Album Cover 2.0

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.

Album Cover 1.0

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

Pen Tool Exercise

Mario Bitmap Gif

Squirtle Bitmap Gif

Pen Tool Trace

Box-To-Car