A student that is learning is advised to start with free tools first. Or at least they should make use of inexpensive tools that will not cost them much.
Once they start marketing themselves and making money they can go to premium ones.
What free and inexpensive tools and platforms will you recommend?
Canva is one of the most complete graphic design tool which any graphic design student can have access to free of charge and still be able to do most of the things a paid graphic design software can do.
GIMP and canva is always going to be one of the best graphic design software which is completely free of charge that a student can start learning with. You don't have to pay for Photoshop as a student because you can do everything you want to learn with Canva.
Canva is my favourite free graphics design tool to work it. Why? It's because of the inbuilt templates that makes it very easy to work on any graphics design projects I have. I can't choose when Photoshop over Canva.
