Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Design

the principles and Elements

What is Graphic Design?
  • Design elements are the basic units of a visual image.
  • The principles of design govern the relationship of the elements used and organize the composition as a whole.
  • All imagery, art, design and photography alike, are comprised of elements that can be broken down and analyzed by its visual components and the principles that guided them.
Design Elements:
  • Space
  • Line
  • Color
  • Shape
  • Texture
  • Value
  • Balance
Space:
Space can exist in 2D and 3D.
It can refer to a positive space and a negative space.
It can also refer to foreground mid or background elements.
Line:
Line is a basic element, it can vary in thickness, texture, direction.
Color:
Shape:
geometrical
Texture:
Value:
Light and dark value to create depth
Balance:
Imaginary to make it visually symmetrical balance
Design Principles
  • Unity
  • Variety
  • Repetition
  • Harmony
  • Proximity
  • Proportion
  • Functionality
  • Emphasis
Unity:
Unity creates a sense of order, a consistency in size and shape.
Proximity can create a sense of unity, it can also show a lack of unity.
Variety:
Lots of repeating elements but not all necessarily the same.
Repetition:
Using repeated elements to create a design
Harmony:
Interconnected elements to create unity.
Proximity:
What we do with negative space.
Proportion:
Makes a big difference with sizes/ depending on the environment.
Functionality:
Necessary and useful
Emphasis:
(Focal point). The main point of your design that conveys your message to the viewer.

Friday, September 16, 2016


The image with the best quality is PNG_24.png

The file with the smallest size is JPEG_Low.jpg

and finally the best balance of quality and size is JPEG_High.jpg

The image with the best quality is the file PNG_24.png
The image with the smallest file size is JPEG_Low.jpg
and finally the image with best balance of quality and file size is JPEG_High.jpg