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How to Create a Colourful Dasara Infographic in InDesign

20/10/2018 admin

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Final product image — What You’ll Be Creating

Vijayadashami, also known as Dasara, Dusshera, or Dussehra, is a major Hindu festival celebrated at the end of Navratri every year, which typically falls in the Gregorian months of September and October.

This colorful infographic is a tribute to the Dasara festival, during which processions and celebrations take place across many parts of the Indian subcontinent.

This is a great introduction to infographic design for beginners, and you can also share the completed design on social media. You can download the high-quality version of the infographic here.

If you want to create your own unique infographics, you can discover a massive range of icons and infographic templates on Envato Elements and GraphicRiver.

What You’ll Need to Create Your Infographic

We’ll put together the infographic artwork in Adobe InDesign, but you’ll also need to have access to vector software like Adobe Illustrator to edit the temple graphics and icons.

You’ll also need to download the following images and fonts from Envato Elements:

Install the fonts on your computer, and you’re ready to get started.

1. Create the Infographic Document in InDesign

Step 1

Open InDesign and go to File > New > Document.

Click on Web at the top of the window to set the intent of the document. Then set the Width of the page to 870 px and Height to 2600 px.

Uncheck Facing Pages. Add Margins of 44 px, and then click Create.

Step 2

Expand the Layers panel (Window > Layers) and double-click on Layer 1, renaming it Background.

Create two more new layers—first Graphics, and then Type at the top.

Lock both the Graphics and Type layers, and click on the Background layer to activate it.

Step 3

Expand the Swatches panel (Window > Color > Swatches) and choose New Color Swatch from the panel’s main menu (at top-right).

Set the levels to C=0 M=92 Y=15 K=0*. Click Add and Done.

Create three more new swatches with the following values:

C=20 M=14 Y=97 K=2
C=4 M=80 Y=89 K=0
C=6 M=32 Y=91 K=0

* If you’re creating your infographic for print, you can set your swatches to CMYK. But even if you’re exporting your infographic to share online, you can still use CMYK swatches and simply export to an RGB color mode later on.

Step 4

Working on the Background layer, select the Rectangle Tool (M) from the Tools panel, and drag across the top of the page to create a small rectangle about 267 px in Height (visible from the top Controls panel).

From the Swatches panel, set the Stroke Color of the shape to [None] and Fill Color to your new yellow swatch, C=6 M=32 Y=91 K=0.

Step 5

Create a second shape 557 px in Height, positioning it below the first. Set the Fill to orange, C=4 M=80 Y=89 K=0.

Edit > Copy and Edit > Paste this shape, and position below, creating a sequence of shapes. Switch the Fill to green, C=20 M=14 Y=97 K=2.

Paste two more shapes below, setting the first to a pink Fill of C=0 M=92 Y=15 K=0, and the second to yellow, C=6 M=32 Y=91 K=0.