As per my 7 years of experience in Graphic Designer, I know many people want to build their carrier as a graphic designer. My opinion is Every work needs passion and dedication if you don't have dedication then this post, not for you. Because graphic design is not an easy thing for that you need to do hard work and work some live project from any Graphics Design Company. But Here I try to describe a few mandatory things which are very important to know if you want to be a graphic designer.

Learn how to draw: Drawing is the most important thing for any graphic designer when I started my carrier I don't know drawing. You don't need to artist drawing, you just need to basics of drawing. Know how to sketch, made a layout, etc.

Learn graphic design theory: This is another important step for graphic designers. you won't be able to design properly without knowing the typographic, concept color with a grid.

learn how to slaughter your work: This is a very basic level for a graphic designer. When your design fails to get rookies, when your design does not work, try it a new one.

Learning the Software:
Adobe Illustrator[/b]This is the most important software for a graphic designer.

[b]Adobe Photoshop: Finally its time for you to learn Adobe photoshop, Here you can find many online tutorials online, but make sure you need to choose the best one.

Here I describe some very beginning step which you need to learn if you try your carrier as a graphic designer, although many more things still need to discuss, firstly learn this, then I put another post, hope it will help you.