Graphic Design
Basic

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Admission deadline

Registration is open.

duration

8-10 weeks

form of study

Remote
Classes every Tuesday and Thursday
19:30 Kyiv time

Cost

20 000 UAH in one amount
or 8 000 UAH in three installments

The Graphic Design Basic course is designed for those who do not yet have experience in graphic editors and would like to gain basic knowledge and skills.

The program is suitable for those students who are just starting to study graphic design and would like to learn the software.

Classes will be divided into practical and theoretical modules. In the theoretical module students will learn about the construction of a visual language system, working with fonts and the basics of prepress.

The practice involves training in graphic softs like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Figma.

Program

  1. Introductory block

    Raster and vector graphics: differences and features → What is the Adobe Creative Cloud → What is design? General concepts, terms, and definitions → Technical issues and parameters of the required devices

  2. Adobe Photoshop

    Workspace: settings of the interface, panels and color profiles. → Basics of raster graphics: document settings, simple drawing, working with a brush and layers. → Retouching, tone and color correction: non-destructive retouching of images, tools for removing defects, adjustment layers, correction of selective areas of images, smart filters. → Selection and cutting (masking) of objects: selection tools, quick mask, raster and vector layer masks, cutting complex objects using channels, saving alpha channels. → Photo collage and work with text: smart objects, fill layers, clipping mask layers, transformation and deformation of objects, overlay modes, adding text. → Prepare photos for a portfolio: correct lens distortions, retouch and correct with Camera Raw, content-aware filling and scaling, auto-aligning and auto-blending layers. → Visualizations and mockups: photorealistic visualization of printing on paper, on fabric and in volume, adding shadows, relief, texture using layer effects, deformation, plastics, filters. → Frame gif animation, saving and exporting files.

  3. Adobe Illustrator

    Workspace: settings of the interface, panels and color profiles. → Basics of vector graphics: document settings, artboards, vector paths and anchor points, attributes of vector objects, pen tool, arranging and grouping of objects. → Basics of color theory. Practice: RGB, HSB and CMYK colors, swatches and global colors, creating a harmonious palette. → Free drawing: vector brushes, pencil, eraser, plastic, puppet warp deformation, gradient, masks and symbols. → Additional tools for creating graphics: automatic vectorization of a raster іmage (tracing), pixel art, blends, patterns, effects, three-dimensional graphics: mesh and 3D. → Geometric graphics: creating shapes and their settings, transformations, moving and aligning objects, perspective, mirroring and repetition of objects in a circle. → Creating a complex object by combining simple shapes: pathfinder, compound shapes and paths, deformations, creating offset paths, guide and the basic document grid. → Basics of typography. Practice: font and font styles, size, leading, kerning, tracking and their settings, text tools and containers, text justify, text on the path and in the area, glyphs, types of dashes, quotes and spaces, character and paragraph styles. → Building a modular grid: baselines, columns, rows, modules, snap text to a modular grid. → Basics of prepress. Practice: preparing a layout for printing, format and resolution, CMYK space, triad colors, converting fonts to outlines, expanding effects, flattening transparency, making bleeds, exporting a file for printing

  4. Figma key tools

    Work with shapes, grid → Texts → Masks → Components → Styles → Effects → Integration of raster images → Working with color and gradients → Prototyping tools → Basics of site prototyping

  5. Color. Composition. Animation. Portfolio

    Working with color → About the basics of color and how to work with it → Composition → Posters and posters, cases and examples → Animation workshop → Design portfolio

Course curators

  • Andrii Kosmeniuk

    Graphic/Web Designer, 20 years in design. Worked in such agencies as: BBDO, Geometry Global, McCANN, Isobar.

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Curators' works

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Course lecturers

  • Yevhen Velychev

    Independent brand designer and illustrator with more than 12 years of experience. Worked at Banda for 5 years. He was involved in the creation of such brands as - Ukraine Now, Bravery and others. Case studies include projects for Pepsi, Uber, Bud, NAMU, Comfy, Monobank, Goodwine, MacPaw, LUN, NBU, The Weeknd, Post Malone, European League of Football, Unicef, Pinchuk Art Centre, The Village.ua, Forbes. Yevhen's works have been awarded Red Dot Design Awards, Epica Awards, Effie, ibby, Golden drum.

  • Liza Kovalova

    Digital designer at O0 Design, member of the jury at Awwwards

  • Dmytro Kozynets

    Digital designer and art director. After years of working at ISD Group, he became an independent digital designer and art director, with dozens of projects created for such clients as the well-known hromadske and revo, to very interesting ones, such as the audio branding and sound design studio tanatam.

  • Lilia Pomelova

    Graphic designer, more than 5 years engaged in design and develops logos, identity, creates presentations for clients. She made designs for Goodwine, Canti, Voda.

Practice

Within each module of the Design Basic course, students work on practical tasks. BASIC LEVEL PRACTICE INCLUDES CONTINUOUS WORK IN ADOBE PHOTOSHOP, ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR AND FIGMA.

Working with color in Illustrator → Working with text and creating a brand business card → Working on your own final project during the course → Feedback session on project work → Presentation of a design portfolio of practical work and homework.

For practical work you will need: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Figma.

Students' projects

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Graphic/Web Designer, 20 years in design.

Worked in such agencies as: BBDO, Geometry Global, McCANN, Isobar.

Behance

Andrii Kosmeniuk

Independent brand designer and illustrator with more than 12 years of experience. Worked at Banda for 5 years. He was involved in the creation of such brands as – Ukraine Now, Bravery and others.
Case studies include projects for Pepsi, Uber, Bud, NAMU, Comfy, Monobank, Goodwine, MacPaw, LUN, NBU, The Weeknd, Post Malone, European League of Football, Unicef, Pinchuk Art Centre, The Village.ua, Forbes.
Yevhen’s works have been awarded Red Dot Design Awards, Epica Awards, Effie, ibby, Golden drum.

Yevhen Velychev

Digital designer at O0 Design, member of the jury at Awwwards

Liza Kovalova

Digital designer and art director. After years of working at ISD Group, he became an independent digital designer and art director, with dozens of projects created for such clients as the well-known hromadske and revo, to very interesting ones, such as the audio branding and sound design studio tanatam.

Dmytro Kozynets

Graphic designer, more than 5 years engaged in design and develops logos, identity, creates presentations for clients.
She made designs for Goodwine, Canti, Voda.

Lilia Pomelova