Design Kickstart

On April 23, 2021

Release date:2021

Author:Michael Frederick

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

In Design Kickstart, you’ll take on industry-inspired projects while learning key design concepts that will elevate your design work right away. By the end of this course, you’ll have all of the foundational design knowledge necessary to start crafting storyboards that are motion ready.

Every Motion Designer needs to know how to design, and for more than just beautiful still images. You also need to know how to create compositions with motion in mind. If you’re looking to add this crucial skill to your toolkit, look no further than this course. You’ll learn important Design Principles and foundations by using them in projects that mimic real world client briefs, building your design knowledge while putting new techniques into practice right away. By the end of this course, you’ll have the foundations you need to further explore the depths of designing for motion.

Table of Contents

Week 1
Meet your classmates and get comfy with the course format. You’ll also get a taste of the Design Principles you’ll be learning in this course.

Week 2
This week you’ll be introduced to the very important role of contrast in composition through the use of positive and negative space.

Week 3
It’s time to dive deep into creating compositions that work as a series meant to be put into motion. You’ll explore how to put emphasis on important elements, and begin working with value and color.

Week 4
This week is a “focus week,” a chance to catch up on course work and material. You’ll also take a look at what it’s like to have design as your career.

Week 5
You’ll continue to refine your type setting skills with a complex typographical challenge. You’ll also get a lesson in simplicity by using simple shapes to communicate big ideas.

Week 6
It’s time to put your new design skills to the test by working on your final project. You’ll get to take a full set of boards from concept to finish, while picking up some helpful tips and tricks along the way.

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Week 01 – Orientation
1-Its Time to Get Ready
2-How This Course Will Work
3-Student Handbook
4-Photoshop Quick Tips
6-Learning to See
7-Change Your View
8-Who is Mike.mp3

Week 02 – Dynamic Proportions
1-Lesson 1 Dynamic Proportions
1a-Dynamic Proportions – Design Theory
1b-Dynamic Proportions – utune
1c-Dynamic Proportions – Three Columns
2a-Mixxed Shapes
2b-Three Spheres

2-Resources Seeing Like a Designer
1-Seeing Like a Designer.mp3

3-The Woodshed Episode 1
DJ Summitt Exercise 1a – Mixxed Shapes
DJ Summitt Exercise 1b – Three Spheres
DJ Summitt Orientation – Change Your View
Ian Boldon Exercise 1a – Mixxed Shapes
Ian Boldon Exercise 1b – Three Spheres
Ian Boldon Orientation – Change Your View
The Woodshed Episode 1
Tony A Exercise 1a – Three Spheres
Tony A Exercise 1b – Mixxed Shapes
Tony A Orientation – Change Your View