Fundamentals of Graphic Design

About this course

Unleash your creativity and design captivating visuals for the gaming world with the Xbox Graphic Designer Professional Certificate. Learn essential graphic design principles and Adobe Photoshop skills to create stunning promotional posters and marketing materials. Explore typography, color theory, image composition, and layout techniques, and apply them to real-world projects. Develop your design thinking, gain practical experience, and create a standout portfolio piece that showcases your talent. By the end of this course, you'll be able to: • Identify and apply the principles of typography, imagery, color, and layout in graphic design. • Demonstrate basic skills in using Adobe Photoshop for creating graphic designs. • Create visually appealing compositions by selecting appropriate colors, typography, and imagery. • Complete a final project that demonstrates the application of fundamental graphic design principles in a promotional poster using Adobe Photoshop. This is an introduction course, intended for learners with a passion for art and design, or who are interested in the gaming industry and want to learn how to create visuals for games, or students considering a degree in graphic design or related field. To succeed in this course, you should have basic literacy, a genuine curiosity and enthusiasm for visual communication and design principles, and access to Adobe Photoshop.

Course objectives

• Complete a final project that demonstrates the application of fundamental graphic design principles in a promotional poster using Adobe Photoshop.