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Graphic Design Class Online June 2, 2023 Fundementals
Graphic Design Course
Online Training
$495.00
Learn design concepts and principles to increase your confidence in designs that you create while making certain they follow best practices and principles in this intensive graphic design course. Discover how guidelines and theories impact layout, type and color in this one-day graphic design course that teaches fundamental skills that are practical for users across various roles and functions.
Graphic Design Course Topics
Graphic Design from a Historical Perspective
- Why design is important
- Influence of Art Nouveau, Cubism, Bauhaus, German and Swiss design in modern art
- Understanding the International Typographic Style
- Review of major influencers in modern design
- Origins of function determines form and fierce reduction of unnecessary elements
Understanding the importance of sketching
- Low fidelity methods
- Developing innovative concepts
- Creating flexibility in early stages of design
- Focusing on ideas, not tools
Understanding space in graphic design
- Understanding and using negative space
- Creating designs that utilize white and non-white space
Balance in your designs
- Understanding types of balance
- Experimenting with symmetrical and asymmetrical designs
- Experimenting with weight in order to create more dynamic designs
Adding rhythm and harmony to your design
- Discovering how patterns and repetition can lead the eye
- Create more effective designs using these principles
Typography: effective use of type
- Typeface scenarios.
- Understanding which typefaces are best to use in different situations
- Type terminology and what it means
- Basic typography rules that help improve viewer’s experience
- Building an effective and successful information hierarchy with a type ramp
- Understanding how to maximize design with a typographic grid
- Type as an art form
Understanding design proportions
- Building a beautifully proportioned layout for your design
- How positioning can affect aesthetics of your design
- Incorporating the golden mean into your designs
Influence of color on graphic design
- Understanding HSL (Hue, Saturation and Luminosity)
- Designing with color
- Understanding and using harmony rules