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Excerpt: Following last weeks post outlining the elements of graphic design, this week we´re going to take a more in depth look at the element of color. I’ve dedicated two posts to color because its such an important and fundamental part of design and its needs serious attention. Color creates mood within a design and contributes to the overall experience for your audience. Human emotions are very often triggered by color and you need to know what colors trigger which emotions. Cool colors like blue and green can evoke a sense of tranquility and calm, while warm colors like red or orange can…

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Excerpt: Continuing our Graphic Design journey, this week, we’re going to have a look at some design basics and highlight some of the elements that help create effective Graphic Design. These elements are considered the building blocks of visual communication. The information below outlines briefly each one and should only be treated as introduction to each element. So, off we go: 1 – Line Lines are everywhere, straight ones, thin ones, fat ones. curved ones, and even diagonal ones. So what’s the big fuss? Well, strangely enough, lines can communicate all sorts of things. Lets take for example a curved line, when a curve…

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