Laura Elizabeth – Design Fundamentals

Laura Elizabeth – Design Fundamentals

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What exactly will I be taught?

The focus of this course is on laying the groundwork for future design work. It won’t teach you all there is to know about design, but it will teach you the essentials you need to know right now to improve your designs, no matter how “creative” you are (or, more likely, aren’t!). Particularly notable are:

DIRECTIONS THAT CAN Be Easily Followed

Here’s how I usually go about my work Used for anything from brainstorming to finalizing color and type palettes

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES

Watch as I create a variety of websites from scratch in these behind-the-scenes case studies

CONSIDER YOURSELF A DESIGNER

Learning to recognize design flaws and, more crucially, how to correct them

EASY-TO-USE PICTORIALS

This image and illustration treatment may be done by anyone, even if they can’t draw a straight line to save their life.

There are 30 Videos spread throughout 6 Modules.

You may view them all in one sitting if you’re in the mood for a marathon, or bookmark this page and come back to it whenever you need a video refresher.

First Part: Preparation

Cleaning up your content in preparation for a redesign
The many options available for visual presentation, and how to choose amongst them
Collecting Ideas

2nd Module: Designing Your Document’s Structure

Creating blueprints
Composing your text Understanding the significance of spacing and alignment
Normal page layout errors and how to fix them (3 lessons)

Part 3: Typesetting

Selecting Fonts for Body Text
Headline font selection
Enhancing Your Type
Distinctive Features of the Typeface

Aspect 4: Color

picking an undertone
Diagnosing Your Dialect
Making the most of grey
Whenever the hues of your clothes seem a little “wrong”

5th Section: Visualization

Photographic Resource Gathering
Photographic manipulation for use in web design
Remove pictures that don’t belong
Iconography in web design
Gathering Examples
Applying Concrete Examples
Showcasing screenshots

Polish Module 6

Indicators of, and strategies for, addressing issues
Techniques for making a website mobile-friendly
Design that works consistently Have you ever wondered how a designer creates something?

Observing an expert at work may be a great method to pick up new skills quickly. Learning these techniques will teach you things you never knew to look for before. You’ll be able to see exactly how I built each of the following websites from the ground up in the course’s numerous case studies: (including all mistakes and mishaps).

Constantly revised

New and intriguing projects will be added to the case studies as I take on additional work.

comprehensively annotated

I’ll explain my reasoning for certain decisions and emphasize key points in each video.

If you want to learn the foundations of design without having to enroll in a four-year design program (and don’t necessarily consider yourself a designer), this is the course for you.
You want to design, manufacture, and market your own items, but you don’t want them to seem cheap.
Clients have been requesting you to improve the aesthetics of the things you’ve developed for them.
You’re interested in “over-the-shoulder” demonstrations of the designers’ actual workflow.
To stop feeling ashamed when sharing your portfolio’s URL
Don’t let your inexperience in “design voodoo” prevent you from making awesome stuff.
Over 30 in-depth videos at your fingertips
Course materials are available for download forever.
Continuous Improvements
Tools like worksheets and reference guides
Keeping tabs on you for a whole month
Feedback on your creations, in real time

COURSE CONTENT