Design Experience Summary: Designers often make mistakes in design

Article Description: designers often make mistakes, countless changes, the work will be more and more perfect (of course, sometimes there will be "inadvertently inserted willow shady" individual phenomenon). Or that sentence "make mistakes not terrible, afraid you do not change", here summed up the more than 10 most basic mistakes, I hope everyone can be the same, in the design of the time to be vigilant, to avoid making mistakes.

Everyone makes mistakes, smart people are good at discovering mistakes, and then correcting bad habits. And some people just ignore it and keep it wrong. Why is there a gap between you and the great God? That's the root of it. Error is not terrible, terrible is not dare to bear, dare not face, do not dare to correct.

Designers often make mistakes, countless changes, the work will be more and more perfect (of course, sometimes there will be "inadvertently inserted willow shady" individual phenomenon). Or that sentence "make mistakes not terrible, afraid you do not change", here summed up the more than 10 most basic mistakes, I hope everyone can be the same, in the design of the time to be vigilant, to avoid making mistakes.

01. Do not understand the design concept then start to design

Clumsy birds have, if not the great God, in the early stages of design, it is necessary to find ways to learn more details, listen to the needs of customers, otherwise it will be difficult to modify. (this one was shot)

The designer must prepare early, understand the design details as early as possible, otherwise the later revision, the heavy workload, will feel particularly laborious. Procrastination is the time killer, the addition of smart-aleck, the deletion of the design is taboo.

Therefore, in the initial design work, it should be more exchanges with customers, more understanding of details, more understanding, take notes, check data, summed up into a concise overall design concept, so as to ensure the correct direction.

02. Take every start seriously

Generally speaking, the printing works with CMYK mode, web design with RGB mode.

Don't take for granted that everything begins with "fine", and at the very beginning, pay particular attention to detail. For example, PS in the new file, many people in the design of printed matter to the effect of the RGB color mode, design out of the overflow color, this is remembered output formatting errors.

Print CMYK 300dpi, web design RGB 72dpi. Check the format, font, and color settings before printing.

Have this good habit of doing anything: keep a careful attitude at the beginning and stick to the end. So the customer is sure to be satisfied.

03. Font "Overload"

Car overload is easy to accident, font overload is easy to make mistakes. Too many types of fonts can make people feel the whole mess.
An article generally only describes a theme, a painting generally only a style, single-minded production of beauty. Fonts are used too much, the design will be like a big piece. The font should be consistent, look comfortable, reading up also more convenient.

In fact, the above poster or a bit of meaning: can be used to do negative, Google, print out, affixed to your wall, vigilant! Don't make a mistake like that.

In addition to the font, design style, with the same color, while flat, a will be true, you this is a Web page or style laboratory? Simple Beauty, OK?

04. Improper font Selection

Avatar movies are good, but font design is controversial.
Good horse with a good saddle, with proper, only to be brilliant.

Many places offer free font downloads, but be sure to think clearly: although the fonts in the demo map look good, they are not necessarily appropriate for your design. Because of this, many professional designers choose to buy fonts. Because the free font, although beautiful, but the compatibility is not very good.

For example, Avatar's font design is controversial, and the movie uses papyrus fonts too much.

05. Too many pictures

Morguefile is a very good gallery.

Flickr, 500px pictures are great, especially when you're too lazy to shoot yourself, or you can't afford to buy a camera or hire a photographer, you can draw on the gallery website (remember to fix the copyright issue). It is true that a figure wins, but don't abuse the picture.

The picture is used to explain the content, if a picture can not explain the content, then even if exquisite, also want to choose to give up. Because the image can create visual focus, let the user's attention from the main content offset. Don't be flashy, make your work a little bit!

06. Destructive Design

Damage design for a while, later changes in tears straight drip.
Some people are careless, design time "Drastic", the deletion, that is, do not copy the layer, is not a mask. Late customers request to change the time waiting to cry!

Don't use the eraser, don't touch the Delete, the mask is used in the mask version. Smart objects, adjust layers to use more.

07. Do not check not proofing

People have missed, horses have lost their hooves, Napoleon and Waterloo battle. No matter how experienced you are and how gifted you are, spelling mistakes can push you down the valley and you'll be considered a "design rookie."
Pay attention to the spelling, but don't make jokes, raise your guard Oh, you guys. Design performance is not only your layout, your visual performance, as well as your copy, Word can never spell wrong.

For example above this, originally should spell "exciting" the exciting development (big development), the result spell became "exiting" exit development. The meaning is exactly the opposite.

08. Do not find someone else to review

twat=pussy= fungus, hundred secret a sparse ah! The crowd's eyes are lewd and discerning, and be careful.
Look at their own things more like, very few do not like their son's mother, hurriedly find someone else to show you (better find the kind of lewd people, their insight is very strong!) And see if they can find anything new?
Recently this WeightWatchers design has hung over the north and south. Original logo size is clear, color consistency, there is no problem, design logo, Black Fade to gray, the problem arises, twat .... Everyone check Baidu, the brand image was destroyed.

09. Copy Copy

Claire ' s jewelry was accused of copying the design of Tatty Devine.
The key to design is original, plagiarism is not long, inspiration collection, reference is on the one hand, shameless plagiarism is a moral issue.
The difference between MediaTek's phone and Apple's phone is that it's a crazy copy, a crazy idea. (MediaTek is favored by Shanzhai and does not represent MediaTek's cottage)

Claire on the blatant copy, look at this link http://www.tattydevine.com/blog/2012/02/can-you-spot-the-difference/
, people should have dignity, designers should cherish their dignity as a designer!

10. On the two-dimensional Code of God design

To be "swept", the location is critical, the location of the map is very inappropriate.
Two-dimensional code is very popular and very effective. But use it properly.
You see the picture, the speeding bus, the crazy driver, you as a passenger rushed to the shake right, just out of the arch (small make up the figure is a arch), at this time, you saw a two-dimensional code, you will disregard the danger of life to take out the phone to sweep it? Definitely not, unless you're a babysitter.

11. Follow the crowd

Bbc

Instead of going with the flow, stick to yourself so you can get to where you think. People who follow the crowd can only outspoken, but not long, but appear amateur. When designing a logo, consider the question of longevity and what is classic.

The BBC Logo above, which has been used since 1997, is simple and clear, though lacking in beauty, reflects the brand image of a serious media and is still a classic.

12. portentous, behind closed doors

Creativity is inseparable from sharing, creativity is inseparable from communication. People behind closed doors let them go on their own. Learn more about the strengths of others, let peer guidance, you will find, learn a lot.
Be sure to communicate more with your peers!

13. No shortcut keys

I have a long mouse life, I can point, point to the youth, point to the time.

Long pain is not as short as pain, many software shortcuts to remember trouble, but once remember, the efficiency of rubbing against the improvement. So, learn to use shortcut keys-save time and effort. Take a look at the following Photoshop shortcuts and illustrator shortcut keys.

In addition to memorizing shortcuts, you can create shortcut keys, here is unknown, if you have the heart, you will certainly continue to explore.
Change the wrong, yes also pay attention to be a modest, upward designer, the world is yours!

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