so how do I go about making concepts ideas and general workflows for my
graphic design projects today is the second part of my three part series
where I plan construct and execute of poster design using various different
resources and techniques right here for you guys on YouTube so for this poster
design the first thing that I'm going to be doing is actually making rough
sketches of the layouts because when it comes to poster designing you want to
have the key aspects of the design the information and so forth laid out in
articulate and an efficient way layout is the arrangement of elements on your
design which in turn help to display information to the viewer in a very
specific and a certain way and this can also lead a viewers eye in the most
ideal manner around your graphic designs if the layout is not suitable the
message will not be conveyed effectively and for my poster is going to be
essential to get the layout properly so I can get maximum results from the
viewers so as I've said many different times before I feel many designers
neglect the importance of using pen and paper and here I'm just simply sketching
out to various different layout options from my poster design and for me
personally the pen and paper at this stage really helps to get ideas from my
mind down to a physical form but yeah I do spend some time with pen and paper on
most design projects and especially for logo design projects
so we're back in Milla notes the digital solution to streamline graphic design
workflows and in my place a design project file I've made a board dedicated
to the layouts I've added three images that are just here to remind me of neat
and professional layout design in the kind of style that I personally do like
but what I did do was to snap some pics of my sketches and then I can upload
them to Milla node like so this is a really useful way to work and it does
help to have my initial ideas for the layout transferred here digitally
speaking I can then just study and evaluate where I want to take this
specific idea and a specific part of the design I can also make notes of my ideas
and my process within millon Oates which I'm probably going to expand more on off
camera the final layout is probably going to look something like this with
an a3 landscape poster and having the focal point in the bottom right to the
mid right and then the title and the quotes up in upper left creating a kind
of nice asymmetrical balance and you know how much I love a symmetrical
balance on posters especially
we're now going to dive right into Milla nodes where I'm gonna make some various
boards and mood boards and just show you around middle nodes as a means to create
concepts and ideas and then evolve those ideas and these concepts right through
to the final design artwork now I'd like to keep myself super organized when it
comes to the process of my graphic design projects I'm one of the main and
fundamental ways to do that is to keep a checklist of steps or goals within the
project milah note has a great built in and a
simple checklist that I like to utilize
every project in my opinion needs a checklist or goals to reach Pamela note
has this checklist that you can drag out and drop from to your project board you
simply type out a goal or like something you want to complete and then just hit
enter and head down to the next part of your list when you've completed a task
you can click to check the box as it's crossed off and completed I like to have
my checklist on the home page of the current project that I'm working on so
every time I come into that project I can see it there and I know what I need
to do
so another handy feature of milla notes that i do use is the mood board feature
so by default you have some ultimately content to which you can keep and edit
or just choose to remove mood boards really helped generate some ideas and
some mental images of the direction you want your project to be heading in you
can incorporate hex color codes for color swatches and even video content on
your mood board which is pretty damn needs so here I'm contemplating ideas
for my poster and for the design there might be an idea to have half of the
canvas taken up by a focal point this is something I'm debating at the moment but
creating a note just like this keeps that thought in place so I can review it
later at a different stage in the project leading on from the first video
in this series on YouTube I still have the hex color codes for the branding
that it represents my poster but expanding on these colors I've added
some relevant imagery to my mood board as you can see along with adding some
relevant notes and thought processes I really do like this way of working
because it's quick and everything is right here on line for me to refer back
to any points so another great feature is that I can bring up actual font files
from a computer and arrange or I'll just contemplate possible font choices for my
projects
now importantly for my poster I really did like this blue background on the
pineapple image and from there I've established a background for my poster
and I've done that by sourcing other existing images that utilize a similar
style I really like how these designs have a strong focal point with a lot of
negative space surrounding it I feel the main focal point of my design
being me in the bike can't be displayed in this kind of style maybe I'm not sure
but I think it's very effective in terms of a poster that will help express how
important safety is when riding a motorcycle
for my final poster design I actually came across a quote that I'm gonna stem
my entire concept completely based around that quote I think it neatly ties
into the main message of the poster that I wanted to get across and convey and
that is safety whilst driving a motorbike so I'm going to base the
concept of my design around a single quote and that quotes that I've chosen
is by Jeff Cooper and it reads safety is something that happens between your ears
and not something that you hold in your hands
now I feel this quotes can be translated over to the action of riding a motorbike
very very well in terms of a concept for my poster so way back on the first video
in this series in the brief section I establish that I want to use a quotes to
base my concept on now I've gone ahead and made a board in milla notes for this
concept like we just looked at I have shown the inspiration of the blue
background image but then also I've started to formulate a concept based
around thinking while riding a motorcycle I feel that the human brain
is a really striking image and a strong concept because it utilizes shock
tactics and it's memorable as well and I'm going to continue to venture into
this concept idea within this board in milla notes
today's video is sponsored by milla notes but i'm a designer who's been
using millinery for quite a long time now and i do think it's really really
important and handy to have access to all of my ideas my concepts digitally
speaking so there was the second video in the three-part series where I'm
making a poster targeting people who drive mini bikes I am someone who drives
a motorbike so I think it's really important to be safe and to be aware of
the dangers when driving a motorcycle on the roads and like I said if you did
miss the first video go back and have a look because we talked about the
importance of research which is really fundamental to the final outcome of your
designs and I can't emphasize enough how important research is for the third and
the final video in this series is coming next week and that's going to be the
tutorial on the poster itself so make sure to tune in if you want to see some
techniques on poster designing in Adobe Photoshop and also maybe a doobie this
traitor too I'm not sure yet but make sure you have
a great and a wonderful day everyone and thanks for tuning in to Satori graphics
we have a great day and until next time design your future today peace