This week I have another
fantastic opportunity for all of you creative’s out there, another of my
fabulous surface pattern friends is also running an exciting course! This time it is all about Typography. I've never really given typography much
thought, but actually when you start to think about it, it is everywhere! This course will be all about type and how to
use different styles effectively.
The course will run live for 3 weeks starting the 14th of June but all videos, discussions and resources will be available constantly after the finish of the course, this way you can go at your own pace!
The course will run live for 3 weeks starting the 14th of June but all videos, discussions and resources will be available constantly after the finish of the course, this way you can go at your own pace!
Here is a snippet of what
you will learn in this 3 week course :
- How to use typography effectively for
communication
- How different typefaces can give off different
messages
- How famous brands use typography to enhance
their brands
- How to create your own typefaces – Digitally and
hand drawn!
- A little about the history and anatomy of typography
You will then take these new-found skills and create a typographic illustration of your favourite quote
or lyric, perfect to frame and put on your wall!
Faye Brown, the mastermind
behind this lovely little course will be giving lecture videos, slideshows and
there will be downloadable resources for students to work their way
through. There will also be plenty of
opportunities for feedback so you can build on what you have produced!
You do not need to have
Illustrator or Photoshop for this course, but there are aspects of it where you
will be given tutorials of how to produce type in these programs. Don’t fret though; you can get a 30 day trial
of both of these software from the Adobe website here. Just make sure you download them just before
the course!
Now for the good part, If
you sign up via this link and this is your first Skillshare course then you can
get the course for only $10 (£7ish) but if you have already done a Skillshare
course then you can still get 25% off by entering the code PPFRIEND when you
sign up! So you get it for only $15 (£10ish).
This course goes hand in
hand with Majo BV’s repeating patterns Skillshare course, so if you are
interested in learning how to make repeating patterns then you can find out
more here.
There is even a 30% discount
code when you sign up for either one of these courses for the other course! You
can find this code in the Classroom – Announcements section of either course. So sign up for one and get 30% off the other!
If you wanted to take the course the 14th of June... where would you go for it & how & who would you pay to make out a check to? When would you make the downloads before the 14th of June? What if you were not even able to make a download would it keek you from learning what you needed to know in the course? After the course do you recive anything to show that you took this course & finished it? or what? :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the post Emma! really appreciate it... In reply to these questions please find the answers below (I'm the teacher of the course)
Deletewhere would you go for it & how & who would you pay to make out a check to?
Follow the links above to get to the Skillshare website. This is an online class. You pay via the skillshare website. At checkout you can enter a discount code.
When would you make the downloads before the 14th of June?
The course is launched on the 14th June. Once you are signed up you have access to all the video lectures and resources for life.
What if you were not even able to make a download would it keek you from learning what you needed to know in the course?
You don't need to download anything really. You can watch all the videos online. The course is a self paced class. I will however, be checking in for the first few weeks a lot to give feedback. But if you can't keep up, that's no problem. You can take it at your own pace.
After the course do you recive anything to show that you took this course & finished it? or what? :)
Not at the moment. It's a short course to introduce people to typography. It's not officiated by a college or university but should get you up to a good standard to apply your new knowledge to say, perhaps, a graphic design degree. I may look at creating some sort of official blog button so you can show you've taken the course if other students are interested in this.
I hope that helps. If you have any other queries, please pop over to the course on skillshare and ask in the Q&A section on the site.
I hope you sign up :)
Faye