Do you enjoy learning through real-world projects? This project-based course is comprehensive. It starts at beginner level and moves up to advanced level projects. This course contains over 10 hours of video-based project learning and is designed to appeal to graphic designers of all levels. It can help students learn software and design principles while exposing them to the most popular graphic design projects.
We are experts in all aspects of design, including layout, color, exporting, preparing files for printing, working with digital files and InDesign.
We will show you step-by-step how to create:
Badges and Seals
Logo Design
A complete package design for a food project.
We will be covering book cover design. We will cover three types of book covers: a romance novel, non-fiction book, and an illustrated children's book. We discuss what makes a book cover solid and how to use grids, typography, and basic layout principles.
We will tackle digital projects together, including looking at what makes YouTube cover photos compelling.
We also discuss digital art, and how to create an eclectic modern album cover.
We then master editorial design by creating a dynamic cover and full article spread for a home-cooking magazine. We discuss how to use larger blocks of text, font pairings and headlines, and how to maximize InDesign and Photoshop to maximize our impact.
We will also have a 4-hour advanced section for those who are interested in more complex real-world projects. We will create the entire branding package from scratch for a conference, including the Logo design, posters, advertising, digital marketing campaign, large format welcome banners, and even a postcard.
This section is for anyone who wants to learn how to export files of all types and how to prepare them for professional printing or for the press.
This section will provide a wealth of information that will satisfy anyone who is interested in learning how to handle large-scale graphic design projects.
This course is perfect for those who enjoy a hands-on, project-based learning approach and those who love to see different projects being created. This course is perfect for anyone who wants to learn how to maximize Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. You will also learn tons of new tools that can speed up your workflow.
This course is perfect for advanced designers, beginners, and everyone in between.
