5+1 graphic design tips for non-designers and beginners
Whether you are creating videos for social media or designing invitations for an upcoming event, the application of graphic design is vast and flexible. Below you will find 5+1 useful tips that will help you enhance your work and become more creative.
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Don’t Fear Scale
Apply scale to types, shapes, or composite features that need appropriate emphasis. Use suitable colors to enhance this technique, while ensuring you choose fonts that look good when enlarged.
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Respect the Space of Other Elements
Use letter spacing to fill “dead” space, align text, or condense words that take up too much room. However, be careful not to reduce the letter spacing so much that it becomes unreadable or to increase it so much that the letters drift apart.
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Use Fonts to Shape the Mood of Your Design
Choose a font that expresses your content. Fonts with rounded edges usually convey a friendlier tone, geometric fonts with sharp edges are solid and strong, while serif fonts transmit an elegant and refined look.
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Simplicity is Key
Keep it simple, but don’t forget the basics. Ensure that every element has a reason for being in the design, and minimize the number of fonts, colors, shapes, and frames. Use contrasting color combinations so that the text is clear and readable. Applying a solid frame to contain your text will enhance the compositional structure of a design.
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Play with Symmetry
Use horizontal and vertical lines to align with other design elements. For balance and proportion, make sure the thickness of elements matches the weight of the fonts.
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Use White Space
Create a fluid design by surrounding words with white space to let elements “breathe.” Applying space around text boxes, images, and other graphic elements makes a design more readable. It’s also more likely to attract attention than a cluttered composition.
