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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

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.

GA

Aug 20, 2018

Very interesting, I liked the format. Easy to follow, nice excercises. It's actually good to cover the basics of design, even if you are not an absolute beginner, and especially if you are self taught

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By Alaiza A

May 9, 2021

I love this course! It engages me so well in graphic designing. I wish I could enroll into a more advanced with relation to this course. Good job, Sir!

By Abraham M M

Jul 16, 2020

teaches you the basics and the importance that small details that can make a difference when you want to transmit something through a drawing or letter

By Devichenskaia A

Mar 19, 2020

I feel I can understand what is Graphic Design and how to create! After this course I began to look at the world differently, as a designer! Thank you!

By Winnie W K

Jul 16, 2019

I loved how the lecturer taught. I feel he's exhausted the topics just enough and the assignments really broadened my creative thinking. A great course

By namrata d

Apr 15, 2019

This course in fundamentals in graphics design was to the point & made me confident in learning it. I am sure that it will help me to get my work done.

By Natalia A

Sep 30, 2018

I really liked the course! I think it's a great start in a new field for me. Thank you so much for interesting, useful and well-structured information!

By Magdalena P

Oct 13, 2016

I loved the practical side of the course. It opened up my mind on different possibilities and gave me the encouragement to explore and experience more.

By Andy M

Oct 3, 2016

Excellent course for providing the basic elements of graphic design. It's helped me launch my graphic design career! I can't say anything bad about it!

By Ans B

Apr 3, 2016

It is most effective and valuable course found online. The course schedule is simply perfect every one can learn a lot by just giving a little efforts.

By Metidji A

Oct 29, 2021

I really love this course and it really help me to understand graphic design in easy way..thank you team for this great work... I really appreciate it

By Beatriz S

Oct 29, 2021

Great for learning important skills every designer must know! We learn to work with shapes, forms, and use our creativity to do the best work we can.

By Farooq H K

Sep 12, 2021

Teacher taught me a great lesson, I don't know many things but now i do. What a great teacher. Hopefully I will get this specialized teacher in future

By Tomás G D

Mar 18, 2021

excelente curso, muy bien llevado y con contenidos muy especificos, muchas gracias por estas oportunidades de crecimiento de la mano de profesionales.

By Deleted A

Dec 5, 2016

Great first introduction into graphic design. You are encouraged by doing optional assignments that should open your eyes on graphic design principles

By Felipe B

Feb 6, 2022

Great course, but I would suggest leadrning the basic of the main design softwares first, so you'll be able to take more advantage of the activities.

By Козина А В

Jan 17, 2021

Очень наглядные уроки, доступно и понятно. Особенно понравились практические уроки и задания. И лектор объяснял интересно и с энтузиазмом, что важно

By Оксана М

Dec 21, 2020

Курс для был полезен и интересен. Я новичок не имеющий опыта графического дизайна. Он дал мне базовые знания, научил смотреть на вещи с разных точек.

By Evaneide C G

Aug 31, 2020

Foi o primeiro de muitos que pretendo fazer! Achei genial, conteúdos bons e interessantes. Aprendi muitos conceito e perdi o medo de criar. Gratidão!

By Ruben F P

Jul 6, 2020

Es un curso claro, interesante, muy bien pensado y fácil de entender. Excelente.

Its a clear, interesting, clever and easy to learn course. Excellent.

By Namrata S S

Jul 5, 2020

I learn more Skills from these platform , its really great experience for me to learn the fundamentals of graphic design it clear my basic concepts .

By Marcela M

Apr 7, 2019

Really good introduction to most concepts in Graphic Design. The homework for each week is very useful and should not be skipped, even when optional!

By ITALO O

Jan 12, 2018

I really liked this course. It makes me notice that I'm really creative and gave me many fundamental but very important knowledge to make great jobs!

By Svet L S

Dec 12, 2016

Hi! It's a great course - structured and inspiring. Thank you very much!

I'm going to start it again doing all optional briefs. It's really essential!

By Nwaokorie O

Mar 16, 2023

I really enjoyed taking this course, it gave me ample knowledge and skills needed by a budding graphic designer like myself. I highly recommend it!!

By Sarah A

Oct 1, 2020

Very nice and informative course. I learned a lot regarding imagemaking. All lessons are explained in a very nice way where it's easy to understand.