Most people think branding starts with Canva.
It starts with decisions.
When those decisions are missing,
your content looks scattered -
even when the individual pieces are decent.
A few basics matter most:
✅ Define your core values and personality
What do you want people to feel from your brand?
Professional, bold, playful, direct, calm?
✅ Choose a consistent colour palette
Pick 3-5 colours and use them across your posts,
graphics, and profile. Every time.
✅ Keep one visual style
Choose an aesthetic that fits your brand and stick with it,
minimalist, vibrant, clean, geometric, abstract.
✅ Use typography with purpose
Two fonts. One for headlines, one for body.
Serif feels classic. Sans serif feels modern.
Either works. Mixing six does not.
✅ Build a recognisable voice
Your tone, your wording, your sign-off.
These are all brand decisions - not afterthoughts.
When your identity is clear, your content looks stronger,
feels more consistent, and takes less effort to create.
When it isn't, no amount of templates fixes it.
Does your current brand pass the consistency check?
that one line should be pinned at the top of every design tutorial Rafal Michalczyk Mar 15 1 like