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Design Process Master Class: Create Poster Designs Like a Pro!

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Overview

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Welcome To An Epic Design Journey!

I’m Gareth David, an award-winning creative director with over 10 years in the industry.

If you’re looking to be more confident in your design, to improve your design process, and come up with more compelling ideas, then this is the class for you!

In this class I’ll be taking you through a tried and tested professional poster design process, sharing the techniques and key steps I use and have observed in my design career of over 10 years! 

In this class, we will cover some crucial steps:

1 - Review a design brief
2 - Undertake research and get inspiration
3 - Build a focused mood board
4 - Choose the right typefaces for our design
5 - Learn about the important grid types we can use in our design
6 - Learn how to generate ideas by sketching
7 - Use Adobe InDesign and Illustrator to create print-ready design 
8 - Look at how we can present our design to clients and colleagues 


After this class, you will be able to think like a pro and design bold and dynamic posters like a pro using InDesign or Illustrator to bring them to life super easily!

Get ready to blend craft, style, technology, and creativity as we transform our imagination into visually compelling posters.


Let’s Get Into It!

Syllabus

  • Class Introduction
  • Class Preparation
  • The Poster Design Process
  • Client Brief Review
  • Review Poster Content
  • Visual Research & Inspiration
  • Create Focused Mood Boards
  • Choosing Typefaces
  • Poster Grids Review
  • Generating Layout Ideas
  • TUT #1 - Typographic Baseline Grid Design - Adobe InDesign
  • TUT #2 - Modern Column Grid Design / Adobe Illustrator
  • TUT #3 - Axial Grid Design / Adobe Illustrator
  • Present Your Poster Design

Taught by

Gareth David

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