If you are truly interested in becoming an overall complete graphic designer, you are going to have to work in multiple graphic design formats when you create your different graphic designs. There are different formats for different types of design and for most of these formats there are specialized skill sets and experiences that [...]

Once you have the basics of layer mechanics down, it is now time to correct the basics of the image that did not turn out the way you expected. Photoshop is a powerful piece of image editing software that allows you to go a long way towards making the mistakes in your picture vanish [...]

With many different concepts regarding colour theory and general design principles already behind us, it is time to really get down to the nitty gritty of modern online graphic design. And there is no better piece of software to start with than Adobe Photoshop.

Granted, Photoshop is an expensive piece of software. But it [...]

I’ve probably talked as much about the history of colour theory as I’m going to during this section of posts. From here on in we will be discussing the details of colour theory at length. However, I’d just like to take the moment to discuss its importance. I’m a science student at [...]

The last few posts on this blog have given you the opportunity to get out of the theory of graphic design and take a look at it from the perspective of someone in the practical world that has practical concerns related to the business. While that type of look can be a sobering one, [...]

It is really difficult to have a lengthy discussion about graphic design in the online modern sense without making a reference to web design during some point in the discussion. The fact of the matter is that web design and graphic design in the online world are intimately related and there are many people [...]

There are many different types of graphic design that are popular in the world today, but the most popular one still remains designing a graphic from scratch. It is likely that this will remain the most popular form of graphic design for the foreseeable future and because this type of design requires that you [...]

A lot of people do not think of digital photography as a form of graphic design. They prefer to think of it as a separate thing and for that reason in their mind have created walls in between digital photography and graphic design. This is blatantly ridiculous, since photographs are by definition graphics [...]

Over the last couple of months, the vast majority of posting on this blog has been dedicated to introducing the basic concepts of graphic design. These are concepts that you should be able to understand and interpret instantaneously if you want to be a good graphic designer at the top of your game.
However, theory [...]

You may not even have been aware of it, but graphic design as a field has expanded to such a large size that there are many different forms of graphic design generally recognized in the world today. While most freelance designers will dabble in all fields, they generally have one in particular that forms [...]