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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 Saúl E T H

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Oct 6, 2020

I liked it, is very creative, but is much teory and a bit confusing

By Imsüjungla

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Oct 22, 2020

I learned a few interesting methods for helping my imagination run

By Utku K

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Jul 28, 2016

Good course, maybe more detailed information would be better.

By Nicole S

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Jun 4, 2018

Very good course for the amount of time they spend with you.

By Kaiva J

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Jun 5, 2016

Loved it. More non graded assignments would have been great.

By Inés A

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May 16, 2016

I started 2 Hours ago.... it's amazing, such good teachers !

By Daniel M

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Dec 16, 2018

Nice lectures and assignments. Also provided good resources

By Tabitha A J

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Sep 28, 2020

Loved the Course! Enjoyed Working on the Assignments!

By Thasni T

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Oct 8, 2020

I love this course because it made me think a lot❤️

By Julia R

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Jun 15, 2018

Great course if you want to practice image making!

By Hung C F F

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Jan 8, 2020

Pretty informative on the subject, inspiring also

By Aditi A

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Nov 4, 2020

amazing courses, learnt a lot about imagemaking!

By Karen

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Sep 30, 2016

如果有真实的workshop，相信效果会更好，这样的教育形式将在中国有很大的发展。

By Naomi M H

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Oct 12, 2019

Great methods for development.

By Khan Z A

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Aug 4, 2020

Had a great time learning

By Jorge R

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Aug 28, 2022

It was good and complete

By Joy S

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Jan 13, 2019

Good, practical course

By Maria T G

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Nov 9, 2016

Challenging and great!

By Chathrapathi N K

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Nov 23, 2020

really a great course

By Charity

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Dec 14, 2020

nice experience

By Eder A R C

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Aug 26, 2018

Muy interesante

By Llimy J C A

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May 25, 2023

Es muy bueno

By Kalli M

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Mar 6, 2019

I't was good

By Passant M T

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Oct 19, 2018

good course

By Алина Н

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Feb 17, 2021

Not bad:)