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Color Me Intrigued: Exploring Color Temperature in Illustrator (Skillshare)

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Come and explore applying a purposeful use of color and typography to create a poster that expresses a temperature. I’ll review some basic color theory, visual research tools, and a project in Illustrator that is designed around using a relationship between color and typography.

This course is for anyone interested in flexing their design muscles with a fun little poster project. You will need a basic knowledge of Adobe Illustrator.
Color Temperature & Text Poster

How can you make a poster where the typography & colors shows a temperature? Explore color through the combination of text, color, & shapes.

Project Constraints

Pick a temperature word, like cool or hot or ice-cold, etc.
Create a Color Palette with 3 to 5 colors
Create your poster
Use shapes, pen tool, etc.
No photographs!
Try to create at least 2 versions

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