Design courses

Learn fundamentals of graphic design, color techniques, 3D, raster and vector format, typography, architecture, web design, publishing.
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Duration
How to Spark Creativity with Improv

Most creatives are introverts. They tend to enjoy measured interactions with chosen people, while extroverts don’t care, and find energy by being around anyone. In this class, Stefan will share exercises for improving your creativity...

Animated Lettering

You will begin to learn more about the work and influences of MEMOMA Estudio. Then you will know the differences and similarities between lettering, calligraphy and typography as well as some tricks to do a...

  • Flexible deadline
  • 8 hours
  • 34 lessons
  • Certificate
Custom Resumes with Adobe InDesign

Your resume is often the first thing that potential employers see about you, so you have to make sure you capture their attention and make a great impression. Go beyond boring black and white by...

Caricature in Watercolor

You will start by getting to know Carlos Rodríguez Casado, who will tell you about his career as an illustrator, the media for which he has worked and the artists and illustrators that he has...

  • Flexible deadline
  • 3 hours
  • 19 lessons
  • Certificate
After Effects, Expressions for Motion Graphics

We will make a brief summary of the possibilities offered by the use of programming in the graphic field. We will see its different applications in generative art, logos in visual systems for flexible identities,...

  • Flexible deadline
  • 5 hours
  • 22 lessons
  • Certificate
Illustrated Portrait in Watercolor

Start by getting to know Ana Santos' work and her commercial projects, but above all, her personal work. Plus, she'll tell you how she got into the world of illustration and show you some of...

  • Flexible deadline
  • 4 hours
  • 21 lessons
  • Certificate
Introduction to Realistic Oil Portraiture

Start the course by getting to know your teacher, Laura Cuadros. She tells you about her professional background and artistic influences, especially other painters and what she admires about their work. Dive straight into the...

  • Flexible deadline
  • 2 hours
  • 16 lessons
  • Certificate
Efficient Design: Optimize Your Photoshop & Illustrator Workflow

Start by getting to know Valeria. She tells you about her professional background in visual communication and the influences that lead her to become an expert and create her personal approach to graphic design. Next,...

  • Flexible deadline
  • 6 hours
  • 20 lessons
  • Certificate
A Complete Guide to Color in Adobe Illustrator

AFTER THIS CLASS YOU'LL BE ABLE TO: Understand color modes. Create colors, save them to your library and export for use in other applications. Explore color harmonies and color themes. Use the recolor artwork feature...

San Francisco Design Week Typographic Quiz

Can you pick Garamond out of a crowd? Been around the typographic block a few times? Then watch and take the 2015 San Francisco Design Week Typographic Quiz, sponsored by CreativeLive and Monotype. The answers...

Prototypes and Product Viewing in Cinema 4D

You will begin by getting to know the work of Aarón Martínez in the field of visualization and product development as well as some of his favorite references. Next, Aaron will explain the tools and...

  • Flexible deadline
  • 4 hours
  • 25 lessons
  • Certificate
Contemporary Communication Design

There is a tendency in design education to discuss mediums as career paths. Web designer. Print designer. Type Designer. And while there is enormous value in specialized skills, technology has radically reconfigured the landscape of...

Character Modeling with Sugar Paste

Carlos Lischetti opens the course by explaining how he was fortunate to discover his passion for pastry making at a young age. He also talks about his career in cake design and shares his main...

  • Flexible deadline
  • 3 hours
  • 19 lessons
  • Certificate
Decorative Buttercream Flowers for Cake Design

Meet Kate Kim and learn about her career as a baking instructor. Discover where she finds inspiration for her flower cakes before seeing what you’ll learn in the course. Get familiar with your piping tools...

  • Flexible deadline
  • 2 hours
  • 19 lessons
  • Certificate
Exploring Color and Composition

Instructor Mary Jane Begin is an award-winning illustrator and author of children’s picture books, a Rhode Island School of Design graduate and professor in the Illustration Department. Mary Jane will guide viewers through useful exercises...

Artistic Illustration Techniques: from Concept to Drawing

Vicente Martí starts off by explaining how art has always been an important part of his life, from his very first drawings right up through his college years. He tells you about the multidisciplinary artists...

  • Flexible deadline
  • 3 hours
  • 16 lessons
  • Certificate
Illustration for Beginners: Find Your Own Method

Daniel Roldán starts the course by showing you some of his graphic work and talks about his experience as a college professor. He also tells you about four artists who have inspired him, taking you...

  • Flexible deadline
  • 3 hours
  • 14 lessons
  • Certificate
Illustration for Non-Illustrators

You will begin by getting to know the work and career of Mr. Kone and his vision of the contemporary Enlightenment. Next, you will start from elements that surround your daily life to develop different...

  • Flexible deadline
  • 8 hours
  • 32 lessons
  • Certificate
Digital Illustration: Create a Colorful Nature Scene

Get to know digital artist and illustrator Asia Orlando as she talks about her creative journey and how she became the artist she is. She also discusses her influences and the artists, books, and paintings...

  • Flexible deadline
  • 3 hours
  • 22 lessons
  • Certificate
Design Fundamentals: Color

Color is a critical element of good design. Learn how to make expert-level color choices in Graphic Design Fundamentals: Color with Justin SeeleyIn this class, you'll learn about the fundamental principles for working with color...