A tri fold brochure design is a great way to promote your business. Every business needs a good logo design and an effective website, but a nice tri fold brochure is great for distributing locally. When meeting people face to face it’s … Read More
Sketching for print designers
It might seem like a waste of time to draw what you are just going to piece together on the computer later. I personally have three reasons for sketching layouts for my print design work. Three reasons for sketching my print design … Read More
Critical Aspects of Graphic Design – Typography
Typography is the one thing that sets graphic design apart from other types of design including fashion and architecture. The systematic and skilled placement of type in a graphic design project regardless of the medium will ultimately set it apart from amateur … Read More
Critical Aspects of Graphic Design – Research
Let’s face it, we all live in a world that was designed by someone. We can’t escape it and yet we all have opinions about what we might find in our world. Take for instance can openers. Most of us have used … Read More
Old-fashioned text using Adobe Illustrator
I recently created a tri-fold brochure for a coffee shop that features an old-fashioned text using Adobe Illustrator. You can view this brochure and even purchase the Coffee Trifold Brochure from GraphicRiver.net. For the photos, I created the half-tone image effect in … Read More
Premium Wood Textures
A few years ago I came in contact with an excellent graphic designer. He introduced me to textures as they relate to graphic design, and I have been hooked ever since. I almost always use textures in each and everyone of my … Read More
Creating an elegant frame using Illustrator
I recently posted a file for sale on the Envato Marketplaces. The download contains 25 frames/enclosures for use in print and website design projects. Three file types, an Adobe Illustrator file(.ai), an Adobe Photoshop shapes file(.csh), and a layered Photoshop(.psd), are all … Read More
Graphic Design principles in a book.
One of my favorite books I use for reviewing and staying principled in this area of graphic design is the Design Basics Index by Jim Krause. I guess you could call it my Graphic Design hand book of sorts. Or you could … Read More
My favorite texture website.
I will from time to time put some of my most often visited websites. I like to use texture in many of my projects regardless of medium. This can be extrememly expensive when it comes to purchasing images from a stock photography … Read More
Graphic design by definition – Concept
I have briefly touched on the three parts of what makes strong graphic design possible. They are composition, components, and concept. In two previous articles I discussed composition and components in further detail, but another important element to successful design is the … Read More
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