Aspects of Graphic Design: Illustration
Graphic designers who are passionate about drawing and painting can find a balance between fine art and graphic design by specialising in illustration. Long before print and digital technology the drawn image was used for communication, enabling mankind to record and describe the complexities of everyday life. Today’s illustrators have computers with advanced programs like...
Aspects of Graphic Design: Advertising
Every day we encounter advertising, whether it’s in newspapers or magazines, outdoor billboards, television or even on the internet. In today’s world Advertising is everywhere and is a major aspect of graphic design. The designer uses images and words to convey a message to an audience and tries to persuade its viewers to take some...
Aspects of Graphic Design
According to Wikipedia Graphic Design is a creative process, referring to artistic and professional disciplines that focus on visual communication and presentation. The term Graphic Design has many aspects from advertising to typography and is often referred to as Visual Arts or Information Design. To be a graphic designer means being able to combine words,...
Showcase of South African Logos
Visual marks for identification have been used for centuries, but never has the world of logo design been so fast-paced and competitive. With new digital techniques and designers constantly striving to create something new and exciting, and definitively memorable, branding has evolved into a distinctive art form. The ultimate goal of a logo is to...
Study Graphic Design: Universities vs Independent Design Schools
I have had a few queries regarding where to study Graphic Design – at Universities or Independent Schools. In my previous blog post, Where to study graphic design in South Africa, I listed a few noteworthy tertiary institutions in South Africa which offer graphic design, and basically left it up to you to decide...
Web and Graphic Design Magazines
In South Africa we have no print publications specialising in graphic and web design – or none that I know of… Thank goodness for the internet, as this provides us with much needed inspiration, tutorials and features. But sometimes it’s good to have a printed magazine. So here is a list of web and graphic...
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