Introduction to Graphic Design

Who should attend?

This course is recommended for students with beginner to intermediate design skills and experience, and will give you the perfect foundation for your art and design career. The most important ingredient is the desire to learn and create, while using the software listed below.

Course content

The aim of the workshop is to rebrand a famous sporting club, choosing one of the 4 teams below.

• Sydney Kings
  
• West Coast Fever
  
• NSW Swifts
  
• Norwich City F.C.
  

Topics covered over the 12 week course include:

• Learning how to create a logo from a brief
• Introduction to both Illustrator & Photoshop interfaces
• Creating roughs/concepts to build your ideas
• Working up a chosen concept & exploring the design further
• Using Illustration skills in the exploration of an icon & secondary logo options within the brand suite
• Working with colour & how that relates to your theme
• Importing your concept & creating final vector art
• Creating promotional images to present the final design

Structure and assessment

This 12 week online course consists of:

• 12 weekly pre-recorded lectures & demonstrations that will guide you step by step through your projects.
• Live fortnightly 3hr feedback webinars where you will receive feedback on your progress. If you cannot attend the session in person you can watch the recorded feedback sessions in your own time.
• 6 assignments over the course of 12 weeks (one submitted each fortnight, prior to feedback session).

Course requirements

Hardware requirements:

• Laptop or Desktop PC or MAC (MacBook Pro or i7 PC/laptop with 16GB RAM are recommended)
• Wacom tablet is recommended not required. Any size is good
• Headset/Microphone so that you can chat with the instructor in fortnightly webinars
• Notepad and pens/pencils for notetaking
• Sketchbook for roughs and concepts

Software requirements:

• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator