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About the Course

Graphic Design is all around us! Words and pictures—the building blocks of graphic design—are the elements that carry the majority of the content in both the digital world and the printed world. As graphic design becomes more visible and prevalent in our lives, graphic design as a practice becomes more important in our culture. Through visual examples, this course will teach you the fundamental principles of graphic design: imagemaking, typography, composition, working with color and shape... foundational skills that are common in all areas of graphic design practice. I don't just want you to watch a video of someone talking about design, I want you to MAKE design! If you want to be a designer you have to be a maker and a communicator, so this course will offer you lots of opportunities to get your hands dirty with exercises and with more practical projects. At the end of this course you will have learned how to explore and investigate visual representation through a range of image-making techniques; understand basic principles of working with shape, color and pattern; been exposed to the language and skills of typography; and understand and have applied the principles of composition and visual contrast. If you complete the course, along with its optional (but highly recommended) briefs, you will have a core set of graphic design skills that you can apply to your own projects, or to more deeply investigate a specialized area of graphic design. To succeed in this course you will need access to a computer. You can complete this course without one but it will be tougher. Access to, and a beginner's level knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite programs, such as Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign will help you, especially if you want to complete the optional briefs....

Top reviews

TJ

Sep 5, 2021

I had a lot of fun in this course. I learnt some extra bits of information related to graphic design and I think it's a great start for beginners as well as good practice for intermediate and experts!

MN

May 18, 2022

very good introductory course. i enjoyed the assignments, they are not overwhelming, easy to start, and the optional ones offer great opportunity to dig little deeper into graphic design fundamentals.

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By Veronika L

Nov 6, 2015

I've been working with designers as the client for 5-7 years now - I foudn this extremely interesting to get little bit of insight in what the potential is.

By Joselin S

Mar 15, 2021

An awesome course for beginners in graphic design. It is a free course, so it helps me a lot. Thank you so much calarts team for this wonderful opportunity.

By Diana M R E

Jul 9, 2020

This course is amazing, it explains the basics in an easy undestandable way and gets you excited to get to know more about the field. I absolutely loved it!

By univon a

May 29, 2020

Es simplemente fantástico por que da la oportunidad de seguir aprendiendo con los conocimientos básicos que tengamos, muy buen curso y muy buenos compañeros

By Kanmani M

Apr 23, 2020

This course is designed for beginners and is very well thought of. Simple instructions help in grasping concepts and provide us with confidence in creating!

By Ahmad A J

Dec 1, 2019

Really helpful course for the fundamentals of Graphic Design. Recommended for all of those beginners who are trying to improve their base on graphic design.

By Shinta S

Jun 15, 2019

I am really glad that I took this course. It gave me very specific details about graphic design that I could not get in another online course that I joined.

By gerry w

Mar 15, 2019

I really enjoyed the course and the pace, it suited my time schedules jumping on when I can and I found the tutorials well delivered and easy to understand.

By Chrisha M

Feb 17, 2019

Absolutely helpful when you're a beginner. It explains as well as put examples so it's easier to understand, especially in visual art, I think that's needed

By David W

Jun 12, 2016

nice overview to get you started in graphic design. Lots of practical tasks to do which are fun and give a great opportunity to really explore the concepts.

By Shannon S

May 31, 2022

Absolutely loved this course. The small videos were very helpful and easy to take in, and Michael was a terrific instructor. I was never lost or confused.

By Kaif T

Aug 27, 2020

Absolutely loved it. The videos were well made and informative. I liked the lecturer a lot. Will complete all the 5 courses. Thank you for this fun course.

By alifia n

Aug 24, 2020

Im a beginner, before i just create things depends of feeling without knowing the theory. This course is helpful to make me understand the basic. Thankyou!

By Ashley F

Aug 13, 2020

The course provides a great detail of information on the basics of graphic design and help to stimulate creative thinking for the assigned design projects.

By maria g n r

Aug 2, 2020

Es un curso muy práctico lo cual es importante a la hora de aprender diseño gráfico, aprendí técnicas de dibujo, y composición que me servirán en un futuro

By Subbulakshmi S

Jun 22, 2020

It was a very informative and fun course. I have learned the basics of graphic design which will help me in my extracurricular activities at my university.

By Akanksha S

May 6, 2020

I have got clear my all basic of fundamentals of graphic designing.. The course was well designed and easy to follow up. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

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By Ivan E M H

Oct 29, 2018

Realmente fue un curso muy didáctico, no esperaba ciertas cosas, pero lo que más me encantó fue que nos dejaran practicar con los conocimientos adquiridos.

By Laetitia S A

Nov 26, 2017

Au cours de ce programme, je me dépassée en terme de créativité. C'était un défi assez intéressant. J'ai acquis tellement de connaissances. Merci beaucoup.

By Zsolt B

Jan 11, 2017

It is a great course from Michael Worthington. I learned that the best way to become a designer is to work on designs no matter how pitiful it looks first.

By Maru H

Aug 19, 2016

Me gustó la variedad de conceptos cubiertos en este curso, así como la realización de actividades, ya que estas me permitieron conocer mas sobre el diseño.

By Madalina H

Mar 18, 2022

Very useful, easy to understand for begginers, very well structured, nice homeworks that you can use to build your portfolio or to explore the field more.

By mariana b

Jun 25, 2021

I loved the course. It explains the fundamentals in a way that teaches you about the thought process. I enyojed it very much! Would deffinitly reccomend.

By Sushmita M

Jun 11, 2021

This was such a great fundamentals course. All the major components were covered and it was incredible how much I got to learn in such a short time span.

By Miada A

Mar 28, 2021

Thoroughly enjoyed it. Assignments were interesting and challenging enough, pace was very good, and it was perfect for a newbie like me. Highly recommend!