Time for action — basic design
For this example, let's look at the design elements and determine how we would put them together in a design:
- Determine the exact size of the brochure. For our example, we'll focus on creating the outside of an 8.5 x 11 tri-fold brochure. Specifically, the cover design of this brochure is as follows:
- Design a basic front cover layout. We'll use the following one for the cover:
- Decide on the elements we will use for the design. For ours, we'll have a photograph, company logo, brochure title, and some additional copy.
What just happened?
We just did the basic planning required to create a brochure in any graphics program. We determined the physical size of the document, the basic layout, as well as the elements we have available for use in the design.
