A delightful greeting to everyone here in Steemit I am excited about this contest being organized. A special thanks go to @Ihorgic for the wonderful writing and pictures (regarding this post) as it has aided my tour around canva (I knew there was an app that could aid in graphic design, but I had never ventured into it). # What is Graphic Design? Graphic design is an art and an act of combining artistic elements such as colours, shapes, images etc. to pass specific information to people. Graphic designers use graphic designs to create awareness (of a product or service), advertisement, marketing etc, which brings out the uniqueness of a product to both new and existing customers. # Principles of Graphic Designs A principle is the way things are done. Some principles of graphic design are: # 1) Contrast Contrast is a principle used when there is a difference between two rival designs. It is used to distinguish the notable twists and big differences when those designs stand side by side.

2) Repetition

As the name implies, it involves the use of elements e.g. shapes, colours that are the same continuously in a design. One can decide to use regular or irregular shapes to show repetition.

3) Rhythm

This principle is used when a designer makes use of one or more elements of design over and over, thereby giving it a certain fill in a structured manner. The rhythmic pattern of a design is able to create excitement and control the way our eyes move.

Practical Explanation on Graphic Designs.

Step 1:

Step one for me was downloading and installing canva from the Google Play Store

Step 2:

I launched the canva app and tapped on the plus (+) icon to select size/ dimension (it took me quite some time to get this as the background was quite different). I used the Instagram 1080×1080 dimension

Step 3:

I highlighted the dimension to get the color icon and dragged up the slider to get a variety of colors for which the color black was selected

Step 4:

(A black background appears) I tried not to get the background highlighted so that a drop-down menu can appear I tapped on elements and selected a circle which I dragged on the tip to enlarge

Step 5:

(The circle appears in a grey colour) I selected the circle tapped on the color tab and chose white from a variety of colors. I also duplicated the circles into four by clicking on shape and tapping on the plus icon while still selecting a circle . After duplicating I tapped and dragged to arrange each of them in a position.

Step 6 :

I tapped on the circle on the right corner to select, tapped on the colored icon and dragged up the slider to get more colors. When this happened, I selected a yellow color and hurray ! It filled up the circle shape.

I am glad to be a part of this contest. I even learned to watermark my images and I will be looking forward to more amazing learning from this topic.
I invite:
@atimisaac
@eveetim
@kafio to take part in this contest