Graphic Design Masterclass The Next Level

Up Your Graphic Design Skills: Logo Design, Photo Manipulation, Package Design, Infographics, Portfolio Building, Grids!

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.7

- You will be able to create polished and practical Logo designs and brand assets
- Be able to create images for a full digital marketing campaign
- including Facebook and Instagram
- Produce complex photo manipulations for the use of ad design and understand solid layout and design principles

What you'll learn

You will be able to create polished and practical Logo designs and brand assets

Be able to create images for a full digital marketing campaign

including Facebook and Instagram

Produce complex photo manipulations for the use of ad design and understand solid layout and design principles

Create realistic shadows and be able to do intermediate level photo retouching

Sketch logo design and concepts with ease and understand the golden ratio and how to incorporate that in your design process

Create and build a strong graphic design portfolio both in pdf and online

Understand some of the many ways of making money by selling creative content and resources

Understand how to use more intermediate tools in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop

Explore what makes compelling advertising

Study the Golden Ratio and create a graphic illustration with it

Go through the entire package design process for a chocolate bar wrapper

Create a typography only poster

Learn what makes compelling infographics and take boring data and make it come alive.

Create a magazine front cover and article spread using InDesign and talk about more intermediate topics like using photos and headlines to help craft stories

Work through the ENTIRE logo Design process including how to present your work to clients

export files.

Understand how to work with various print design projects

Learn how highlights and shadows work to create realistic designs

* Requirements

* This is an intermediate level course: Basic working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop
* Illustrator and InDesign - Some familiarity with basic tools and functionality
* Adobe Creative Cloud Highly Suggested
* but older versions can still be used. Some tools like the content aware and shapebuilder tools will not be available on CS 5.5 or earlier versions.

Description

You will be able to create polished and practical Logo designs and brand assets
Be able to create images for a full digital marketing campaign, including Facebook and Instagram
Produce complex photo manipulations for the use of ad design and understand solid layout and design principles
Create realistic shadows and be able to do intermediate level photo retouching
Sketch logo design and concepts with ease and understand the golden ratio and how to incorporate that in your design process
Create and build a strong graphic design portfolio both in pdf and online
Understand some of the many ways of making money by selling creative content and resources
Understand how to use more intermediate tools in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
Explore what makes compelling advertising
Study the Golden Ratio and create a graphic illustration with it
Go through the entire package design process for a chocolate bar wrapper
Create a typography only poster
Learn what makes compelling infographics and take boring data and make it come alive.
Create a magazine front cover and article spread using InDesign and talk about more intermediate topics like using photos and headlines to help craft stories
Work through the ENTIRE logo Design process including how to present your work to clients, export files.
Understand how to work with various print design projects
Learn how highlights and shadows work to create realistic designs

Course content

28 sections • 133 lectures

Introduction - Downloadable Resources & Course Guide! 2 lectures

Course Preview Preview 04:11

DOWNLOADABLE FILES! The Course Guide Preview 03:15

Make sure to download the Resource Guide for links to most of the resources, photos and mock-ups used throughout this course. A pdf has been attached, just in case a word doc is not compatible with your setup.