Exploring Graphics

When creating any formal layout for things such as a magazine or a resume, design principles must come into play in the design layout. Considering things like proximity, alignment, repetition, and contrast are very important to factor in a successful design layout. Magazine Layout When looking at a magazine, the first thing that catches a person’s attention is the headline. The headline, “Siren call,” was used very creatively in The Times Magazine featuring Emma Watson. The ‘S’ in “Siren call” is huge and is the length of the full page. The curly style of text makes it look very formal. With the ‘S’ taking up the whole length of the left side of the page, the left column of the body text is wrapped around it. Somethings that could be considered a weakness of the magazine layout is the lack of kerning in the headline and how the ‘S’ is slightly cropped out of the layout. Even though the headline is not kerned, it still looks in sync with the spacing of the letters. With the ‘S’ ta...

According to Philosopher Fred R. Barnard, “A picture is worth a lot of words.” When people think about communication it happens to be more understood as talking and listening rather than the world that we see around us. Visual communication may seem difficult to decode for people. Although, what people don’t understand is that visually, things such as objects and facial expressions, could have much more meaning than things that people hear from a verbal conversation. Once a person becomes more aware of their surroundings, they may get a whole new take on life. Everyday, signs and symbols are in plain sight and it takes a visual communicator to understand what is being communicated. There is a lot more to visual communication than just pictures and words. If it wasn’t for visual communication, advertisers and marketing agencies wouldn’t have had such success in selling their businesses or products. Regarding visual communication, the most necessary tool is organization. This tool...