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About the Course

This course for serious makers, and for students new to imagemaking. Imagemaking is a fluid and exciting area of graphic design that comes out of practice and process: experimenting fearlessly, showing and sharing ideas, and giving and receiving knowledgeable and constructive input. For the sake of this online platform, we have applied some structure to our investigations, but for the most part imagemaking is loose and unstructured. If we must adopt a rule in this course it is only this: you will not become a graphic designer by watching videos alone. Or, don't just make stuff just in your head. So here, the focus here is on making, and you are expected to devote serious time and intellectual energy to that activity in this course. Specifically, you will: - experiment with a range of materials and techniques to make images for graphic design - expand your visual vocabulary both in terms of making and talking about work, in order to discuss your work and work of others - learn how to make, manipulate and arrange images to create compositions, eventually culminating in the design and production of an-image-based book. The first half of the course is an opportunity to experiment and explore imagemaking in order to expand your visual vocabulary. You will create pieces that are expressive, meditative, or 'design-y' to instigate, evoke, experiment, record, explain, or try out a media. In the second two weeks, we’ll invite the images to deliberately and intentionally carry meaning and communication through relational moves like juxtaposition, composition, and context. We’ll look at developing and expanding the range of approaches for putting things together by composing page spreads with your images. Since nothing exists without context, we look at how to intentionally drive the image’s connotations, meanings, and associations generated through elements of composition and “visual contrasts.” Ultimately, we will take the images that you create and make a book from them. The results of your assignments (and experiments) may generate something completely unknowable now or in the future—and that's the goal....

Top reviews

BS

May 22, 2017

My most toughest course so far. But it was such fun creating design by my hands. My design perspective truly has expanded and I am more appreciative of what I have accomplished.

LS

Sep 24, 2019

The assignments are really fun and put the videos into practice very efficiently! The only thing that troubles me is sometimes the "design language" is too unfamiliar for beginners.

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By Jennifer A P

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Oct 22, 2022

Great practice and good information to carry forward.

By Irina U

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Mar 25, 2019

Nice course, really makes you learn, think, overthink!

By Justina S

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Jan 31, 2018

Interesting course, i loved the challenges it gave me.

By Joel A (

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Sep 8, 2016

This course is superb! Thank you for offering it here.

By Manuel L

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Oct 25, 2024

Very good course, specially the teacher is the best !

By Chem X

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Aug 9, 2023

A masterfully bright instructor, never a dull moment!

By Aalaa W A

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May 2, 2021

i like this course cause it make my imagination widly

By Miguel A P B

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Aug 3, 2020

It is a very useful and inspiring course. Recommended

By Chelsea R

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Jul 16, 2019

Probably the most I learnt about Image-making so far.

By Megan M

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Aug 4, 2023

A great class to take to help spark your creativity.

By Dee M

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Sep 14, 2016

Really, really enjoyed this course - very insightful

By Muhammad R

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Jul 20, 2021

If you are an artist, it's just to take the course.

By Tetiana M

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Jul 5, 2021

Thanks for this course. I enjoyed making a book!!!

By JONATAN J J

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Apr 30, 2021

A very practical course it served me a lot, thanks

By Samridhi

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Jul 5, 2020

this was a very interactive and challenging course

By Arslan S

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Aug 28, 2018

the best course for understanding and learning art

By Olena T

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Jun 29, 2017

Very helpful course, specially for the newbies :)

By Ahmed H K

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Aug 29, 2020

Had a awesome time in completing the assignment.

By yosi t

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Dec 10, 2023

thank u, Coursera and Calarts. I learn so much

By Yingyan H

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Nov 2, 2021

Great course with helpful and fun assignments.

By Karla B

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Dec 25, 2020

I learned a lot. It is funny, dynamic and deep

By 08_K.Harika

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Feb 1, 2021

great insight on introduction to image making

By Чулков Е

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Aug 21, 2020

Отличный курс, интересные и полезные задания.

By Zaeem R

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Jul 23, 2020

It is a really enjoyable and learning course.