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Graphic Design Masterclass Intermediate: The NEXT Level (Udemy.com)

Up Your Graphic Design Skills: Logo Design, Photo Manipulation, Package Design, Infographics, Portfolio Building, Grids!

Created by: Lindsay Marsh

Last updated January 2024

Our take

Based on the ratings of 5,781 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in January 2024. No course pays to be reviewed.

Lindsay Marsh's intermediate design class is a project-driven follow-up to her first masterclass, though that one isn't required. It runs 19.6 hours over 149 lectures in 29 sections, and the syllabus covers a lot of ground: Gestalt theory, a fast food ad, a full logo process, isometric grids, an InDesign magazine spread, infographics, a chocolate bar wrapper, 3D mockups in Adobe Dimensions and a digital campaign. It assumes you already know the basic tools in Photoshop and Illustrator.

Reviewers like the teaching most. They describe Lindsay as easy to follow, with a relaxed pace, detailed explanations and the reason behind each step. One designer with 20+ years of experience called it practical and worth recommending. Complaints are few but specific. A 1-star reviewer says the download files lack images, many external links no longer work, and the lessons lean on paid Adobe fonts. That reviewer also found parts basic for an intermediate course, and a 3-star reviewer who was a beginner found it counterintuitive.

The course holds a 4.3 rating from 5,781 reviews, with 3,780 five-star ratings and only 94 at one or two stars. It was last updated in January 2024, so some Adobe screens may look different now. It also wanders into business topics like pricing and passive income, which some people will skip. Among the 53,225 students, those who already have the basics and want a few finished projects for a portfolio look like the best fit.

Best forBeginners with basic Photoshop and Illustrator skills who want real projects like logos, packaging and a portfolio.
Skip it ifYou want one deep software tutorial, or need current free fonts and working download links for every project.

Pros

  • Real projects: a burger ad, chocolate bar wrapper, magazine spread, infographics and a full digital campaign
  • Reviewers say Lindsay explains the reason behind each step, at an easy pace
  • A full logo process with a worksheet and presentation template, plus lessons on building a portfolio
  • Business lessons on pricing freelance work, raising rates and avoiding common freelance mistakes

Cons

  • Last updated January 2024, so some Adobe tools and interfaces may look different now
  • One reviewer reports download files without images and external links that no longer work
  • One reviewer says it leans on paid Adobe fonts and found parts too basic for an intermediate course
Easy pacing, detailed explanations, extra course materials, passion from Lindsay as a designer & teacher really makes the overall experience amazing and valuable.
Sheriffdeen Kassim, a student

Suits people with basic Photoshop and Illustrator skills. One true beginner found it counterintuitive.

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What you will learn

  • You will be able to create polished and practical Logo designs and brand assets
  • Be able to create images for a full digital marketing campaign, including Facebook and Instagram
  • Produce complex photo manipulations for the use of ad design and understand solid layout and design principles
  • Sketch logo design and concepts with ease and understand the golden ratio and how to incorporate that in your design process
  • Create and build a strong graphic design portfolio both in pdf and online
  • Understand some of the many ways of making money by selling creative content and resources
  • Understand how to use more intermediate tools in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
  • Study the Golden Ratio and create a graphic illustration with it
  • Go through the entire package design process for a chocolate bar wrapper
  • Create a typography only poster
  • Learn what makes compelling infographics and take boring data and make it come alive.
  • Create a magazine front cover and article spread using InDesign and talk about more intermediate topics like using photos and headlines to help craft stories
  • Work through the ENTIRE logo Design process including how to present your work to clients, export files.
  • Understand how to work with various print design projects
  • Learn how to create mockups from photos you take!
  • Learn The Basics of Adobe Dimensions to create stunning 3d Product Mockups!
  • Learn Intermediate Design Theory Basics like Gestalt Theory to Elevate your Designs!
  • Create a Poster using Movement and Depth In Design
  • Learn how much graphic designers make both salaried and freelance, and how to make more!

Course content

29 sections · 149 lectures · 20 hours of video

  1. 1Introduction - Downloadable Resources & Course Guide! 1 free preview2 lectures · 7 min
  2. 2NEW! Elevate Your Layouts with Gestalt Theory 1 free preview6 lectures · 34 min
  3. 3Intermediate Photoshop Techniques 1 free preview5 lectures · 43 min
  4. 4Fast Food Full Page Ad Design Project 1 free preview5 lectures · 48 min
  5. 5Logo Design Section1 lecture · 9 min
  6. 6The Full Logo Design Process and Worksheet - Video Flux Project 1 free preview11 lectures · 1.5 hours
  7. 7The Logo Presentation Template 1 free preview1 lecture · 2 min
  8. 8Student Logo Design Challenge! The Golden Hop Brewery 1 free preview2 lectures · 22 min
  9. 9The Golden Ratio in Design3 lectures · 22 min
  10. 10Logo Design Student Project - Optional1 lecture · 2 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Those who are ready for an intermediate level design course and may already know the very basic tools of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
  • Those with basic skills wanting to increase their knowledge in the area of logo design, branding, ad design, Photoshop editing and manipulation and digital design including social media ad design
  • Those who enjoy learning by producing practical real world projects that are based on common projects seen in the industry
  • Those interested in Logo Design and Branding work

What you need before you start

  • This is an intermediate level course: Basic working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign - Some familiarity with basic tools and functionality
  • Adobe Creative Cloud Highly Suggested, but older versions can still be used. Some tools like the content aware and shapebuilder tools will not be available on CS 5.5 or earlier versions.

How it compares

Against the other 413 rated Udemy courses in Graphic Design on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 21% of them
  • Reviews5,781#8 of 414 by number of reviews
  • Length19.6 hourslonger than 87% of them
  • Last updatedJanuary 2024earlier than 63% of them

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Course Description

NEW CONTENT ADDED FREQUENTLY! 
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- How Much Do Designers Make and How to Make More! 
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- Create A Dynamic Poster with Movement and Depth
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- Master Gestalt Theory to Elevate your designs and layouts! 
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- Learn How to Create Mockups from Photos! 
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- New Adobe Dimensions Section! Create a 3D product mockup! 
New - New Video on My top preforming Instagram posts and how to grow
New - Create a Dynamic Seamless Instagram Carousel Post!
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- Creating effective Highlights & Shadows on mockups
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- The Guide to Print Design 22 page pdf resource
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- The Practical Guide to Print Design!   
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- Logo Design Presentation Template!  
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- Adobe InDesign Portfolio Building Template!   
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- The Full Logo Design Process and Downloadable Logo Design Worksheet Template  
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- Mastering Isometric Grids! 
New - Portfolio Building Section - How to Build Strong Design Portfolios
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- InDesign Project Added - Creating a Magazine Front Cover and Article Spread
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- full page ad design project and Photoshop section added!
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- Create Compelling Infographics! 
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- How to Price Your Freelance Projects! Updated lessons
New - Package Design Lessons! Design a chocolate bar wrapper from start to finish
New - Project: Create a Poster Using Only Typography
New - New Lesson - Characteristics of Solid Logo Designs
New - The Legal Side of Design: Properly Using Photos, Fonts and Resources

The Graphic design masterclass intermediate level, are you ready to level up your design skills

Who should take this class? Those with very basic skills in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. You already may be familiar with the pen tool basics understand the layering system and know a few other basic tools. You have a little experience using these programs and have a solid basic working knowledge of these programs.

Or you have taken my Graphic Design Masterclass: Learn Great Design, the first in this masterclass series, although taking this class is not a requirement to join on this one, just those basic software skills. But this class Is a natural next intermediate step.

This is a practical design course meant to teach you techniques and skills by producing real world projects.

We will first talk about intermediate techniques when it comes to Adobe Photoshop, like diving deep with removing complex objects from photos and using the content aware tools. We then will talk about photo composites and put two totally different photos together using curves and other more intermediate Photoshop tools.

We will brush up on your brush tool in Photoshop to learn how to paint on realistic shadows that can be applied to a variety of situations.

We quickly get into real world projects by tackling a fast food burger ad that is both dynamic and helps us practice working with typography, headlines and effects in Adobe Photoshop.

This course includes a fairly large logo design section. We talk about the power of sketching our ideas on paper or in a digital sketching app. This course even includes an extensive downloadable logo design worksheet and we will work through the entire logo design process with the help of this worksheet. We talk about client presentation, when to present to clients, color and even exporting files.

The golden ratio is a great intermediate logo design concept to master and we will do just that in this course.

Speaking of grids we will not stop there, we talk all about the isometric grid system and work through an entire project using isometric grids to create a realistic 3D illustration.

New to this course is an intermediate InDesign section. We will walk through the creation of a magazine spread and cover and talk in more depth about creating strong editorial designs, headlines and crafting compelling stories with photos.

Infographics is a tough topic for designers and can have a steep learning curve, I thought it would make for the perfect project to work through together in this extensive section.

We will walk through topics about how to legally and safely use fonts photos and downloadable vector resources as this is impotent to any maturing designer.

Knowing how to craft effective ads is a great quality to have and can help you have more success as a designer, we will talk about how to create effective advertising as well as work through an entire social media campaign.

There are tons of extra project sections including one on creating a poster using just typography.

Package design is another great intermediate topic and we will go in-depth about the package design process including how to work with files, set them up and create a rich looking package design for a chocolate bar.

Graphic design is more than just creating projects it also about finding work and clients. I have included an entire portfolio building section where we talk about how to create stunning portfolio presentations and how to build them online and offline.

I hope you decide to join me for this incredible journey through lots of fantastic intermediate design topics, projects and more.

The Ready for the next Level?

This course is dynamic, so new lessons and bonus content will be added frequently! 

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Instructor Details

Lindsay Marsh

If anyone has questions about which course may work best for them, please feel free to contact or message me.

I have had many self-made titles over the years: Brand Manager, Digital Architect, Interactive Designer, Graphic Designer, Web Developer and Social Media Expert, to name a few. My name is Lindsay Marsh and I have been creating brand experiences for my clients for over 20 years. As a freelance graphic designer, I have worked on a wide variety of projects both in the digital and print space. 

I have had the wonderful opportunity of taking classes at some of the top design schools in the world: Parsons at The New School, The Pratt Institute and NYU. 

I have had the pleasure of teaching over 600,000+ students globally online. I have provided private tutoring in the the area of design and marketing for over 8 years. I am also now a certified Canva Certified Creative.  

The thing I enjoy most of all about being a teacher is seeing my students flourish and to be able to start careers that are passionate and rewarding. 

I have a Facebook group dedicated to helping my students thrive and start new freelance design businesses. I want to get to know my students and provide additional challenges that get them ready for wonderful opportunities in the design world.

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Reviews

4.3

5,781 ratings on Udemy

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By Dilbag Singh on 5/30/2026

It might just be me making it up but found it bit counterintuitive as a beginner. I don't know if mastering adobe tools should have been included in the course.

By Jessica Manning on 3/13/2026

This course was really insightful and has helped me a lot on my graphic design journey. I plan to make graphic design my fulltime career one day, so learning these skills and techniques has truly lifted my abilities. Thank you :)

By Anonymized User on 2/13/2026

I found this course because I wanted to refresh and maybe learn new techniques. As a graphic designer with 20+ years experience... can honestly recommend it to anyone. Each topic is well made and the way the teacher lead you through the videos is very interesting and practical.

By Sheriffdeen Kassim on 1/12/2026

Easy pacing, detailed explanations, extra course materials, passion from Lindsay as a designer & teacher really makes the overall experience amazing and valuable.

By Natesh Warde on 12/1/2025

a bit of a long course, felt as if it could of gotten to the point more - apart from that though, very imformative

By Blesson Kunjumon on 11/20/2025

This is my first graphic design course from Lindsay Marshal. I just learned photoshop as a beginner from online videos, but this course helped me to upskill my knowledge on the graphic designing. Thank you for making things more easy and understandable.

By Valerie Linaker on 11/18/2025

Excellent Intermediate course! I'm learning so many new things. Nice to take me out of my own habitual workflow. Very well dictated and not to fast in explanations. Professional recordings.

By Victor Benson Onwugbonu on 11/7/2025

Yes, it is a good match for me. I have been quite good with Graphic Design without taking any courses. But now, with this course, I'm getting to know more about the design concept

By Gerardo Melara on 10/20/2025

Overall it was a great course and a nice refresher of design principles. My only comment would be that Lindsay uses the phrase "kind of" way too much throughout the classes and I wish she would use more assertive language, but overall it was great!

By Anonymized User on 10/6/2025

Wasn't as painful or tedious as I thought it would be. Admittedly I did nod off a couple times during the latter half of the course but all in all I learned a lot.

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Overall Score : 86 / 100