INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHIC DESIGN
SHORT COURSE
LEARNING HOW TO BECOME A GRAPHIC DESIGNER STARTS FROM UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS
Graphic Design is the skill of creating visual content that communicates a message to your audience. Forms of Graphic Design are all around us in our day-to-day lives, such as the creation of posters, billboards, packaging, and logos. As a Graphic Designer, it is important to have a well-planned strategy to establish an image effectively, such as a business logo or packaging, so that it can visually remain consistent throughout the marketing efforts and improve brand identity.
At The Creative Design School, we offer an Introduction to Graphic Design Short Course which has been designed to help those who want to study Graphic Design but don’t have the basic knowledge and skills required to become a graphic designer. This course is also suitable for Marketing Assistants, Administration or Secretarial Staff, and employers wishing to increase the skills of their staff.
Our Short Course for Graphic Design enables you to use and learn software such as Adobe Suite (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign) or Affinity Suite (Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher). Your course tutor will assist and support you on how to use this software correctly throughout the duration of the course. You will be able to contact them by using our online campus messaging facilities which are available 7 days a week. You will also meet with them for a Skype lesson once a week for one hour at a time best suited for both the student and the tutor.
During the course, you will complete 6 different modules. In these modules you will learn an introduction to the basics of Graphic Design which will improve your basic understanding, build your planning process that will effectively help you have a good design outcome and decrease frustration, learn how to find your inspiration for designs, learn how to present your designs the right way and lastly, you will make your own design to demonstrate your understanding of the modules. These are crucial skills to have, and learning the basic skills will set you up in the correct steps towards a career as a Graphic Designer.
At the end of each module, you will be given a project to complete to demonstrate what you have achieved in this module. Your course tutor will help identify your weak areas so that you feel confident and prepared for these projects.
The course lasts from 6-8 weeks with flexibility available for those who have other commitments. As a guide to the amount of study time each week for this short course is approximately 5-8 hours each week, based on past students.
After completing this course, you will have all the basic skills, knowledge, and understanding needed to become a Graphic Designer. If you are thinking about taking your career further as a Graphic Designer, we recommend taking a look at our Diploma courses for Graphic Design.
START DATE: Start Anytime of the Year
DURATION: 6-8 weeks
COURSE FEE: £300
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
This course has been designed for those who wish to start in Graphic Design but have not had any formal training or experience in this subject. Each module comes with Projects and Assignments which you will carry out with the help of your Design & Training Coach. The aim is to complete this short course over 6 weeks. Please refer to our Course Prospectus for further information.
MODULE ONE: What is Graphic Design
Something you may think you already know about, but you will be surprised how much you don’t know. Here we will show you what Graphic Design is all about and what you will need to learn to become a confident professional designer.
MODULE TWO: Basic Tools for a Graphic Designer
You will need a variety of tools and skills to deliver an effective design project. Again you will be shown by your appointed Design & Training Coach all the attributes required to take you through the design process
MODULE THREE: Basic Planning Process
Getting ideas when you are looking at a blank screen or sheet of paper is not easy at times. Here we will show you ways to find inspiration and acquire basic creative thinking techniques.
MODULE FOUR: How to find inspiration
Getting ideas when you are looking at a blank screen or sheet of paper is not easy at times. Here we will show you ways to find inspiration and acquire basic creative thinking techniques.
MODULE FIVE: Presentation Skills
Professionally presenting your designs is very important in the design industry and here you will be shown ways to develop your own style of presentation.
MODULE SIX: Creating your design
This module will be your main project module in which you will demonstrate everything you have learnt in his course along with guidance from your course tutor
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