This gorgeous, full-color book will guide you through the complete design process from getting inspiration and sketching ideas out through to choosing a color scheme, designing the layout, and selecting effective imagery. Throughout, the focus is on simple and practical techniques that anyone can use – you don’t need to have gone to art school or have artistic flair to create stunning designs using the methods outlined in this book.You’ll follow along as author and design guru Jason Beaird creates a complete web site layout as the book unfolds using the techniques that you’ve learned. The book’s full-color layout and large format (8” x 10”) make this book a pleasure to read.

What will you learn?

• Understand the design process, from discovery to implementation.
• Develop pleasing layouts using grids, the rule of thirds, balance, and symmetry.
• Use color effectively, develop color schemes and create a palette.
• Use textures: lines, points, shapes, volumes, and depth.
• Learn how good typography can make ordinary designs look great.
• Effective imagery: choosing, editing and placing images.
• Understand what makes “good design”.
• Follow an example design from concept to completion.

Product Details:

• Author: Jason Beaird
• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: SitePoint (January 31, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0975841963
• ISBN-13: 978-0975841969

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Size: 6.67 MB | Includes: 1 PDF file.

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