The Essence of Design: Exploring Web, Photography, and Art

About Course

This course consists of three large, theoretical topics that every professional designer, photographer or artist must have in their knowledge base. Here, you will find detailed structured information about three topics: color theory, typography and composition! Together, we will go through a fascinating path from understanding the physics of colors, and the historical features of the emergence of color theory, of course, we will understand in every detail how to use colors in our work, we will sort out all the technical features of working with color, and we will even understand how this or that color affects our mood and encourages us to take certain actions.

You will learn color theory
You will learn the art of typography
You will learn the rules of composition
Explore the history of color theory
Learn how to use the color wheel in practice
Learn how to combine colors using the rules of color theory
Understand the psychological characteristics of the influence of typography on a person
Find the necessary tools to work with typography on the Internet
Learn the rules and settings of headsets for websites and mobile applications
Start to understand the anatomy of letters
You will learn to create the right balance in photos, illustrations and design projects
Learn techniques for highlighting the main thing in design, photography, illustrations
Understand how to use the rule of thirds
Understand how to use the golden spiral rule

Course Content

Introduction

What is this course about
A couple of technical points
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Color theory

What is color theory
What is color? Physics of color
Getting to know the first color wheels
Color combination rules
Color Resources
Adobe capture application
Color illusions
Download and configure photoshop
Practice: How to match a color to an image
Difference between HSB and HSL
Difference between RGB and CMYK
What is color gamut
LAB Color Space Basics
Color in psychology
Additional resources and color play

Typography

What is typography
Why study typography
A few words before the big topic
Serif fonts
Sans serif fonts
Decorative fonts
Monospace fonts
Font and Letter Terms
Where to get fonts
Basic font settings
Kerning and tracking
Anatomy of a font
Practice. Font selection
PRACTICE:Selecting fonts
Font combination rules
Add. font resources

Composition

What is composition
Why study composition
We like symmetry
The role of figures in composition
Balance of elements
Balance by shadow
Color balance
Balance with a frame
Highlighting the main one with guides
Rule of thirds
Golden rectangle rule
Golden spiral rule
Golden ratio rule
Golden triangle rule
Rhythm and patterns
Statics and dynamics
Object Overlay

Conclusion

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