Typographic Poster Design - From Sketch to Vector (Udemy.com)
Learn how to create amazing typographic designs with Photoshop and Illustrator.
Created by: Martin Perhiniak
Last updated May 2016
What you will learn
- Be familiar with sketching in Photoshop
- Applying 3D effects in Illustrator
- Warping text
- Using the Recolor Artwork feature
- Creating mockups of t-shirts and posters
Course Description
In this course you will learn a step by step technique, which the instructor Martin uses in commercial projects, to create a Typographic poster. Discover everything you need to know all the way from initial sketch, to applying effects and reaching a final result.
You will be able to improve your skills in and knowledge of both Photoshop and Illustrator, with a focus on working with and manipulating type.
Understanding how to manipulate text and create a successful poster design is a perfect skill to master for any aspiring Graphic Designers or anyone who is looking to specialise in Typography. It’s also a great chance to learn more about composition and engaging your audience.
A closer look at what you will learn:
To start you will learn about setting up your workspace, methods for finding inspiration and how to set up Photoshop for sketching out ideas.
The second chapter focuses solely on the design process, from selecting the best concept, to tracing in Illustrator, how to choose the right font for your needs, how to add depth and perspective and loads more! All of these skills and techniques will prove invaluable once you start developing your own work.
The final chapter walks you through how to make adjustments to the final design so it looks just right. Then how to create mockups using your design so it looks professional and is ready to be shared.
The final step on this course will be learning how to share the work on Behance.
This course includes:
20 Videos
2 Hours learning content
Who will find it useful:
Anyone looking to work as a professional Graphic Designer.
Those particularly interested in composition and poster design.
Creatives who want to learn more about working with type.
Designers looking to build on their current creative skill set.
There’s no need for any previous experience in designing posters but basic knowledge of Adobe Illustrator will be very useful for this course. This workflow can also be used as a framework to be applied to other professional projects and help to develop a personal working process and style.
Martin is an Adobe Certified Instructor who has years of experience teaching in both and online in classroom environments. He has also worked professionally in the creative industry for over 10 years on a wide range of projects. The examples and techniques used have been developed over this time to deliver the most efficient and enjoyable approach to teaching and learning.
Ready to learn about typography, poster design and teo of Adobes core creative applications?
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
52 Reviews
Martin Perhiniak
Martin is a graphic designer and an Adobe Certified Instructor. He was a presenter at Adobe MAX the ultimate creative in 2018 and was recently voted one of the top 10 Adobe instructors in the world. Over 100,000 students are studying from his online courses from over 200 countries.
As a designer and illustrator he worked for companies like Pixar, BBC, Mattel and as an instructor taught teams at Google, Ben&Jerry's, House of Lords and Oxford University Press.
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Reviews
By Julia on 6/30/2025
I found this course very useful as a beginner in Adobe Illustrator. There were techniques that I didn't know how to do in this program. Thank you for the course!
By David on 9/7/2020
It the usual good standard from Martin
By Sarah Rzemieniak on 5/17/2020
Awesome course. So full of useful shortcuts and insights into features of Illustrator. I love how it went through the process from start to finish, including integration between Photoshop and Illustrator. I had so much fun creating my own version on the side as I went, and feel so much more familiar with Illustrator now. Highly recommend!!
By Joseph Campbell on 1/23/2020
Good instructor. For an immediate illustrator user, I only learned about a few new effects to apply. But overall the course and instructor was good.
By Daniel Leme Silva Bitencourt on 12/4/2019
It was a great course; if you have knowledge on Illustrator and Photoshop you can get a lot of tricks and tips; Very simple and smart process to improve your skills. Thanks a lot for share your expertise Martin. Cheers mate.
By Abigail D Mendell on 8/26/2019
It’s a good match, and easily understandable content. However, the subtitles need work. For instance, in the video about Behance, he says “Behance” but the subtitles say “business” or something that sounds like what he actually said. This happens multiple times in all of the videos.
By Todd Owen on 6/19/2019
It was helpful to work through a single project, from sketch to finished project ready to show a client. I definitely learned some much needed technique in building a project from start to finish. Very helpful.
By Christina Huang on 1/15/2019
A very good walkthrough of the sketch to vector process - only had a limited knowledge of Illustrator at the beginning and learned a lot by the end! Especially liked the instructions on how to create mockup versions for clients.
By Freddie Martinez on 4/11/2018
Great to see someone take the time to show how to - from the drawing or sketch phase to the application phase, really made it clear and concise on why and how. Showing how to take a project into possible variations and even to update it and take it to Bechance was incredible. Great Class, I learned a lot about what I wanted can apply it to many things especially my T-shirt designs.
By Danilo Teles on 1/2/2017
Amazing course, learned a lot and the instructor knows how to teach and explain everything in a easy to follow way.
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Overall Score : 92 / 100












