Graphic designing

What is a graphics design?

Lion graphic design

Graphic design is the process of visual communication and problem-solving through the use of typography, photography, iconography, and illustration. The field is considered a subset of visual communication and communication design. All use typography, visual arts, and page layout techniques to create visual compositions. General applications of graphic design include corporate design (logos and branding), editorial design (magazines, newspapers, and books), wayfinding or environmental design, advertising, web design, communication design, merchandise packaging, and signage.

History of graphic design

Now we understand the history of graphic design in five parts

• Prehistory (3MIL BC - 3000BC)
• Ancient (3500 BC - 500 AD)
• Middle ages (476 AD - 1492)
• Modern era (1492-1945)
• Contemporary(1945-CURRENT)

PREHISTORY (3MIL BC - 3000BC)

Lascaux cave painting

In the prehistory time, humans are making structure what they seen now we talk about Lascaux cave painting: The walls of the cavern are decorated with some 600 painted and drawn animals and symbols and nearly 1,500 engravings. The pictures depict in excellent detail numerous types of animals, including horses, red deer, stags, bovines, felines, and what appear to be mythical creatures.

WRITING WITH OLD PEN

ANCIENT (3500 BC - 500 AD)

The ancient period also is known as the writing period, the discovery of the scripts of ancient Mesoamerica, far away from Middle Eastern sources, proved that writing had been invented more than once. Scholars now recognize that writing may have independently developed in at least four ancient civilizations: Mesopotamia (between 3400 and 3100 BC), Egypt (around 3250 BC), China (1200 BC), and lowland areas of Southern Mexico and Guatemala (by 500 BC).

MIDDLE AGE (476 AD - 1492)

Gutenberg printing press

In the Middle age, the printing press was developed A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement in earlier printing methods in which the cloth, paper, or other medium was brushed or rubbed repeatedly to achieve the transfer of ink, and accelerated the process. Typically used for texts, the invention and global spread of the printing press was one of the most influential events in the second millennium.

MODERN ERA (1492-1945)

A modern design of the room

In a modern era, we see the BAUHAUS-MODERN DESIGN, The Staatliches Bauhaus commonly known as the Bauhaus was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts. The school became famous for its approach to design, which attempted to unify the principles of mass production with individual artistic vision and strove to combine aesthetics with everyday function.

CONTEMPORARY(1945-CURRENT)

Now the contemporary era we developed different types of software for designing at the basics level now at current we see Microsoft developed advanced level software for designing e.g Adobo illustrator, photoshop, InDesign.

Now we understand some term of Graphic design

• Typography
• Photography
• Iconography
• illustration

Typography

Typography

Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing, and letter-spacing, and adjusting the space between pairs of letters.

Photography

Photography shoot

Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically utilizing an image sensor, or chemically utilizing a light-sensitive material such as photographic film.

Iconography

Icon of route 66

Iconography, as a branch of art history, studies the identification, description, and interpretation of the content of images: the subjects depicted, the particular compositions and details used to do so, and other elements that 

are distinct from the artistic style.

illustration

An elephant illustration

 An illustration is a decoration, interpretation, or visual explanation of a text, concept, or process, designed for integration in published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, video games, and films. An illustration is typically created by an illustrator.

Elements of design

• Space
• Line
• Shape
• Size
• Texture
• Value
• Colour

Principal of design 

• Focal point
• Contrast
• Balance
• Movement
• Pattern
• Unity
• Gestalt