Hello steemians, hope you are having a great day? Today I'll be discussing ways of helping non-designers to do graphics design tasks effectively. So let's get on with it.

There are many people that are interested in designing their own jobs even though they are not graphics designers. And often times due to how expensive software for graphics design are and how complicated they are these people often get discouraged.
But I'll be briefing giving few tips that can help a non-designer achieve his aim without much ado.
I'll be listing the points one after the other.

1. Get inspired

Think about designs that you like — inspiration can come from anywhere! Take note of an email or website that grabbed your attention and what you liked about it. Don’t just look for design inspiration within your field, you can look at ads or websites for products or services that are completely different from what you do, and often these lead to the most innovative and striking arrangements of images and text.
If you’re stuck, don’t just sit there and stare at a blank screen, but look out into the world for something that sparks your imagination. Keep track of things that make you go “wow” by logging them into a spreadsheet, pinning them to a board on Pinterest or bookmarking them. At times when you feel at a loss you’ll be able to go back to those points of inspiration and get rolling again.

2. Keep it simple

Design that’s clean and easy on the eyes gets the message across more effectively than design that’s full to the brim with extras. Focus your message by being as clear as possible. Don’t use an overabundance of colors and do not use more than two fonts, otherwise the point will be lost in the chaos.
Don’t fear whitespace — it is perfectly ok, and in fact it’s preferable, to have it. Realize that the brain can only process so much information at one time, so avoid clutter. Eliminate what’s not necessary and give your designs room to breathe.

3. Get off-center

Don’t stay stuck in the middle of the page. Non-designers have a tendency to want to center everything, which isn’t necessary and in fact is rather uninteresting to look at. Remember, people read from left to right, and so the eyes naturally follow that pattern no matter what kind of information is in front of them — text or images.

4. Consistency is key

Unification of message is a big deal in branding and design. People connect to familiarity. Stick with one color scheme and set of fonts and stick with them everywhere. That means in emails, ads, on your social media, everywhere. Don’t randomly change your color scheme or fonts, only make those kinds of changes if you’re doing an intentional re-branding of your business.

Design Tools for non-designers

When people do think of design programs, they immediately think of expensive software. While there is some amazing software out there to download, there are also some other solid programs that you have out there that you have at your disposal online, most of which are free or low-cost. If you’re working to hack your graphic design, then test drive one of these free alternatives below.

• Google Drawing
• Canva
• Infogr.am
• Pickmoney.

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