Graphic
adjective
Providing a clear and effective picture, detailed and vivid.
He gave a graphic description of the accident
Often appears as...
- graphic depiction
- graphic detail
noun
An image or visual representation of something.
The graphics in this game are amazing
Often appears as...
- computer graphics
- graphic design
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Technical
adjective
Relating to the visual arts, especially involving drawing, engraving, or lettering.
He's a graphic designer
Often appears as...
- graphic design
- graphic artist
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Technical
adjective
Showing or depicting something in a way that is very explicit, usually something unpleasant or violent.
The film contains graphic scenes of violence
Often appears as...
- graphic violence
- graphic scene
adjective
Providing a clear and effective picture, detailed and vivid.
He gave a graphic description of the accident
Often appears as...
- graphic depiction
- graphic detail
noun
An image or visual representation of something.
The graphics in this game are amazing
Often appears as...
- computer graphics
- graphic design
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Relating to the visual arts, especially involving drawing, engraving, or lettering.
He's a graphic designer
Often appears as...
- graphic design
- graphic artist
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Showing or depicting something in a way that is very explicit, usually something unpleasant or violent.
The film contains graphic scenes of violence
Often appears as...
- graphic violence
- graphic scene
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Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Impact
Use 'graphic' to intensify the mental imagery in your listener's mind.
Her graphic recount made me feel like I witnessed the event myself.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Overuse
Using 'graphic' too much can weaken its effect or seem insensitive.
If I describe every meal graphically, it loses its impact.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visual
'Graphic' details can involve other senses, not just sight.
He gave a graphic description of the thunderstorm's sounds.
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Impact
Use 'graphic' to intensify the mental imagery in your listener's mind.
Her graphic recount made me feel like I witnessed the event myself.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Overuse
Using 'graphic' too much can weaken its effect or seem insensitive.
If I describe every meal graphically, it loses its impact.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visual
'Graphic' details can involve other senses, not just sight.
He gave a graphic description of the thunderstorm's sounds.
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Impact
Use 'graphic' to intensify the mental imagery in your listener's mind.
Her graphic recount made me feel like I witnessed the event myself.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Overuse
Using 'graphic' too much can weaken its effect or seem insensitive.
If I describe every meal graphically, it loses its impact.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visual
'Graphic' details can involve other senses, not just sight.
He gave a graphic description of the thunderstorm's sounds.
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John Graham-Cumming: The...
It's completely mechanical, again, a printer. It prints just numbers, because he was obsessed with numbers, but it does print onto paper, and it even does word wrapping, so if you get to the end of the line, it goes around like that. You also need graphics, right? I mean, if you're going to do anything with graphics, so he said, "Well, I need a plotter. I've got a big piece of paper
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Unveiling the genius of...
We have all this great data, but for some reason, it's just sitting there. We're not accessing it. And one of the reasons why I think that is will be helped by things like graphics and visualization and inference tools, but I also think a big part of it is going to be having better interfaces, to be able to drill down into this kind of data,
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The greatest machine...
and even does word wrapping so to get to underline it goes round like that and you also need graphics right I mean if you going to do anything with graphics so he said well I need a plotter I got a big piece of paper an ink pen and I'll make it plot so he designed a plotter as well and and you know at that point I
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3 ways the brain creates...
graphics, illustrations, that create meaning? And this is an important question to ask and answer because the more we understand how the brain creates meaning, the better we can communicate, and, I also think, the better we can think and collaborate together. So this year we're going to visualize how
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Paul Debevec animates a...
One of the biggest challenges in computer graphics has been being able to create a photo-real, digital human face. And one of the reasons it is so difficult is that, unlike aliens and dinosaurs, we look at human faces every day. They are very important to how we communicate with each other.
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Making the impossible...
doing that is this mashup of Technology and story technology from me my past life as a producer was this space of animation and design and graphics and things that came out of a computer but
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Marian Bantjes:...
and the way most graphic designers work to pursue a more personal approach to my work, with only the humble attempt to simply make a living doing something that I loved.
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Inventing Graphics on...
even if it's not truly writing it's an incredibly important clue to understanding where and how graphic communication really started coming together
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Panda Bear Marks...
graphic proof of the inefficiencies of the pandas digestive system
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Cobra Devours Rat PIPE...
and that concludes this very graphic motivational seminar
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John Graham-Cumming: The...
It's completely mechanical, again, a printer. It prints just numbers, because he was obsessed with numbers, but it does print onto paper, and it even does word wrapping, so if you get to the end of the line, it goes around like that. You also need graphics, right? I mean, if you're going to do anything with graphics, so he said, "Well, I need a plotter. I've got a big piece of paper
Video examples
Unveiling the genius of...
We have all this great data, but for some reason, it's just sitting there. We're not accessing it. And one of the reasons why I think that is will be helped by things like graphics and visualization and inference tools, but I also think a big part of it is going to be having better interfaces, to be able to drill down into this kind of data,
Video examples
The greatest machine...
and even does word wrapping so to get to underline it goes round like that and you also need graphics right I mean if you going to do anything with graphics so he said well I need a plotter I got a big piece of paper an ink pen and I'll make it plot so he designed a plotter as well and and you know at that point I
Video examples
3 ways the brain creates...
graphics, illustrations, that create meaning? And this is an important question to ask and answer because the more we understand how the brain creates meaning, the better we can communicate, and, I also think, the better we can think and collaborate together. So this year we're going to visualize how
Video examples
Paul Debevec animates a...
One of the biggest challenges in computer graphics has been being able to create a photo-real, digital human face. And one of the reasons it is so difficult is that, unlike aliens and dinosaurs, we look at human faces every day. They are very important to how we communicate with each other.
Video examples
Making the impossible...
doing that is this mashup of Technology and story technology from me my past life as a producer was this space of animation and design and graphics and things that came out of a computer but
Video examples
Marian Bantjes:...
and the way most graphic designers work to pursue a more personal approach to my work, with only the humble attempt to simply make a living doing something that I loved.
Video examples
Inventing Graphics on...
even if it's not truly writing it's an incredibly important clue to understanding where and how graphic communication really started coming together
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Panda Bear Marks...
graphic proof of the inefficiencies of the pandas digestive system
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Cobra Devours Rat PIPE...
and that concludes this very graphic motivational seminar
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Glenn Danzig
American Musician
Comics are a dying art. If you ask a little kid to choose between a video game with insane graphics or comic books... you have to compete with cable, satellite TV with its thousands of channels, and with video games that are like movies, with CGI explosions where you can blow up worlds.
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Fabrizio Moreira
Ecuadorian Politician
Many people think that being a graphic designer means going to an expensive art school and buying expensive software that will cost you thousands of dollars. This is so far from the truth. There are hundreds of online education centers that offer top-notch graphic design training.
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George Lois
American Artist
A graphic designer, you know, who understands ideas and understands that ideas are what makes the world go round, could change the world with a magazine. If one talent could do it right now, and everybody would stop saying it's the death of magazines.
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Jon Scieszka
American Author
Expand the definition of 'reading' to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites. It's the pleasure of reading that counts; the focus will naturally broaden. A boy won't read shark books forever.
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Bob Dylan
American Musician
I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work.
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James Frain
English Actor
I don't keep a record of the parts I've played, and I don't compare characters, but maybe I should? I could construct a graphic that grades badness and madness levels? Interesting idea.
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan
American Actor
My agent will say, 'Well, it's another graphic novel.' I don't care. It's better writing than anything else that's out there. The characters are much better.
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Ginevra Elkann
Italian Producer
It's important to show that creativity is in many different sectors, not just in graphic design or filmmaking.
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Warren Spector
American Designer
I would love to take 'Ultimata Underworld' and literally update the graphics.
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Tim Allen
American Comedian
I love doing logos. I've been a graphic artist all my life.
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Glenn Danzig
American Musician
Comics are a dying art. If you ask a little kid to choose between a video game with insane graphics or comic books... you have to compete with cable, satellite TV with its thousands of channels, and with video games that are like movies, with CGI explosions where you can blow up worlds.
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Fabrizio Moreira
Ecuadorian Politician
Many people think that being a graphic designer means going to an expensive art school and buying expensive software that will cost you thousands of dollars. This is so far from the truth. There are hundreds of online education centers that offer top-notch graphic design training.
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George Lois
American Artist
A graphic designer, you know, who understands ideas and understands that ideas are what makes the world go round, could change the world with a magazine. If one talent could do it right now, and everybody would stop saying it's the death of magazines.
Quote examples
Jon Scieszka
American Author
Expand the definition of 'reading' to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites. It's the pleasure of reading that counts; the focus will naturally broaden. A boy won't read shark books forever.
Quote examples
Bob Dylan
American Musician
I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work.
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James Frain
English Actor
I don't keep a record of the parts I've played, and I don't compare characters, but maybe I should? I could construct a graphic that grades badness and madness levels? Interesting idea.
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan
American Actor
My agent will say, 'Well, it's another graphic novel.' I don't care. It's better writing than anything else that's out there. The characters are much better.
Quote examples
Ginevra Elkann
Italian Producer
It's important to show that creativity is in many different sectors, not just in graphic design or filmmaking.
Quote examples
Warren Spector
American Designer
I would love to take 'Ultimata Underworld' and literally update the graphics.
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Tim Allen
American Comedian
I love doing logos. I've been a graphic artist all my life.
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