Visual Design 1-Day Fundamentals Workshop | Brisbane
About this workshop
Are you a visual thinker looking to understand more about the world of digital design? Have you been wanting to learn some of the fundamental programs and techniques that designers currently use to bring their ideas to life?
The digital world is open for business, and this workshop will cover the essential aspects of visual design, leaving you with a deeper understanding of how effective designs are actually created, from research to final mockup. Good "design" is larger than any single platform, app or website.
This 6-hour Visual Design 1-Day Fundamentals Workshop is the interactive and hands-on way to learn the fundamentals of visual design. You will dive head first into tools and techniques, skill up with exercises, and by the end of the day you'll come away with knowledge on how to create beautiful, stand-out work that can live anywhere across the content spectrum, and drive results.
Takeaways
- Learn the fundamentals of Adobe Photoshop, and InDesign, go-to tools for print and digital designers.
- Touch on essential design principles including composition, color theory, and typography.
- Explore the basic techniques and theory behind effective UX/UI design.
- Learn the basic stages of the digital design process (research, moodboards, ideation and prototyping).
- Learn to create powerful designs that can be applied to any form of content: magazines, websites, marketing materials, brochures and social media.
Prereqs & Preparation
- This workshop is for beginners. No prior knowledge or experience required.
- Install Adobe Creative Cloud prior to class.
- You will need access to a laptop or computer with a working webcam and microphone as well as a strong internet connection.
- This class will occur completely online using Zoom.
- Class setup information will be emailed to all students signed up around 24 hours before (and again an hour before) your class launches.
- Each individual class participant must have purchased a ticket.
- NOTE: Some domains block our automated emails, so If you don’t receive sign-in instructions within 1 hour of the livestream, please reach out to help@generalassemb.ly and we’ll send sign-in instructions right away!
- If this class is recorded, students will be sent the recording link within 7 days after class completion by email. Students are encouraged to download and save shared materials (worksheets, deck if applicable) during class for later reference, as they are not shared via email.