SEC20/WK6: Graphic Design Hands - On practical 3"

Hello teacher

It's been a beautiful journey so far. 6 amazing free graphic design course. This has given me the opportunity to practice more on designing as I have always wanted to learn how to design.

I say thank you to the steemit team for this opportunity and to my great teacher @lhorgic you have been super great.

It's the last week of engagement challenge season 20 and I have designed a beautiful certificate to show my successful learning and practice in this course. The steps taken to design this certificate is below;

Step 1

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• I opened up my canvas app and clicked on the + button to choose the size of my workspace.

• I chose 17×11 landscape because I was working with just few words of a certificate.

• I launched my workspace and chose the right color for it. I chose white hex code #FFFFFF

Step 2

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• Now, my workspace is ready for use. I clicked on the element icon to chose the right elements that I need to work with.

• I launched into the element section to select the various elements that I need.

• I chose different elements that suit the design I wish to come up with.

• I positioned each elements to the right place.

Step 3 : Adding colour to my elements

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• I added color to my elements and I chose color green with hex code #0E4905

• The last element I added was given a different color from others. I chose color white with hex code #FFFFFF

• I finally draged the element to position it well.

Step 4: Adding edge line and colour

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• Repeating the same process I used to add elements, I added a line to the edge of my square middle shape.

• I duplicated the line by clicking on the + sign to add it at the other ends of the square to have a nice design.

Step 5: Adding text and line

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• clicking on the text icon, I added my first text which is "CERTIFICATE".

• I used the letter spacing to space out my text and it was set at 126.

• Then I maintained the fonts "canvas sans" for my first text.

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• I added an element right under the first text. I shaped it into a smaller size to fit in the provided space and then I positioned it well.

• I added more text and also chose different fonts for them. I made sure each text done is perfect for the design.

• I added more lines and set them to the right position.

Final step: Adding logo

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• Launching into my gallery by clicking on the gallery icon, I selected the right logo I needed which was the canvas logo and the steemit logo.

• I added them to page.

• I resized them and set them in the right places.

• I also added the last text which was the instructor's name and date.

• Then I have my final design ready!

My final design

The principles I used for my design

• Edge to Edge: I was so particular about this principle. You can see that all text are well intact, so even if I decide to print, my texts are safe.

• Element spacing: I hope you can see that the elements I used in my design are not too spaced or jammed. My spacing also worked in my text too.

• Design Size & Dimensions: I chose to work with a landscape size of 17×11 because I have just few words to fill up in my design.

• Color combination: I have chosen three colors for my design and I am sure you can see that each color complement each other.

• Emphasis: The text and the colors applied shows the emphasis.

• Balance: I have balanced my design appropriately.

I hope it's not too late to invite my friends to join this contest @eveetim @malikusman1 @hisgeneral