40 Breathtaking Graphic Design Examples

Graphic design refers to various artistic, inventive and professional disciplines that focus on visual communication, production, and presentation for its audience.
There are many techniques graphic designers use to create and blend words, symbols, and images to form a visual representation that conveys a certain idea or message. Some of these techniques include typography, photo manipulation and icon design.

In this post, we’re giving you a closer look to 4 of the most popular graphic design techniques which are vector design, photo manipulation, typography and icon design. And we’ve given you 10 examples of each technique for your inspiration and pleasure!

Vector Design
Photo-Manipulation Design
Typography Design
Icon Design

Vector Design

Vector graphics differ from bitmap or pixel graphics in two main ways; vectors can be re-sized without losing any quality and they are also simpler and more focused on the important details rather than all the details of a graphic.
A vector design is basically an artwork made up of vector-based tools such as lines, curves and basic shapes.

1. Jimi Hendrix by MonsterOfTheID

2. Tyra by Maksalicious

3. Halle Berry by UniqueDee

4. Stylish Einstein by Gabriel Kioshima

5. Chris Martin 1 by Carolina

6. Michael Jackson The King by Victor Cavalera

7. PO Vexel by Ales Kotnik

8. Obey by Fraser Adams

9. Just Smile by Dark83

10. Youth n Stress by Ghiand

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Photo-Manipulation Design

Photo manipulation is a graphic design method involving photography, illustration, and digital art all together to form a manipulated piece of art. Manipulating real-life photos allows the artist to create an entirely made up fantasy from reality!
Nowadays, photo manipulation is used in numerous fields such as advertising, simply because of its power to let viewers view the world from an entirely different perspective or angle. And once you’ve made your audience believe in another world, you can make them believe in anything else!

1. Future Reflections by Patrick Monkel

2. Orbiting Amsterdam Harbour by Nikolaj

3. Gaze by Craig Shields

4. INTUITION by BringYourHate

5. Splash n Lights by Bryce Chapman

6. NINJUT5U by BossLogic

7. A True Power by BringYourHate

8. Million Tears PRINT by BossLogic

9. We’re At War II by Stijn Verplancke

10. Milky by Pete Harrison

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Typography Design

Typography is a graphic design practice that involves arranging various text types to produce a unique work of art that has nothing but text.
The reason it has become a very popular technique is because of its ability to focus solely on the content of the art without any distractions. Typography designers usually try to convey an idea or a message in their art to catch their audience’s interest.

1. Perfect Idea by Peter Kay

2. Just Be Creative by Marion

3. Rare by Peter Kay

4. Magik Mushroom by MagikPOINK

5. Smoke by MoshGraphy

6. ART by Christian San Jose

7. The New Generation by OneSkillWonder

8. Do You Helvetica by Aanoi

9. Good Thing About Bad Taste by OneSkillWonder

10. Life is… by Martin

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Icon Design

Icon design is usually involved in creating efficient graphical user interfaces. Instead of using boring text blocks to navigate around, graphic and web designers create icons to make it easier and friendlier for the users to go through the interface.
Some people enjoy icons because they give them a sense of customization for their own personal computers; for example, Mac users like to download all kinds of Dock Icons to modify their Macs to fit their needs.

1. Earth Icon 2 by Nemed

2. Halloween Avatars by Jojo Mendoza

3. Drinks by Mihail Nikitin

4. Starbucks Address Book by Chekkz

5. Aluminium MacBook Pro OSX by Constantin Eichstaedt

6. Dualshock 3 Icon by Benjamin Nathan

7. Fjernsyn by Rasmus Nielsen

8. Trash Can Icon by Gert Jan Lodder

9. Sweatie by Delta Nine

10. Apple Rainbow Icon by Alex

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Written By Nina

Haneen (Nina) Krimly is a 19 year old freelance blogger, photographer and designer. She's the main owner of Junkiee.Net. Nina is an Adobe certified associate for Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver. She is currently a full time student in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Twitter | Flickr | DeviantART)

71 Comments

Warren O'Donoghue
September 1st, 2010 at 10:10 am
Some outstanding examples of peoples hard work, I especially love 2. Orbiting Amsterdam Harbour by Nikolaj and 4. INTUITION by BringYourHate … oh and the Helvetica and Halloween icons/avatars are great too
Derek McTavish Mounce
September 6th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
Nice examples indeed, but it’s not graphic design –or not pointedly so. This falls into illustration, which, while indeed often an aspect of a design, exercises a very different aspect of the practice.
Arslan
September 21st, 2010 at 08:53 am
Its so amazing
Paromita
September 26th, 2010 at 11:07 am
Amazing work.Very good.
Tinh
October 9th, 2010 at 07:19 am
Excellent collection. I love Einstein the most
Sparsh
October 16th, 2010 at 06:50 am
You have shared awesome collection of graphics design examples. I like the examples of Photo-Manipulation Design.
chris
October 20th, 2010 at 01:16 pm
AMAZING work! WOW truly one of a kind – i especially like the tyra and MJ ones
Sumon Khan
November 7th, 2010 at 03:31 pm
Wow ! This is really great and amazing. Thanks for share with us !
Blackberry App Development
November 17th, 2010 at 12:39 am
WOW!! They are some great examples.
Hannah Hurst
January 4th, 2011 at 05:42 pm
These are all fantastic and so inspiring! Really liking the typography examples, makes me want to design a typography piece of my own now. Thanks for sharing.
Need Developers
January 7th, 2011 at 01:44 am
Each and every images are fantastic, unique and better than other
RyanQM
February 4th, 2011 at 05:00 am
Every design is a beauty but the vector graphics for portraits a simply stunning. amazing work by some great designers.
Richard Rodgers
March 29th, 2011 at 09:16 pm
These are very nice, I wonder if there a tutorial out there that can show us how to do it ?
Jan - Web logic studios
April 18th, 2011 at 10:17 am
Great work here, surely is very professional and great style.
ninjacontent
June 2nd, 2011 at 05:37 am
I am amazed by the awesome collection of images on this site. Can I use some of them on my website? I really loved the one that depicts lightening. Thanks a lot in advance for your answer.
Tejpal Shekhawat
June 17th, 2011 at 05:35 am
Hi,
Great work!
Very nice thought with highly creative graphic.

Thanks for share it!
Amam Nancy
June 24th, 2011 at 10:42 am
AM IN LOVE WITH ALL THIS DESIGNS.REALLY AM INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW TO DESIGN ALL THIS. 5 STARS FOR IT*****
Barry
June 28th, 2011 at 10:35 pm
Wow great designs indeed. I love the new look on your blog easy to read and easy to comment on the posts/.
Juegos de chicas
August 2nd, 2011 at 12:32 pm
Wow! really awesome, I love it!
Dusty
August 14th, 2011 at 04:49 pm
Nice post buddy, Keep Sharing
robert stevens
August 17th, 2011 at 09:34 am
good examples im in graphic design class right now
kentreslyramos
August 21st, 2011 at 05:01 am
wow !! very niCe
IT Consultancy Services
August 30th, 2011 at 07:29 am
amazing designs…!!
Nadia
September 13th, 2011 at 03:44 pm
Stunning!!
It’s amazing what talented designers are capable of!!
Will Jones
September 21st, 2011 at 07:27 pm
Wow!!! That’s a great list!!
lxn
September 26th, 2011 at 09:37 am
Great collections!
Sincere Ruelan
October 16th, 2011 at 09:22 am
thanks for this ,i can use it in my class….
Sincere Ruelan
October 16th, 2011 at 09:23 am
nice posting, i like all the created designs, i was amazed how it is being made… thanks for this site.
Rick Feit
October 18th, 2011 at 03:02 pm
The Vector art is amazing!

I always liked vector art, wish I could do more websites and designs using it, but it’s just not something my clients ask for

Awesome collection though, enjoyed viewing these!
Leon Woodward
October 29th, 2011 at 02:02 am
Haha, my favorite’s number 7. Gotta love Po.
Numisma Technologies
October 31st, 2011 at 06:55 am
These are really awesome graphic designs. Looking so cool and fantastic.I would love to learn it. Thanks for sharing this superb post with us.
Morgan & Me Creative
November 24th, 2011 at 11:05 am
Love the vector pieces, they were amazing! The Tyra and Halle ones had gorgeous skin tones.
Desain Grafis
December 1st, 2011 at 06:27 pm
thank you for the information, but can you discuss more about interior design
David
December 3rd, 2011 at 06:36 pm
I love reading blog comments. Every wanna-be doucher with a Mac is a designer who knows everything and apparently didn’t bother to look over all the examples before they spout off. Do the world a favor and choke on a knit cap, Derek.
lila3626
December 5th, 2011 at 12:51 pm
i like mine craft how come they wont make a minecraft picture
Dragon_ice40
December 13th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
love them
Aficionado
December 31st, 2011 at 07:35 am
Gosh, I wished I could do something like this. These pictures are amazing!
Nigar Fatima
January 7th, 2012 at 07:30 am
WOW! these r the best design samples I’ve ever seen…Have given me great ideas.
PrinterPrinting
January 8th, 2012 at 01:57 pm
Great article! Thanks for the advice, greatly appreciated!
Kevin
January 30th, 2012 at 06:07 am
These are awesome, love the ninja, and the future reflections one!
mia
February 18th, 2012 at 10:03 am
these are really good, but they aren’t graphic design.they are mostly illustration and that isn’t just what graphic design is about.
AJAX loaders
February 25th, 2012 at 01:44 pm
Honestly, did not find anithing breathtaking except the one from the photo design – 4th one (Intuition). Some of those are really nice, no arguments, but can’t be called “breathtaking”.

The design of the webitect IS breathtaking
Rinku Kharkia
March 10th, 2012 at 04:01 am
its really awesome…….thnx 4 sharing. i m really LOVE Photo-Manipulation Design….:)
Mark
March 20th, 2012 at 01:59 pm
All of these are so interesting. Great collection you have here!
Khandu Wangchuk
March 27th, 2012 at 10:12 pm
its……awesome…………..i like it………..
Nell Yang
April 29th, 2012 at 05:24 am
Very nice job! Styles are so different. I just started learning graghic design. It’s not easy for me. But I will hold on to it:-)
Offlajn
May 11th, 2012 at 06:55 am
I would rather say that they are graphic illustrations, but nice work anyway
Jasa Pembuatan Web
June 25th, 2012 at 02:27 am
Very nice list! I like photo digital manipulation
SAMIT N KUVADIA
June 25th, 2012 at 06:26 am
SUPERB GRAPHICS, EVEN I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN GRAPHIC DESIGNING, COULD YOU HELP ME WITH SOME DETAILS ON HOW TO LEARN AND WHAT ALL CAN BE DONE BY LEARNING GRAPHIC DESIGNING AND WHERE IT WILL BE USEFUL TO ME. ALSO LET ME KNOW THAT U HAVE TO BE VERY GOOD AT DRAWING OR IT CAN BE DONE OTHERWISE.PLEASE REPLY ME ASAP

THANK YOU
SAMIT N KUVADIA
uxzeal
June 30th, 2012 at 01:09 am
All of them are very inspiring…
Chopol (Graphic Designer)
June 30th, 2012 at 04:46 am
It’s excellent & creative no doubt it.
Time
July 15th, 2012 at 08:56 am
Beauty! Loved it!
Parul & Vikram
July 28th, 2012 at 01:56 am
would like to learn is it Adobe Illustrator, many place i see photograph is used am i right.
ages graphics
August 4th, 2012 at 12:25 pm
i love them all i hope to be as skilled and creative as these graphic artist some day. good work.
dave@Fiveonline
August 17th, 2012 at 05:19 am
Creativity at its best. Some of these graphics are breathtaking. I would definitely like to see more. Thanks for this.
Joint Medias
August 24th, 2012 at 02:31 pm
Such an amazing collection of images.
Sunil
September 22nd, 2012 at 02:18 am
All graphics are amazingly made by artist, this is realy awosome. thanks gyes to share it……………………
Lizzi Kocik
September 22nd, 2012 at 05:12 pm
What an awful selection of work. This undermines us designers greatly.
krishnendu saha
September 27th, 2012 at 12:23 am
AWSOME..MIND BLOWING…WAHAT A COLLECTION
Haji netia
September 28th, 2012 at 12:41 pm
wonderful creativity to me designers are gods who create staff out off their owns imaginations.
John
October 4th, 2012 at 05:38 am
Haha, these are great! Loved the Jimi Hendrix and Tyra painting.
oxygren
October 11th, 2012 at 08:08 am
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aimeé
December 8th, 2012 at 11:52 am
increíbles superó mis expectativas
Mobile App Development Company
May 9th, 2013 at 01:19 am
Superb designs, i loved the “The Good Thing About BAD TEST IS THAT”