Design Theory Blitz: Quickly Understand GREAT Design (Udemy.com)

Learn what makes some designs look better than others, and how to implement those design fundamentals in your own work.

Created by: Derrick Mitchell

Produced in 2019

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What you will learn

  • A solid understanding of the foundations and principles of graphic design.
  • How to find and use the abundant amount of resources and freebies out there to help guide your design journey.
  • The confidence to create compelling designs with any software. *NOTE: no software will be taught in this course; you will understand HOW to structure your designs no matter what software you use.

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Overall Score : 88 / 100

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Course Description

This course serves as a bird's-eye-view of Design Theory, including industry standards foralignment,contrast, and color in print and web design. Universities and colleges spend entiresemesters teaching this single topic, and the goal of this course is NOT to condense everydesign theory out there into a quick course - that would be impossible. The goal of this course IS, however, to provide students with a solid baseline so that they can begin designing with confidence, and so that they have the tools and resources necessary to continue learning the theories and principles of graphic design on into the future.
At its core, graphic design is an art form, and art is always evolving. Design rules are often made to be broken, but a broad understanding of what actually makes a design pleasing to the eye is key to developing relevant, eye-catching, and on-trenddesign pieces.
As an added bonus, we have a private Facebook group withover 5600 students and counting, which is an awesome resource for you to take advantage of while you go through the course. The group is an excellent place to post projects, get insightful critiques, and network with other like-minded students and working professionals all over the world.
What Students Are Saying About This Course:
It was very very good. The resources were awesome. - Nikhil G.
I had just used Papyrus within minutes of starting the course. :) I went back and changed it to a free Google font, and it actually suits what I was doing so much better. Instant payoff. - Justin GrammI started this course with little experience and thankfully I have learnt a lot throughout this course. - Jimmy Clark*NOTE:
This is an ever-expanding course, and new videos will be added based on student feedback, since my goal is for everything in this course to be 100% pertinent to what my students really want to learn about. So feel free to weigh in on what you want to see added!
Ilook forward to guiding you through this course, and to giving you the tools necessary to continue learning design principlesas your skills grow.
Cheers!
Who this course is for:
Beginners that have no idea what design theory is.
Intermediate students that want to better understand the principles and elements of design.
Anyone that wants to better understand the theory and "rules" behind great graphic design pieces.

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Instructor Details

Derrick Mitchell

I love helping students realize their full potential, and turn their interests and passions into strong skillsets and careers.
I have worked in the creative media industry for almost 15 years, and have dabbled in virtually every art and design form out there. From hand-illustrating logos to creating websites for global brands, I know what it takes to succeed as a graphic designer, a freelancer, and a business owner.
I am passionate about helping others find success doing what they love I have spent time in community college classrooms as well as teaching over 100,000 students online on several different platforms. I have taught photography, web design, graphic design principles, and more.
Students that enroll in my Udemy courses have access not just to my course materials, but to myself and my team as well. Online education can be a tricky thing, since everything happens virtually, with no in-person communication or guidance. I am committed to helping my students get the help they need to find success no matter what course they are enrolled in!
My Professional Experience:
I have spent my entire career in the creative arts and marketing sector. Starting back as early as high school where I turned homework into paying gigs, my love for all things art and technology-driven has only continued to grow. I had the opportunity to work with brands such as MTV, Nintendo, and Netflix while employed as an intern for Seven 2 Inte

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Reviews

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By Scott Hawkins on 11/21/2020

Good fit for high level overview of color schemes and how to select and apply them to documents.

By AUDREY j WARSHAWSKY on 10/24/2020

yes

By Jessica Colmenares on 9/24/2020

Great tools and concepts to make material cosmetically appealing

By Shubham Mourya on 9/24/2020

Easy Tricks to learn color swatch and grab color easily from any img

By Ievgeniia Kriazh on 9/16/2020

The course serves its purpose. I had no idea about design theory, and this course gives a good overview and a starting point.

By Jahangeer Rahim on 9/10/2020

Really good for me as I often do full stack work but am definitely weaker on the design and layout portions of it so I can strengthen that part out

By Tsuyoshi Matsumura on 9/6/2020

It was really good to know how the color affect to design.
Also the video were showing the way to edit the graphics so that was so helpful for beginner like me.

By Patricia Boone on 8/23/2020

Tons of information in a short time! Great course.

By Amit on 8/9/2020

it's good for design ideation

By MERUGU RAM SAI NATH REDDY on 8/7/2020

This is a good and short course to learn an overview of the topic. It is helpful.

By Juan Chaurant on 7/17/2020

Excellent quality, excellent intro and excellent content!

By Kristen Vazquez on 7/5/2020

this is the quickest, great info I've ever gotten!