Graphic Design Bootcamp Part 2 (Udemy.com)

This is my second course from Derrick. I was familiar with Adobe before my courses but I hardly knew anything about the tools, program and resources available. I have to say both courses have made me feel much more confident and taught me a lot about Adobe. I really appreciated having Jennah in the last two sections speaking on her experience and process of doing the "boring stuff".

I never considered myself "advanced" in Adobe CC, but so far, I feel like I'm not learning a whole lot of new things. (For reference, I have an associates degree in graphic design)

Loved the course. I watched it in one day, so that says enough. I especially loved the part with your wife. It was interesting to hear your and hers view on everything. I did sometimes had the feeling that the projects were a little bit random. Either way, I learned a lot. Thank you for all the tips!

In the beginning, I wanted to find a good course. That will tell me the hidden secrets in the graphic designing industry. Fortunately, I have to tell, that this was the right course. They are not just the masters of their work but good motivators. Good course for people with mid knowledge in designing.

Very good course. I really enjoyed the first part which was awesome with tons of information and techniques. This second part is also valuable for some advanced techniques. I like the sincerity of Derrick sharing his thoughts through the process and the part with his wife talking about the real world of business. Thanks for these two courses.

You mention a lot of scortcuts and tools which you teached in Bootcamp 1 course, but it is good to rehearse those. It is also coolt that you show real works. I hope to learn more cool effects like fractial, which i colud use on my own projects. I also hope that you will show more advance techinques and tools, because for me there are lesser new things to learn than it was during bootcamp 1.

Very good course for going over additional Adobe product techniques and for learning more about the business part of graphic design (for freelance). Does not go into applying for in-house work. Much more condensed than their Part 1 Bootcamp, but feels like an appropriate follow-up and length course. I recommend this mostly for the business insights they provide for freelancing.

So far I’m really disappointed in this course. I was hoping for a course that shows how to work for clients, send the work to print, what to look out for when you send to print etc. I don’t think the time of this course is well spend. I would expect it to be more structured and cut to the bone. 4 hours is not a lot of time to learn something new, and you expect the course to be very time efficient. I don’t think it is. So far the course has contained a 14 min. video with an app that I already knew and 76 minutes of taking pictures of a product and editing it in Lightroom and Photoshop. 20 minutes on isolating a product in Photoshop which is very basic and not advanced graphic design. Most of the time we see the teacher playing around with the photos he has taken but I don’t see how that is super relevant. Why not learn this in a photographer course instead? To me it seems like he is doing his job for a client and it’s convenient that we follow along for this course. It’s a win win but I miss the point. I don’t think this is advanced graphic design. I have a degree in branding & marketing management and not a degree in graphic design, but this stuff is very basic, and I was expecting to have learned something in this course by now. I was actually afraid that the advanced class was too advanced for me but I’m glad I didn’t go for the beginner class. To compare I bought two courses at the same time, the other course is 12,5 hours for the same price and the time is well spend as the teacher is very structured and you learn something new all the time. I'm almost half way through and hope it will get better.

I love how the projects we worked on are already the things clients are looking for, each lecture is very well explained and to the point. At the end of the course, I really appreciate that you took the time to provide not only resources for inpiration, but also helpful ways to stay motivated when work and communication with clients gets tough. Overall excellent course!

Excellent, valuable information for starting and succeeding in graphic design! I appreciate that Derrick and Jennah believe in their students and their ability to freelance and/or make it a full-time career or business! They also offer real-world advice, lessons, tools, tips, and tricks for excelling in this field. Thank you, thank you, thank you!