Simple Tips to Jazz Up Boring Design!

Simple Tips to Jazz Up Boring Design!

Simple Tips to Jazz Up Boring Design! 2560 1707 Spacific Creative

Are your yearbook pages looking a bit lacklustre? Here are a few easy additions for your school yearbook to ensure readers give your design a double take!

Add a Colour Gradient

ACG Parnell College graphic design yearbook pages

ACG Parnell College

If a solid background colour is doing nothing for your page, why not try a colour gradient?

colour gradient design tip

Farm Cove Intermediate

A gradient works well across a range of designs and is right on trend in 2022!

Use Translucent Elements

design trick opacity layering elements

Howick Intermediate

Adding translucent elements provides depth to your design and gives the pages a softer look.

Translucent page elements

Diocesan School for Girls

Decrease the opacity of images, shapes and boxes behind the text to highlight the different layers and elements on the page.

Try a Unique Photo Composition

photo collage grid layout idea

Berkley Normal Middle School

Photos are a great place to incorporate some fun into your design layout.

Yearbook photo layout design idea

Long Bay College

Design a creative collage, pair images with shaped text or use your photos as a page background!

Include Hand-Drawn Doodles

green page hand drawn shapes

Diocesan School for Girls

Include some hand-drawn illustrations or patterns in your yearbook!

hand drawn doodles in yearbook

Waitakere College

These can add texture, depth and a personal touch to your designs.