The Business Graphic Design Course

Learn how to set up horizontal business card documents, including bleed, safe zones, proper color modes for print and web, and custom guides for precise layouts.

Design a cohesive horizontal business card for front and back, mastering bleed, safe zones, guides, logo placement, color choices, typography, and print-ready layout.

Learn how to design vertical business cards for print, applying bleed, safe zones, grids, and front-and-back layout to ensure print-ready results.

Design a professional letterhead by placing logo, address, subject, and contact details with precise alignment, safe zones, and a watermark for print-ready branding.

Design Twitter profile pictures and headers by reusing assets from the previous lesson, follow recommended sizes like 400x400 for profile pictures and 1500x500 for headers, and ensure responsiveness.

Create a YouTube channel art that displays well across desktop, TVs, and mobile by using safe areas, a TV-ready background, and centered logo and profile image.

Understand symbol-based logos, typographic logos, and mixed logos, with examples like the Apple and McDonald's logos, and note that some logos use gradients and higher complexity.

Master the logo design process by translating client briefs and design restrictions into explorations, sketches, and upgrades, then finalize a vector logo in Illustrator.

Ask clients targeted questions to design logos that fit their brand, including business name, website, color scheme, symbols, and delivery needs.

Design a fresh coffee logo by pairing a coffee mug with a coffee spill, using Illustrator to shape the symbol and typography for the text.

Design a type lockup logo for a stationery brand, blending character-based typography with geometric shapes to create a simple, unique, scalable, and timeless mark per the SAMU B principle.

Master best practices for logo design by converting text to outlines, editing and grouping shapes, and saving logos with a transparent background for use on business cards and websites.

Explore platform guidelines for app icons across iOS, macOS, Windows, and Windows Phone, detailing device-specific sizes, formats, and the recommended dark background for icons.

Create web icons in 64x64, 32x32, and 16x16 pixels for crisp display across devices, and use save for web with slices to optimize and export.

Create scalable vector icons using svg, apply naming conventions, and export as svg to ensure they scale to any size across devices.

Generate Android and iOS icons using Mac and Windows tools with a single-click workflow, featuring Icon Slate for Mac and a Windows icon reader, plus Illustrator export for multiple sizes.

Generate icons for Windows and Mac across multiple sizes, save them in appropriate formats, and compare clarity at different resolutions to ensure sharp, market-ready visuals.

Generate favicons for websites in multiple sizes, including 16x16, 24x24, 32x32, 48x48, and 64x64, and save them for Safari, Internet Explorer, and general web use.

Sketch your icons and convert sketches into vector formats for various platforms like Mac, iOS, and Windows. Create your own amazing icons to conclude this chapter.

Create reusable symbols to save time by updating all instances at once. Group similar symbols into a symbol library for easy access and reuse as icons or repeated artwork.

Learn to edit and redefine symbol appearance in a single layer, break symbol links, and apply color changes to all or individual instances.

Explore a real life mobile app mockup by building a login/signup flow, integrating symbols, background graphics, and share buttons to illustrate cohesive user interface design.

Discover the power of symbols to quickly swap colors, adjust backgrounds, and apply a new color scheme across multiple pages, syncing changes instantly and saving hours in mobile app design.