Where Creativity Becomes a Career
Ever doodled a logo, edited a photo, designed a shirt, or made something look cool, your first steps as a designer have been taken — you just didn’t know it.
INTRO TO GRAPHIC DESIGN
Written by Tj Mallory • By The Born Creatives
8/17/20255 min read


Why It’s So Exciting...
Yo, check it out — graphic design isn’t just a job. It’s a whole lifestyle.
It’s adventure, travel, late nights, creative chaos, and some of the most fun you’ll ever have.
When you’re in this world, you’re not just “making art.” You’re creating stuff that moves people. You’re building brands, shaping culture, and sometimes, yeah — you’re helping the world decide what’s cool next year.
Working with the Big Dogs >>>>
Dude, picture this — you walk into a Nike design studio. The walls are plastered with sketches, color swatches, and ideas for sneakers that don’t even exist yet. People are throwing around words like texture, movement, and attitude. They’re designing the next wave of sports culture — and someone like you could be sitting right there, dropping ideas that end up on a shoe millions of people wear.
You could be designing graphics for Red Bull, shaping packaging for Adidas, or creating a new vibe for a local streetwear brand that blows up overnight.
That’s the thing — design doesn’t care where you came from. It cares what you bring to the table.
The Music, Movies, and Madness >>>>
Ever looked at a concert poster or album cover and thought, “Man, that’s sick”?
Someone designed that.
Tour merch, stage backdrops, digital promos, you name it — all made by designers.
You could be working with a record label designing for your favorite band, or on a movie set creating fake logos, props, or even the look of a fictional world.
Every single detail you see on screen — the posters on the wall, the "soda pop" labels in the fridge, the brand on the hero’s hoodie — someone designed it.
Design on the Move >>>>
This isn’t a career that locks you down. You can work from a coffee shop, a van, a plane, a beach, or your bedroom.
Some designers stay local, designing for their hometown businesses.
Others hop around the world — creating logos in London one week, designing surf graphics in Hawaii the next.
Design opens so many doors, not just creative ones — real ones. You’ll meet photographers, musicians, athletes, and other artists who all speak the same visual language. You get to be whoever you want to be because you brand your own life and direction with goals and your own unique perspective.
Every project teaches you something new — about people, about storytelling, about yourself.
You’ll fail sometimes...You’ll make stuff that totally bombs. "EMBRACE THE SUCK"
But you’ll also make things that hit hard — designs that get shared, printed, worn, or remembered.
That’s when it clicks.
You realize you’re not just designing graphics.
You’re designing moments.
You’re designing your life.
“The world doesn’t need more followers. It needs more creators.”
So go create, you were... Born Creative.
Go make something that makes people stop scrolling.
Something that makes ‘em go — “Yo… who made that?”
I have not only done all of the above, I still do... and I get to show you the path to the same fun too!
Design Pathways to Explore...
Here’s the fun part: there’s no single road in design. There are countless creative directions you can take.Each pathway below can become a full-time career — or blend together into your own unique creative journey.
Branding & Logo Design...
Logo and brand design aren’t just about making things look cool — they’re about giving a company its personality. Think about the Nike swoosh or the Red Bull look — those designs feel like energy, movement, and confidence. A great logo grabs attention, but a strong brand keeps it. Every color, font, and shape tells a story, and as a designer, you get to decide what that story says. That’s real power — turning a simple idea into something the world recognizes instantly.
Package Design
Package design is where art meets experience — it’s the reason you pick one snack off the shelf instead of another. It’s storytelling you can hold in your hands. The colors, textures, and shapes all work together to make you feel something before you even open the box. As a designer, you get to turn ordinary products into something people want, keep, and remember — that’s creative power in 3D.
Digital & Web Design
Digital and web design is where creativity meets the screen. You’re designing websites, apps, and experiences that people actually use every day. It’s part art, part psychology — figuring out what feels right, what clicks, and what makes people stay. As a designer, you’re not just decorating a page — you’re building a world people can explore with one tap.
Apparel & Merchandise Design
Apparel and merch design is where style meets storytelling. You’re creating the graphics people wear, collect, and rep like a badge of identity. From streetwear to tour merch, every design says something about who we are. As a designer, you get to turn your art into fashion — something people don’t just see, they live in.
Product & Industrial Design
Product and industrial design is where imagination becomes real. You’re shaping sneakers, headphones, skateboards, and cars — stuff people actually use every day. It’s creativity mixed with engineering, turning sketches into physical things that move, light up, and work. As a designer, you don’t just draw ideas — you build the future.
Photography & Motion Graphics
Photography and motion graphics are where design starts moving. You’re capturing moments, telling stories, and bringing visuals to life through rhythm and emotion. From photo shoots to animated graphics, this is the art of making people feel something. As a designer, your camera and your screen become your voice — and your story plays in motion.
Entertainment & Game Design
Entertainment and game design is where creativity goes full throttle. You’re building worlds, designing characters, and shaping the visuals that pull people into movies, shows, and games. Every poster, prop, and pixel helps tell a story that millions will experience. As a designer, you get to turn imagination into adventure — and that’s next-level creativity.
The Designer’s Lifestyle!!!
Being a designer isn’t just about sitting behind a screen — it’s about living. The best designers don’t wait for ideas; they hunt for them. You’ve got to get out there — go to museums, concerts, cities, beaches, car shows, skate parks, thrift stores — anywhere that sparks something in you. Every sound, texture, and experience adds fuel to your creativity. The more you see and do, the more original your ideas become. Design is just life reflected back through your art — so live it wide open, soak it all in, and let the world inspire what you create next.
Why It’s All Worth It
Being a designer is seriously one of the coolest gigs on the planet. You get to wake up every day and make ideas real. You turn thoughts into visuals, stories into brands, and dreams into something people can actually see, wear, or experience. It’s freedom — you can work from anywhere, collaborate with anyone, and shape how the world feels.
But the best part? It’s personal.
You grow through your art. You meet people, travel, create, fail, learn, and then create again — better every time. Every design you make becomes part of your story, and that story connects with others.
Design is proof that creativity isn’t just a talent — it’s a superpower.
It changes the way people see things. It changes the way you see things.
So yeah — being a graphic designer?
It’s not just a career. It’s a life you get to design yourself. — where imagination becomes reality.
Final Thought
“The future belongs to those who create.”
Welcome to the world of design
The next great brand, poster, or movement might start right here… with you!?