Self taught graphic designer - Complete study guide in 7 steps

This guide is valid still in 2024 Want to make 100k+ in a year by teaching yourself how to design, while saving years of your time studying in a design school? I've put together 7 steps that will take one full year to equip yourself to become a professional designer. This may be a turning point in your life - if design is a thing for you.
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Learning resources:
0:00 Step 1 - Study the design principles (1 week)

https://www.ponoko.com/blog/how-to-ma...
   • Beginning Graphic Design: Fundamentals  
3:50 Step 2 - Learn the design softwares (1 week)
https://www.figma.com/ (Learn Figma instead)
https://www.sketchapp.com/ (Outdated)
   • Sketch App Tutorials - Series Introdu...  
   / learnsketch  
https://www.figma.com/ (more popular in 2021, once you learned Sketch, you'll also know how to use Figma)
5:16 Step 3 - Study, Copy, Steal from other designers (1 week)
   • UI design tutorial - Copy and learn f...  
   • Learn UI UX design by copying - Task ...   (My copying exercise - Task 1 / Web Design)
   • Learn UI UX design by copying - Task ...   (My copying exercise - Task 2 / Platform Design)
https://dribbble.com/blazrobar/projec... (Copy web design)
8:00 Step 4 - Start designing! Get real projects (2 months)
https://99designs.ca/website-app-desi...
10:32 Step 5 - Work with a mentor (3 months)
https://dribbble.com/
https://www.behance.net/
12:36 Step 6 - Put together a portfolio on dribbble (1 week)
http://draft.im/
  / how-to-get-a-dribbble-invite-and-become-a-...  
15:01 Step 7 - Look for an internship at 2 top agencies (6 months)
https://clutch.co/agencies/design
https://www.viget.com (Highly recommended)
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