Creative Strategies for Graphic Design

Codylillyw
3 min readJan 15, 2023

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Material swap

Material swap is changing one material for another material usually found on a different object.

Material Change/inversion/Swap/focus

Material Swap Projects | Photos, videos, logos, illustrations and branding on Behance

Material focus

Material focus is showing another form of the material making the texture more visible.

Material Change/inversion/Swap/focus

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Juxtaposition

Placing two contrasting ideas together to emphasize their differences.

Juxtaposition

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Combination

Putting two objects together to invent something new.

Combinations

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Visual Metaphor

Visual metaphors use symbolic elements to say something indirectly.

Metaphor Or Simile Links to an external site.

Visual Metaphor Poster Design Projects | Photos, videos, logos, illustrations and branding on Behance

Visual simile

Visual simile directly connects two things showing their similarities.

Metaphor Or Simile Links to an external site.

Isolation

Bringing focus to one part of an object either by the removal of its other parts, or blurring/shrinking other elements.

Isolation

Change of Environment

Putting the object of interest in a different environment.

Change of Context or Environment

Shape similarity

Shape similarity draws connections between elements through shape.

Physical / Shape Similarity

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Written by Codylillyw

I am a Software engineering student in my senior year with most of my experience in web development and related technology.

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