Compositional Techniques for Graphic Design

Overview

“We will start working on defining the minimum units, looking for the repetition and constancy of the elements in space. Also, I will teach you strategies to give freshness and variety to your composition to achieve surprise and the charm of the unexpected, but without losing the coherence and general harmony.”

In this video lesson Javier Alcaraz addresses the topic: Grids: application, which is part of the Domestika online course: Compositional Techniques for Graphic Design. Learn how to use key elements to create clear and attractive graphic structures.

Partial transcription of the video

“Grids: Application We are almost finishing the project and in this lesson I want to tell you how to define the minimum units to work with a grid. We will seek unity and repetition and I will show you some strategies to produce some variables and avoid monotony in your design. Let's see what it is about. A grid is planned from the general to the particular, but it is built from the particular to the general. The first thing, then, is to define the outline which the grid will generally manage. There will be photos, columns of text, also flow guidelines to organize information, in miscellanea ...”

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Course summary for: Compositional Techniques for Graphic Design

• Level: Beginner
• 96% positive reviews (746)
• 20705 students
• 5 units
• 23 lessons (3h 46m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Design

• Software

  Adobe InDesign

• Areas

  Design, Digital Design, Editorial Design, Graphic Design