·˚ ༘ In which your friendly neighborhood graphic designer tries her best to help you with your graphics!
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COMPOSITION
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now you have your manip(s) and you've chosen your background. so in this chapter we're gonna talk about positioning, so how to compose your cover.
little disclaimer beforehand: i am NOT a professional, i've not studied graphic design or anything. what i'm saying in here could be complete bullshit, since it's mostly rules i've found to be working quite well for myself and little scraps of info from the internet i've gathered over time. the guidelines i'll be presenting to you are all the result of my own experience over time and i don't claim them to be universally true or anything. quite the opposite: if you find fault with what i'm saying, or better actual graphic-designing rules instead, feel free to correct me!!
anyways let's get started.
rule of thirds
for one there's the rule of thirds. this means dividing your canvas into three horizontal sections and three vertical ones. all equal, of course. now you get a kind of map that helps you with placing your elements.
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the points where the lines intersect are ideal to place elements you want to be more prominent, since they attract more attention.
here are some examples for the rule of thirds used in photography and advertisement:
