5 Graphic Mistakes Designers must avoid

In order to produce a stunning work of art, some mistakes must be avoided by a graphic designer. 

1. Utilizing web graphics standard

Many designers have a website design foundation the transition from website design standards to print can throw up a lot of challenges. Pictures provided at 72dpi and crunched down to load quick on a site will replicate badly in print, you can escape with small sized thumbnails on your website but scaling your design to any large size will be pushing your luck. There are various online mediums offering free high resolution and high quality images which you can use as a base for your designs.

2. Overlooking or not Setting enough Bleed Size

A common mistake is to send to print an image without bleeds. As a rule you ought to permit no less than 3mm around each of your documents’ edge. Neglecting to do so will give the printers no space and will either cut off the side of the page or give you an unsightly white outline. It is a smart strategy to save your picture or documents in  layered psd files then if more bleed space is required you can easily expand your work without destroying your designs.

3. Utilizing Illegible or Copyrighted Fonts

We are all guilty of this, and things are for the most part fine in the event that you will be the only person to view  your work of art or design. If your design is intended for an audience or your vector logo is to be utilized on client’s project. Unless you bundle the fonts along with the design, your client won’t be able to open the document correctly and in some cases the fonts will be replaced breaking the flow of your design. Similar things happen when some fancy fonts are used, they tend to complicate the design and make viewing the design a tasking process

 4. Designing print artwork with Spot colors or RGB

There are legitimate purposes behind utilizing spot colors in work of art, logos that need to reference specific pantone hues for instance. As a general rule, art work are designed to be printed using  CMYK color group. It is common for novice designers to design a print ready billboard with the same RGB color mode they used for an infographics design and expect the dynamic colors seen on screen to replicate well in print.

5. Engaging in cyclic design

It is advisable when submitting an artwork to include one or two additional designs so that your client will have more options to choose from instead of continuously modifying the artwork without an endpoint in mind. This is especially important for logo design.

There you have it; the top 5 mistakes designers must avoid.

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