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    Training in Digital Graphic Art Can Come into Focus at our Fort Worth College

    No prior formal graphic design training is necessary to enter Remington College's Digital Graphic Art Associate of Applied Art Program. Throughout our graphic arts college program offered at our Fort Worth, Texas Campus, we cover the basic principles and theories of graphic design and how to implement them through your work. If you're interested in making a career of your creativity, this may be the graphic arts program for you.

    Call or fill out the form below for more information on our Fort Worth Digital Graphic Arts program!

  • How does a Graphic Designer career fit into the professional work force?

    Digital graphic artists and designers bring visual solutions to communications. Media communications, movies, video games, and advertising are some of the major business sectors that rely on digital graphic art.

    An increasing number of graphic designers also develop material for web pages, interactive media, and multimedia projects. Graphic Designers, or Digital Graphic Artists, may be able to find professional applications for their skills in a range of careers and industries.
     

    What tasks are typically preformed in Graphic Designer jobs?

    • Develop layout and production designs for print and electronic media
    • Design logos for products and business
    • Select and edit photographs to accompany text
    • Create special effects or other visual images with the use of film, computers, video, or other electronic media
     

    What is the outlook for Graphic Designer jobs?

    According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as demand for graphic art services from advertisers and design firms continues, employment for graphic artists is expected to grow 13 percent in the 2008 to 2010 decade. This is about as fast as average for all occupations.

    What key skills are helpful for pursuing Graphic Designer jobs?

    Develop your digital design and programming skills with hands-on studio practice. In the course of the digital graphic art associate's degree, you could also build your design portfolio in preparation for a graphic designer job. Graduates often pursue careers as graphic designers, productions artists, Web site designers, or desktop publishers.(1) 

    Who should pursue a Digital Graphic Arts degree?

    An associate's degree in Digital Graphic Art could help you develop your visual talent and creativity for a career in digital design. In addition to learning the fundamentals of visual communications and design, an associate's degree program should expose you to current digital graphic art software applications.(1)

    Digital graphic designers must keep up with new and updated computer graphics and design software, either on their own or through formal software training programs. Because consumer tastes can change fairly quickly, designers also need to be well read, open to new ideas and influences, and quick to react to changing trends.

    (1) Employment upon graduation not guaranteed.
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