Graphic Design for Beginners Online Short Course

The Graphic Design for Beginners Online Short Course offers students an intensive and practical introduction to 20 key graphic design principles. During the course, students gain hands-on experience by working on various projects, from logos to magazine spreads. Through this project work, students become familiar with techniques for working with images and fonts, designing layouts, and crafting logos and visual identities. The course covers several topics including layout design, typography, scale, logo design, visual hierarchies, colour and decoding. By the end of the course, students will have: • Attained an understanding of what graphic design is and what graphic designers do • Become familiar with technical graphics terminology • Studied techniques that can be applied to each graphic specialism • Completed a diverse range of exercises designed to strengthen visual skills • An understanding of how graphic design is used to communicate ideas • Gained knowledge of typefaces and fonts prior to designing their own typography • Learned how magazine layouts are formed and devised their own with creative freedom • Discovered what makes an effective logo and created several of their own