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Graphic Design Process
From Jacci Howard Bear, About.com Guide
Before you touch the software, you have to know what it is you are creating. Explore the creative graphic design process involved in taking a project from idea to finished print project. Imagine it, sketch it, give it shape, form, and color.
Before you touch the software, you have to know what it is you are creating. Explore the creative graphic design process involved in taking a project from idea to finished print project. Imagine it, sketch it, give it shape, form, and color.
- Graphic Design Basics
- Color Choices
- Font Selection Process
- Image Selection Process
- Creativity Exercises (27)
Design With Printing in Mind
Use these tips to save time and money by planning for printing before and while working on a design.
Graphic Design and Graphic Arts, The Graphical Expression of... Whose Message?
Elisabetta Bruno talks about how the source of the message differentiates graphic design from graphic arts. They are both forms of visual communication but with different goals and origins.
Design Process
Lists some common steps involved in the design phase of desktop publishing along with related tutorials.
Sketch This! Desktop Publishing Thumbnails
Explore layout options quickly with rough thumbnail sketches. Here's examples and tips for using thumbnail sketches.
Form Follows Function
Often applied to architecture, engineering, and industrial design, the statement 'form follows function' applies to graphic design and desktop publishing too. For designers, form is the elements that make up our designs, our pages. Function is the objective of the design whether it is a sign giving directions or a book that entertains with a story.
Document Format
What are you going to design? The first step in designing any type of document for desktop publishing is determining what format it will take. Will it be a brochure, a newsletter, a small space ad, a business card, a greeting card, or something else?
Art Direction
Learn about the role of art directors in the creative process. A List Apart addresses Art Direction and the Web but includes descriptions of traditional art direction.
Drawing in the Design Process
Describes a book by Peter Olpe aimed at teaching how to employ drawing in the process of designing.
How the Creative Process Works
At Creative Latitude Derald Schultz looks at 5 steps/processes involved in creativity and design.
The Design Process: First Steps and the Client
Flair for Design outlines 4 steps.
How and Why to Use a Mood Board
You know how they say a picture is worth a thousand words? Perhaps a mood board is worth a thousand questions? Do you use one? The mood board is a tool that can help you and your design client get a better understanding of what they want, what's needed, what can be done, what works and what doesn't before you spend hours, days, or weeks...