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Design Basics: Working with Shapes (Skillshare)

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Design Basics: Working with Shapes (Skillshare)

Shapes are the building blocks of design. Seeing shape and understanding how to work with shapes are crucial skills in becoming a great designer. In this class we will start out by learning to recognize shapes in the design around us. Then we will complete a basic design task using shapes. Next we will learn how to create new shapes from basic shapes. Lastly we will complete a project by creating complex shapes.

The project for this course is to create a complex icon, logo, sticker, or other design using shapes. The requirements are:

  • The design must use at least two shapes (more will likely be needed)
  • At least one of those shapes must be a complex shape created using the boolean operations

Program suggestions for completing the project:

  • Adobe Illustrator (PC, Mac)
  • Affinity Designer (PC, Mac, iPadOS)
  • Affinity Publisher (PC, Mac)
  • Assembly (iOS, iPadOS)
  • Inkscape (PC, Linux)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint (PC, Mac)
  • Vectornator (iOS, iPadOS, Mac)
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