After reading the article, I’ve come to understand that graphic design is a process that incorporates images and words to communicate a certain message or idea. Two main tools involved in graphic designing are images and typography. Image-based designs can be in a form of a photo, hand-drawn pictures, paintings, or other graphically created images. Designers use images in order to convey, represent or portray their client’s message. Type-based designs is another way of conveying the message. Not only do words spell out the actual message, it can be manipulated to invoke a certain feeling or mood, or to just simply capture the audience’s attention. Logos, symbols, and logotypes are identifiers that can also be used to represent an idea or a message. It is the designer’s responsibility to use images, symbols, and typography to properly and creatively present their client’s message for the audiences.

Now that I now what graphic design is, a question I would like to pose to the author is, what kind of careers are available out there for graphic designers? Based on the article I can conclude that a graphic designer can work at a corporation’s marketing department, an ad agency, film industry, magazine agency, or a book publication agency. There are plenty of other possibilities but I wished the author pointed this out in the article to help guide young aspiring graphic designers to the right path of a career.