{"id":73,"date":"2021-03-05T01:53:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T01:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/shaysunraydesigns\/?p=73"},"modified":"2021-03-05T01:53:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T01:53:54","slug":"the-instagram-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/shaysunraydesigns\/2021\/03\/05\/the-instagram-influence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Instagram Influence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Instagram stories are known among users as the best social media platform for sharing parts of your life on their \u201cstory\u201d feature.  Instagram\u2019s editing within their \u201cstory\u201d options are the most updated and most advanced when it comes to writing your own words with their pens to editing photos and adding gifs or stickers.  With the popularity of instagram for influencers and businesses the use for \u201cstories\u201d to promote yourself or your business to draw in followers and customers is at the height of popularity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As a graphic design student I\u2019ve noticed that many stories use similar basic design elements that we are taught to use for our designs i.e. an underlying grid, hierarchy, type choice and placement.. And so on, and influencers and marketers for companies have been using these tools to create commercially designed looking \u201cstories\u201d for their Instagram platform.\u00a0 In the picture at the beginning of this post I screenshotted a \u201cHow To\u201d video that I\u2019ve seen floating around Pinterest for awhile now on how to make your posts aesthetically pleasing and more designer looking.\u00a0 When looking at internships on various sites I\u2019ve also seen the position of \u201cSocial Marketing Intern\u201d with the description of \u201cSocial Media Platform Posts\u201d as a requirement and skill that this student must have, but I hardly see this for the Graphic Design internships which is interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to the future and where Graphic Designers may need to broaden their talents in, I\u2019m in the opinion that social media platforms are going to become more and more popular as time goes on – we already know that \u201cin a world where we\u2019re more connected than ever, we\u2019re the loneliest we’ve ever been\u201d is a fact that has been trickling around in articles and social science posts, and with this people are going to want to feel connected socially through their devices even more so.\u00a0 I believe that as a Graphic Designer we\u2019ll need to be updated with social media platform designs, moving media, and videos to continue being successful in our careers as designers.\u00a0 So find that artsy mural to stand in front of kids, and start snapping away cause \u201cinfluencers\u201d aren\u2019t going anywhere and if we can\u2019t beat’ em\u2019, join’ em\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Instagram stories are known among users as the best social media platform for sharing parts of your life on their \u201cstory\u201d feature.  Instagram\u2019s editing within their \u201cstory\u201d options are the most updated and most advanced when it comes to writing your own words with their pens to editing photos and adding gifs or stickers.  With … <\/p>\n

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