Fundamentals Of Graphics Design 2: Visual Elements

According to Wikipedia “Graphic design is the process of visual communication and problem-solving through the use of typography, photography, and illustration. The field is considered a subset of visual communication and communication design, but sometimes the term "graphic design" is used synonymous. Graphic designers create and combine symbols, images and text to form visual representations of ideas and messages. They use typography, visual arts, and page layout  techniques to create visual compositions.”


In this article I shall be discussing the visual elements of graphic design namely: Line, Colour, Shapes, Textures, Space, Form and Typography.

LINE:- 
Line as visual element in graphic design: Lines are very important visual element in graphic design and their importance should not be underrated. Lines are the basis on which graphic design is built on, lines could either be straight, thin, thick, curved, solid, and dashed.

The second most basic visual element in graphic design is the “COLOUR”:- Colours can be subdivided into primary colours, secondary colours, tertiary colours, etc. For more on colour visit 

The third most basic visual element in graphic design is the “SHAPE”:- Shapes are defined by boundaries, such as a line and colour. Example of shapes include geometric shapes, organic shapes, etc

TEXTURES AND PATTERNS:-
Textures and patterns are also essential visual element in graphic design. Two texture types include Image Texture and Pattern texture.

SPACE:-
Space are important visual element in graphic design and are as important as other important element. Spaces can be positive or negative, example of spaces include overlap, light & shadow, opacity and perspective/Depth .

TYPOGRAPHY:- Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language, legible, readable, and appealing when displayed and is an important visual element in graphic design. Examples include: Serif, Slab serif, Rounded, Blackletter, Decorative, Abstract etc.
These are some important visual element in graphics design, the least above is not exhaustive endeavour to read more on visual elements in graphic design for the comprehensive list.