Get up to speed on graphic design Graphic design is a skill, a creative practice, and a mindset. Graphic Design For Dummies initiates you into all of it, teaching you how to tell compelling visual stories to any audience. You'll learn the basics of working in Adobe Creative Suite, and you'll get a primer on how to enhance your designs through collaboration and feedback. You'll even get practice exercises and pointers on turning graphic design into a career. With this plain-talking Dummies guide and bonus chapters available online, you can start filling that blank screen with incredible…mehr
Get up to speed on graphic design Graphic design is a skill, a creative practice, and a mindset. Graphic Design For Dummies initiates you into all of it, teaching you how to tell compelling visual stories to any audience. You'll learn the basics of working in Adobe Creative Suite, and you'll get a primer on how to enhance your designs through collaboration and feedback. You'll even get practice exercises and pointers on turning graphic design into a career. With this plain-talking Dummies guide and bonus chapters available online, you can start filling that blank screen with incredible designs. Inside... * Set up your workstation * Analyze your audience * Revise & perfect your designs * Learn the principles of design * Lay out pages for print * Create a great portfolio * Find six additional chapters at dummies.com
Ben Hannam, MFA, has been teaching graphic design since 2003. He currently serves as Associate Professor and Chair of Communication Design at Elon University while also managing his own graphic design agency. He is the author of A Graphic Design Student's Guide to Freelance: Practice Makes Perfect and Oh @#$%! I'm Graduating: A Student's Guide to Creating a Killer Portfolio.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1 Part 1: What to Know Before You Start Designing 5 Chapter 1: What Is Graphic Design? 7 Chapter 2: Developing Your Problem-Solving Skills 21 Chapter 3: Practices for Creating Better Design Solutions 45 Chapter 4: Choosing the Right Tool for the Job 59 Chapter 5: Design Is an Iterative Process 91 Part 2: Using the Principles of Design to Elevate Your Work 119 Chapter 6: The Principles of Design: Balance, Contrast, and Emphasis 121 Chapter 7: The Principles of Design: Unity, Repetition, Rhythm, and Proportion 143 Chapter 8: The Principles of Design: Movement, Hierarchy, Alignment, and Space 169 Chapter 9: Creating Grid Systems and Page Layouts 181 Chapter 10: Constructing Color Systems 201 Chapter 11: Choosing Type and Creating a System 215 Part 3: The Part of Tens 231 Chapter 12: Ten Things You Should Know When Putting Together Your Design Portfolio 233 Chapter 13: Ten Ways Artificial Intelligence May Change Graphic Design 241 Index 247
Introduction 1 Part 1: What to Know Before You Start Designing 5 Chapter 1: What Is Graphic Design? 7 Chapter 2: Developing Your Problem-Solving Skills 21 Chapter 3: Practices for Creating Better Design Solutions 45 Chapter 4: Choosing the Right Tool for the Job 59 Chapter 5: Design Is an Iterative Process 91 Part 2: Using the Principles of Design to Elevate Your Work 119 Chapter 6: The Principles of Design: Balance, Contrast, and Emphasis 121 Chapter 7: The Principles of Design: Unity, Repetition, Rhythm, and Proportion 143 Chapter 8: The Principles of Design: Movement, Hierarchy, Alignment, and Space 169 Chapter 9: Creating Grid Systems and Page Layouts 181 Chapter 10: Constructing Color Systems 201 Chapter 11: Choosing Type and Creating a System 215 Part 3: The Part of Tens 231 Chapter 12: Ten Things You Should Know When Putting Together Your Design Portfolio 233 Chapter 13: Ten Ways Artificial Intelligence May Change Graphic Design 241 Index 247
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