| Have you ever walked down the street and saw | | | | It is informative and is a way of communicating using |
| someone wearing a t-shirt advertising a business or | | | | pictures, letters and numbers. It is both the process of |
| event? Perhaps you were driving and seen a vehicle | | | | creating and the end product. Wherever there is a |
| decked out with advertisement of a beverage or | | | | need for visual imagery, graphic design is there to help |
| product? These are all examples of how graphic | | | | convey the meaning and intent behind the words. |
| design works with marketing. Even road signs are | | | | What are the tools of graphic designers? |
| products of it. | | | | The most important tool of the graphic designer is his |
| It does not have to be advertising anything, simply | | | | or her mind. He or she must be able to visualize what it |
| informing the public of something. Graphic design is all | | | | is that needs to be illustrated. After that it is a matter |
| around us and touches our lives each and every day. | | | | of finding the right computer program or template to |
| But do you know what it is and the history of it? | | | | make the graphics. |
| You probably take it for granted but our lives would | | | | There are many software programs that can help |
| not be the same if it were not for those dedicated | | | | design website layouts or can help design the graphics |
| workers producing and working within the graphic | | | | used in virtually anything. Since software has become |
| design industry. In this article you can find out what you | | | | available the graphic artist's job has progressed much |
| need to know about graphic design and how it works | | | | smoother as they are able to get more done in a short |
| in your daily life. | | | | period of time. |
| What methods are used? | | | | How is its used in advertising? |
| The methods range from screen printing to web page | | | | The thing with advertising is that you are trying to sell |
| layouts. It is in fine art, drawings and signs created by | | | | something. You need some way, some medium in |
| machines. There is virtually hundreds of different ways | | | | which to convey what it is you are selling. It may be |
| that graphic designs are created. | | | | business cards with your company's name printed on |
| From the hand drawn sign advertising a Yard Sale to | | | | them. It might be signs advertising your business. |
| the buttons created at a screen print shop for the local | | | | Logos on your company letterhead let readers know |
| politician. Anything that is informative is considered to | | | | that you are serious about your business. All of it |
| be graphic design and so any method used to create | | | | comes together so that people know your company. |
| this information is the method used to create it. | | | | How does it work with websites? |
| Can anything be considered graphic design? | | | | It works with web design. The purpose is to |
| Absolutely yes, anything can be considered to be | | | | communicate visual text and pictures with the ability to |
| graphic design as mentioned above. It could be the | | | | interact with the webpage. If it were just a static page |
| road signs showing the speed limit. It may be a famous | | | | with no way of conveying different information, the |
| book such as 'The Book of Kells' or it might be a t-shirt | | | | webpage would not be much of a success. Graphic |
| with the local gas station emblazoned upon the chest | | | | designers work to convey the intent of the company |
| pocket. | | | | and make it an easy experience for web site visitors. |