What is Graphic Design?

   Most people think that graphic design is just art. But they are wrong. They don't understand just how useful graphic design really is. Graphic Design is a way of communication, a way to show other people what you think, feel, or create. All in an interesting, unique way.
   Without graphic design the way we advertise things, and the way we communicate with others, would be less exciting, less interesting. The reason is that you are not only creating something unique and great to look at. You are also communicating something to others. This could be a poster advertising a concert. It could also be a logo for pet adoption that catches peoples eye, and help them remember that organization. Another use is to help create websites. No one wants to look at a boring website, with no color, nothing interesting, nothing that catches the eye. And that is exactly what websites would look like without graphic design, boring and all the same. But we don't have to have websites like that, we can use graphic design to make it look awesome, beautiful, eye catching. So that you don't HAVE to go to that website, instead you WANT to go to that website because it is interesting. 
   Graphic design can also be helpful to people in a different way. For safety. Someone needs to design those signs that tell you not to turn on red, or to show you which direction the sale is, or to tell you that the road is closed. Yes all these things are created by graphic designers. Without those things, and more, life would be chaotic. No one would know where to turn. Or when to get to the store before it closes, or be able to find that business card with that important persons information on it. 
   Graphic design isn't just art, or even fine arts. No it is more than that, it is communication, its lines, signs, shapes, color, information, messages, discoveries, hope, happiness, wonder, creation... its life.