Graphic Designing

Graphic Designing is a form of art(dring) for a specific ‘goal’ or ‘purpose’.  Before you begin working on any graphic designing work, you need to have a plan; there is a reason for creating a logo or designing a website. Graphic Designing involves use of words, images, symbols and so on. It is a pictorial representation of concepts, ideas, facts or figures.

1. Varied Line Forms:

‘Lines" are the lifeline for a graphic designer. An impactful logo, a gorgeous flyer or an online banner, all or some of them will involve some forms of lines (may be straight lines or the curved ones). For instance, a thin curved line can create a beautiful business card, or straight thick lines can be sued to create margins in a catalogue design. A graphic designer can just play with endless permutations and combinations of lines and create splendid designs.

2. Colours and Colour Schemes:

Who doesn’t love colours? Ask a graphic designer, and know how colours are close to his/her heart. A good colours scheme can make a dead design look alive and attract attention of millions; on the other hand, a bad RGB or CMYK combination can ruin all the efforts of a designer. There is a vast potential to play with colours and create eye catching graphics. Colours and colour schemes are what make graphic designing a glamorous field in itself.

3. Shapes and Figures:

A simple circle can donate so many things to so many people. Shapes communicate so much that even words cannot convey. Shapes bring balance and harmony to a design. Use of a combination of shapes conveys the core message in a very aesthetic manner. We can create various patterns and layouts with different types of shapes and figures.

4. Type:

Even letters, numbers and words can form very significant elements of graphic designing. There are various fonts available on the net (many of which can also be freely downloadable) to make your message clear and crisp to the readers. For instance, a big bold font for headings and a neutral font for the body can really bring the message out. Placing the text just anywhere in the design doesn’t convey your message clearly. It is the font type, position of the font, font size, font color and elements like Bold, Underline and Italics that makes words and numbers look meaningful.

5. Texture:

You must have picked up magazines or read some books. How did you feel while touching those? Were the papers glossy ones or with matte finish? What we are talking about here is the ‘Texture’ of an object…the surface of an object. Textures play a very important role in Graphic Designing, especially in Print Media. How a graphic designer selects the paper for his next packaging design or gives a stone effect or a brick effect to his/her Ad banner, all these textures give depth and richness to images and graphics.

6. Cliparts, Illustrations and Photographs:

One good photograph or one good illustration can speak much more than a thousand words could. You must have come across many black and white sketches, how simple they may look but convey the right message to the right people in a very humorous way. One relevant photograph can help graphic designers reduce their unnecessary efforts in composing words and letters. This is why photographers are an essential part of graphic designing.

7. Space

Space refers to the amount of background colour (white space, negative space) available in a design. TO make your graphic appealing, you shouldn’t fill the entire space with different elements. Infect, try to keep the shapes, fonts and strokes to the minimum and give some breathing space to your design. This makes your message more noticeable. A neat-looking and clutter-less design can help to achieve your goals than a clutter-some full of elements design.