Are you a creative-minded person? Enjoy new ideas, working with colors, shapes and text and finding unique solutions? If so, a career in graphic design might be a great fit. Graphic Design is organizing visual information through concepts that communicate a message, for print or digital, and the core skills for graphic design can be used in many other career opportunities in visual design.

This Creation Haus training program is designed inside 6 modules and 18 courses, each sequentially building on the previous. Participants who join for all 6 modules (GD1-GD6) receive a full set of skills in graphic design, real-world projects, and internship placement. All training incorporates Creative Mind Development as this is of foundational importance for good design decisions and will prove to be a core skill for any career in the field of visual communications.

Meet Christie Pink, Lead Instructor

Module GD1 - Design Intro & Visualization

Courses: Intro to Drawing - Basic Design 1 - Color Theory
Develop drawing skills necessary in graphic design, learn foundation design principles, understand psychology and use of color, enhance creative thinking, create compositions to develop understanding of these tools. 

• EACH MODULE INCLUDES:
  3 Courses of virtual classroom theory and practice
  (Optional) art supplies & printed course materials per course for local participants
  Digital course booklet
  Certificate of completion

Course: Intro to Drawing
Course: Basic Design 1
Course: Color Theory

SCHEDULE: TBA 

GD2 - ILLUSTRATOR, PHOTOSHOP & HISTORY

Adobe Illustrator - Adobe Photoshop - History of Graphic Design

Learn the essentials of working with vector graphics, build logos, effect type, and create illustrations. Adjust photos as you need, learn to edit, retouch and manipulate professionally. Practice using filters, layer effects and shape tools to create specific styles. Build your confidence in Photoshop and Illustrator, participating in a live classroom with exercises and projects to practice what you’ve learned. Includes course booklet of tutorials to review and practice independently. Then, study how graphic design evolved and flowed with culture and political influence. Learn the styles that leaders in the field of graphic design used and practice how to emulate these types of solutions for class projects. 

• REQUIREMENTS:
  Computer with new version of Illustrator and/or Photoshop installed
  Ability to complete class projects using Illustrator (or InDesign), and Photoshop

• EACH COURSE INCLUDES:
  Course booklet and tutorial booklet for software classes
  Certificate of Completion

SCHEDULE: TBA 

GD3 - TYPOGRAPHY, LOGOS & BRAND IDENTITY [Open for signups]

Typography - Logo Design - Brand Identity

Understand and use typography in graphic design, combine basic design, typography and color skills to create logos, then bring the logo into building a full brand identity.

REQUIREMENTS:
Knowledge of either Adobe Illustrator or Adobe InDesign
Personal laptop with programs installed

SCHEDULE: TBA 

GD4 - INDESIGN, LAYOUT DESIGN & INTERACTIVITY

Adobe InDesign - Layout & Grid Design - Interactive Layout Design

Understand and use typography for great designs, use basic design, type and color skills [GD1, GD2] to make logos, understand the dynamics of layout in print design as well as interactive design in documents and websites, build creative mind development

• REQUIREMENTS:
  Personal laptop with Adobe InDesign installed

SCHEDULE: TBA