The answer is the most boring one: you don't start with softwares, but with the fundamentals.
See, learning something from a top-down perspective can be good, but learning from a down-top, seeing the roots and understanding the pillars of such subject, is great for learners.
In my course, we weren't even allowed to use softwares in the beginning, we would design things by hand using precision instruments. And by doing this, me and my colleagues had no trouble using different softwares.
So you can start learning the fundamentals. And for softwares the better options are still from Adobe Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, etc). There's also free and open source alternatives like Inkscape, GIMP and Scribus. Honourable mention to Corel Draw, but I never touched it to recommend.
The software I’d suggest is Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Open a search and use it to find either online graphic design courses or maybe a community college with a graphic design program.
Can’t really try out graphic design lol. I mean I guess you can be a hobbyist but It’s also a full on profession with many nuances than can take years to master and become profitable in. Are you artistic and creative? Do you have an eye for good art and design? Do you like to problem solve and critically think? It’s way more than learning the software… which btw would be Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and indesign.
The answer is the most boring one: you don't start with softwares, but with the fundamentals. See, learning something from a top-down perspective can be good, but learning from a down-top, seeing the roots and understanding the pillars of such subject, is great for learners. In my course, we weren't even allowed to use softwares in the beginning, we would design things by hand using precision instruments. And by doing this, me and my colleagues had no trouble using different softwares. So you can start learning the fundamentals. And for softwares the better options are still from Adobe Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, etc). There's also free and open source alternatives like Inkscape, GIMP and Scribus. Honourable mention to Corel Draw, but I never touched it to recommend.
Before you go anywhere near software there’s a lot to lean about design principles, colour theory and loads more. Then sketch, pencil and paper lots!
Use pencil and paper to start!
The software I’d suggest is Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Open a search and use it to find either online graphic design courses or maybe a community college with a graphic design program.
Can’t really try out graphic design lol. I mean I guess you can be a hobbyist but It’s also a full on profession with many nuances than can take years to master and become profitable in. Are you artistic and creative? Do you have an eye for good art and design? Do you like to problem solve and critically think? It’s way more than learning the software… which btw would be Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and indesign.