learn how to create graphic designs following the essential steps

1. How To
Design
Learn how to efficiently deliver the message to audiences in
terms of idea and graphic design elements.

2. For feedback, communications or questions feel free to contact via
Abanoub M. Nassief
Alexandria, Egypt
E-mail: abanoubcs@gmail.com
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3. Where To
Start!

4. How To Design – Where To Start!
1) Message
2) Idea
3) Inspiration
4) Patterns
5) Content
Graphic Design is a step by step process.
A designer needs to follow these steps
6) Design
7) Design principles
8) Color theory
9) Repeat

5. Message

6. How To Design – Message
• What message do you want to deliver ?
• Who is your target audience ?
• How will they interpret your message ?
• What needs are you trying to meet ?
The point of graphic design is to deliver a
defined message to a defined audience.
A designer needs to answers these questions

7. Idea

8. How To Design – Idea
• Determine that efficient and creative idea.
• Make sure that this idea is understandable by the target
audience ?
Idea is the way a designer plans to deliver the
message to audience.
A designer needs to

9. Inspiration

10. How To Design – Inspiration
Find Inspiration, keep an idea file for copies
of materials where the design/layout that
have impressed you.
Don’t be afraid to “steal” ideas from others
(for educational purposes only)

11. Patterns

12. How To Design – Patterns
• Specify which design pattern is efficient and suitable to
achieve the idea if no pattern does then a designer can
create a new hybrid pattern.
A designer needs to
Designers follow some pattern to achieve the design
idea according to Based design.

13. How To Design – Inspiration
• Think according to the Based Design principles and
choose one of the patterns or create a new one.
• Search and think of inspirations related to the
topic/pattern of design.
A designer needs to

14. Content

15. How To Design – Content
Content is the materials used to achieve the
idea. It may contains images, text, shapes or
any other design elements.
A designer needs to
• Determine what content he/she plans to use.
• Bring and arrange content before beginning to design.
• Make sure that content is good quality.

16. How To Design – Content
Importance
• Helps to avoid backtracking and loss of time.
• Allows you to visually plan out your project.

17. Design
Photoshop, Illustrator, Gimp, Corel Draw, etc …

18. How To Design – Design
Design is step where you start using graphic
design software.
A designer needs to
• Use software tools to achieve the idea using the
previously arranged content.
• Apply graphic design principles
• Use correct colors according to color theory

19. Design
Principles

20. How To Design – Design Principles
Design Principles introduces a brilliant-look
design that achieve both idea and beautiful
appearance.
Breaking any of the design principles cause
an inefficient and ugly-look design.
A designer needs to
• Strictly follow all the design principles.

21. Color Theory

22. How To Design – Color Theory
Color Theory focuses on achieving the
message of design by using the correct colors.
A designer needs to
• Determine the colors to use according to Color Theory.
• Avoid color combinations that break the principles of
color theory.
• Enhance design surfing using correct distribution of
colors.

23. Repeat

24. How To Design – Repeat
After following the previous steps a designer
should revise his/her design by repeating
steps in mind to enhance it.
1) Message
2) Idea
3) Inspiration
4) Patterns
5) Content
6) Design
7) Design principles
8) Color theory

25. Thank You