7 Elements of Design

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Whether you're designing an interior, a logo, an advertising, or a website, there are many graphic design components to take into account.

Shape, colour, space, form, line, value, and texture are some of the basic components of any visual design, and they are known as design elements. The aspects of design are used by graphic designers to produce images that can inspire a variety of emotions, express a certain atmosphere, or attract the attention in a specific direction. While the fundamentals of design make up every picture, designers also rely on the principles of design, which are a set of procedures for combining the fundamentals of design to create aesthetically acceptable compositions.

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1: Line

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The connection between two locations in space is referred to as a line. Lines in your composition, whether they are horizontal, diagonal, or vertical, can assist draw the viewer's attention to a particular area. Instead of using only straight lines, you may use other kinds of lines, including curved or patterned ones, to add texture.

2:Shape

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A shape is, at its most basic, a two-dimensional region that is encircled by an outline. To give a form the illusion of three-dimensionality, graphic artists might utilise additional components such as line, colour, value, and shadow. Organic forms are those that are found in nature, geometric shapes are those that are angular and mathematically consistent, and abstract shapes are those that roughly approximate objects in nature.

3:Space

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Using space effectively can help people see your design the way you planned. The area between or surrounding an image's main point is known as white space or negative space. The area that your subject matter occupies in your composition is known as positive space. Your design's space is crucial since a cluttered layout might exhaust the viewer's eye.

4: Color

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Color may help your composition feel more moody. Humans experience colour when light waves strike an item and bounce back to the optic nerve in their eyes. Color is a tool used by designers and artists to convey and characterise a subject. Designers employ colour to convey mood, light, dimension, and point of view. The colour wheel and the principles of colour theory—a system of rules for combining, altering, and mixing colors—are used by designers to construct colour schemes.

5: Value

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A color's value in design refers to how bright or dark it is. A gradient, which shows a sequence of variations on one hue sorted from lightest to darkest, is a common way to depict a color's values. The different colour values may be used by artists to give their pieces the appearance of heft and volume.

6: Form

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The way a shape or physical arrangement takes up space is referred to as its form. Design professionals use light, shadow, the appearance of an object's contours, negative space, and the items around the subject matter to create the impression of form on a flat surface as opposed to producing form through three-dimensional actual shape.

7:Texture

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Texture is one of the design components that conveys how an object feels or looks. Whether it is bumpy, velvety, or ribbed, tactile texture is a feeling of touch. Contrarily, visual texture refers to the imagined texture of the illustration, which can add visual appeal and enhance the sensory experience.