Design News: 50 Totally Free Lessons in Graphic Design Theory

Tue, Apr 14, 2009

In 50 Totally Free Lessons in Graphic Design Theory psd.tutsplus.com provides a huge list of Tutorials or Lessons on teaching Design skills. If you’re looking for design inspiration or need to dust off some of your design skill this is just what you need!

“While many of us can create something that looks good in Photoshop or attractive when spliced into CSS, but do we actually understand the design theory behind what we create? Theory is the missing link for many un-trained but otherwise talented designers. Here are 50 excellent graphic design theory lessons to help you understand the ‘Whys’, not just the ‘Hows’.”

Good and solid design is not easy to create! Learning and getting inspired by the work of others is important but there is nothing as good as high quality tutorials!

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Read the full article at psd.tuts

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