Aesthetic Foundations will cover the elements and principles of art, along with color theory. This basic knowledge will provide a design language that enables more effective communication amongst designers and other team members.

Have you ever wanted to understand and create aesthetic designs for the web? In this Deep Dive we will learn what design is and how to harness its power. Breakdown the components that conjure the perfect aesthetic. Also create and fix a design of your own.

Photoshop Foundations teaches the knowledge and skills relating to Adobe Photoshop that are most relevant for a web design professional. The lessons learned here provide a solid foundation for studying more advanced Photoshop topics.

Explore the power of Adobe Illustrator with Mat Helme - our very own multi-talented Design Teacher. Illustrator Foundations takes a project-based learning approach to the application's core features, including every tool relevant to web design. By the end of the course you'll be ready to apply your newly acquired skills to your future projects.

This course will not only cover the basics of logo design but will also walk through the process of creating a logo from start to finish. Follow Mat Helme in his pursuit to create a logo for a task manager app called ODOT, while using his process known as the "Logo Sprint".

In this course, we’ll take an in-depth look at the brand identity design process: from planning, strategizing and research, all the way through design and finalizing the project. We’ll also explore what exactly makes a brand image and why process is so important.

Branding can be challenging, but with preparation and expectations, we can create amazing work and continue to hone in on what generates the best results.

By the end of this course, you will have the tools and knowledge to create meaningful and comprehensive brand identities.

Before you can become a User Experience (UX) designer, you need to understand the importance of UX, the reason it exists, what the goal of the UX designer is and how they think.

In this course, you’ll learn all about UX Design, what it is, what UX designers do, how UX designers think, what tools UX designers use, and how to move forward in the field of UX.