Basic Graphic Design
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The official GTU curriculum for Basic Graphic Design (subject code C4325802) as prescribed for PT · Semester 2 divides the course into 3 units, covering 12 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (C4325802)Unit 1 Introduc tion to Graphic Design
- 1.1. Introduction to Printer’s Design: Printer’s design and its importance
- 1.2. Relation: printing process’s relation to printer’s design
- 1.3. Principles of graphic design like: balance, proportion, contrast, unity, rhythm and its uses, advantages, and limitations.
- 1.4. Fundamentals of graphic design: line, space, texture, tone, colour, and its uses and purposes.
Unit 2 Colours in graphic design
- 2.1. Define Color
- 2.2. Colour Theory: additive color theory and subtractive color theory
- 2.3. Colour terminology: hue, shade, tint, value, chroma, brightness
- 2.4. Color wheel: primary, secondary, tertiary, warm, cool, and contrast.
- 2.5. Various types of color schemes: complementary, analogue, triad, soft, dark,and monochromatic.
- 2.6. Selection of colour: the emotional appeal of colour, the response of color, types of substrates
Unit 3 Originals
- 3.1. Line original, continuous original, etc.
- 3.2. Black & White photographs, color photographs, use of various lenses Basic Graphic Design Course Code: C4325802