Getting started is really the best and easiest way to acquire design skill and taste. When I started out as a freelance "web designer" as a teen, I began to no

Getting started is really the best and easiest way to acquire design skill and taste. When I started out as a freelance "web designer" as a teen, I began to notice graphics and advertisements a lot more, unintentionally actually. I would look at designs and wonder how I could replicate it, the same way you probably look at software and wonder how its written. As for getting started, do whatever is fun for you. Photoshop some satirical ads for PETA. Recreate the Nike logo. Etc. etc.