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About the Course

Designed for serious makers and aspiring designers, Introduction to Imagemaking is a process-driven laboratory for expanding your visual vocabulary. Moving beyond basic software tutorials, this course treats imagemaking as a fundamental pillar of graphic design—one rooted in fearless experimentation and the rigorous study of visual semiotics. Through a series of hands-on prompts, you will master the relationship between denotation and connotation, learning how to intentionally drive meaning through compositional contrast, scale, and hierarchy. You will synthesize your experimental research into a professional-grade image-based book, transforming loose investigations into a cohesive narrative. By the end of this course, you will have moved from simply 'making stuff' to orchestrating complex visual relationships that define a unique, job-ready creative voice....

Top reviews

LS

Sep 23, 2019

The assignments are really fun and put the videos into practice very efficiently! The only thing that troubles me is sometimes the "design language" is too unfamiliar for beginners.

TA

May 22, 2023

In fact i am very much glad for this because before taking this course, i know nothing about Indesign but i can now use it and more, Thank you for this financial aid opportunities, Blessings coursera

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By Mihaela-Lucia M

Aug 25, 2020

great course for learning and practicing your skills. I gave 4 stars because some of the assignments were unclear and a bit confusing.

By Anita G

Dec 28, 2020

i really enjoyed the course, however more insight in imagemaking would be great. Some assignments also were a little confusing

By Ana A

May 14, 2016

This course teach you to think out of the box and if you have the courage and try, you will take it for the rest of your life.

By H. A

Jun 9, 2020

The course is incredible, it gives a wide range of options to execute the assignments beautifully! I learned a lot

By zhra s

Jul 21, 2022

I do not know the reason for not passing the course, obtaining the certificate, and completing the Brinage course

By erinsouder@live.com

Oct 5, 2023

INteresting class - some of the assignments were difficult to interpret what exactly we were supposed to do.

By Jel C

Jan 14, 2017

I liked how there's such an open approach to the course and it gave me a lot of chances to practice design.

By Kelly L

Apr 7, 2018

I wish there was more lessons on specific creative techniques. Otherwise good class. Well worth the time!

By Beverley H

Oct 25, 2016

Really enjoyed the challenges it made me face with designing my own booklet.Has inspired me to do more.

By Justyna B

Jul 12, 2019

Great course and quite heavy on the assignment part. Nevertheless, this is where true learning starts.

By Susan M

Mar 24, 2017

Good introduction to important workflow concepts for creating and designing publications from scratch

By Kasturi K

May 30, 2020

very very interesting , highly recommend if u looking for a good course to do during this quarantine

By Eumorphia K

Jul 20, 2016

Very interesting through creative assignments you can learn and refine things about image telling.

By Stacey J J

Jun 11, 2020

fun course - lots of hands-on assignments and the videos did a good job explaining the concepts.

By Evin s

Oct 4, 2024

Bazı yerlerde odev icin yonergeler net değildi. Ayrıca öğreticiliği diğer kurslara göre düşük.

By Winnie W

Jul 14, 2017

More theory and example will give students more detail about image making. Not only a notion.

By Mohamed K E S

Jun 26, 2017

again for this kind of course, peer review isn't really effective.

but the content is nice.

By Mustafa O Ç

Apr 8, 2017

Thanks for this creative course that learned us different ways andaspects of image making.

By Verasha N

Mar 17, 2021

This course helped me to tell a story or convey a message through the use of images.

By Chris

May 10, 2020

Great video content. Assignment targets can be difficult to understand at times.

By Kolya K

Feb 16, 2018

Nice course of superb specialization. Wish it could be a little more detailed.

By Lisa H

May 21, 2017

Nice, hands on course where you really get to the practical parts of design.

By ben

Mar 8, 2019

Good start for anyone trying to learn image making techniques and zines.

By OSCAR G V

Mar 21, 2024

Son muy importantes los fundamentos, de ahi se parte toda profesion.