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Workshop 1 – InDesign: The Grid

Using grids to get more accurate and professional outcomes.

To set up a grid it’s Layout>Create Guides>then you pick the amount of rows and columns you want and also choose the gutter amount(space between rows and columns). For this outcome I used 12rows x 12 columns and with a gutter width of 4mm.

I started with the sample work which I was recreating
I used the Colour Theme Tool to pick up the colours used within the art so I could use accurate colours in my recreation.
The Colour Theme Tool, instead of just picking up one colour like the Eye Dropper Tool, it picks up selections of colours it can see to make a theme for your work.
The grid I based my work around. It helped me create straighter more accurate lines and shapes and helped me proportion things better.
I used basic shapes and drawing easy tools to copy the original piece.
Rectangle Tool was used to create the thicker lines and when you press the shift key as you’re scaling it, it creates a perfect symmetrical square.
Ellipse Tool used for the circles. Because the circles were the same scale in places I just copied them using the Alt button on my keyboard.
Line Tool used to create the lines, I made sure I followed the guides to get the lines the same space apart and in the correct place.
Pen Tool was used to create the shape of the triangles and the irregular 4 sided polygon at the bottom. It also allowed me to make the wiggly lines at the top.
The outcome of the shapes when the guides are hidden. You can preview what your outcome will look like without all the extra guides by going View>Grids & Guides>Hide Guides, and at the same time View>Overprint Preview.
The final product when I’ve added text

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