GRAPHIC DESIGN LESSONS

SIGNS DICTATE - DESIGN EDUCATES

This design lesson teaches you how to compose images to create graphic designs with layers of meaning. A graphic design is much more than a sign. A sign will only tell you one thing such as 'stop' or 'go'. However, a good graphic design can have several layers of visual and verbal meaning that tell you many things.

HOW TO DEVELOP IDEAS

This design lesson teaches you composition techniques that you can adapt to develop ideas for any graphic design. Some students have skills in drawing but struggle when it comes to generating ideas. However, this is a skill that we can teach you through our composition techniques.

HOW TO CREATE ORIGINAL DESIGNS

This design lesson teaches you techniques you can use to create more original designs. The first ideas that you think of are not usually the most original. The reason they are already in your head is because you have seen them before in one form or another. The best ideas are those that you discover by trial and error through composing and adapting the elements of your design.

LESSON PLAN Developing Creative Ideas for Graphic Design A graphic design is a creative arrangement of image and type that communicates a visual concept with a clarity and economy of means. There are tried and trusted techniques that you can use to increase your creativity in the search for a solution to any graphic design. In this lesson we use the symbols below to demonstrate a range of composition techniques that will help you to create and develop ideas for your graphics. Click on each symbol to see how it is developed into a creative idea for a graphic design. Once you have studied our examples you can find other symbols in our Graphic Design Resources that you may print and use to create your own graphic ideas.

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