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Get your content ready to go for a design project. Different design styles and which one you should use Gathering (useful), inspiration
Laura Elizabeth – Design Fundamentals
As a developer, you’re likely involved in design decisions on a daily basis. Maybe you’re being asked to add a new feature to your company’s web app, or you’ve had an idea for a side project that you want to look half-decent. Many of the tasks you do require some design skills.
And so design becomes that thing that you can’t seem to get away from. It’s always there: something you wish you could do but don’t know how to start.
I’ve been there. Despite having spent over 5 years in design college and university, I could not replicate good design. Each course I took was informative and technically challenging. ‘made sense’Yet, when I tried to design it myself, I ran into a brick wall.
Now, almost a decade later, I’m finally free.-I feel confident that I can design now that I have been taught. My learning style was quite different from the one I received in design school. That’s why I’ve created this course. I’m going to give you the shortcuts I wish I had when learning design and leave you with a solid foundation in everything from colour to typography to imagery on the web.
This course will help you get to a stage where you can not only be confident in your abilities (and trust me, you have plenty of ability to learn design) but it’ll also teach you all the tricks I’ve learned in the last 8+ years of professional design work.
What will I find?
This course is designed to give you a solid foundation for your design work. It’s not going to teach you everything under the sun about design but it’ll teach you the most important things you can do to improve your designs today — no matter how “artistic” you are (or, more likely, aren’t!). Here are some highlights:
EASY TO FOLLOW PROCESS
My workflow for almost every project, from finding inspiration to colouring and typography
THINK LIKE A DESIGNER
How you can train your eye to spot what’s wrong in a design and, most importantly, fix it
REAL CASE STUDIES
Over-The-shoulder case studies showing how I’ve designed different websites from scratch
VISUALS EASY
Image and illustration treatment that anyone can do – even if you can’t draw a wonky line
6 Modules, 30 Videos
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You can binge watch all these videos in one go, or come back and reference them at any time throughout whatever project you’re working on.
Planning
Module 1
Prepare your content for a design job
Different design styles. Which one to choose?
Gathering (useful!) inspiration
Layout
Module 2
Sketching layouts
Filling out your content
Spacing and alignment (and why they’re the two most important principles!)
3 lessons on how to avoid common layout mistakes
Typography
Module 3
Choose the fonts for your body text
Selecting fonts to use in headlines
Making your type look good
Typographic details
Colour
Module 4
Choose a base colour
Find your accent
Using grey effectively
How your colours look ‘off’
Imagery
Module 5
Photography for sourcing
Photo editing for web design
Image editing
Web design icons
Illustrations for sourcing
Use illustrations
Displaying screenshots
Polish
Module 6
How to identify and correct problem areas
Tips and tricks for responsive design
Consistency in design
Have you ever wished to see how a designer works firsthand?
Sometimes, watching someone else work is the best way to learn. You’ll pick up tricks that you never thought to look for before! Within the course, you’ll find a number of case studies where you can see how I created each of the following websites from scratch (including all mistakes and mishaps).
Continually updated
As I take on more projects these case studies are updated with exciting new projects.
With full commentary
In each video, I’ll be articulating why specific choices were made and highlighting important bits.
“Design is something that I didn’t think could be taught… until I came across your course. You’re very talented as a designer but being able to teach such an abstract skill has blown my mind.”
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If:
You want to master the fundamentals of design without spending years in design school (and don’t necessarily want to think of yourself as a designer)
You want to launch, build, and sell your products without having them look bad
Clients are asking you to design enhance the projects you have built for them.
You want to learn from “over-the-shoulder” Walkthroughs of designers’ designs
It is important to not feel embarrassed when you share a link to your portfolio with someone.
If you are not:
You’re not willing to commit to putting into practice what the course teaches (you won’t learn just by watching the videos!)
You have the time to teach yourself design through trial and error (it is possible, but it’ll take longer)
You don’t have the motivation to start learning design just yet
You want to learn abstract design principles about movement, balance, rhythm …
You prefer to stand out and follow trends, rather than designing for usability and conversions.
Sale Design fundamentals
Stop letting your lack of ‘design voodoo’ preventing you from creating kick-Ass products
Access to up to 30 in-depth videos
Access to the class for life
Unlimited updates
Cheatsheets and worksheets
6-week accountability
Live critiques on your designs
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Who teaches it?
Hey! I’m Laura Elizabeth and I’ve been a designer for almost a decade, I’ve worked on projects for HelpSpot, LaraTalent, RightMessage and Double Your Freelancing. You might have seen me at SmashingConf or LTV Conf, Patterns day, and many other conferences around the globe.
And now I’m here to help you level up your design skills so you can start creating products that are not only built well, but look pretty darn good!
Frequently Asked Question
“I’m a developer who can’t design for shite. Will this help me?”
This course is aimed at complete beginners to design… but is by no means slow-You may find it too fast or patronizing. If you’re technically minded and consider yourself creatively challenged this course is for you. We’ll go through a simple step by step process that you can repeat in it’s entirety or pick and choose for any project you work on.
“Is this going to just be a bunch of theory?”
Nope! This course is super, super actionable. My biggest problem with learning design was that although the principles made sense, I was always left with one question. “How do I actually apply this in my work?”. This course was designed with implementation in mind. After each lesson you’ll have a new skill which you can start using in your projects instantly.
“How long can I access the course for?”
Forever and ever. You’ll have access to all the videos, worksheets along with any future updates we have planned.
“How long does the course take to complete?”
That depends how much effort you put in but typically you’re looking at a minimum of 2 weeks to go through the fundamentals. You’ll likely be coming back to reference any aspects you struggle with.
“What kind of software/tooling do I need?”
This course is tool-independent. The reason being, it doesn’t matter what you design in (Photoshop, Sketch, Chrome) – it’s a case of designing in what makes you more comfortable and allows you to focus on the principles, not the tool. However, we do cover vector graphics and image treatments that will require some software such as Illustrator or Photoshop. If you don’t want to splash out on Creative Cloud, all the techniques can also be used in free software like Gimp.
“What if I don’t get anything useful out of this?”
If, for whatever reason, you’re not happy with the course and it doesn’t help you improve your designs, I don’t want yo’ money. Simply let me know within 30 days of when the course gets released and I’ll give you a full refund.
“Laura, will you be available if I get stuck?”
Absolutely! As you progress through the course, you will receive feedback on your designs. I will give every student at least one thorough assessment of their design, and provide detailed feedback on ways to improve. My number one goal is to see you proudly display your design.
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