Graphic design practice embraces a range of cognitive skills, aesthetics and crafts, including typography, visual arts and page layout. Like other forms of design, graphic design often refers to both the process (designing) by which the communication is created and the products (designs) which are generated. It is usually viewed as a superset of technical illustration.
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Give your colors the room they need in Photoshop by understanding and choosing RGB working spaces.
Fraser, Bruce. Adobe Magazine (1999). Design>Graphic Design>Prepress>Color
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AIGA's graphic design journal. The new online version of the Gain publication focuses on the intersection of design and business. Gain follows real-world projects from conception through completion.
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Gaining Insight and Inspiration from Veteran Designers
As a designer, there are days when it's tempting to just churn out something that looks nice, without any thought given to the creative process. To keep a fresh outlook on our work and maintain a true sense of purpose, we have to keep up our educational process. A designer should never lose his or her passion for learning.
Farrugia, Ruth. Creative Latitude (2005). Articles>Graphic Design>Mentoring
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So, you think you'd like to get into Games development? Follow along as Sessions School of Game Art advisory board member Jolene Spry interviews Dave Taylor, independent video game producer and long-term veteran of the gaming industry.
Spry, Jolene and Dave Taylor. Design, Typography and Graphics (2006). Design>Document Design>Graphic Design>Games
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Gears: A Simple Procedure to Create a Complex Shape 
Drawing gears is now very simple using CorelDraw.
Broz, Donald. Broz and Dian (2006). Design>Graphic Design>Technical Illustration
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El proyecto genoma humano (PGH) genera un volumen de información inabordable sin el uso de medios sofisticados para su tratamiento. La visualización de información tiene aquí un gran campo de aplicación.
Dursteler, Juan Carlos. InfoVis (2002). (Spanish) Design>Graphic Design>Technical Illustration>Charts and Graphs
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Get the Most Out of Your Color
Color can play an important role in technical documentation.
Copresco (1999). Articles>Document Design>Graphic Design>Color
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Here's how to apply the principles of a well-known productivity system to your creative process. The resulting creative habits can boost your design skills while they reduce stress and free your mind to tackle big problems.
Robinson, D. Keith. Creative Pro (2007). Articles>Graphic Design>Methods
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Getting it to the Printer: DTP to Press FAQ
Although it takes many hours and piles books to prepare yourself for competent DTP -> Print, we've capsulized a series of comments which address some of the most frequent questions readers and workshop attendees ask. These are also based on our mentoring program, and makeover clinics as the most common problem areas we see in beginner to intermediate desktop publishers. These steps will help you as you approach each project. Each topic is by no means a complete text -- but serves to alert you of problem areas, and suggest simple entry-level solutions.
Showker, Fred. Design, Typography and Graphics (2001). Design>Graphic Design>Prepress
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Getting Started with Graphics for an Enriching User Experience
Good web design does not necessarily mean good use of colors and layouts, but it does transcend beyond it. Design elements like color, font, size, frame, etc. play an important role nonetheless, but what is more important is that how it affects the aesthetic sensibilities of the users. The warmth and the feel of the web site, or in another words, the texture of the web site is a crucial area to turn our attention to. By texture of the web site what it means is the subtleties of the surface of the web site. Varied aspects as discussed in this article, when sensibly used -- and in combination with good deign skills aimed at creating intuitive appeal -- are of definite help of when it comes to developing engaging graphics on your web site.
Rahbre Azam. Amateur Writerz (2008). Articles>User Experience>Technical Writing>Graphic Design
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You're a designer, so you shouldn't waste your creative energy worrying about how your Illustrator document will print, right? Wrong. Spending a few minutes planning your project can ensure that its final output will go smoothly, potentially saving you hours of printing-related hassles.
Alspach, Ted. Adobe Magazine (1998). Design>Graphic Design>Prepress
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Glossaire de la photo tout en français!
ITISphoto.com. (French) Resources>Graphic Design>Photography>Glossary
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Glossary of Graphic Design and Web Page Design Terms
A collection of definitions for terms from graphic and web design.
Grantastic Designs. Resources>Graphic Design>Web Design>Glossary
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Glossary Of Technical Illustration Terms
A concise reference guide to technical illustration terms.
Hulsey, Kevin. Kevin Hulsey Illustration. Design>Graphic Design>Technical Illustration>Glossary
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Going Green with your Marketing Materials
Every product that human beings create has an impact on the environment. The questions is, to what degree? How long will it last, what damage is done in creating it, and what will happen when it is no longer needed?
Proia, Jennifer. Design, Typography and Graphics (2002). Design>Publishing>Typography>Graphic Design
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Going the Extra Mile in Design: Lara Modjeski VP of Creative, Tom Ford Beauty
Every wondered what it's like to hold a high-powered design position in the cosmetics and fashion industry? Enjoy this intreview by industry expert and sessions EDU instructor Laura Schwamb, and get a peek into the life of Lara Modjeski VP of Creative, Tom Ford Beauty.
Schwamb, Laura. Design, Typography and Graphics (2006). Design>Graphic Design>Interviews
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Good, Fast and Cheap: Producing Computer-Generated Isometrics from Engineering Drawings 
It is possible to produce a computer-generated isometric illustration of sufficient quality for most applications directly from a scanned engineering drawing. The process described in this article uses Corel Trace and Corel Draw, but it can be adapted to suit other drawing or CAD programs, and it can generate sophisticated isometric illustrations.
Morris, John M. Technical Communication Online (1997). Design>Graphic Design>Technical Illustration>Isometric
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The challenge? To resist the temptation to make everything look new. If you work with computers every day and regularly surf the Net, it is easy to lose perspective--though we regularly see some of the best, most exciting design being done today, it is often uncharacteristically modern or ultra-modern. The challenge is to match the presentation to the subject, not to the medium.
Chuck Green. Ideabook.com (2002). Design>Graphic Design>Contracts
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The Graphic Artists Guild is a national union of illustrators, designers, web creators, production artists, surface designers and other creatives who have come together to pursue common goals, share their experience, raise industry standards, and improve the ability of visual creators to achieve satisfying and rewarding careers.
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Graphic Communications Association
It is the mission of the Graphic Communications Association (GCA) to be the leading global membership organization for advancing the processes of information interoperability and dissemination of knowledge. GCA will accomplish this mission by: engaging in and supporting creation and adoption of globally recognized standards for information definition and exchange; developing and encouraging efficiencies in the processes of information and image management and delivery; promoting understanding of the processes by conducting information activities and preparing and publishing educational materials.
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Graphic design is everywhere, in every product, package, poster, and product of the modern world. Although the graphic design discipline was created less than a century ago, the world has since come to rely upon it. The world simply cannot function without graphic design and graphic designers. Yet graphic design is broader than any other creative profession. It is the third largest profession in the United States, far ahead of more commonly understood and respected vocations such as attorney, accountant, and educator. Graphic designers, who run the gamut from after-hours moonlighter through freelancer, solo- and team-creative, to agency and corporate designers, work in every city, town, and village in the world. Graphic design impacts everything and everyone.
Burke, Pariah S. Designorati (2005). Design>Graphic Design>Visual Rhetoric
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A primary technique to achieve improved user-interface is clear, distinct, consistent visible language.
Deshpande, Shashank. STC India (2003). Presentations>Graphic Design>User Interface
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The Graphic Design of Text: A Review of Research
Technical communicators can make reading easier by using type-design principles proven to enhance reading performance. This paper, based on the author’s master’s thesis of the same name, revealed research related to the graphic design of text and concluded that further research is needed to measure the impact of typography on readers (expert, intermediate, and novice) and the ways in which they read (to do, to read to learn, to read to assess, and to read to learn to do).
Matis, David W. STC Proceedings (1996). Presentations>Typography>Graphic Design
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When the philosophy of the 'skin interface' is applied to other applications, it becomes problematic. There is nothing wrong with that concept as long as it is clear that it only works with highly specialized applications such as Winamp. It is even culturally expected in the Winamp community that skins will be created and made available.
Spillers, Frank. Demystifying Usability (2004). Articles>Usability>Graphic Design
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Graphic Design with the World in Mind
In the past twenty years, two developments have had an important impact on the creation and design of communication: the appearance of personal computers on every desktop, equipped with 'user-friendly' authoring and design software, and the globalization of world markets.
Locke, Nancy A. Intercom (2003). Design>Graphic Design>Globalization
