Graphic Design Tutorials
Desktop publishing involves the technical application of the elements and principles of graphic design. Discover those graphic design elements and principles and the creative process through graphic design tutorials, free design classes, and graphic design training articles that explore the various theories and processes of traditional and modern graphic design and desktop publishing.
Today's graphic designers often use desktop publishing software and techniques to achieve their goals.
This introduction to an online course outlines the elements and principles of graphic design.
Graphic design software and desktop publishing software are essentially the same thing. The primary difference is that the desktop publishing category includes some consumer level programs not typically associated with graphic design.
In the whole graphic design vs. desktop publishing debate that surfaces from time to time, I've often seen graphic designers liken themselves to artists while calling desktop publishers merely 'technicians' (when they aren't calling them other less flattering terms).
Posted June 2004: Explores the question of if and how designing in B&W differs from designing with color, with links to related articles and resources.
Graphic design work is first and foremost about communication. Do you agree?
Graphic design as depicted in the movies.
What kind of education do designers need? How does knowledge beyond art and software help with design work?
The About Desktop Publishing site offers both general and specific desktop publishing and graphic design information for designers and the general public.Explore definitions, tutorials, the elements and principles of graphic design, and desktop publishing software used in graphic design.
