Simple Graphic Design
20 December 2007THE TIRES ARE TURNING BUT YOU ARE GOING NO WHERE
Sound like a familiar story?
So you’ve got a great concept or idea but you just can’t seem to
get it down. You have been working on your computer for hours,
days, weeks but just can’t seem to accomplish anything concrete.
STOP. Think about it! How can you realistically create an
effective graphic design if you don’t know what you are trying
to create? Take a breather and think about what I am about to
suggest to you. Let’s suppose for a minute you want to open an
importing company that will sell ‘Red Shoes from China’. Fire up
your browser and Google this term. Learn what you can about
manufacturers, distributors and competition. Now you have
something to go on. Try to quickly digest and figure out how you
can make all of this information work for you.
Now let’s start to design your company’s corporate ID. I know
you really want to get critical design project completed now,
but a wise man once said to me ‘Slow down you’ll go faster’ here
are a few links worth checking out before we begin your design:
Learn about color and how it affects your mood:
http://www.weprintcolor.com/moodofcolour.htm Color Mood Test,
Spot Color and CMYK:
http://www.weprintcolor.com/usingcolour2.htm Pantone in RGB and
html: http://www.weprintcolor.com/pantone_RGB_convert.htm
OK, now you have a mental picture in your mind, look, feel, type
paper you want to print on. What colors shall I use? What
typography (fonts) should I go with? What graphic message am I
trying to communicate? These are the basic questions you need to
address before you can begin your graphic design.
Here is an idea for you, in the infancy stage of creating your
great concept, pickup a pencil and piece of paper and sketch
your ideas before you go near your computer.
Programs like Corel Draw, Adobe Photo Shop, Quark Xpress, Adobe
Illustrator, Adobe Pagemaker, etc. are the greatest programs for
designers on the market. But these great desktop publishing
programs need to be told what you want, they cannot
conceptualize. These programs cannot dream for you. So it really
does come down to you, your pencil and paper as any graphic
designer will tell you… conceptualize, sketch, render, create.
Follow these steps for all of your creative graphic designs.
Whether you’re designing a colorful website, a full color multi
panel brochure, an annual report, an NCR form, a power point
presentation, a full color business card or stationery, keep
these guidelines in mind you’ll find you start getting better
mileage on one set of tires. Listed below are some links that
will help you make more educated discussions on the fundamentals
of graphic design:
Online design tutorial-
http://www.weprintcolor.com/tutorial_inst.php Design from
business templates online with online graphic design tools-
http://www.weprintcolor.com/buscardtemplate.htm Tips the latest
tips and techniques from the pros- http://www.weprintcolors.com
Free stock photos and photography tips-
http://www.stockphotowarehouse.com/
Did you know…
A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Contains every letter of the alphabet?
Submitted By Robert Kennedy
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