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Fundamentals of Graphic Design, Typography & Color Theory
1,381 students
Fundamentals of Graphic Design, Typography & Color Theory
Learn Design Principles, Color Theory, Design History, Typography Terms, Using Types and much more!
Created byArtisto Picasso
Last updated 4/2022
English
What you'll learn
- You will have intermediate to expert level knowledge of graphic design theory that you will immediately be able to apply to your career, job or company.
- You will learn all the types of visual design.
- You will learn about the In-house setting, Agency setting and Freelance setting.
- You will learn all the design principles like contrast, balance, emphasis and Hierarchy etc. with live examples.
- You will achieve the experience and knowledge to take graphic design fundamentals and apply them in your everyday life.
- You will learn color theory and how it applies to the world around us, from products and art to branding and advertising.
- You will learn about the RGB : The Additive Color Mixing Model and CMYK: The Subtractive Color Mixing Model.
- You will learn about colorwheel, complimentary, monochromatic, warm and cool colors.
- You will learn Inherited Response, Learned Response, Geographical Response, Reginol Response, Climatic Response, Income Response and Sophisticated Response.
- You will learn about the history of designs and Art movements.
- You will learn Pop Art, Art Deco and Surrealism.
- Understand the importance of the design tools and needs.
- You will learn and understand the difference between good vs bad website.
- You will learn and understand the difference between good vs bad landing page.
- You will have a deep understanding of typography and fonts.
- You will learn typography theory and how type plays a major role in both print mediums and digital media.
- You will have intermediate to expert level knowledge of typography terms that you will immediately be able to apply to your career, job, hobby, or company.
- You will achieve the experience and knowledge to take typography fundamentals and apply them in your everyday life.
- You will learn typeface, postscript font and infamous fonts.
- you will learn about truetype and opentype fonts.
- You will learn the differences for typeface family vs font.
- You will learn the terms acceptable to individual characters and a group of characters.
- You will learn about the typography terms like kerning, leading, tracking and point size etc.
- You will learn how to avoid common typographic mistakes.
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Course content
11 sections • 98 lectures • 4h 26m total length
Requirements
- Access to Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
- This course is for anyone who wants to learn all the fundamentals of graphic design.
- This course is for anyone looking to start their career as a Graphic Designer
Description
Learn the fundamentals of Graphic Design, Typography and Color Theory in this course
Many people want to become designers but don't know the basic fundamentals of design at all.
It can takes years to piece together different ideas to truly begin to understand how it even works but it doesn't have to be like that.
By understanding the fundamentals of graphic design, typography and color theory you can propel yourself from beginner to professional very effortlessly.
You have found the right course to begin your graphic design career and It doesn't matter if you have no experience at all, this course was designed to teach you all in one place in the most effective means necessary.
With over 4.5+ hours of video with live examples, this course is JAM PACKED with information to help you learn the design principles, typography, color theory and design history.
The videos build on one another so that as you work through this course, you will understand more and more!
The fundamentals of design are useful for a lot of careers, industries, and hobbies. This course will cover ideas that can be used in any niche!
Each section goes into specific detail of all the principles, typography terms and color theory so that you get in-depth knowledge about it.
We designed this course to be gentle enough for new comers to design but detailed enough for everyone to get a TON out of this course.
This course have accompanying external resources and games to help you improve your skills beyond the lectures. The best way to learn the fundamentals, typography and color theory is to practice it in a real world setting, with real text provided to you by a business. It is difficult to recreate that situation in a course or school setting, but if you understand all these rules and you apply them to your designs then I have no doubt that your work will be great.
Skills you'll gain from this course:
The Basics of Graphic Design
Design Principles
Color Theory
History of Design
Design Tools
Understand typography fundamentals
Apply typographic principles to digital and print media
Learn the history of typography and its accompanying industry vocabulary
Be able to speak to other designers about typography using language they'll understand
Learn how typography is visually perceived
Confidently choose and pair typefaces so that they are attractive and readable
Other great stuff you might want to know..
Not only will you get over 4.5+ hours of video content but also work-files to help you practice.
So what are you waiting for?!
The time is now to stop procrastinating and begin learning so that you can take full advantage of everything that it has to offer!
Enroll now in this course and get started!
Who this course is for:
- This course is specifically designed for graphic design beginners to learn the fundamentals before they can explore in the world of graphic design.
- Those looking for a solid graphic design foundations.
- Anyone wanting to become a graphic designer part-time or full-time, or those who need design skills to elevate their current careers.
- This course is great for marketers, logo designers and product designers.