Graphic Design

I would just like to say, I feel like I knew nothing about the meaning of graphic design before this class. I remember the one class we had when Rebecca was presenting her poster and she was telling us a story about how she was explaining to her mom what graphic design was, and her mom really didn't understand.

I feel like this is is when people have to put themselves in the shoes of a graphic designer. I knew that graphic design meant to create a visual piece of texts and/or images to tell a message. Well, since I have been in the shoes of a graphic designer for the past 10 weeks, I think graphic design means a lot more. I think it means to create an element of visual appeal to anything that you want to catch the interest of someone or a group of people. To create this visual appeal you must play with colors, hues, tones, tints, fonts, leading, kearning, layout, text justification, images, and make sure that it all represents a certain emotion or message for the viewer.

Graphic Design is an art. You must be creative, flexible, fearless to try new things, and you must step out of the box and create something that will appeal to others. You have to learn different techniques from different programs. It is a lot of learning and it takes a lot of effort to make one little poster, or one brochure. No one really knows how much work goes into the font, colors, and images on anything, and I think that this class did a great job teaching me that I shouldn't over look design, because people spent a long time making sure I don't overlook it. Trust me, since I started this class I have to make sure I notice everything reguarding fonts, leading and kearning!