digital design
Computer-made visuals
Digital design is the creation of visual content for screens and digital platforms—websites, apps, interfaces, social media graphics.
The field encompasses layout, typography, color, and user experience, distinguishing it from print design by its interactive possibilities and responsive requirements.
A digital designer might create everything from app icons to full website interfaces.
She transitioned from print to digital design when magazines started folding.
- colorVisual hue property
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- shapeExternal outline of something
- keyframesAnimation's anchor states
- software engineeringDisciplined approach to building programs
wireframes · vector graphics · pixel perfect · screen resolution · A/B testing · storyboarding · mobile first · mockups · prototyping · user experience · Photoshop · iconography · drag and drop · transitions · accessibility standards · color theory · computer engineering · Adobe Illustrator
- creative fieldsillustration, animation, photography, video production, art direction
- designfunctionality, emphasis, unity, typography, logos
- graphic designlogo, font, typography, layout, color
- design termsline, color, font, style, shape
- EDASPICE, HDL, Cadence, VCS, Allegro
- digital technologyinternet, software, streaming, computers, CGI
digital designtraditional design
Conventional aesthetic approach
freehand drawing · hand lettering · charcoal drawing · watercolor illustration
digital designhandcraft
Create something manually
artisanal design · undesigned · traditional craftsmanship · found object · random occurrence