Image is everything - 'a picture is worth a thousand words' after all. Image, colour and a strapline are the essential branding tools in Graphic Design particularly when designing advertisements. We use image in graphic design to convey our message. An correctly chosen image will:
Create an impression
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Show you something you have never seen
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKR5D8D-o4e8LwEPncT0OSHCMEZDAPdEsL-KwTCOlrlJQfoLR-EQi1-Vmizzdy2xOkEXfzHCj4k5DgH4sdNGC8yOSIHcW-pl61clRdIDZ0k0TJW1vDtv_2NP5A_Y4rqKd7JfI0z-WuzRUR/s200/1.jpg)
Try to alter your opinion
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtiNy2mQ-o4-z4mxEWnhoNP5hnre28ioXCm4Ht6tueNm72KjWcK6cwTzfgnsh6HEz1oyAl2Ec41mZ5SYnVZy58mNfxa6dA2ngnJ4TFwP-bunqbqPuqnWxhig-L5UkUnWkO0rNUklS8-2IT/s200/3627008914_bd784a6765_m.jpg)
Try to influence you
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5h2zfJyjkt8B-J-5Cb_WhXQB3u_yCyoJ723-WLUJEZhDlW_3gYpCXuPOEfl82Ti73sV6T9mwB6Olb3oT9JfwZWuFY_WYa-eyw4fMnv94xdWcXgSZYf-zqr7Wp56pFZDl3YR2rNDwJp9x/s200/2504319986_6b49d7aafa_m.jpg)
Appeal to your emotions
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Make you sympathise with others
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYQpRMjk0Cfduzxw2pNt9eS_-qZCzq_vu8JTIdUgQhxUmr7YtoJG_POPaFNOz3qdK3tX7QiHH9fcUIqfECXhYFwfcYMCvHO9bpcAHzo-Ffk4C6e6Qvfpy9Djr92YngaTzUcqOfu2HX7yf/s200/A-man-begs-on-a-busy-walk-003.jpg)
Stir your emotions
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaOJZKgM6AQ3lFsKqiJIEiyKfe-R-Nw6lTIOXtuELe5azR6F_DcQq_R2mHR-MFucscOhrpAHXCPjvYxIGWwfocb4QS3UQt08zi6YkTjQ2bqgPq5A2mQZgEGfaRRNgYoMx4UMFvAh1_gTT/s200/images.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIZa8NKXzZHwYqL3dmH596-ukoi97GgROxxaMIq9hhmtgsiyx0wFaHQvj2ZpoXfYVmuQ_57nnxLR4kfNA3Y5W-ZieeNM5tMLPpjGhghjnSRFB41z3Asm2QJtTSPoncBJNCUHUqx3lJije/s200/2311925294_0e1feef93d_m.jpg)
Show you something you have never seen
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKR5D8D-o4e8LwEPncT0OSHCMEZDAPdEsL-KwTCOlrlJQfoLR-EQi1-Vmizzdy2xOkEXfzHCj4k5DgH4sdNGC8yOSIHcW-pl61clRdIDZ0k0TJW1vDtv_2NP5A_Y4rqKd7JfI0z-WuzRUR/s200/1.jpg)
Try to alter your opinion
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtiNy2mQ-o4-z4mxEWnhoNP5hnre28ioXCm4Ht6tueNm72KjWcK6cwTzfgnsh6HEz1oyAl2Ec41mZ5SYnVZy58mNfxa6dA2ngnJ4TFwP-bunqbqPuqnWxhig-L5UkUnWkO0rNUklS8-2IT/s200/3627008914_bd784a6765_m.jpg)
Try to influence you
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5h2zfJyjkt8B-J-5Cb_WhXQB3u_yCyoJ723-WLUJEZhDlW_3gYpCXuPOEfl82Ti73sV6T9mwB6Olb3oT9JfwZWuFY_WYa-eyw4fMnv94xdWcXgSZYf-zqr7Wp56pFZDl3YR2rNDwJp9x/s200/2504319986_6b49d7aafa_m.jpg)
Appeal to your emotions
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuW71gXPAny0nJupzQkenSQpA9bFaWEcZbbre_YSsQbg0071JYH6tlHnyWvY5uc72gPgY8c8H3ASvhjutQBqSx0v6jj0uNELid9lbkYZKkxosXOrrdsZQ_hwbB-9fdfERRWSZd0UXuXEpe/s200/crying+child.jpg)
Make you sympathise with others
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYQpRMjk0Cfduzxw2pNt9eS_-qZCzq_vu8JTIdUgQhxUmr7YtoJG_POPaFNOz3qdK3tX7QiHH9fcUIqfECXhYFwfcYMCvHO9bpcAHzo-Ffk4C6e6Qvfpy9Djr92YngaTzUcqOfu2HX7yf/s200/A-man-begs-on-a-busy-walk-003.jpg)
Stir your emotions
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In graphic design we use images to succeed at any of the following; grab the reader’s attention, keep them looking, make them want to see more, show them we have what they need and try and influence their decisions in our favour. An image can be the most powerful part of any design/message/project
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