Works of Art synonymous with a unique. Therefore, an artist in the birth of his work always looking shape, new shape. Therefore we need something unique. It means something that has never been or may be rarely used by other artists on previous works.
Definition of Graphic Design: is a form of art (drawing) applied which gives freedom to the designer (designer) to select, create, or adjust the way elements such as illustrations, photographs, writings, and the lines on a surface in order to produce and communicated as a message. Pictures and signs that used to be a typographical or other media such as drawing or photography.
Graphic Design is the study of media to convey information, ideas, concepts, invitations and so forth to the audience by using visual language. Whether it be writing, photos, illustrations and so forth. Graphic design is communication solutions that bridge between the donor information with the public, either individuals, groups, institutions and society at large are realized in the form of visual communication.
As appropriate information conveyed using spoken language (sound) that can be delivered in a firm, cheerful, loud, soft, full of jokes, formal, and so by using language and style appropriate volume, graphic design can also do the same. We can feel alone after reading a news story (text), view photos or illustrations, see the game of colors and shapes of an original design in the form of printed publications, the nuances thereof. Was the information clear, formal, joking, gentle, graceful, elegant and so forth.
Why we can feel about it? Why object publication can give the impression and the message conveyed in accordance with the wish to be understood by us as readers? The answer is because of the design elements and principles of design that exist in a work of design, whether realized or not realized by the manufacturer.
There are some people express their opinions on graphic design:
According Suyanto graphic design is defined as "the application of art and communication skills for business and industry needs." These applications can include advertising and product sales, create a visual identity for the institution, products and companies, and environmental graphics, information design, and visually enhance the message in the publication.
Meanwhile, Jessica Helfand in http://www.aiga.com/ site defines graphic design as a complex combination of words and images, figures and charts, photographs and illustrations that require special thoughts of an individual who can combine the element eleman this, so that they can produce something special, very useful, surprising, or subversive or something easy to remember.
According to Danton Sihombing graphic design employs a variety of elements such as markers, symbols, verbal descriptions are visualized through typography and images with photographic techniques or illustration. The elements are implemented in two functions, as visual devices and communication devices.
According to Michael Kroeger visual communication (visual communication) is the practice of theory and concepts through visual terms-terms by using colors, shapes, lines and alignment (juxtaposition).
Warren in Suyanto sense of graphic design as a translation of ideas and place into some kind of structural order and visual.
While Blanchard defines graphic design as a communicative art-related industries, art and process of producing a visual image on any surface



Category Graphic Design
Broadly speaking, graphic design can be divided into several categories:
   1. Printing (Printing), which includes the design of books, magazines, posters, booklets, leaflets, flyers, pamphlets, advertising, and other similar publications.
   2. Web Design: design for web pages.
   3. Films include CDs, DVDs, multimedia CDs for promotion.
   4. Identification (Logo), OGD (Environmental Graphic Design): is a professional design that includes graphic design, architectural design, industrial design, and architect of the park.
   5. Product design, packaging and the like.
Graphic Communications
Graphic Communication is a profession that has changed rapidly since the Industrial Revolution (19th century) when the information through the print media more widely used in commerce (advertising, packaging), publishing (newspapers, books, magazines) and information on arts and culture. The development of this field is closely connected with the increasing awareness of the benefits that can be learned from the accuracy of information delivery to the community.
Developments also spurred by the realization that the higher the effectiveness of language arts (visual) in the present communication. When at the beginning of the emergence of printing the 15th century the term of this field is the graphic arts which still connoted with art, then the 20th century the term became too graphic communication or visual communication. This illustrates the role of communication as
key professions in this field.
Currently, the role of communication that carries more diverse: general information (information graphics, signage), education (learning materials and science, special education interactive lessons), persuasion (advertising, promotion, social campaigns) and the stabilization of identity (logos, corporate identity, branding). The emergence of the term visual communication is actually also a consequence of the increasingly widespread media covered in the field of communication through visual language is: printing / graphic arts, film and video, television, web design and interactive CD.
This development has made this area into a business activity which is now very widespread involving large capital and much labor. The speed of development was racing with the readiness of supporting staff in this profession. Because it is necessary to set a standard that could be a reference for workers in this profession, both in its position in the levels of employment and in supporting education planning.
Standardization is currently made could not have put a halt to the development of the field of Graphic Communication. But by looking at what has happened both in foreign countries or in their own country, is expected to make reference to anticipate the business long enough to face the development of this field.
Graphic Communications and Visual Communication
Task preparation of this competence is in the field of graphic communication, the term given by Dikmenjur after consultation with the Directorate General Graphic. Graphic word itself contains two terms:

    * Graphein (lt. = lines, markers), which later became the Graphic Arts or Graphic Communication,
    * Graphishe Vakken (BLD = print job) that in Indonesia the Graphic, is defined as printing.
In this sense Graphic Communication is the work in the field of visual communications related to graphic arts (printing) and / or in the field of two-dimensional and static (not moving and not time-based images).
Basic terminology necessary to explain the difference between Graphic Communication with Visual Communication.
Visual communication is an umbrella of various communication activities using visual elements (visual) in a variety of media: printing / graphic arts, outer space (graphic markers, billboards), television, film / video, internet, etc., two-dimensional and three-dimensional, both static or moving (time based).
Meanwhile, Graphic Communications is part of Visual Communication in the scope of static, two dimensional, and is generally associated with the printing / graphics. Within the scope of this terminology Graphic Communication competency standards are made.
Graphic Communications professional field activities include supporting the publishing activities (publishing house), the print media of newspapers and magazines, advertising (advertising), and the bureau graphic (graphic house, boutique graphic, production house). In addition, graphic communications industry is also a supporter of non-communication (private institutions / government, tourism, hotel, factory / manufacturing, trading enterprises) as inhouse graphics department personnel promotion or graphics on the company's public relations department.
Graphic Communications jobs include imaging / images (image illustration, photography), though the text / typography (copyright and stacking letters) and the incorporation of elements of text and images into the design / design that is implemented. In reality, the situation graphic communication activities in Indonesia is not entirely like a general diagram above. Sports letters / types of design & typography that in some developed countries is a special profession (designing the font / typeface, hand lettering, typography / typography processed) in Indonesia was developed into its own professional field (Bp statement. Danton Sihombing MFA specialist field of letters). In Indonesia, though the letters in the digital age itself is done on computers by the designer or operator at the direction of designers. Although though there is also a special letter such as hand lettering and calligraphy is a field of specialization is not well developed profession. Therefore, in this graphic communication competency standards if the letters / typefaces was created as a sub-field of its own competence, but became subkompetensi for sub-field of graphic design.


Graphic Communications field divided into 3 sub-areas:
    * Graphic Design: design / develop materials (letters, pictures and other graphic elements) into visual information in the media (print) that the public understood.
    * Illustration: displaying information with a hand drawing skills and imagination pouring.
    * Photography: displaying information by capturing light through the camera skills and expertise to choose / process shots.