Graphic communication is communication using graphic and visual elements. These elements include symbols such as glyphs and icons, images such as drawings and photographs, typography and fonts, and can include the passive contributions of substrate, colour, and surroundings. It is the process of creating, producing, and distributing material incorporating words and images to convey data, concepts, and emotions. The field of graphics communications encompasses all phases of the graphic communications processes from origination of the idea (design, layout, and typography) through reproduction, finishing, and distribution of two- or three-dimensional products or electronic transmission. Although graphic communication is similar to graphic design in some aspects, there are significant differences between the two. Graphic communication focuses more on the client impact through communication via visuals of different formats. Graphic design focuses more on creating art and designing graphics that will be used by companies.
Overview Graphic Communication focuses on the technical aspects of producing and distributing items of visual communication. This includes technical aspects associated with the production of tangible items such as books, magazines, and packaging, as well as digital items such as e-newsletters, interactive apps, websites, video, and virtual reality applications. Graphic communication involves the use of visual material to relate ideas such as drawings, photographs, slides, and sketches. The drawings of plans and refinements, and a rough map sketched to show the way, could be considered graphical communication. Graphic Design focuses on developing concepts and creating visuals. This includes instruction regarding elements and principles of design, typography, image editing, web and video production, etc. Any medium that uses a graphics to aid in conveying a message, instruction, or an idea is involved in graphical communication. One of the most widely used forms of graphical communication is the drawing.
History In the prehistoric period, communication was done visually and aurally and involved touching, either delicately or forcefully, as well as movements and gestures. The earliest graphics known to anthropologists studying prehistoric periods are cave paintings and markings on boulders, bone, ivory, and antlers, which were created during the Upper Paleolithic period from 40,000 to 10,000 B.C. or earlier. Many of these played a major role in geometry. They used graphics to represent their mathematical theories, such as the Circle Theorem and the Pythagorean theorem.
The development of paper was a major step in the evolution of graphic communication as it is known today. The earlier forms of paper can be dated back to China. In these times, people wrote on bamboo and wooden strips with bamboo pencils. Eventually, this developed into the Egyptians making paper from papyrus. The process of making paper was derived from Ancient China and was later discovered by Europe. Once discovered, the process of paper making was refined to modern paper making. It involves a long process of fiber breakdown, pulping, and adding certain substances to improve the quality, strength, color, and brightness of paper.
Along with the development of paper, the advancement of type is important in the history of graphic communication. Without the right typeface or font, communication would be harder and less efficient. The earliest writing can be found in Ancient Mesopotamia, which consisted of pictographic drawings, numerals, and personal names. This form of writing led to the development of the Egyptian hieroglyphics. Egyptians retained pictographic communication, using symbols and drawings to depict objects or beings. Eventually, the creation of movable type, invented by Bi Sheng in Ancient China, transformed the way type was used. Type has since evolved to modern type, which features different typefaces and easier ways of typing.
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Graphics Graphics are visual presentations on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, computer screen, paper, or stone, to brand, inform, illustrate, or entertain. Examples are photographs, drawings, line art, graphs, diagrams, typography, numbers, symbols, geometric designs, maps, engineering drawings, or other images. Graphics often combine text, illustration, and color. Graphic design may consist of the deliberate selection, creation, or arrangement of typography alone, as in a brochure, flier, poster, website, or book without any other element. Clarity or effective communication may be the objective. Association with other cultural elements may be sought, or merely the creation of a distinctive style. Graphics can be functional or artistic. The latter can be a recorded version, such as a photograph, or an interpretation by a scientist to highlight essential features, or an artist, in which case the distinction with imaginary graphics may become blurred.
Communication Communication is the process whereby information is imparted by a sender to a receiver via a medium. It requires that all parties share a communicative common ground. There are auditory means, such as speaking, singing and sometimes tone of voice, and nonverbal, physical means, such as body language, sign language, paralanguage, touch, eye contact, by using writing. Communication is defined as a process by which we assign and convey meaning in an attempt to create shared understanding. This process requires a vast repertoire of skills in intrapersonal and interpersonal processing, listening, observing, speaking, questioning, analyzing, and evaluating. If you use these processes, they are developmental and transfer to all areas of life: home, school, community, work, and beyond. It is through communication that collaboration and cooperation occur.
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