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Basic 8. Elements of Design. Basic 8 Elements of Design. Knowing the rules of design allows you to create great looking yearbook pages These rules are guidelines but you have to know before you can know how to break them and still have great results. Basic 8. 1. Create columnar structure.
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Basic 8 Elements of Design
Basic 8 Elements of Design • Knowing the rules of design allows you to create great looking yearbook pages • These rules are guidelines but you have to know before you can know how to break them and still have great results.
Basic 8 • 1. Create columnar structure. • 2. Establish linkage. • 3. Include dominant element. • 4. Define ext. margins clearly. • 5. Maintain consistent inner spacing. • 6. Place copy effectively. • 7. Place photos in an interesting way. • 8. Use white space for impact.
1. Column Format • Why? • Emits a planned look. • Builds a foundation. • Simplifies production.
1. Column Format • Do’s & Don’ts • The flexibility of six and eight column formats makes them the most popular. • The edge of an element should not fall in the middle of a column. • Format stories and captions the width of one column. • Plan headlines and photos the width of one or more complete columns.
2. Linkage • Why? • Conceptually, pages deliver the same message. • Visually, Linkage techniques unite facing pages.
2. Linkage Guidelines • Create horizontal eye line. • Bleed photos across center of spread. • Use a Graphic Strategy.
3. Dominant Element • Why? • Serves as the focal point of spread content. • Sets the tone or mood for the entire spread.
3. Dominant Element • Guidelines: • Plan object as the obviously largest item on the spread. • Choose the most important and interesting object to serve as the dominant. • Pick only those photographs with strong technical quality.
4. External Margins • Why? • Promote cohesion on a spread, within a section, and throughout the book.
4. External Margins • Guidelines: • Top and side margins can vary from section to section. • Bottom margins remain constant throughout book, while allowing for folios, folio tabs, and folio art.
5. Inner Spacing • Why? • When consistent, generates a planned appearance. • Signals where one element ends and another begins.
5. Inner Spacing • Guidelines: • Use one pica of space between all elements. • Close registration occurs when elements meet with less than one pica of space between them.
6. Copy Placement • Why? • Story and headlines operate as a single unit. • Captions accompany respective photos.
6. Copy Placement • Guidelines: • Keep copy to the outside and avoid trapping white space. • Place headline above the story block. • Orient captions adjacent to photos – above, below, beside. • Avoid overprinting on or reversing copy out of photos.
7. Photo Placement • Why? • Generates visual variety. • Stimulates reader interest
7. Photo Placement • Guidelines: • Plan different sizes, shapes. • Include rectangular verticals and horizontals. • Vary the dominant from one spread to another. • Avoid two photos of the same size. • Position photos strategically. • Action photos should lead inward. • Avoid trapping faces or action in the gutter. • Bleed photos with a purpose. • Bleed dominant for more prominence. • Bleed secondary photos in opposite corners for informal balance.
8. White Space • Why? • Draws attention to deserving content. • Creates an informal balance.
Guidelines: • Plan space carefully so that it looks intended. • Include white space: • Near dominant element. • Near important copy. • In opposite corners to create informal balance • As a graphic isolation technique.