Take your "Canva skills" to the next level

with my compilation of design hacks

/THE
HOPE-
FUL
DESIGNS/
Written by:

Allen Jacob M. Facelo

INTRODUCTION
This book has been directly inspired by YOU.

My followers and audiences interact with me daily,

asking questions and seeking knowledge.

"How can I create good designs in Canva?"

Seek no more.Because this book is my compilation of all

the Canva design tricks I discover.

Inside here is the A to Z. Different styles you can do to

make your designs engaging and is useful for your
business, workplace, studies, and personal purposes.

I only have one rule for my readers:

APPLICATION

Don't just read this but also implement all the design
hacks and tips I have created for you.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The Hopeful Designer is founded by Allen Jacob M.
Facelo. He is a 20-year old college student taking
Bachelor of Science in business administration major in
marketing. He is also a life coach at Hail King Jesus
Paranaque

Allen Jacob Facelo is a freelancer and digital marketer

who specializes in graphic designing and Facebooks ads,
His design niche is in the field of advertising and
marketing products in order to help businesses reach
their market and increase their sale in social media, he
loves to creates scroll stopping creatives for his clients

Allen
The Hopeful Designer

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CANVA 2O
MOST
IMP0RTANT
DESIGN-
PRINCIPLES.
 1.LINE 2.SCALE

Helps direct the eye Draws attention to and form

Creates emphasis certain element
Give a sense of direction Creates emphasis/ drama

3.COLOUR 4. CONSISTENCY

Create a strong palette Helps to tie lots of individual

Use the right colour process elements together
Consider colour theory Crucial for consistent branding

5.NEGATIVE SPACE 6.SYMMETRY

'The space in between' Creates a sense of 'peace'

Create clever images The human eye is attracted to
Excellent for logos symmetry

7.TRANSPARENCY 8.TEXTURE

Helps in element interaction Gives tactility to designs

Can create movement Gives depth to designs
Use it intentionally Makes design more realistic
9.TYPOGRAPHY 10.HIERARCHY

Each element has weight Navigate user design

Adjust your design's balance Signals importance of elements
via scale and ruler Use scale, line colour, etc
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 11.CONTRAST
Helps direct the eye
Creates emphasis
Give a sense of direction
13.GRID
Helps align elements
One grid can be used in
many different ways
15.DIRECTION
Gives viewer a 'path'
Directs the eye on where
it wants to move
17.MOVEMENT
Brings life to designs
Try blur effects, motion
lines or waving effects
19.BALANCE
Aa Aa
Pick a distinct font palette
that fits your design
Use wisely and carefully
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12.FRAMING
Helps highlights elements
Looks aesthetic & powerful
Crop images in an amazing way
14.RANDOMLESS
Don't be afraid to break rules
Assymmetry and clutter can be
effective visual tools
16.RULES
Learn design rules but don't
feel limited to them
Break rules the right way
18.DEPTH
Give dimension to 2D design
Try texture, shadows, 3D
effects, horizon lines etc.
20.COMPOSITION
The arrangement of elements
Have purpose with composition
Use scale, depth, and hierarchy
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Canva Design

H@cks.
Canva Hack no. 1

Layering Effect
STEP 1: Choose your image

STEP 2: Duplicate it and removed the bg of the other

STEP 3: Put it on the original image and search the element

'waves'

P.s.: You can also try these with different elements

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Canva Hack no. 2

Color Isolation Effect

STEP 1: Choose your image

STEP 2: Do the same thing as hack no. 1 but this time

lower the saturation of the original image into -100

STEP 3: Put the transparent bg on the original image

P.s.: You can also try other filters for the image

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Canva Hack no. 3

Sliced a head!
STEP 1: Choose a head image

STEP 2: Crop the image like this:

STEP 3: Search in the elements 'newbrushstroke cream'

insert these element on to the cropped image

STEP 4: Tilt the head a little bit to add some effect

Congrats! You just sliced the head of the world's richest man

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Canva Hack no. 4

Pop-out effect
STEP 1: Choose your image

STEP 2: Duplicate it and put it in a frame (if your image

has a bg, remove the bg of the other copy and the one
you're going to put in the frame do not

STEP 3: Crop the image in the frame, adjust it to the

size of pop-out you wanted

STEP 4: Lock the frame and put your other image under
it. Adjust it to make it look more realistic (removed bg)

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Canva Hack no. 5

Outline effect
STEP 1: Choose your image

STEP 2: Duplicate your image and change the color of

the other image: Effects > Duotone > Adjust it to your
chosen color

STEP 3: Put the all colored image under the original image
and adjust it to become bigger than the original image

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Canva Hack no. 6

Focus Effect
STEP 1: Type a word and download it with no bg

STEP 2: Put a circle frame in the middle of it and then lock it

STEP 3: Put the downloaded word in the frame and align it

STEP 4: Blur the image under the frame (you can cut it in
half if it overexpose. You can also put a ring on the frame
to make it more realistic

P.s.: You can also try this with images and elements

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Canva Hack no. 7

Sliced a Font!
STEP 1: Write a word, rotate it 90 degrees, and download
it

STEP 2: Select in the elements "Frame I" and put the

downloaded image in it. Duplicate it

STEP 3: Crop it so both image will look one

STEP 4: Put drop shadow (this can be search at Photos)

on the middle so it'll look more better

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Canva Hack no. 8

Half Hot Half Cold

STEP 1: Search in the elements 'Frame Letters'

STEP 2: Search in the Photos Ice/Fire

STEP 3: Put it in the frame letters

P.s.: I think you already know it, you can try these hack with different texture

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Canva Hack no. 9

Circle Text Effect

STEP 1: Pick a circle and organize it in this manner and
download it

STEP 2: Pick a letter frame

STEP 3: Insert the downloaded image on the frame and

adjust it to look in lined

P.s.: It looks visible on a black background

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Canva Hack no. 10

Fall Effect
STEP 1: Add two triangles and a rectangle and align them

STEP 2: Cover the space between the 2 triangles and add

a rectangle on middle of black rectangle. add shadow to
make it more realistic

STEP 3: Add triangle on top of the rectangle

P.s.: You can put a line to make it look more like a road

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Canva Hack no. 11

Dual Color Effect

STEP 1: Type a word and download it with no background

STEP 2: Change its color and place a triangle frame in it

STEP 2: Insert the original image on the frame and align it

STEP 3: Now add a normal triangle and make it a little bigger

than the frame and change it to color of the background

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Canva Hack no. 12

Dripping Effect
STEP 1: Choose your image

STEP 2: Go to elements and search drip

STEP 3: Rotate the drip element and change it to the

color of the background

P.s.: It looks visible on a black background

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Canva Hack no. 13

Bend a Pencil
STEP 1: Choose a pencil with no bg and download it

STEP 2: Effects > Liquify > Wobble (make sure it is the

downloaded image)

STEP 3: Repeat step 2 on the bended pencil for more

wobbly shake

P.s.: You can also try this at different objects

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 Canva Hack no. 14

Glass Effect
STEP 1: Write the text you want

Glass
Effect
STEP 2: Duplicate the page, change its background to grey
and download that slide

Glass
Effect
STEP 3: Put a rectangular frame on the text

Glass
Effect
STEP 4: Align it and set the blur to 13 and vignette to 100

Glass
Effect
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Canva Hack no. 15

Portal Effect
STEP 1: Write the text you want

STEP 2: Put a circle frame between the ring

STEP 3: Put an image in it and outside the circle

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MY SECRET
Many ask, "so how do you think of these design
hacks?"

All these design hacks were possible and invented

because of the 20 design principles when you
understand it's purpose and use your creative mind you
can create your own design hack too!

Just like the "Half hot Half cold effect" it is an effect

where Texture is used properly.

"So, Allen, you never copy?"

I got to admit, sometimes I copy but that is what

art/design is all about, based on Austin Kleon's book,
Steal Like An Artist, a true artist never steal from one
source it does not mean that all your designs must be
stolen and have no originality it just means that design is
all about innovation and once you steal it you don't just
copy it. You improved it. You make it better. That's what
design is all about.

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SUMMARY
Congratulations, creative on reaching this point!

These are not just the available design hacks you

can do at Canva, as a matter of fact, if I will be given
a chance to name 100, I can.

This design hacks does not guarantee that your designs

will be excellent and attractive. The purpose of this
design hacks is just to help your design convey the
message easily. What makes a design attractive and
appealing to look at, is the proper use of palettes,
elements, fonts, and images - in other words branding.
Build your brand by having a consistent and strong
visual identity, how? , use the proper elements for your
niche.

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A SPECIAL MESSAGE
TO YOU
If you are reading this, know that I am grateful to have
you, creative!

I shared my knowledge, now it is up to you to implement

it. Do you still remember my rule?

If you need help along your journey in designing scroll-

stopping graphics, you knew where to find me:
https://www.facebook.com/TheHopefulDesigns

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DO YOU WANT TO
LEARN MORE?
I am going to release a two new e-book, this time it will
focus on freelancing and how to become a content
creator using Canva and the other one: 30-day client
fishing. This e-book has a value of:

Canva freelancer and content creator- 1,000

30- day client fishing- Php 2,000

But since you have finished my first e-book as an

appreciation to you I will give you a 50% discount! - the
CFCC (Php 500) & 30 day client fishing (Php 1,000)

The goal of this two e-book is not just to build your skills
in designing but to enhance your brand and qualify you
for premium clients - clients that pay 25k minimum
and above.

P.s.: The book covers and titles are not yet final and is subject to change

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