<p style="text-align: justify;">Coursera Platform is offering a free <a href="https://www.for9a.com/en/opportunity/category/Online-Courses"><strong>online course</strong></a> on Fundamentals of Graphic Design.</p><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Course background: &nbsp; &nbsp;</h3><p style="text-align: justify;">If you want to be a designer you have to be a maker and a communicator, so this course will offer you lots of opportunities to get your hands dirty with exercises and with more practical projects. At the end of this course you will have learned how to explore and investigate visual representation through a range of image-making techniques; understand basic principles of working with shape, color and pattern; been exposed to the language and skills of typography; and understand and have applied the principles of composition and visual contrast.&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;">To succeed in this course you will need access to a computer. You can complete this course without one but it will be tougher. Access to, and a beginner's level knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite programs, such as Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign will help you, especially if you want to complete the optional briefs.</p><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Course duration:</h3><p style="text-align: justify;">Approx. 15 hours to complete.</p><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Course topics:</h3><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Week 1: Fundamentals of Imagemaking</li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;">This week we are going to look at how images function in terms of conveying denotative and connotative messages, I'll show you a range of analog and digital imagemaking techniques and discuss how they work. In the first peer review assignment you'll create your own series of images, experimenting with formal techniques.&nbsp;</p><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Week 2: Fundamentals of Typography</li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;">This week we are going to look at typographic terminology and the basic rules for creating typography. I'll show you a range of tips and techniques for working with type, in both a functional and expressive manner, and you'll find out about the process involved in making and controlling typography. This week you'll complete a quiz to make sure you understand the language of typography&ndash;this is required.&nbsp;</p><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Week 3: Fundamentals of Shape and Color</li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;">This week we are going to look at how designers work with shape and color as their fundamental building blocks. You'll learn about visual contrast, color, rhythm and pattern in design. I'll be showing you the process involved in making an abstract design from shapes, and how to use that element to create a repeating pattern design. You'll be completing a quiz (required!) to make sure you understand how visual contrast and color work, and I also highly recommend you complete the two optional peer review assignments.&nbsp;</p><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Week 4: Fundamentals of Composition</li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;">This week we are going to look at how designers work with visual contrasts, cropping, hierarchy and direction in single images and complex compositions. You'll find out how to control and use scale, weight, direction, texture, and space in a composition, and how to compose work that ranges from the complex to the minimal.&nbsp;</p><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Course objectives:</h3><p style="text-align: justify;">By the end of this course learners will be able to:</p><ol><li style="text-align: justify;">Implement the fundamentals of color: visual, rhythm, and pattern in design&nbsp;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Use scale, weight, direction, texture, and space in a composition&nbsp;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Typeset text and experiment with letter forms</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Create your own series of images using different image making techniques&nbsp;</li></ol><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Course costs:</h3><p>This course is a part of the larger Graphic Design Specialization on Coursera, learner can enroll for free and gets:</p><ol><li style="text-align: justify;">Unlimited access to all courses in the Specialization including: Watching lectures, trying assignments, participating in discussion forums, and more.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Canceling option at any time: No penalties - simply cancel before the trial ends if it's not right for you.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">$49 USD per month to continue learning after trial ends: Go as fast as you can - the faster you go, the more you save.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Certificate when you complete, that you can share on your resume, LinkedIn, and CV.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Learner who can&rsquo;t afford to pay required fees is eligible to apply for financial aid, that allows him/her to get everything a fee-payer learner gets.</li></ol><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>See more available<span dir="RTL">&nbsp;</span><span dir="RTL"><a href="https://www.for9a.com/en/opportunity/category/Competitions-and-Awards"><span dir="LTR">competition and awards</span></a></span><span dir="RTL">&nbsp;</span>on For9a&nbsp;</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>See more<span dir="RTL">&nbsp;</span><span dir="RTL"><a href="https://www.for9a.com/en/country/United-States"><span dir="LTR">opportunities in the US</span></a></span><span dir="RTL">&nbsp;</span>available on For9a</strong></p>

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<p style="text-align: justify;">Coursera Platform is offering a free <a href="https://www.for9a.com/en/opportunity/category/Online-Courses"><strong>online course</strong></a> on Fundamentals of Graphic Design.</p><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Course background:    </h3><p style="text-align: justify;">If you want to be a designer you have to be a maker and a communicator, so this course will offer you lots of opportunities</p>

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