Welcome to Our Graphic Design Homeschool Course: Introduction to Graphic Design

Getting Started with Our Introduction to Graphic Design Homeschool Course

This introduction to Graphic Design homeschool course is an excellent guide to the basics of graphic design for your middle school and high school students. This graphic design course teaches students how to recognize quality graphic designs, how to design eye-catching ads, and what types of jobs are available for graphic designers.

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Graphic design is everywhere, from packaging on millions of products, to Facebook® and social media memes, e-newsletters, flyers, postcards, logos, websites, product labels, billboards, etc. It’s everywhere whether we realize it or not. We live in a world where people want to see images more than they want to read an article. If the meaning of the article can be conveyed in a Facebook meme, then that’s what is shared in social media. A really good design will draw you into purchasing that nifty gadget, sharing a post on Facebook, reading an article, or eating at a particular restaurant.

This graphic design homeschool course focuses on the basics of graphic design. In particular, it discusses the legality of graphic design (things to be aware of), the basics (importance of fonts, colors, white space, and more), the message (what idea you are conveying in the design), the design (setting up the design so that it flows the way it should), and the outcome (what you can do as a graphic designer).

Each lesson ends with an activity which helps to solidify the lesson. Further into the course, students create multiple designs.

There are no specific hardware or software requirements for this graphic design course beyond access to the Internet. The class can be viewed on any device that supports a PDF file. The projects can be done with numerous image software programs, including free online resources such as Gimp and Canva.