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Graphic Design Essentials
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Beginner
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Graphic Design Essentials

LCI Education

Acquire the essential skills to become a working Graphic Designer from the basics of color theory to presenting a project to a client.

1 hrs/week4 weeksEnglish27,498 enrolled
Free to Audit

About this Course

This online course from LaSalle College Vancouver will introduce you to the basics of design, graphic and visual communication, image making, typography and the overall creative process, starting from the client mandate to the final presentations. Upon completion, you will be able to apply the rules of visual language and visual composition to create a meaningful visual design. This short course is for anyone looking to build or switch towards a rewarding Graphic Design career. LaSalle College's graduates have been recognized by the Association of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD), a testament to the excellence we bring to the field of graphic arts.

What You'll Learn

  • Apply the rules of visual language and visual composition to create a meaningful visual design.
  • Use visual language, understand composition, create presentations and communication plans, interpret and design a visual composition.
  • Analyze a client mandate and develop ideas

Instructors

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Alex Pelchat-White

Freelance Graphic Designer and Design Consultant / Adjunct Lecturer at LaSalle College

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Jessica Peng

Visual Designer and Adjunct Lecturer

Course Info

PlatformedX
LevelBeginner
PacingUnknown
CertificateAvailable
PriceFree to Audit

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