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Graphic design - The Quick Guide
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Graphic design - The Quick Guide

A quick guide for basic knowledge of graphic design.
Created byFrank Ideaquirk
Last updated 8/2014
English
English [Auto],

What you'll learn

  • In this course, you will learn the basic concepts of graphic design.
  • In about 40 minutes of training, you will be able to build a solid base of knowledge that will help you to improve the quality of your work, or significantly improve your learning curve in your further studies.

Course content

2 sections • 11 lectures • 37m total length

  • The Line3:06

    Discover how lines, the simplest yet vital elements of graphic design, communicate meaning through width, style, and endings. Arrange lines to guide the viewer, emphasize aspects, and create shapes.

  • The shape3:34

    Explore how shapes organize information and guide the eye, from geometric shapes such as squares, circles, and triangles to natural and abstract forms, with meanings like honesty and stability.

  • The Mass3:17

    Define mass as size and show how the ensemble of elements, shapes, and lines creates emphasis and communicates a message. Consider how mass determines what information matters most in layouts.

  • The colors - part 13:20

    Explore textures and the color wheel, and learn how additive and subtractive primary colors shape harmony, tension, and readability in design.

  • The Colors - part 23:26

    Discover hue, shade, tint, value, and saturation, and how they affect brightness and intensity. Explore color harmonies, monochromatic schemes, complementary pairs, and analogous colors using two to five hues.

  • The Typography3:48

    Master typography basics for graphic design, including typeface, font, and font family, with tracking, kerning, and leading to shape readable text and practical font choices like Helvetica roman.

Requirements

  • Just 40 minutes of your time!

Description

Hi there!

My name is Frank, from Ideaquirk!

I would like to tell you something about my experience as a graphic designer. My passion for this job started when I was still a child. I just loved to draw, sketch and communicate my ideas this way, so as soon as I had my first computer I started studying really hard the most famous design softwares. After few years, despite the fact that I was mastering these tools, I could see that my works were always missing something and I so I was getting frustrated: how comes that, even though I am studying so hard, I'm not improving the quality of my works? The answer was that I forgot about something really important! The basic rules of graphic design!

Design, first of all, is all about communication and psychology! Fortunately for designers, there are solid rules that you can learn and afterwards, use them in order to communicate your idea in a more effective way! Of course, you have to study them!

So, how comes that many designers still avoid to acknowledge them? Simply because getting your hands on the paper (or on the keyboard) is much more fun! however, this without a basic idea will turn into frustration very much soon! It can be avoided. With this I can help you.

I produced this quick course for people who can't wait to start producing their own artworks. I summarized all the most important concepts of design in a 40 minutes. I couldn't be more concise!

Learning these basic concepts, will help you to have better results in your works immediately. They will also be a solid base for your further studies!

If you are like me, and you like to learn while having fun, this course is just made for you!

Frank

Who this course is for:

  • Beginners

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