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Graphics Design Essentials

A practical, creative foundation in visual communication, layout composition, typography, and graphic asset creation using modern vector and raster graphic design software.

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What you'll learn

  • Visual Communication & Principles: Apply fundamental design concepts—including visual balance, contrast, alignment, proximity, repetition, and white space.
  • Typography & Branding: Select, pair, and style fonts effectively to establish brand identities, logos, and visual brand guides.
  • Vector Asset Creation: Design scalable resolution-independent icons, vector logos, custom illustrations, and brand assets.
  • Photo Manipulation & Retouching: Edit, clean, crop, color-correct, and composite raster images and photo graphics.
  • Multi-Platform Asset Production: Export and prepare production-ready files in correct formats (PNG, SVG, JPG, PDF) for web, social media, and print production.

Course content

The full curriculum is being finalised. Contact us for the syllabus.

About this course

Unlock the fundamental principles of visual communication and learn to create professional visual media for digital platforms and print. This course covers essential graphic design concepts, including color theory, visual hierarchy, typography, branding identity, and layout composition. You will learn how to create and edit vector graphics, manipulate and touch up raster photos, design promotional marketing assets (such as posters, social media banners, and brand logos), and prepare print-ready and digital-ready files for real-world distribution.

Tools you'll use

Corel Draw

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Phone, tablet or laptop. Pick up exactly where you left off.

Hands-on practice

Quizzes, coding exercises and projects marked by instructors.

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