20 Design Tips You NEED in 2025 to Stop Being Amateur

Here are 20 graphic design tips that stop your work from being amateur, learn them in this extended tutorial! If your design work still feels amateur or lacks that polished, professional edge, this video is for you. In this deep-dive, I’m sharing 20 powerful graphic design tips that every designer...

Intermediate - 22 min - Design & Creative Software - Satori Graphics

The full course: Learn Design Principles free

What you'll need

• Drawing tablet: Faster, more natural design work.
• Sketchbook: Ideas start on paper.
• Colour-calibrated monitor: What clients see is what you made.

Books

1. The Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin Williams - View on Amazon
2. Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton - View on Amazon
3. Graphic Design: The New Basics by Ellen Lupton - View on Amazon
4. Grid Systems in Graphic Design by Josef Müller-Brockmann - View on Amazon
5. Graphic Design School by David Dabner - View on Amazon
6. Graphic design by Milton Glaser - View on Amazon

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