Wednesday, 14 December 2011

Do's and Dont's of design work

DO

  • Clear font
  • appropriate sizes for images and fonts 
  • Clear photos that are in focus 
  • Photos that are an appropriate shape for the page
  • Layout that follows the rule of thirds for composition 
  • Appropriate type face that relate to genre conventions and the house style 
  • Place font clearly so you can see from a distance and follow the genre conventions 
  • 3 colour rule: images, font and background 
  • appropriate logos and conventions. 
DON'T
  • Stretch images = Images look out of focus 
  • use layer styles 
  • unnecessary effects that don't suit the genre
  • font that has been placed across the artists face
  • Using a photo on every panel. 

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