Visually communicate a message or action with text, images, and shapes.
- Watch thoughtbot's Design for Developers tutorial
- Read Visual Grammar for an introduction to visual principles of design
- Read Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type for an introduction to grid systems
- Read Thinking with Type for an introduction to Typography
- Read Understanding Color: An Introduction for Designers for an introduction to Color theory
- Have a basic understanding of visual principles.
- Use visual principles in your design.
- Communicate visual design principles in your work and others.
- Create and use a simple grid within your work.
- Maintain a clear hierarchy within your work.
- Align elements in your design to the grid and have relationships to the other elements in the design.
- Properly set type within your work.
- Choose an adequate typeface for the message in your design.
- Assign colors to elements to add value to the message.
- Follow the Visual Principles trail map to augment your learning on visual principles
- Follow the Grid Systems trail map to augment your learning on grid systems
- Follow the Typography trail map to augment your learning on typography
- Follow the Web Design trail map to learn web design.