Tag: book cover
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MA02 – Layout and composition

During this GRA2 process I have completed three different LinkedIn learning courses. The first one I published here on the blog a few weeks ago, and these two are the last ones that I completed. I learned a lot of these courses and are happy that I now have these certificates in my resumé! –…
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MA01 – Graphic Design 2

The brief The brief stated that a recipe booklet called «healthy food for growing kids» should be designed for parents and young children. The booklet will contain nutritious recipe that are easy enough for children to make with a bit of help and guidance from an adult. The booklet design should present the creative meals…
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1.1 Layout and composition

It’s truly important to master the art of communicating ideas and messages in the best possible way as a graphic designer. To be able to grab the attention of people living in a world of visual stimuli. That’s where layout and composition plays a big part. Layout design is a fundamental part of visual communication.…
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CA1 – Book Cover Design

I have been working on this brief for several weeks, and used the two last weeks to finalize the book cover and my comprehensive report. The brief stated that a new book cover for «The Seven Dials Mystery» by Agatha Christie, should be made with a minimum number of colours, include the number 7 and…
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MA03 – Adjustments Moodboard

I have made a new moodboard for my MA03, thats also a part of my big project that i’m working on. I wasn’t happy with some of the images in my mood board and I asked for some guidance on forum. I got some feedback and worked with my moodboard with my feedback in mind,…
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3.3 (2) Generate Two Different Colour Themes – Colour Theory

As part of my big project I need to create colour theme options for my mood board, which will help me in creating and developing a new book cover for «The Seven Dials Mystery». After reading, studying and working through the course in Adobe Color – I started doing a lot of research around mysterious…
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2.4 (1) Sketching In Graphic Design

I just learned a LOT about ideation techniques and how to generate ideas in quantity and quality – sketching is a huge part of that and it is a key skill for all graphic designers. Sketching is an essential part of developing ideas before making them digital. Our brain works different when we are sketching.…
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2.1(1) The History Of Modern Graphic Design

For this project I’m choosing a design that caught my eye as a book cover, which is influenced by one of the Graphic Design eras: Before I tell you more about the design and designer that I chose to write about. I want to write down some information about each era and some of the…
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1.4 Gestalt Principles

Gestalt is a psychology term founded on works by Max Werheimer, Wolfgang Köhler and Kurt Koffka in the 1920’s. Gestalt is a german word and means «form» interpreted as «configuration», a unified whole. «According to gestalt psychology, the whole is different from the sum of it’s parts» The hypothesis is that people tend to organize…