This is a place to discuss topics about visual or graphic design. Requests for photoshopping or free work go on /wsr/ - Worksafe Requests or /r/ - Adult Requests as appropriate.#/gd/ @ irc.rizon.net#4chan-gd @ irc.freenode.nethttp://graphicdesign.wikia.com/>What literature should I read to get into graphic design?The sidebar on the /gd/ wiki has plenty of book reccomendations.>What programs do I need to get started?-VectorAdobe IllustratorCorel DrawInkskape Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>Can somebody photoshop X? Can somebody make me a logo?All requests for photoshopping belong on /wsr/ - Worksafe Requests or /r/ - Adult Requests. /gd/ doesn't take requests or do free or even paid work sometimes. However, if you're new at something, asking "HOW can I X?" rather than "CAN YOU make X?" will give you better results.>Can I post some of my work for critique?There is usally a critique/What-Are-You-Working-On thread, and that is where work for critique go.>Can somebody find [font]?http://www.mediafire.com/download/027xjs3ujvyqxmd/Fonts.zipalso check out your local torrent site or the font-share thread.Remember to share and not just take. Also remember that using liscensed fonts in commercial works is a bad idea.>Where can I find inspiration?http://www.behance.net/http://dribbble.com/http://graphicdesign.wikia.com/wiki/InspirationComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
How do you get over creative block in design? I used to have no issue churning out poster after poster just for practice but for the past few months, I can barely even start on a project let alone finish it.I feel creatively bankrupt and thought a break would help but I still just have absolutely no ideas coming to mind and hate everything I start to put together.
>>459409>ResearchBe it references, texts, word games, brainstorming, research things related to the emotions you want to give to the piece, etc>WalkStop everything and go for a walk. Can be a short 15min one, but go outside. No phone, no music, this is important to just let your mind free to wander>Talk to somebody about itIf in person, it is better, but some friend what you plan to do or what you are doing. More often than not, this conversations where you express what you are doing and the feedback of the person helps you to overcome the roadblock.>Sleep and take it tomorrowI have a rule that I only send it the day after I finish the piece. That way, after I sleep on it, I can see some tiny details that can be fixed so it is really ready. Can be done in roadblocks too. Also, I mean a full 8h night of sleep that you wake up 5 minutes sooner than the alarm feeling good.I mostly do it and rely on the serendipity to do its job.
by gitting gud
>>459409https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut-up_technique
what's the name of this design? how does one achieve the composition and the colors in illustrator? is it even in illustrator since it's made in early 1900s.
>>459389Are you comparing political advertisement with propaganda?
>>459403anna's archive
>>459361Tesst
>>459405Cheers.
>>459404>political advertisement>not propaganda
I do collage art.1/?
cringed hard
Don't listen to these guys anon, this is good stuff. Everyone could use work but it's still good.
Whether it's good or not a lot of it's barely like collage- traditional C&P layout techniques and collage aren't the same thing.There's a kind of randomness that emulates collage but misses the point that the elements you use in collage are in distinct layers that still look like layers even in a rendering or photo. You can blend that with standard layout for text but the more you size and align text on a grid the less it looks like genuine collage and just a computer flyer.Some of these aren't bad but they're noticeably sure what they are and kind of lifeless
they look like the filler content meant to be delted by real design in low-end mock-ups. Analyzing the designs, they aren't saying anything. it's just a meaningless mashups.
>>459411Last sentence should read >Some of these aren't bad but they're not really sure what they are and kind of lifelessVery much in keeping with what >>459414 says:>they aren't saying anything. it's just a meaningless mashups.
How do you even make awesome renderings like picrel?All of mine look like poor video game renders.Will be grateful for any and all helpful ressources you could point me to.
>>459306this looks ai bro
>>459340I tried using AI for my renders but these shitty programs never do as they're told. They can make nice pictures of nice buildings but never nice pucturws of YOUR building, the one you made all the pther plans for too
>>459343cuz ai is stupidgetting better at fingers tho
>>459306Who was in the wrong here?
>>459412fuck off with this gross ass shit
pls rank from best to worst
>>4567651>5>>>>>>>>>>2>>3>>>>>>>>>>>>2
Here's my ranking:1. Top choice2. Pretty good3. Not bad4. Meh5. Worst option
They're all good but you need to adjust the sun's shape (the 'direct rays'). The sharp corners that protrude just slightly are ugly.The last one's 'indirect rays' are maybe too similar to the old Japanese flag, but it's still good. Reminds more of a black hole than a sun however.If you make the sun fit completely inside of the third one, it might be a nice design as well, especially with the less busy corners of the first one (without the eight extra 'indirect rays').The fourth one might look better if you reduce the 'direct rays' by half, removing them from inside of the 'black rays'; it's too "busy" this way.Try a version of the second one without any 'direct rays' as well (basically the last one with a cross).
>>456765The bottom left is the only good one
>>4567653 > 2 > 1 > 4 >>>>> 5
Former designer at Bloomberg Businessweek and The New York Times. Now, she does "design goodness" for Homer, Frank Ocean's design magazine.She apparently got ahead being a minority woman who makes designs that "challenges the power old, white men have over every day [non-white] people," and people laud her for it. Is she the real deal or just a DEI LARP?
>>459258>PayPal
>>459264i mean, youre gay for pretending thats a valid post but looking at ithttps://www.pentagram.com/work/paypalits kinda nicetakes the whole thing and makes an image of the name, very nice
>>458134keka wholesome post? on my 4chan??
>>458145If you think she's an imposter and I don't, then I'm not your fucking guinea pig. Not everyone thinks the way you do and in any case you are not an objective thinker no matter how much the echo chamber that is the inside of your ass tells you you are.
>>459400Also my post reeks of dubs
first up, cattle decapitation
black metal logos too[img]https://i.imgur.com/XNqQlNG.jpeg[img]
Make some shitty cover art?>Make some shitty cover art!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Randomhttps://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Randomhttps://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Savaryhttps://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Last_Performancehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/147386896@N07/54088625697/
>>453462https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiis_(sacred_site)https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Clifford%27s_Really_Big_Moviehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/wernerkrause/209156660/
>>457434"purely feel" is a good album title actually
>>456938Where are you finding the stickers? I've tried so many ways to do that in the past and I guess I just don't know to word my query (doesn't help that google images is literally just fucking stock images and shopping now fml)
>>456917you're real talented man
Hello /gd/ can you please tell me what are some good books on graphic design? I have to come up with a design for a website and I'm not used to designing things.
>>459055Sherley you jest.
grid systems, josef muller bcockham
>>459055>Scholastic>manga>Katy Copefor real, my dude, for real
>>458988
>>458988https://guity-novin.blogspot.com
I'm on my 4th semester and I always wondered why so many fags and trannies study this career, any answers?
>>457758not even everyone fucks every now and then
please dont use racism
>>452519>he went to school for art
I have no hobbies and thus need to care about other peoples sexuality
>>455215The things you're saying are so stupid and derivative, I can't believe you're saying the socialists are brainwashed. Your brain is fried on disappointment. Please fuck off to /pol/ mr "we kill the weak so the strong survive" magat cuck
who the hell designed the 4chan banners, they are so simple yet so funshare some of your favorites
Love those banners!
PlayStation
I made these for /mu/ back in 2013 but they never made the cut.
>>458356
>>458357>>458356these are kool
how do i nail the early 00s magazine advertisement look?
>>459365Impact doesn't have an italic version. Figma won't have all the tools to make this. The vertical doors font looks like a simple bevel with a black stroke. The V was custom made and the same style applied. I don't use gimp but maybe see if you can apply bevels in that.
>>459370Just skew the image?Figma's got SkewDat
>>459353i've kinda mastered these because im a loser and just sit in my room all day studying design and how stuff WAS done. not tutorials or faux shit, the real deal from back in the day, stare at material and ancient software that they wouldve used until it clicks how, and then transfer that to modern software. this wouldve been made in photoshop. Figma is for modern scrap, InDesign is for dickridas and Sketch is for making modern sleek pussyjuice designs. At the time all this software stuff was new so there were no rules and no education on how to use it, people would literally read the manual and then make random shit. no one told them what to do or how they wanted it and to what standard because there would only be one mf that could touch the software. so its actually far basic than what people think, and you need to be in that basic little idiot on the new software mindset to not overdo it and make it realistic. text effects use the default layer styles. Bevel & Emboss, Gradient Overlay, Drop Shadow, Stroke and Outer Glow. the PNGs seem to use BevelEmboss and outer glows mostly. and youre done. very simple stuff. for the backgrounds, they'd be stock photos. best way to find these is to look up old CD roms for then on the internet archive. i know a lot of brands from the 90s and 00s that have exactly what youll want. look up photodisc, visualdisc and moonpocket (sozaijiten image dictionary) and then look for any series they've done on Backgrounds. Forget about any text design rule you've been taught and use the default fonts on your computer, impact, helvetica, arial. who cares, you dont! Stretch them, skew them, perspective warp them. make them look swag. the only real rule to these designs is fit as much as you can and dont be afraid do condense and stretch. as long as it's legible, stretch, widen or overlap to your heart's content. draw letters with the motherfuckin pen tool cus its badass on the header, who gives a fuck, what're they gonna do?
>>459372post some of your worki kinda wanna do this stuff and would like to see
>>459375if i did you'd be able to ID me rather quickly :-)just trust my word and have fun. you'll reap great rewards -- better than most.
Up and coming Graphic Designer, do I have what it takes? I primarily dabble in wallpapers and I'm finally going to school for a degree which is a story I'm sure people on here have heard a hundred times but I'd like to hear some feedback
>>459278I mean, graphic design knowledge can be applied to create a good composition, sure, but it is not a "let's create good images" course.I did have some classes that involved creating ads, but that was about it. I am nowadays a food package designer that did work making book covers on the side. All I learned about image manipulation was outside college and I only ever used it for my freelances on book covers, never once I needed to touch a single image on the package design side.You do have a advantage that is knowing how to use photoshop and manipulate images that will help you eliminate some classes appointments easily and you have a notion of composition, that will also help. But you will learn a lot of other things and will work on your "I need to make X for Y kind of people following Z briefing" side of things. All the semester projects will be projects where you will plan, research, refine the planing, refine research, and then do the job, as it should be with a designer.You will like it.
>>459286fee per a cover?thnx in advance
>>459295Keep in mind that I am brazilian and did only work inside my country, but I stil think what I say may help you. I worked mostly for independent writers and the last covers I did I charged about BRL750. It was cheap but was fun to work on those projects and it was mostly hassle free. I did the research, present moodboards, present references, made sketches and when the first version was done most of them approved or suggested just few minor changes.I also did work for publishers and I charged taking in mind the size of the writer, the size of the publisher, how many copies of the book were planned, the workload that it would impose, etc. I charged from BRL2k onwards, most being BRL3k. The most I charged was BRL6k but should have charged double as it was the most infuriating job I ever took and was the responsible for a burnout.
>>459278learn how to talk about GD instead, all the money is in talking about it, not creating it.
>>459278graphic design is about who you know, not what you do. your stuff is solid but you need to get off 4chan and start building relationships with other designers who have it good. not only will you get better and learn but youll have a larger outreach and easier cold contacts and naturally building relationships with clients. they also will know what to expect. make yourself a portfolio and art focused twitter and instagram and get your damn name in as many people's eyes and ears as you can, who cares how much you try and how forced it is. it may be slow and gruelling but that's how you get potential. if you dont look like an ass or egotistical spaz, you'll be set for life.
Looking at how I can make flames round text similar to the image attached. I'm unsure if they are hand drawn round the front "hippie movement" or if they used something else to generate them.
>>459322hand drawn. you could make a photoshop brush with one hand drawn flame that jitters the Y scale and flips randomly and then just rotate the brush to whatever side you want but the best result will come from just hand drawing it yourself.
