Graphic Design Tips & Tricks Weekly (Update 22.03.19)
Release date:2015, February 6
Duration:09 h 22 m
Author:John McWade
Skill level:Intermediate
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
John McWade, founder of Before & After and now senior staff author at lynda.com, presents a biweekly series that touches on all areas of design, helping designers new and old sharpen their skills and create more powerful work. This series covers a wide range of topics, from typography and layout to color and logo design, but each episode is a standalone technique that can be completed in just ten minutes or less. Tune in every other Monday for a new tip.
01.New This Week
01.01.Quick look Saltwater restaurant.Update 20190322
02.Introduction
02.02.Welcome.Update 20190322
03.The Best Practices of Graphic Design
03.03.Design a modern cover Think simple, clean, and angular.Update 20190322
03.04.Transform a product sheet Put your words here, not there.Update 20190322
03.05.Design a business card Make it look like what it says.Update 20190322
03.06.Double your artwork for free Use the same picture twice.Update 20190322
03.07.Design a ghosted logo A picture always goes with itself.Update 20190322
03.08.Design a business card using repetitive shape.Update 20190322
03.09.Why round letters are bigger than straight ones.Update 20190322
03.10.Design a powerful poster Work with your photo, not against it.Update 20190322
03.11.Design stationery that’s almost a brochure Picture your product, not your logo.Update 20190322
03.12.Alignment Your ruler’s good only for regular things.Update 20190322
03.13.Logo design Think simple.Update 20190322
03.14.Your design needs a focal point Dramatic photo anchors a strong makeover.Update 20190322
03.15.Chart your data with images.Update 20190322
03.16.Make a beautiful logo with off-the-shelf type.Update 20190322
03.17.How to transfer your look to a new format.Update 20190322
03.18.Angles.Update 20190322
03.19.The (very!) versatile art of the silhouette.Update 20190322
03.20.Easy, functional one-line design.Update 20190322
03.21.Signage Consistency makes the brand.Update 20190322
03.22.Elementals How black, white, and gray make depth.Update 20190322
03.23.A beautiful desk calendar you can make yourself.Update 20190322
03.24.Lesson of the counterintuitive logo.Update 20190322
03.25.How to design visual instructions.Update 20190322
03.26.Design a beautiful CD package.Update 20190322
03.27.Simple brochure presents your face to the public.Update 20190322
03.28.Soften the edge.Update 20190322
03.29.Small layout packs a big punch.Update 20190322
03.30.Shape it Part one.Update 20190322
03.31.Shape it Part two.Update 20190322
03.32.A logo makeover Part one.Update 20190322
03.33.A logo makeover Part two.Update 20190322
03.34.Grid collage.Update 20190322
03.35.People in a group on a grid.Update 20190322
03.36.Magazine cover redesign.Update 20190322
03.37.Designing cards with type alone.Update 20190322
03.38.Designing a small-space advertisement.Update 20190322
03.39.Designing a business card for a photographer.Update 20190322
03.40.Designing names with type and basic shapes.Update 20190322
03.41.Review of an outdoor sign logo.Update 20190322
03.42.Creating a small multipage brochure.Update 20190322
03.43.Designing with black, white, and gray.Update 20190322
03.44.Gestalt techniques Isomorphism.Update 20190322
03.45.Redesigning a business card.Update 20190322
03.46.How to put motion on a static page.Update 20190322
03.47.The color wheel.Update 20190322
03.48.Layout decision points.Update 20190322
03.49.Designing a tiny brochure.Update 20190322
03.50.Panoramic spacing.Update 20190322
03.51.Multi-use format for a business card.Update 20190322
03.52.The boring book cover challenge Part 1.Update 20190322
03.53.The boring book cover challenge Part 2.Update 20190322
03.54.The single space practice.Update 20190322
03.55.Incorporating hairlines into your design.Update 20190322
03.56.Close enough with color choice.Update 20190322
03.57.More design techniques with grids.Update 20190322
03.58.Lanzarote calendar assignment.Update 20190322
03.59.Foreground focal point.Update 20190322
03.60.Stop, look, observe.Update 20190322
03.61.Working with a rule of thumb (dynamic) grid.Update 20190322
03.62.The humble power of negative space.Update 20190322
03.63.Go with the flow.Update 20190322
03.64.Learning by doing.Update 20190322
03.65.For the love of design!.Update 20190322
03.66.The boring book cover challenge, part 3.Update 20190322
03.67.Bold moves.Update 20190322
03.68.Simply beautiful.Update 20190322
03.69.Common but versatile looks.Update 20190322
03.70.Audacious philanthropy.Update 20190322
03.71.Simple slides.Update 20190322
03.72.Every face has a place.Update 20190322
03.73.Those little extras.Update 20190322
03.74.Seeing sight lines.Update 20190322
03.75.Swiss style grids, part 1.Update 20190322
03.76.Swiss style grids, part 2.Update 20190322
03.77.Poetic type.Update 20190322
03.78.Visual continuity.Update 20190322
03.79.Find your balance.Update 20190322
03.80.Procrastiworking with album covers.Update 20190322
03.81.Looking around Why it works.Update 20190322
03.82.Dont fake it.Update 20190322
03.83.Find the focal point.Update 20190322
03.84.Tooth and texture.Update 20190322
03.85.Small and simple.Update 20190322
03.86.Design challenge Dino Water.Update 20190322
03.87.Looking around Address the audience.Update 20190322
03.88.Experimenting with borders.Update 20190322
03.89.Magazine layout triple threat.Update 20190322
03.90.Product ad comparison.Update 20190322
03.91.Lanzarote calendar assignment Revisited.Update 20190322
03.92.Rewind Simply beautiful.Update 20190322
03.93.Rewind Seeing sight lines.Update 20190322
03.94.Find your center with typefaces.Update 20190322
03.95.Maki poster, part 1.Update 20190322
03.96.Maki poster, part 2.Update 20190322
03.97.Quick look Decoded wallet case.Update 20190322
03.98.A type of luxury.Update 20190322
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