Improve your Graphic Design - How to Fix Broken Layouts

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How do you know when your design is broken? How can you fix bad typography layouts? Sometimes your layout can get so busy that you lose a sense of what you're trying to do with it. It ends up broken. In this clip from our fourth typography critique, Chris takes you through ways to self diagnose how your design might be broken, and how you can make it better.
00:00 - Introduction
00:10 - Using Blocks To Simplify Your Layout
01:16 - Hide Elements
02:00 - Pushing and Pulling
02:23 - Turn On Your Layers One At A Time
04:17 - Pay Attention To Spacing
05:12 - Proximity Helps Create A Focal Point
05:54 - Position Implies Relationship
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Пікірлер: 54

@lightfgd 4 жыл бұрын

The Futur teachs me more about Graphic Design than my University Teachers. Thank you so much for bringing amazing content.

@TheFuturAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@priyathaker3954 2 жыл бұрын

I could not agree more:)

@GlobalTribesArt 4 жыл бұрын

I love how she explained proximity, the definition of with such eloquence, thank you

@TheFuturAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

Milka is wonderfully knowledgeable at design.

@seedybread 3 жыл бұрын

I got my diploma in design litterally 3 days ago and this guy is teaching better than anyone I've seen in the past 3 years

@TheFuturAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it. Sorry to hear about the other part.

@SAM-wd5wt 4 жыл бұрын

This is so helpful. Just started working at a design studio and realized how school is so different compared to actually working in a studio. Design thinking is waaaayyy faster and you tend to forget about all these important principles/ elements!

@VincitDesignCo 4 жыл бұрын

Always love watching these critiques! Learning a ton!

@4TheCreatives 4 жыл бұрын

Great way of looking at the composition in a detached sort of way with the blocks. Thanks for the tips, Chris!

@nareshsinghrana2381 4 жыл бұрын

Just left aligning the center column text made a whole lot of difference. Thanks for sharing such insightful tips!

@TheFuturAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@noelsonic 4 жыл бұрын

Design and music production are similar. If your mix sounds muddy or cluttered, you've got to "mute" individual instruments and voices to find out which single element or combination of elements are clashing. Sometimes a minor EQ tweak and level adjustment will fix the balance. But oftentimes, the clash happens because an instrument/voice is not a good fit with the whole, no matter how much you tweak. Then, you either need to rerecord the voice/instrument, or replace it with something completely different. The same can be said of type, colour, texture, negative space... One or a combination of elements can either elevate or spoil the whole.

@davidandai_w412 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this critique bit 💯💯 "Position implies relationship"...

@TheFuturAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@iwpsurf 4 жыл бұрын

This tutorial series is amazing. The instructor has obviously mastered his craft, and he's a gifted teacher. Usually a person is a great craftsman or a great teacher. It's rare for one person to have both skills. I've tried teaching myself design by reading books, but I never could implement the concepts. Learning design has been very frustraiting for me. I think these videos may be the key that I've been looking for.

@krystalTiger 4 жыл бұрын

Loved it. Thanks yet again :)

@remigiochilaule1961 4 жыл бұрын

I watched the whole stream the other day. But these bits and pieces still manage to sound very new and informative. You guys are just Type gods. (I'm an architect, this knowledge of Type on these sessions is being extremely useful to summarize my experience in designing buildings. Its like reducing complex universal visual concepts into its basic forms. And you make it available for free, cannot thank and admire you enough).

@felipwild 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@jonathandurunguma4060 4 жыл бұрын

This is exactly everything I've been saying!

@TheFuturAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@mustaphanail2005 4 жыл бұрын

Just 15 min ago I was cheking if there is a new notifications from you lol ..And this video is so important for me now after I did more than 400 layout last month.. Thank you so much for sharing this for free .Love from Algeria

@TheFuturAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers

@zaitoonnaz9575 2 жыл бұрын

I'm in loooooooooovvvvvvvveeeee with this man! Totally. Chris is the only teacher I can watch all day.

@murderspegurder5241 3 жыл бұрын

This was incredibly helpful!

@Ash-uv4td 2 жыл бұрын

Thank God for Chris Do and the futur team because there’s so much I wouldn’t know without them.

@AndreyUrman 4 жыл бұрын

You know you're doing it right when there are 0 dislikes on the video. I've seen this critique live but it's a great reminder.

@TheFuturAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

@nandhagopalgopalsamy1726 4 жыл бұрын

sigh of relief when u aligned it to left at 4:08 😀

@ml-wq1fu 3 жыл бұрын

this is so useful!

@shiwangnath 4 жыл бұрын

I'll work so that I can afford your course for sure, i know in my heart it's more than worth it

@VincitDesignCo 4 жыл бұрын

We have his typography course and it is well worth it! Have to open it from time to time to get those keyboard short commands! Keep going!

@ImperiusRexFilms 4 жыл бұрын

I love these videos that bring things back to basics and simplifying where possible. I'm curious if you could approach a page with extremely dense text/information on it in the same way? I recently worked with a client who only wanted to pack as much content onto one page as possible, and it would often compromise a lot of potential design elements (or at least completely change the design that was in place). Keep it up and thank you for these vids!

@TheFuturAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, we'll share some other layout design videos very soon.

@ImperiusRexFilms 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheFuturAcademy Awesome. Looking forward to it!

@srhyaekuau 4 жыл бұрын

great advice

@alphaprime369 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video

@TheFuturAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@IsaacUmas 4 жыл бұрын

haha I can breathe now.

@lazarelondaridze 4 жыл бұрын

Hello. What are the plugins in the tools' panel?

@juancarlosrosalejos7121 4 жыл бұрын

Illustrator, Coreldraw,etc should have a display mode for groups to display as shaded boxes.

@TheFuturAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

Would be nice

@quatricise 3 жыл бұрын

What's that illustrator tool panel on the left? Looks insane. Is that some kind of plugin that adds more tools?

@subhanduberia 4 жыл бұрын

where is the full stream for this has it been uploaded ? or Whats the title of it ? WANT TO WATCH IT ALL!!!

@TheFuturAcademy 4 жыл бұрын

It’s up.

@israrmalik4336 4 жыл бұрын

waht is size of docment nad fotn size

@cosimoricupero5240 4 жыл бұрын

i wanna take part and get critique from chris, because i wanna be better in layout. whos allowed?

@AmieB2005 4 жыл бұрын

Chris! You country clown. You're fucking good.

@foxfoxfox4866 4 жыл бұрын

Does Chris have corona?

@pilaradams 2 жыл бұрын

adsa

@JUNIOROCTAVIOMARIN 4 жыл бұрын

No, Chris, the arrangement of the boxes in the layout doesn't look interesting whatsoever! Nice short vid, amigo!!

@_0O0O0O0_ 4 жыл бұрын

"so here we have a cluster f*ck. Let me show you how simple alignment can clear up this cluster f*ck. Wow, look, I did magic" How do I get that 7 minutes and 42 seconds of my life back?