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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An interactive experience of color communication and color symbolism.
Cortés, Claudia. mariaclaudiacortes.com (2003). Design>Graphic Design>Visual Rhetoric>Color
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Color Management How-To: Understanding Computer Color
Learning how to match the color you see on screen with that in your printed output is critical information for any digital artist or photographer. But first you need to understand how color works both on computer display and on paper. Start with this chapter from 'Real World Color Management.'
Bunting, Fred, Bruce Fraser and Chris Murphy. Creative Pro (2003). Design>Graphic Design>Prepress>Color
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You're seeing red. They're seeing orange. Not the same, is it? More often than not, color on the web is approximate. So how do you choose colors that are going to work best? Are you forever stuck with the old 216 color 'web-safe' colors? Is there technology that ensures what you see is what your visitors get?
Will-Harris, Daniel. Typofile (2003). Design>Web Design>Graphic Design>Color
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Psychologically speaking, different color has different meaning. From this point, this article focuses on the relationship between the background color and content of the web interface.
uiGarden (2005). Design>Web Design>Graphic Design>Color
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Color Photo from Black and White
This reader wants to make a color photo from a black and white. Tough question.
Photoshop 911 (2004). Design>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Photoshop
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Color: The Newest Tool for Technical Communicators 
Asserts that color must be used to make information clear, lucid, powerful—faster; its logical application must be controlled by the editor. Provides a comprehensive checklist to help editors use color effectively.
White, Jan V. Technical Communication Online (2003). Design>Graphic Design>Visual Rhetoric>Color
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Coloring Old Black and White Drawings
Step 1. Clean up any blemishes or distracting marks in the illustration. Make it as perfect a B & W illustration as you can. Make sure the contrast, sharpness and clarity are uniform throughout. Step 2. You will have sharply clear demarcations of tone which are easy and you will have areas where the tones between parts are quite similar and therefore more difficult. Start by using the Keep-Color brush to preserve everything you do not wish to color. Carefully outline each element with your chosen color being sure there are no unwanted gaps. Where there is no demarcation between tones, you should outline each color as precisely as you can. Also, the original may have lines separating the sleeve from the jacket for example. Cover that line with the Keep-Color brush and put a line of your chosen color closely beside each side of the line. Step 3. Press the run button (green arrow) and be amazed when your B & W illustration pops into color just as you ordered. Press the green check mark , the AKVIS window closes and the changes are applied to your original graphic. Save your new image immediately."
Sisson, Gordon. AKVIS (2006). Design>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Photoshop
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This series of articles about color is designed to help you get started right now selecting colors for your site.
Carter, Mary E. EFuse (2004). Design>Web Design>Graphic Design>Color
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Laying color over a map is easier than you think and it doesn't require brushes.
Photoshop 911 (2004). Design>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Photoshop
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Colour is one of the designer's best tools. There are lots of ways to use it to help communicate a message. Colour can carry meaning, express personality, differentiate, frame, and highlight content.
Hunt, Ben. Web Design From Scratch (2006). Design>Web Design>Graphic Design>Color
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Communication as Participation 
A discussion of the relationship between visual language and participation is important in light of globalization and the homogenization of the visual landscape, forces that breed marginalization and diminish invention.
Bowers, John. University of Alberta (2000). Design>Graphic Design>Community Building>Visual Rhetoric
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The field of technical communication focuses on the ability of the author to gather information, interpret it, and then present the necessary items to the reader in a clear and concise manner. This article serves to briefly outline several of the key factors involved when deciding how to include imagery in technical materials.
Higgins, Phillip. International Journal for Technical Communication (2007). Articles>TC>Graphic Design>Technical Illustration
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Cómo Hacer Más Accesibles los Gráficos SVG
SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) es un lenguaje de etiquetado que nos permite la descripción con XML de gráficos vectoriales en dos dimensiones. En este artículo se resume brevemente como los gráficos SVG pueden ser más accesibles siguiendo las directrices del W3C.
Fernandez, Francisco Jesus Martin and Oscar Martin Rodriguez. Nosolousabilidad.com (2002). (Spanish) Design>Accessibility>Graphic Design>Usability
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Review: The Complete Guide to Digital Graphic Design
Bob Gordon and Maggie Gordon, authors of The Complete Guide to Digital Graphic Design, reinforce effective design principles by creating a text that visually inspires and instructs. With its vibrant colors and captivating images, the book demonstrates the capabilities of graphic design through instructive images and text. Each page provides a snapshot into the creativity and power of graphic design.
Craft, Tiffany. Technical Communication Online (2002). Articles>Reviews>Graphic Design
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Contrast is the most fundamental design device: it differentiates elements; it brings out dominant elements; it mutes lesser elements; it creates dynamism.
Hunt, Ben. Web Design From Scratch (2006). Design>Web Design>Graphic Design
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Design can be more than meets the eyes. Denise Gonzales Crisp opens her ears to unfamiliar territory.
Crisp, Denise Gonzales. AIGA (2005). Design>Graphic Design>Multimedia>Audio
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CorelDRAW Tutorials, Tips, Etc.
This page contains a listing of twenty-four links to technical illustration tutorials and how-to articles for illustrators using draw software, especially CorelDraw.
Broz, Donald. Broz and Dian. Resources>Graphic Design>Software
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An interactive website dedicated to typography and its history.
Collins, Brett Yancy and Ed Stull. Motivo.com (1998). Design>Typography>Graphic Design
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Proposal are also the cause of a great deal of anxiety for many creatives--especially those new to the industry. They're usually not on the list of most creative-related classes in school. But, fear not, oh ye creative bethern. I'm going to take you step-by-step and show you how it's put it together.
Tortorella, Neil. Creative Latitude (2004). Careers>Graphic Design>Proposals
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Creating a Grunge Effect Using Only Photoshop
This tutorial will teach you how to quickly create a 'grunge' effect for your photos using ONLY Photoshop. And while you might not need a grunge image, it will show you how to create a vector mask which will give you a tool to create numerous effects easily.
Robbins, Kyle. ReEncoded (2008). Design>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Photoshop
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Research in visual design has demonstrated that tables are “the best way to show exact numerical values” when the reader needs to compare those values. In other cases, when comparison of exact numbers is not vital, other visuals may be more appropriate. Effective professional communicators analyze their audience’s need for the data and the purpose of the visual to determine the best presentation.
Burnett, Rebecca E. Thomson (2001). Academic>Course Materials>Graphic Design
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Creating Appropriate Graphics for Business Situations
Charts and graphs are ubiquitous in business documents, and most students in my business communication courses are well aware that they need to be able to create many different types of data representation. Most of them have had a great deal of experience working with spreadsheet applications, and they know how to manipulate data and present it in the various forms permitted by their software.
Katz, Susan M. Business Communication Quarterly (2008). Articles>Graphic Design>Visual Rhetoric>Charts and Graphs
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Creating Graphics for Both Web Pages and PDA Displays 
Today, the most common graphic file format used on web pages is raster, which has certain limitations. A new technology called Scalable Vector Graphics is emerging as the raster alternative. SVG files contain all the traits of normal vector graphics. Their unique properties make them more suitable for mobile product displays. By comparing and contrasting SVG and raster traits, one can best determine the correct file format for specific end output displays.
Kubik, Sara. STC Proceedings (2003). Design>Graphic Design>Standards>SVG
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Creating More Effective Graphs: Trellis Display
Trellis display is a framework for visualizing multivariate data. The outcomes collected during an early agricultural experiment on the yields of barley are displayed using Trellis, which in the case study discussed revealed an anomaly in the data which was overlooked during many conventional statistical analyses of these data.
Robbins, Naomi B. STC Proceedings (1999). Presentations>Graphic Design>Charts And Graphs
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Sometimes it becomes necessary to create polylines that follow a certain path as a string of short segments. Here's a little trick that easily helps to solve this task.
ITEDO Software. Articles>Graphic Design>Technical Illustration
