Shapes & frames: the best combo for out-of-the-box, wow-worthy design
Use a versatile collection of shapes and frames to draw the viewer’s attention and add wow factor to your designs
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Circle
Circle represents unity, eternity and stability. Use circle as a shape for brand logos, backgrounds, to highlight a product offer, draw attention to a key message, and more.
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Rectangle and square
Rectangle and square signify stability, equality and security. The two are great choices for social media headers, banners, business cards, and more.
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Create something unique
Forge a unique brand identity with effective use of shapes and frames.
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Multi-purpose frames
Use frames to emphasize a key part of your image, separate text from a visual background, and crop pictures and videos. Sans frames, your audience would not know where to look or what to observe in a design.
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Margins and bleeds
Use margins to strike visual balance and bleeds to extend your artwork beyond the trim edge (or the canvas’ fixed dimensions).
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How to create a design on Picmaker in 4 easy steps?
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Log in to Picmaker
Log in or sign up to Picmaker using your email address or social account. In a single click!
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Pick a template
Choose a template from our library of 85 design categories that includes logos, banners, social media designs, YouTube graphics, presentation, and much more.
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Customize
Use shapes and frames to customize and emphasize the key elements of your design. If it’s a quote poster, a brand logo, a social media banner, shapes, frames and margins can help communicate your message with ease and make your design pop. Also, use the MAD Button to get intuitive color and background suggestions to enhance your design
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Download
Use Picmaker’s one-click download option to download your design in PDF, PNG, SVG, and JPEG format. You can also instantly share your design on your favorite social platform and generate buzz.
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MAD Button
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‘Present’ your design
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Workspaces
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Background Remover
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Get access to 100 million high-resolution, contextual stock photos to communicate feelings such as surprise, shock, happiness, and more.
Brand Kit
Use Picmaker’s Brand Kit to uphold brand identity. Upload custom fonts, logos, and colors to stay on-brand
AI-powered MAD Button
Use Picmaker’s MAD Button to create unique, inimitable designs effortlessly. Get intuitive design suggestions and customize colors, fonts and background images in a single click.
‘Present’ your design
Use Picmaker’s ‘Present’ feature to share your design in real-time. Implement suggestions and design changes instantly to fast-track the process.
Workspaces
Picmaker Workspaces enables collaborative design-making and team work. Invite up to 10 individuals to your ‘Workspace’ and design a masterpiece together.
Background Remover
Powered by AI, Picmaker’s Background Remover intuitively suggests layers and elements of your design that you may retain or remove.
100,000,000 stock images
Get access to 100 million high-resolution, contextual stock photos to communicate feelings such as surprise, shock, happiness, and more.
Flip your frame arrangement
Use the “Flip” option to rearrange the frame to suit your design and enhance its appearance.
5 ways to use shapes and frames in design
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ResizeResize your chosen shapes and frames by dragging the edges to fit them into your design. Whether it’s a circle, square, spiral, or ellipse, you can enlarge or minimize their size for the function you need.
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Use shapes to fill gaps in lettersKnown as counter, it is the space that’s enclosed by the letter form. Use shapes, both geometric and organic, to fill the counters in letters, especially if you need to emphasize that element of your design.
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Animal-based symbolsTwitter, Puma and Lacoste are three of many brands whose logos are inspired by animals. Unleash your creativity and imagination, and use relevant shapes and frames, to create unique pieces of art.
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Enclose text with bordersIf you’re designing a poster with a motivational quote or a piece of text, use a rectangle, square or a geometric frame to highlight it to the reader’s eye. It’s also a good strategy to match the text with a relevant background.
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Highlight numbers, offers, etc.If your design copy includes numbers, discount offers, or a metric, frames are a great option to highlight the numeric elements. It will be the focal point of the design, with other elements complementing it.
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Organic and abstract shapes
Don’t stick only to geometric shapes. Organic shapes such as that of clouds provide a sense of drama to your design if used contextually. Abstract shapes are a great choice for road signals, car parks, washrooms.
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Curved edges, lines, crosses
Use lines, edges and crosses to guide the viewer’s eye to the most important message of your design. Lines, horizontal or vertical, can suggest strength, balance and stability. Crosses symbolize contrast, but their meanings can be altered with the addition of visual weight.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How are shapes used in graphic design?
In graphic design, shapes are be used to lend meaning and guide the viewer’s eye to the key parts of an imagery or visual. Shapes can be geometric, organic and abstract, and effective use of each helps convey sentiment through logos, social media graphics, banners, and more.
What is a frame and what is its purpose?
Frame (or framing) is the arrangement of visual parts of a design relevant to the subject. It is mainly used to make a design visually appealing and grab the viewer’s attention to the focal point.
Why do we use shape in design?
Designers and artists use shapes to represent ideas, organize information, and provide depth to design.
What are the different types of frames?
Frames can be split into different types: gallery frame, floating frame, photo frame, tabletop frame, to name a few.