Graphic Design Sketchbook

Pop quiz: What type of perspective grid was used here? One-point, two-point, or 3-point? (Count the vanishing points)

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Learning from sketches is based largely on the ambiguous nature of their representation. That is, they do not specify everything and lend themselves to, and encourage, various interpretations that were not consciously integrated into them by their creator.

"After brainstorming and sketching out various ideas, we had a meeting with the directors to agree on which path to take – to select the idea which would become the main concept for the poster. We ended up with the concept of having a poster with the two main characters (sketch highlighted in yellow). The idea is simply to show how the characters are struggling to stay on their feet, but presented in a very illustrative way rather than just using a photo"

A creative overview of prominent designers and design movements. From the sketchbook of Jesse Loboda of Pennsylvania.

Graphic designer David Airey's identity design process for Henri Ehrhart, a French wine producer.

A simple guide to picking a great color palette. No matter what the colors are, using colors that are certain distances from each other on the color wheel result in a great contrast of colors. The simple color schemes shown above are used in the most popular logos, posters, websites, paintings, and even movies and television.

'Seismic Nudes' pen on paper by designer/illustrator Alexi K.

Various icon and logo sketches by Mike AKA Creative Mints.

From sketch to final typography made out of 0.01mm dots by Xavier Casalta

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