Reddit reviews How to Use Graphic Design to Sell Things, Explain Things, Make Things Look Better, Make People Laugh, Make People Cry, and (Every Once in a While) Change the World
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Design is much more a "why" rather than "how" sector.
People here will disagree with me, but they're wrong.
You're designing solely for a client, and it drops into so many things, Target market, competition analysis, colour theory. Especially if you want to go into UX, where the thought behind anything is just as important as the end product. We're problem solvers, we answer questions through design, colour and form.
If you're looking to learn the tools, you also need to learn the thought. The "why" behind the "how".
Being able to do a 5 minute job in illustrator because you know the tools doesn't really matter if you don't know why you're placing things and creating things.
If you're doing tutorials, make sure you're reading.
Logo Design Love
How to Use Graphic Design to Sell Things...
A Smile In The Mind
I'd recommend these three, they're primarily logo and branding design books, but the fundamentals that they cover translate into every facet of Visual Communication.
Halfway through Michael Bierut's How To and really enjoying it. Lots of pictures, wide range of topics.
How to By:Michael Bierut
The Vignelli Canon By: Massimo Vignelli (free PDF)