hardan no offence meant here but you really need to start doing things yourself. Its ok to ask for pointers, advice and even for some designs for be done to help you from time to time but the only way you are going to progress into a fine graphic artist is to do more work yourself!
Plan? Get a sketch book, some good pencils and sketch pens and doodle! take this logo for example - draw what you think would look good (even if you not good at drawing - i suck but that just means your final digital product looks better than the drawing
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once your designed some inital concepts start creating them. If you dont know how to make a lollipop for example search for tutorials on how to make one, this way you will learn new techniques which you will later be able to use to create other graphic work!
Im sure toon, kelly, zumo etc etc didn't get to where they did today by getting other people to do work for them. Make the most of the work that you are getting and put it to good use, by creating an actual product for someone you will get real feedback from the customer - learn from experience!
just my 2p
