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.
This course is part of the Graphic Design Specialization
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Implement the fundamentals of color: visual, rhythm, and pattern in design
Use scale, weight, direction, texture, and space in a composition
Typeset text and experiment with letter forms
Create your own series of images using different image making techniques
Skills you will gain
- Creativity
- Graphics
- Design Theory
- Color Theory
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Course Overview
Week 1: Fundamentals of Imagemaking
Week 2: Fundamentals of Typography
Week 3: Fundamentals of Shape and Color
Week 4: Fundamentals of Composition
Continuing your graphic design studies
Reviews
- 5 stars81.96%
- 4 stars14.70%
- 3 stars2.13%
- 2 stars0.44%
- 1 star0.75%
TOP REVIEWS FROM FUNDAMENTALS OF GRAPHIC DESIGN
This course gives you a glimpse and helps one understand the basics of grpahic design. It helps a person understand the terms and concepts that would appear when they're further into this subject.
An ok course for beginners. A bit too basic for someone who has already had experience in design, but is great anyway cause it breaks things back down to the simplest parts to help you remember roots.
Great course! I'm new to graphic design and this course has given me fundamental knowledge of it. The teachings are very easy to follow and the assigned work is in accordance with what are taught.
It's amazing how this course breaks down graphic design to fundamentals that we hardly even think of. It acquaints you with the building blocks, and creates a foundation that'll take you a long way!
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