GRAPHIC DESIGN

What is Graphic Design?
GRAPHIC DESIGN is the arrangement of typography and images to communicate a message, feeling, opinion, thought, or idea. This can take any form, from photography to 3D design.

Graphic Design Basic Elements:
Five basic elements of graphic design: - Lines, Shapes, Mass, Texture, and Color.

1. Lines
Lines are one of the basic elements of design. Alone or in combination with other lines or shapes they can aid in the readability, appearance, and message of a design.

2.Shapes
Squares (and rectangles), triangles, and circles are the three basic shapes. Examine their role in design including the psychology of shapes in logo design. Class also touches on freeform shapes. Shape is one of the basic elements of design.

3.Mass
mass or visual weight of graphic and text elements. It includes a large section on size and measurements for type and paper and images. Mass is one of the basic elements of design. Mass equals size. Each piece you create has a physical mass.

4.Texture
In addition to the actual texture of the paper we print on, look at the textures we create through techniques such as embossing and the visual texture created with certain graphics techniques.

5.Color
Color symbolism and association. It also touches briefly on the mechanics of color reproduction on the Web and in print. Color is not essential to a good design