Best Quick Tips for Graphic Designers
Ravi Bhadauria
Teacher by Choice and by Heart. A Multimedia Professional with 23yrs of experience.
Graphic designing can sometimes become a simply irresistible & daunting task because of the techniques and software that goes into it. With the blink of an eye, the task that looked fun to you can become a never-ending problem.
Fortunately, this ever-growing technology has made it possible that we can share knowledge, tips, and tricks with everyone out there. Here are some quick tips for you guys to that can save you from being stuck in design problems.
● Just for font sake, stick to limit!
Don’t get too carried away while using fonts. Stick yourself to just one or two fonts per design otherwise you’ll end up creating nothing but a mess. It becomes difficult for the eyes to scan multiple fonts. You can choose contrasting fonts in your design or can use different variants of a single font.
While choosing the typeface give more preference to readability & always choose that font that goes well with your content.
For example, always go with feminine and sans serif fonts while designing for the female audience.
● Alignment is Almighty.
Alignment is key for the balance and harmony in the design. Keeping things align to create a peaceful impact on the mind of viewers and they don’t have to give too much stress on design. You can also use grids to give a new dimension to your design.
● White space looks wonderful on you, design!
Sometimes design becomes so cluttered that whitespace becomes the only option to save design from disaster. Don’t be afraid to use that black space, learn to balance it properly and it can actually take your designing skills to the next level.
*Remember, a design created using white space tends to grab more attention than the other ones!*
● Contrast creates art.
The contrast in every term, be it colors, text, or design is the key to great design, you just have to understand it properly. Use a contrasting color palette, graphics, fonts to give an entirely new mood to your design.
Pro tip: Use the dark color text on a light background (vice- versa) or use a complementary color scheme to add more pop to your design.
● Colors are clever! Choose them wisely.
Have you ever notice that all great designs have wonderful colors? This can’t be a coincidence! A great color palette can take your designs to skies or can even make you go mad.
The first and foremost goal of your design is to target audience. Choose the color according to them. Learn color psychology and how colors affect the mood of viewers. You can always use different tints and tones of a similar shade to give a new texture to your design.
● Flats can take you a long way, literally!
Make Flat designs your new best friend! They have become increasingly popular and trendy in the past few years. Flats give a more classy look to your designs and with a better sense of alignment and spacing, they can actually rock your designs.
That’s all for today folks!
These were some quick tips for all of you guys. All you need is to have a good sense of applying it. To do so, go for Graphic design courses furnished by ADMEC Multimedia Institute where you make yourself proficient in graphic designing.
Don’t worry you will learn that practice.
Till then, Keep Practicing, Keep Exploring!
Sr.Creative Designer at Riverbed | Specialist Marketing Designs | Creative Ads Production | Ex-Dyson, WPP, HKS
5 年Nice insights Sir!! Looking forward to discuss some point with you.