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Ian Hazelton
6,187 PointsGraphic design?
Hi. Is there currently, or will there ever be lessons/tracks available that focus on graphic design? (e.g photoshop, illustrator, colour theory, composition & typography).
Thanks
4 Answers
Dustin Matlock
33,856 PointsHi Ian, there are actually some courses on this. I'm not sure if you've yet a chance to check out the Design section, but below I've selected a few courses I thought you might be interested in.
- Aesthetic Foundations
- Design Foundations
- Logo Design Basics
- Photoshop Foundations
- Illustrator Foundations
- How to Make a Favicon (Workshop)
- Web Typography (Releasing this month)
- Exercise Your Creative (Bonus content series)
P.S. I went ahead and changed the topic to Design.
Kirill Titov
12,119 PointsI would recommend a couple of courses that help me a lot:
+Lettering Made Simple: Efficient Methods for Custom Type by Brandon Rike
+Typography That Works: Typographic Composition and Fonts by Ellen Lupton
+Basics of Photoshop: Fundamentals for Beginners by Meg Lewis
and
+Drawing Vector Graphics by Von Glitschka on Lynda.com
+Drawing Vector Graphics: Color and Detail on Lynda.com
best of luck!
Ian Hazelton
6,187 PointsThanks for all the links, Dustin. Treehouse really does have everything.
Dustin Matlock
33,856 PointsI just added Mat Helme's Exercise Your Creative bonus content series to the list. Thought you might like that one also.
Josiah Dawley
9,129 PointsIan -- I am a self-taught graphic designer and have to say the course Dustin pointed you to are outstanding. They cover the concepts that will set you down the right path. I am currently going through some of these courses as part of my Web Design track and have found them to be wonderful refreshers.
If you are looking for any book recommendations I would be happy to give some but TH has covered the foundations very well!
James Barnett
39,199 PointsI'm curious what books you would recommend
Josiah Dawley
9,129 PointsFor the foundations of design I would recommend: Graphic Design School by Dabner.
Learning how to use the Adobe programs I would recommend the Adobe ______ Classroom in a book series.
And for a great read about going into the design world, How to Be a Graphic Designer without Losing Your Soul.
I have found these to be useful books but see that tree house is doing an outstanding job at covering most of the information in these books.
Dustin Matlock
33,856 PointsHere's a couple I purchased a while back. Anything by Timothy Samara is usually good.