Observing Basic Elements of Graphic Design
The Seven Basic Elements of Graphic Design
The spectrum of colours is produced when light passes through a prism (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet) and are arranged in a segmented circle. The modern colour wheel consists of three primary colours—red, yellow, and blue—which can theoretically be mixed in varying ratios to produce Lisecondary and intermediate colours.
Line
Lines are more than just dividers—the right lines can convey movement and emotion, tying together your composition and making it look polished and professional.
Color
The colour may even be the most important element of a design, because it offers the most powerful visual impact at a single glance.
Colour is obvious and does not need basic graphic skills to be noticed. While lines and shapes mean the same thing as in the reality, only at a little more profound level, the colour means exactly the same thing as in the nature. Colour creates emotions—red is passionate, blue is calm, green is natural.
Even if you do not realize this, colours have a clear effect on your mind. But knowing how hue, saturation, shade, tint, tone or Chroma work together is crucial for a graphic designer.
Shape
A shape can be loosely explained as anything defined by boundaries. There are two categories of shapes to consider:
Geometric shapes which are defined by perfect, uniform proportions, such as a circle, square, triangle; and organic shapes which have less well-defined edges, free-flowing proportions, and essentially no rules, such as wiggly, blob-like things that don’t fit into any real category.
Value
I did not specify value above, even if it is closely related to colour, because value is more general and represents how dark or light a design is. Value has a lot to do with mood too, only at a more profound level.
Understanding colours will take you close to perfection, but knowing how value works will take you beyond this. Lighter designs offer a different impact and feeling than the dark ones and you need an expert eye to notice differences and decide which one is the best.
Form
form refers to objects that are 3-Dimensional, or have length, width, and height. The world we live in made up almost entirely of forms.
Space
pace is exactly what it sounds like: the empty areas between elements in your design. When it comes to creating professional- looking designs on your own, sometimes what you do not include is just as important as what you do.
When working on a design, consider not only the elements you are including, such as images and text, but how they are arranged and grouped in the composition.
It can be tempting to fill every inch of your digital canvas withsomething, but try to give your elements some room to breathe.
Texture
The textures were not very popular a couple of years ago, but they tend to become more and more used. They replaced (or compete with, if we can call it a competition) the single-coloured backgrounds.
Textures can look similar to solid background colours, but a closer analysed may show noticeable differences. Texture styles include paper, stone, concrete, brick, fabric and natural elements, among flat or smooth colours. Textures can also be subtle or pronounced and can be used sparingly or liberally. They work with pretty much everything.
