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thespirals
January 20th, 2010, 01:22 AM
anyone know of any good online courses or programs on basic graphic design? something that will help me to become more efficient in photoshop and illustrator, and teach me about basic typography and font do's and don'ts....

Roboko
January 20th, 2010, 01:44 AM
basic design principles: teach yourself graphic design (http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/inspiration/teach-yourself-graphic-design-a-self-study-course-outline/)
hundreds of tutorials here, some are decent (http://psd.tutsplus.com/category/tutorials/)
hundreds on abduzeedo too (http://abduzeedo.com/)
Thousands of tutorials from computer arts magazine (http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials)

the ails of typographic anti aliasing (http://m.smashingmagazine.com/2009/11/02/the-ails-of-typographic-anti-aliasing/)
principles of beautiful typography (http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/principles-beautiful-typography)
The non-typographer’s guide to practical typeface selection (http://www.cameronmoll.com/archives/000240.html)
five simple steps to better typography (http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/five-simple-steps-to-better-typography)
serif vs sans serif (http://kurafire.net/log/archive/2005/07/23/typography-serif-vs-sans-serif)
Typography tips for design students (http://www.davidairey.com/typography-tips-and-advice-for-graphic-design-students/)
The many different types of A-holes (http://imjustcreative.com/the-many-different-types-of-a-hole/2009/08/31/)
Typography: Ornate lettering process (http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/ornate-lettering-process/)

If you need any graphic design help/crit you can pm me :)

thespirals
January 20th, 2010, 02:02 AM
wow, yum, thank you!

Raoul Duke
January 22nd, 2010, 03:34 PM
Roboko you are champ. These are some solid links. Too bad this won't be sticky.

jeremygordon89
January 22nd, 2010, 05:43 PM
Check out psdtuts.com and the related sites on there. Those will help you out a lot I think.

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