said...
Interesting quote there Benjo. Pinky and the Brain?

You got it man! /emoticons/thumbsup.gif

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[Design Animal]

Almost an A.A.S in GD but never got to finish.. kept getting job offers...
Junior Miss Pagent Books, then a 1000 page production job for a marine catalog, and then an artistic director for an advertising agency... I ussually just say I graduated..
been at if for about six or seven years..

[Design Animal]

oh yeah.. and #*$#@ uhhhh.. mumble mumble 34

[Debz]

I started by self teaching myself photoshop and paintshop pro.
My current job taught me basics on Quark and a little more photoshop. I designed the 2004 issue of my companies catalog, on a rush job. Because the typesetter was slacking.
Started school this Year to receive my Certificate in Desktop Publishing. I plan to then get my BA in GD.

im 23 and feel like I shoulda started school for this 5 years ago. :(

[defjoe]

don't waste you time going back to school

you already got a better foundation. just build on that.

'I will become the most powerful Jedi ever!'

[Debz]

i love school. lol im having a lot of fun doing this stuff. especially since in my Desktop Publishing 1 i get done the work ahead of everyone else so my teacher and I sit there and play with other tools.

I am learning little things that I never thought of or never knew which is making my experiance a lot better. I am far from where I would like to be!

its kinda weird that I can say..... for the 1st time in my life I LOVE SCHOOL!

[tommyboy®]

BA in Graphic Design
10 years experience
Photoshop, Freehand, Corel, Illustrator, Quark...you name it!!!!!
28 yrs old

[court6478]

Due to serving in the military, I was a 23-year-old college freshman. Five years later I had 2 degrees. Don't worry about your age, you have the rest of your life ahead of you. Where will you be 4 years from now if you don't go to school? I'm turning 55 this year and making plans to go back to learn web design. Follow your heart.

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[D-Frag]

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[Silence04]

lol

Taylor

[vectorgfxqueen]

Wow, what a great question and loved reading about everyone, Having been a reporter for years, I am incredibly nosy and want to know everything about everyone.

I was self taught photographer and writer for 10 years with tabloids in south florida, another 3 years freelance writing, 10 years home with children after all this (late children!) and then college, AS degree graphice in my fifties. I also did freelance writing for an industry magazine all through college (I graduated in 2002). Two years in business....
I am 55 (with a 14 and 15 year old at home, 21 year just left home..keeps you young.), single mom, and I can't help it, I have always liked cool. Still do and plan to be doddering along to rock'n'roll till I am a hundred or so...

I am going back to college, starting in May, to get my BA. Have to finish up for an AA first, then going on....kind of excited, just tested and registered yesterday. Also, lots of neat new classes available for the next two years. Tighten up my technical and learn new stuff like 3D.

Actually, I have really enjoyed this past week on the forum and think everyone of you are pretty cool. Glad to see there are some my own age....court---when will you be 55?

Again, Silence...great question.
Peace

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[Design Animal]

I think I would like to date a graphic designer.. any takers.. I'm cute....
nobody I go out with ever know what the hell I'm talkin about

When in doubt.. just fake it...

[Big Perm-dizzle]

Vector where did you get your A.S. From?

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[lfredericks]

I have been in and out of school, picking up classes when I feel the need.
Going on 8 years in graphic design, about 4 in web. I have worked professionally with an engineering firm making industrial illustrations. I have been in the process of starting my own company for a little under a year.
Oh, I'm 27. :)

[DivineDesign]

Will have a BFA in GD in 4 more quarters (little less than 1 year to go).
in school for it for 3 years
22 years old

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[blueboy]

Hi all, I haven't posted or been here a while, but for what it's worth - did a foundation year in Graphic Design for year then a Ba.
Worked for an advertising agency for 3 years and been freelancing for 3 years.

Just out of curiosity where did everyone study? Only want to know cos im curious, maybe put a link to the place you went so I can be really nosy and take a look at the place too.
I went here for both my foundation year and my Ba
http://www.csm.linst.ac.uk

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[vectorgfxqueen]

BigPerm...I went to Palm Beach Community College for AS---am starting at Florida Community College at Jacksonville to complete to AA. I forgot the name of the school here in Jacksonville I am going to for BA---Florida University or something. I already saw the online and brochure and you have to be juried to get into the graphics program. Looked really neat.

Are you in Florida?
Peace

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[Debz]

im going to bucks county community college in PA

www.bucks.edu

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[axoi]

Well I feel a little out of place...

Working on AA in GD
But I have print experience working on brochures, business reports and proformas.
I have 15 years of programming experience though.
I been developing web sites since 1993-1994.
I'm 34 and now very depressed....ugh..

[vectorgfxqueen]

Axoi...depressed about what? For what its worth, you are lucky that you 'are one with the technical'...some of us struggle mightily over that...love your yin yang

Cheer up...34 is a great age: so much to look forward to, still but you have covered a lot of territory...

Peace

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[DeleteYourself]

Damn, I've been sleepin' on this thread!

BS in Advertising (University of Florida), but mostly self-taught in GD.
Experience working in newspaper layout, promotional/marketing design and LIMITED web design.
I'm twenty-three.

Oh yeah, and a big shout out to all Floridians up in this piece!

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