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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 Ammar I

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Nov 15, 2021

Very comprehensive! A captivating and enthralling journey through the world of image-making!

By Chito I A B I

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Jul 10, 2022

This course was really good & helpful. I have learned how the process of imagemaking works.

By Bob

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Jan 17, 2022

I understand image making now :) It's very fun to learn about it. This is a great course :D

By Huda M

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Apr 1, 2019

I really Enjoyed this course, made me get out of my comfort zone and think outside the box.

By Diana S

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Sep 12, 2016

I really loved the teaching method, fluid and in tune with any artist`s budding creativity!

By Zuzana P

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Oct 10, 2016

It was really challenging, and interesting course. I wish I had more time to work with it.

By Mohammad M

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Aug 21, 2022

A comprehensive and practical course with creative presentation to solve imaging problems

By Subhan A

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Nov 13, 2020

Video lectures are less. Overall course is good but would be perfect if videos were more.

By Deleted A

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Jun 20, 2019

Very useful course another step towards specialization

CalArts is doing a wonderful job!!

By Fabian M

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Jan 1, 2017

This course challenged me to expand my visual creative skills and for that I am thankful.

By Brianna P

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Oct 10, 2016

This was a great course that got me to stop judging my creations and start making images!

By Anna A s

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Dec 3, 2022

this course was very skillful i learn so much i really like image making very creative

By James W

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Jun 25, 2022

An excellent course covering from basics to concept to design - plus it's a fun course!

By Hương N

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Mar 4, 2022

Such an amazing course!! I enjoy the process of learning and creating interesting stuff

By Soumya P

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Jun 15, 2020

I loved this course. It was very informative. Had a lot of fun making the compositions.

By Andrew C

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May 15, 2024

I was really enjoyed to make this course, it helps me a lot in the process of creation

By Norman K

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Sep 29, 2020

Very informative tutors and interesting assignments that make the learning interesting

By celina o

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May 11, 2016

Very practical, short videos, lots of exercices to get going, very interesting course.

By Brian H

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Jan 25, 2021

I loved the work that this course pulled out of me. Very grateful for the experience.

By Galo V

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Jun 27, 2019

Un curso realmente de mucho aporte, me ayudó para comprender y afinar mi creatividad.

By mohammed A

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Sep 9, 2019

Really good course I enjoyed the process. was very helpful to improve my creativity.

By Elizabeth O

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Dec 19, 2017

Very informative and engaging course. One of my favorites among this specialization.

By Mohamed G W

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Oct 10, 2017

great course that will teach you the meaning of the pictures and spaces in the image

By Nicoleta P

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Apr 12, 2017

The way information combines with practice to enhance your creativity is just great!

By Shiela O

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Aug 17, 2016

I learned a lot esp the extent of using materials to create an artwork. Well done!