graphic-design
Skill0 starsChanged 48 days agoMITView on GitHub
Raster and vector graphic design on codeonym's Arch workstation with GIMP 3.2 (+ G'MIC, Resynthesizer), Inkscape 1.4, ImageMagick 7, potrace and the web-image optimizers (pngquant, oxipng, jpegoptim, cwebp, avifenc, cjxl). Use when the user wants to make or edit a logo, banner, social-media post, thumbnail, poster graphic, icon set, or wants to batch-export, resize, convert, vectorize or compress images. Also use when they ask which graphic tool to use for a job.
6 other projects use a version of this, 1 of them edited.
Adopted by
Most recently taken up by
- ArnavPuri/designskillstheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- codeonym-oss/design-skillsedited, first seen Oct 20, 2026
- bookchaowalit/platform-agent-skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 20, 2026
- mrdainami/omni-video-directortheir own version, first seen Jul 9, 2026
- fabioc-aloha/alex-cognitive-architecturetheir own version, first seen Apr 26, 2026
- travisjneuman/.claudetheir own version, first seen Feb 25, 2026
Other versions6 projects use a version of this.
Word for word · 0
None found.
Edited · 1
- codeonym-oss/design-skills★ 037% same
Wrote their own version · 5
- travisjneuman/.claude★ 106same name
- ArnavPuri/designskills★ 17same name
- mrdainami/omni-video-director★ 16same name
- bookchaowalit/platform-agent-skills★ 0same name
- fabioc-aloha/alex-cognitive-architecture★ 0same name
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
In this repository9 other files it gives its agents.
- 3d-modelingSkill
- design-doctorSkill
- illustrationSkill
- photo-editingSkill
- print-layoutSkill
- screen-recordingSkill
- typographySkill
- ui-designSkill
- video-editingSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
5 rules. 0 are common, 2 are distinctive, and 3 are very specific to this project.
0
Common
Most of the 6 edited versions we read keep these.
2
Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
3
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 26
Must scale, or has few flat colors (logo, icon, badge, diagram) → Inkscape, keep the source as SVG.
- Very specific: line 33
All in scripts/. Run with bash <skill-dir>/scripts/<name>.
- Very specific: line 53
Keep an editable master (.svg / .xcf) next to every export.
- Very specific: line 56
Use colors in sRGB for screens.
- Distinctive: line 57
Before delivering, look at the export at 100 % and at the real display size.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 6 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Graphic design (GIMP · Inkscape · ImageMagick)
Toolkit on this machine
| Tool | Use it for | Launch / CLI |
| Inkscape 1.4 | Vector: logos, icons, banners, anything that must scale | inkscape · headless inkscape file.svg --export-type=png |
| GIMP 3.2 | Raster: photo compositing, retouching, textures, mockups | gimp · batch gimp-console-3.2 |
| G'MIC-Qt (GIMP plugin) | 500+ filters: stylize, denoise, sharpen, artistic looks | GIMP → Filters → G'MIC-Qt |
| Resynthesizer (GIMP plugin) | Content-aware fill / object removal | GIMP → Filters → Enhance → Heal selection |
| ImageMagick 7 | Scripted resize, crop, compose, convert | magick |
| potrace | Bitmap → SVG tracing (logos from scans) | potrace (also Inkscape Path → Trace Bitmap) |
| Optimizers | Shrink exports for the web | pngquant, oxipng, jpegoptim, cwebp, avifenc, cjxl, GUI: curtail |
| Eyedropper | Pick colors anywhere on screen (Wayland-safe) | eyedropper |
| Upscayl | AI upscaling of low-res assets | upscayl |
Fonts, color and brand typography live in the typography skill; UI mockups in ui-design; print-ready PDFs in print-layout.
Pick the right tool
- Must scale, or has few flat colors (logo, icon, badge, diagram) → Inkscape, keep the source as SVG.
- Built from photos, textures, painting or effects → GIMP, keep the source as
.xcf. - Hand-drawn look or painting → the
illustrationskill (Krita). - Same edit applied to many files → ImageMagick / scripts below, never repeat by hand.
Scripts
All in scripts/. Run with bash <skill-dir>/scripts/<name>.
| Script | What it does |
check.sh | Verifies GIMP, plugins, Inkscape, ImageMagick, optimizers; prints install commands for anything missing |
svg-export.sh <file.svg> [sizes…] | Exports an SVG to PNGs at several widths (default 512 1024 2048) plus PDF |
social-sizes.sh <image> [--fit|--fill] | Renders one master image into every common social/banner size |
optimize.sh <files…> | Lossless/near-lossless compression in place-safe copies (*.opt.*), plus WebP and AVIF variants |
vectorize.sh <bitmap> [threshold%] | Traces a black-and-white bitmap (scan, sketch logo) into a clean SVG |
Workflows
Step-by-step guides are in references/:
references/logo-in-inkscape.md— design a logo from concept to exported brand kit.references/social-graphics.md— templates, safe zones and the size table used bysocial-sizes.sh.references/gimp-essentials.md— GIMP 3 non-destructive workflow, G'MIC, Resynthesizer, export settings.
Rules of thumb
- Keep an editable master (
.svg/.xcf) next to every export; exports go in anexport/folder. - Design at the largest size you will need, export down — never scale raster up (use Upscayl if forced).
- Web exports: PNG only for flat graphics/transparency, otherwise WebP/AVIF with a JPEG fallback. Always run
optimize.sh. - Use colors in sRGB for screens. Print (CMYK) is handled in the
print-layoutskill. - Before delivering, look at the export at 100 % and at the real display size.
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