A Graphic Designer’s primary tools are the computer and design software. They use pencils, pens and/or markers to sketch out ideas. Graphic Designers have been known to use drafting tables along with printers, scanners and graphics tablets. What are the software programs that Graphic Designers use? They mostly use Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign) along with Quark Xpress and Macromedia Freehand. Graphic Designers also use non-design software including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook) and Web browsing programs (Internet Explorer, FireFox and Chrome) The rule of thumb… the more programs you know… the better off you are. How did you get started? At a very young age I discovered my artistic ability was pretty good. I was getting good grades in art, winning awards, and having my designs published. I knew right then and there… I wanted to be a professional artist. So I started learning everything I could about art. Eventually after years of tra