Personal Narrative: A Career In Graphic Design

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The three most important concepts of my life consist mainly of my personality. People base you off of your personality and it also contributes to what you want to do in the future for your career. In my case, I want to further my knowledge in graphic design. The three in my case, are: I'm compatible with others, I'm creative and I really am not one to judge. I feel these characteristics are perfect for what it takes to be a graphic designer, and also analyze graphics.

There are three thing that I've learned from these articles that I know will help further my knowledge and education. All of them having to do with intellect; the first being intellectualism itself, the second is being smart but not having the grades to show it and the third is schools that don't put forth effort to crack into a young student's mind to find that intellect.
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I became interested in graphic design when i was about thirteen playing xbox (Call of duty Modern warfare 2 to be exact). I had friends that did graphic design in Cinema 4D and Adobe Photoshop for gamers that had youtube channels. I thought the youtube layouts they made looked sick so i decided to start doing it. Eventually I started charging people because so many people wanted the banners and backgrounds i was making. This career choice is good for me because i already have knowledge on the subject and that i'm very creative. Graphic designers need training in graphic design and 0-6 years of education. Graphic designers can make anywhere from $20,000 to $70,000 a year.

What i'll be doing in the next wo years is going to school, living in modesto and being fairly independent. The school that i'll being to is MJC taking classes base on what I want to do in the future. I'll be living in modesto in my regular home that i have been living in. I have a lot of people supporting me but for the most part it's just me. Not much people in my family know anything for designing

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