OKAY SO THIS CHAPTER IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE SHORT AND CHOPPY AND JUST REALLY MESSED UP. I'LL MAYBE FIX IT LATER. SO BEFORE WE DO ANY REALY GRAPHIC MAKING, LETS LEARN THE BASICS!

WARNING: I AM SOMEWHAT STILL A BEGINNER! I HONESTLY SUGGEST YOU ALSO LOOK AT OTHER TUTORIAL SHOPS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

HIGH QUALITY IMAGES

SO WE ALL HEARD ABOUT THIS RIGHT? AND IT PROBABLY IS GETTING ANNOYING SINCE MOST TUTORIAL SHOPS WILL MENTION THIS BUT I WANNA STRESS IT. PERSONALLY, HIGH QUALITY IMAGES MATTER MOST TO ME. I CANNOT STAND HAVING TERRIBLE LOW QUALITY IMAGES. BUT NOT ONLY DOES IT HAVE TO BE HQ, BUT ALSO NO CUT OFFS. IT IS BEST TO AVOID SELCAS OF ANY SORT. 

E.G

THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A BAD QUALITY IMAGE. EVEN THOUGH BAEK SU MIN HERE IS SO FREAKING PRETTY, THE FACT THAT HER HEAD IS PARTIALLY CUT OFF IS A BIG NO-NO. ANOTHER ONE IS THAT THE IMAGE IS PRETTY LOW QUALITY. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU CAN SHE THE BLURRINESS SINCE I SHURNK THE IMAGE BUT IF YOU DRAG IT TO A NEW TAB YOU CAN SEE.

  

THE TWO IMAGES ABOVE ARE GOOD QUALITY IMAGES (THOUGH THE ONE ON THE LEFT HAS BETTER QUALITY). THE IMAGES ARE MORE CLEARER AND THE HEAD ISN'T CUT OFF OR ANYTHING. PART OF THE BODY IS CUT OFF FOR BOTH, BUT HOW MUCH OF THE BODY YOU WANT IS ALL UP TO YOU. 

MOOD AND THEMES/ THE USE OF IMAGES

MAKE SURE YOU ALWAYS STICK TO THE REQUESTED THEME. SIMPLE LOL. THE HQ IMAGES ABOVE OF BAEKSUMIN ARE MOSTLY SUITED FOR ANGST/ROMANCE/SAD. HOWEVER, THE CHARACTERS DONT ALWAYS HAVE TO GO WITH THE THEME. SAY YOU WERE CREATING A ROMCOM POSTER BUT ONE OF YOUR CHARCTER HAS A COLD-HEARTED PERSONALITY. PERFECTLY FINE TO USE A PERSON WITH A STRAIGHT FACE OR SOMETHING. JUST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE EVERYONE ELSE AROUND HAPPY AND SMILING WITH BRIGHT COLOURS o u o b
ACTUALLY, ALOT OF THINGS FALL UNDER MOOD AND THEMES. I GUESS I JUST REALLY TALKED ABOUT THE USE OF IMAGES HERE.

TYPOGRAPHY

I HAVE TO SAY, TYPOGRAPHY IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE PARTS OF A GRAPHIC, EVEN THOUGH I USUALLY AT THE USE OF THEM. HERE I'LL INCLUDE SOME DOWNLOAD LINKS FOR THEM. CR. TO THE ORIGINAL OWNERS.

 

HAPPY / CUTE / ROMCOM FONTS:

THESE FONTS, OF COURSE, SUIT HAPPY MOODS AND SUCH. USUALLY FOR HAPPY GRAPHICS, ITS GOOD TO MAKE THE FONTS BIG AND NOTICABLE AND VIBRANT. ITS ALSO A GOOD IDEA TO NOT JUST USE ONE FONT, BUT A FEW (MAX. 3 I WOULD SAY) DIFFERENT ONES.

INDY PIMP IS A GOOD FONT. OTL I CANT THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY ABOUT THIS XD

PACIFICO IS A REALLY NICE AND CLASSIC, FUNKY FONT. GOOD FOR MAIN WORDS OF HTE TITES.

BADABOOM IS A RATHER BOLD FONT, SO I SUGGEST YOU NOT TO USE IT TOO MUCH IN ONE POSTER.

 

ANGSTY / SAD 

YOU CAN ALWAYS USE THE ORIGINAL FONTS SUCH AS TIMES NEW ROMAN AND GEORGIA - THEY'RE ALSO RATHER GOOD FONTS FOR QUOTES ETC. 

JANE AUSTEN HAS TO BE ONE OF MY FAVOURITE FONT YET. I JUST LOVE ITS SLOPE AND HOW OLD AND CLASSIC IT SEEMS YET HAS THE MODERN FEEL. OTL DOES THAT EVEN MAKES SENSE. MY OPINION OFC.

LINUX LIBERTINE HAS MANY OTHER STYLES WITH IT. THEY INCLUDE: LINUX LIBERTINE CAPITALS, LINUX LIBERTINE DISPLAY CAPITALS AND LINUX LIBERTINE SLANTED. 

I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY USED THIS FONT FOR A WHILE, THOUGH I REMEMBER I WAS IN A SORT OF STAGE WHERE I ALMOST USED IT FOR ALL THE ANGST POSTERS I DID. EXPERIMENT WITH IT.

LIGHTING

THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE MUCH IN THIS AREA. WHEN USING IMAGES OF PEOPLE, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A SIMILAR SORT OF LIGHTING OR TONE TO THEM. E.G HAVING A PERSON WITH TOO DARK LIGHTING AND THE OTHER TOO BRIGHT. DOESN'T REALLY CLICK TOGETHER.

TEXTURES

NEVER, EVER OVERUSE TEXTURES OR STOCKS. IT CAN LOOK CHEAP AND CROWDED OR TOO LAYERED. OKAY THATS ALL.

 

YAAAAY I'M DINALLY DONE WITH THIS c: I HOPE IT DID HELP AND DIDN'T SEEM UNPROFESSIONAL OR ANTHING LOL. COMMENT ANY QUESTIONS ETC... AND I'M OUT. GOTTA FINISH AN ESSAY. I MIGHT ADD MORE LATER. AND DUBBOKKI WILL PROBABLY POST THE NEXT CHAPTER SINCE I'M TOO BUSY OTL. I WILL POST THE RESOURCES SOONER OR LATER DONT WORRY XO

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