Graphics Designing

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR :

• • Adobe Illustrator and its user interface
  • Core functions
  • Concept of layers in Illustrator
  • Concept of masking in Illustrator
  • Concept of shapes, paths and other shape building tools

  Section 1:INTRODUCTION TO COLOUR THEORY AND PRACTICES

  • Introduction to Colour theory
  • Use of colour in real life as well as design
  • Meaning of colour
  • Colour Wheel and developing combinations

  Section 2: INTRODUCTION TO LOGO DESIGN

  • Logo design and its fundamentals
  • The design process
  • Creating meaningful logos

  Section: 3: INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY

  • Major types in TYPE
  • Evolution of the alphabet and letter-form design
  • TYPE families, anatomy and principles
  • The process of illustratingwith TYPE

  Section 4: BRANDING & IDENTITY DESIGN

  • Introduction to Identity Design
  • Working with clients
  • What branding means
  • Types of branding
  • Print and Digital media

  Section 5: PHOTO MANIPULATION

  • Impact of various photographic compositions
  • The process of cropping and manipulate photographs to enhance meaning
  • Layout and advert design/editorial design
  • Professional layout examples

  Section 6: CREATING WEB LAYOUTS

  • Process of creating website layouts
  • Process of creating assets for web (looking at specific design/layout sizes commonly used in web design)
  • Colour and its use in digital space

  Section 8: CREATING MOBILE APP LAYOUTS

  • Process of creating mobile layouts
  • Process of creating assets for mobile apps (looking at specific design/layout sizes commonly used in mobile app design)

  Section 9: INTRODUCTION TO FREELANCING

  • how to become a freelance and create a sustaining income
  • pros and cons of freelancing
  • the ethical and professional way of becoming a productive freelancer
  • resources available for freelancing in the field of design
  • how to join freelancing sites
  • the process of creating a freelancing profile

  Section 10: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE METHODS& LEGAL SIDE OF DESIGN

  • Standards that define the expectations of a professional designer
  • Principles of integrity
  • Perspectives of the design profession
  • Legalities involved in professional design projects
  • Copyrights, copyright infringement, plagiarism, crediting creators, purchasing online products, downloading ‘free’ content