Graphic Design Basics for Illustrators
A course by Silvio Díaz Labrador , Graphic designer
Learn the secrets of design and create a visual campaign with illustrations
Learn the secrets of design and create a visual campaign with illustrations
In graphic communication, as in any discipline, to be able to break the rules it is necessary to know them first. In this course you will learn the secrets of graphic design that you always wanted to learn, in order to become a communicator of solid ideas and concepts through your drawings and illustrations.
From the hand of Silvio Díaz - graphic designer and collaborator of the Mariscal studio in Barcelona (Spain) - you will learn to create a communication campaign from an illustration. You will work the typography in great detail and color in an identity way, while discovering the power of graphic synthesis to generate effective and technically perfect communication pieces, adaptable to any medium.
What will you learn in this online course?
16 lessons & 17 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (119)
- 2,092 students
- 16 lessons (2h 21m)
- 17 additional resources (2 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software for this course
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe PhotoshopWhat is this course's project?
From your basic illustrations you will create a graphic campaign with a lot of identity for an NGO in defense of animals. You will make versions of posters in various formats.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
To illustrators, artists, designers and anyone interested in the foundations of graphic design and the exploration of illustration as a communicative language.
Requirements and materials
You will need basic knowledge of Adobe Illustrator.
As for the materials, you will only need a computer with the mentioned program installed and a few illustrations of the animals you like to draw.
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A course by Silvio Díaz Labrador
Silvio Díaz is a graphic designer and art director based in Barcelona (Spain). He specializes in off and online art direction, corporate typography, packaging and editorial design, always establishing synergies with the best professionals.
He works at Estudio Mariscal, where he has been in the team of multidisciplinary illustrator and designer Javier Mariscal for the last six years. His role in the study is to complement and shape his illustrations to turn them into pieces of graphic communication.
He has worked for clients such as Desigual, Ajuntament de Barcelona, Movistar, La Casacend, Brugal, Roca, Louis Vuitton and Camper, among others. His work has been recognized by the National Design Awards Anuaria, published in books such as Selec C of Indexbook and exhibited at Typo_mad fest.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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What will we do in the course?
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U2
The ingredients of good graphic design
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Briefing: concept and needs of the project
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Color as adjective: Tone, harmony, contrast, vibration ...
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Typography
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Image Synthesis
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U3
Hands-on: to work the graphic
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From the original to the synthesis
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Create the color palette
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Give personality to your illustration
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Work the typography
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U4
Composition and format adaptations
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Let's make a grid
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Forms of Composition
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Format Adaptations
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U5
Color outings and final art
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Conversion and reduction of color samples
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Final art
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FP
Final project
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Basis of graphic design for illustrators
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FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
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irenexvillegas
PlusMe ha encantado!!!! he aprendido muchísimos atajos, herramientas, recursos... está genial, lo recomiendo muchísimo :)
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jzeor12
Supero mis expectativas, gracias profe.
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Muy buen curso!
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danielepado
PlusNice, simple, effective and very useful.
traffo_570
Semplice da seguire, sicuramente utile per chi, come me, vuole iniziare a scoprire il mondo del design
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