The document provides a quick guide to basic graphic design concepts. It includes sections on communicating your design message, creating moodboards for inspiration, using proximity and alignment of elements effectively, choosing fonts that match your message, using color combinations and tints/shades intentionally, selecting photos that reinforce your content, and getting feedback before publishing by sharing your work. The overall purpose is to give designers tips for developing visually engaging designs that clearly convey their intended messages.

1. QUICK GUIDE
TO GRAPHIC
DESIGNING
BASICS

2. TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Communicate with your Design
Moodboard and its Magic
Practice Proximity
Understand the Alignment
Choose the Right Font
Right Matching of the Fonts
Highlight the Keys
Colour Combinations
Tints and Shades
Colour Combos
Choose Photo that Speaks
Don't forget to Share and Publish

3. COMMUNICATE
WITH YOUR
DESIGN
Create the message that speaks to your
audience.
Make the efficient use of the design tool
box which brings out the best way to
communicate your emotion.
Give the clear picture of your message
through your design.

4. MOODBOARD
AND ITS
MAGIC
Helps to store all the ideas at one place.
You can take inspiration from anywhere
and stick it on the board.
It gives the visual representation to
your idea every time you come up with
new content.

5. PRACTICE
PROXIMITY
Create different versions of your design before
coming up with the final version
Gather all the elements at one place.
Leave the lot of empty spaces.

6. UNDERSTAND
THE
ALIGNMENT
With one or two element make right, left or centre alignment.
With the occupancy of lot of elements follow the grid
structure.

7. RIGHT
MATCHING OF
THE FONTS
Understand the psychology behind the font.
Include the fonts which create same
language.
Create contrast to make the message
stand out.

8. COLOUR
COMBINATIONS
Mix the right combinations and creating
contrasts it can help the massage to stand out.
Find the primary colour which defines your
theme and match the complimentary colours to
create the contrast.

9. TINTS AND
SHADES
You can differentiate tints and shades with warm
and cool colours.
The warm colour represents energy and make the
content stand out.
The cool colour on the other hand makes the
content calm and still.

10. Before choosing the colour combos understand what
language you want to speak or what you want to promote.
COLOUR COMBOS

11. CHOOSE
PHOTO THAT
SPEAKS
Choose the image that gives unique ideas and communicate with your
message.

12. Don’t forget to
share and publish
Before publishing your final design gain the
fresh perspective by sharing among few people
and ask for feedbacks.
Remember, feedback can be your best friend by
make you understand the better.

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