Graphic Design Written by: Joey Cardenas Megan McGilvray Chelsea Schneider Presented by: ______________ Introductions Where can I use this? TSA Events Webmaster Promotional Graphics Any Backboard School Projects Powerpoints Student Government campaigns Resumes Life What if Im bad at art? You dont have to be good at Drawing, Painting, or Interpretive Dance to be a great designer! Good Design is as easy as Learn the principles They are simpler than you might think. 1.Recognize when you are not using them. Put it into words - name the problem 1.Apply the principles. You will be amazed at what an awesome designer you are! Good Design is as easy as Learn the principles They are simpler than you might think. 2. Recognize when you are not using them. Put it into words - name the problem 3. Apply the principles. You will be amazed at what an awesome designer you are! Good Design is as easy as Learn the principles They are simpler than you might think. 1.Recognize when you are not using them. Put it into words - name the problem 1.Apply the principles. You will be amazed at what an awesome designer you are! Good Design is as easy as 1. Learn the principles They are simpler than you might think. 2. Recognize when you are not using them. Put it into words - name the problem 3. Apply the principles. You will be amazed at what an awesome designer you are! Which do you like better? Why? Key Areas Typography Font Layout Alignment Balance Design principles Design Principles Contrast Refers to the arrangement of opposite elements. Light vs. dark colors, rough vs. smooth textures, large vs. small shapes, etc. Repetition Duplicated patterns, styles, and visual elements. Alignment Alignment has to do with grouping and organizes information to create order. Balance Positioning of objects, colors, textures, shapes, fonts, etc Can be used in creating symmetrical or asymmetrical balance Some of FITCs Work! Resources Adobe Kuler - https://color.adobe.comhttps://color.adobe.com Adobe Creative Cloud Trial DafontPhotoshop CS2 (Free!) - https://goo.gl/kNRgKrhttps://goo.gl/kNRgKr GIMP (Free!) -http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/ Ron Fowler - https://www.youtube.com/user/ronfowler57 Questions? Comments?