More graphic tutorials from a random potato (who still likes pink and names this book 'blue' for the sake of continuity) that she hopes you enjoy.
Started : 5th January 2021
Tutorials included :
- tips; thorough explanations for graphic designing
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Also a reminder, take their advice as a way to improve yourself instead of giving up. We all still have a long way to go.
4. Not only black and white
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Although the one on the left isn't that bad, it does look a little off and creates too much focus (I'll explain later in part 5). It's just something minor I see beginners make but font colors really do make a difference.
What should you do? - make sure it's readable from far away, make it darker or lighter than the background - don't use clashing colors (such as red with green, it'll blind the viewer) - use complimenting colors - make sure it's still in the same palette (pastel, neon, etc)
You're not just limited to colors, use a picture and overlap it over the text, heck, make it translucent.
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Note that using black and white for your words is not wrong. Why not add a little pop of color if you have the chance to?
5. Focus hierarchy
It's something I made up so I can layout my covers better, especially manip. Remember, this tier I made up is not absolute.
Title/main focus or object
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Author's name
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Background
The main thing you want the viewer to see first is the title and the main object or person, which is why I put both at the top of the hierarchy.
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Even though the cover is very messy and chaotic like the left one, people's first thought must be the person and the title. Because the person is what the story revolves around, and the title is what the story is about.
For author names, it just depends. If the author is famous such as Stephen King, for example, they always make his name nearly half the cover and the title is somewhere tiny. But that's just from a marketing standpoint, while we here focus more on aesthetics.
The background is just there to shine the focus on the main object like a stage light and to fill empty parts of the cover.
Some tips to create focus : 1. Make the main object lighter or darker than everything else 2. Make the main object really big 3. Make the main object a whole different colour if you can 4. Blur the background
I explained this in book one more thoroughly so please check it out if you have the time.
6. We are not perfect
You made a bad cover? Chill, our creativity expectations are not always on par with reality, so it's okay if your cover doesn't look good. Even after years of experience some of my covers are just plain ugly.
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There are a lot factors that come with it, such as : 1. Inexperienced 2. Unproductive 3. Tiredness 4. Art Block 5. Etc
7. EXPERIMENT!
If you guys don't know, all I do is just make random stuff until it looks decent, then I polish it and make a tutorial of it.
By experimenting, you can create something new that people haven't made and it looks unique!
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I hope this tutorial is useful for beginners and advanced graphic designer alike! If you have your own tips feel free to share it in the comments and lets have a discussion!
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Thank you for reading, see you next time ♡
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