Using shapes in design is very important especially in graphic design. We can divide shapes into Geometric and Organic Shapes.
Common shapes in geometry as squares, rectangles and circles.
They have certain meanings defined by graphic designers. The circles represent infinity, because they haven’t got beginning or ending . They also provide freedom of movement, but they are also used in a wide range of preservation and limitation.
Squares and rectangles mean probity, safety and equality through other shapes . But due to their fame, they were not used to getting attention. Triangles indicate movement, work, stress and violence. They indicate dominance when they are placed on their base and subservience when they don't.
Organic shapes are taken from nature of The environment like trees, birds, and rivers. During using them in graphic design they seem exciting and objective to some extent. These organic shapes and also the geometric as circles and squares can be more exciting when they are decorated with some flowers.
Illustrated shapes, however they are sketched by an unknown language, the public read it Globally. That's why illustrated shapes are being created or designed to simplify nature shapes. Graphic design can't exist without the existence of illustrated shapes, and we can see it easily in cars, elevators, webpages, ……..and so on . Ordinary examples are those symbols that represent people with dysfunction, whether Male or female .
When shapes are used correctly, it is possible that they can produce successfully elegant and influential graphic design. The visual communication that can be produced from any design element can be developed by changing its shape. They could be soft , curved ,oblique, and sharp shapes, and each one of them transfers a different type of mood or feeling. They will be used in many ways like arranging items and contents or linking or separating them. They may represent the shapes also to concept or acting them ,create the movement, and They supply profundity or texture ,........... and so on .
Creating the shapes became very easy and fast these days by the help of the design tools. It is available and easy for designers today to create designs by the help of Adobe Illustrator which can change and edit special designs. These computer programs like creating, operating, and complicated the simple shapes, Once clicking and dragging the mouse or pen. It is possible also to change the colors ,textures ,and patterns , to get the required solution for Graphic Design .Deep knowledge about design software is a must if designers are to make benefit out of them.