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What is contrast in the principles of design
Contrast is one of the graphic design fundamentals not used to it’s maximum capability. Learn how to create contrast by Color, Size, Shape, & Typography.
How to use Alignment to improve your design
Alignment is one of the most important principles of design. It will help provide your design a strong and cohesive structure. Learn the different types of alignment that can be use for text or images.
5 reasons to hire a Graphic Designer
In this article I will tell you 5 reasons why you should hire a graphic designer and not trying to develop your brand identity and website yourself.
First Rule of Graphic Design
The 3 most common phrases graphic designers hear are.. Can you do a GOOD work? I don’t have too much budget, how CHEAP could it be? I need it by the end of the week, how FAST can you do it?
But the reality says that you can only combine 2 of them..
5 key terms graphic designers must know
In this post I will teach you about 5 key terms graphic designers must know. Logo vs Branding. RGB vs CMYK. Raster vs Vector Images. Serif vs Sans Serif. Warm vs Cool Colors.
Design Fundamentals – Color Psychology – Part 3
Color psychology is the study of how the hues affect the human behavior. Perception is subjective but color effects have universal meaning. Here is a list of the main colors and their meaning.
Design Fundamentals: Color Schemes – Part 2
Learn about the fundamental color schemes & how to apply them. Monochromatic. Analogous. Complementary. Split Complementary. Triad. Square. Rectangle.
Design Fundamentals: Color Wheel – Part 1
Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Colors. Learn all the fundamentals of the color wheel in this first part including Hue, Saturation & Value.
Design Fundamentals: Patterns
Pattern is a repetitve arrangement of shapes, lines or objects elements that are repeated in the same way thoughout the whole composition, Here is list of ways how you can use patterns.
Design Fundamentals: Flow
Have you ever seen designs where your eyes are rumbling around and you don’t know what to look at?
Design Flow is the way your eyes are led through an artwork. Designer can shape that movement like authors do it with a story. Knowing the fundamentals of design flow will help you present the elements in the right order.
Design Fundamentals: Emphasis
Emphasis is the focal point of the artwork you create. In every work of graphic design you must make the viewer focus his attention on a specific part of the artwork. It can be a text or an object of the picture. The first time the image appears in front of the eye of the viewer, the focal point of the image will take a couple of milliseconds to draw the attention. So how can you achieve emphasis in you graphic designs?
Design Fundamentals: Balance
No matter what type of content you are creating, it’s important that it’s balanced. The placement of the elements, the colors and other aspects will play an essential role on how to grab the attention of the human eye. So how can you achieve balance in your graphic designs?
Graphic Design Definition: the What, the Why & the How
Let’s start with the very basics, what is graphic design? why you want to learn it? and how it can be applied?
How Graphic Design is Applied
Let’s see in more details HOW Graphic Design can be applied.
There are plenty of areas in which a graphic designer can work, but the most common are…
7 Qualities a successful Graphic Designer MUST have
If you are starting to learn graphic design, you might be doubting if you can be good at it… well here is a list of 7 qualities I think a great graphic designer must have:
