Photoshop/PhotoPea
Levels of Meaning in Graphic Design
Being a Graphic Designer
Graphic Design Terms
Steps to the Graphic Design Process
100

This tool helps you move objects around.

What is the Move Tool?

100

What we actually see.

What is Primary Layer?
100

Thousands of years ago on cave walls.

When did graphic design begin?

100

Can be used to communicate the emotional content of the clients message

What is Color?

100

Building blocks of design?

What is Composition?

200

Panel that houses different type of creative tools.

What is the Tools Panel?

200

Viewers are likely to remember designs with which they can form a personal connection on an emotional or intellectual level.

What is Indentity?

200

Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

What are 3 software tools used by Graphic Designers.

200

Learned and not obvious.

What are symbols?

200

Using visual space to show relationships in your content.

What is Proximity?

300

Simply one or more layer effects and blending options applied to a layer.

What is a Layer Style?

300

Graphic designers often illustrate _______ such as love, trust, confidence, happiness, and fear to promote products or lifestyles.

What is Emotions?

300

A strategic plan that the designer and client agree upon. 

What is a Creative Brief?

300

The visual communication of a message provided by the client using text and images to represent an idea or concept.

What is Graphic Design?

300

Negative space.

What is White Space?

400

Acts as a canvas for your projects.

What is the Background Layer.

400

A witty message uses cleverness, verbal skill, or surprise to evoke laughter.

What is Intellect?

400

A good design includes graphic elements such as typography, color usage, and repetition to represent the client’s core values, philosophy, and principles.

What is the Identity of the Client?

400

Can guide or instruct.

What are Pictograms?

400

One item is different from another.

What is Contrast?

500

Shows you the options you can select when you use the different tools on the Tools panel.

What is the Options Bar?

500

Designers invite viewers to use their _______ and imagine themselves in a situation that would bring them personal pleasure, adventure, success, or some other positive outcome.

What is Creativity?

500

One of the key principles of graphic design, used to strengthen and unify design.

What is Repetition?

500

Look like what they mean.

What are Icons?

500

Evenly spaced and aligned, with equal-sized margins.

What is Alignment?

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