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Considered until recently to be mostly an advertising tool, the poster has become an art form in its own right in home decor, gifts, and commercial work. In this self-paced class, I'll be your guide as we explore four different styles of posters, and create TEN different poster projects together. You'll build your design arsenal with links to stock photography resources (plus discounts!), as well as dozens of additional design, type, and image resources for go-to inspiration and creative poster making. You'll learn the start-to-finish process for creating posters for both digital and four-color presses utilizing everything from highly sylized stock photography to type to brushwork to complete each unique poster.

Creating posters for anything from your local band, to your child's school play, to a national political campaign requires a designer's eye and a specialized set of Photoshop skills. We'll venture (way, way) beyond the scrapbook page in this design class as we manipulate photos, blend elements together, extract items, add texture and brushwork, and more. Posters are all about creating a big, bold statement, and we'll learn how to do this in a big, bold way!

• Source royalty-free artwork & photographs
• Create unique layered poster designs with drawing, type, paths, textures, scans, imagery, and brushes
• Create dynamic and eye-catching type effects
• Use stock photos in different ways for different effects
• Utilize design principles for optimal placement of elements such as dates & logos
• Develop color schemes that really work
• Utilize white space
• Create files for both digital and four-color presses
• Export files at the perfect size and resolution
• Navigate the ins and outs of copyright for commercial posters

Let's summarize some of the features of our class:

• I'll walk you through video lessons that explain design techniques in detail, such as texturing, shadows, patterns, and more

• Step-by-step video tutorials let you see and hear the techniques

• You'll get a downloadable sample & source kit that contains everything you need to be successful in our class

• You'll get lots of exclusive bonuses!

• You'll receive bonus assignments, tutorials, self-check questions and more to help you reinforce your knowledge, and make better use of Photoshop's tools and functions along the way

• You'll get access to our private class message board, where you can ask questions, or chat with other participants about anything you like

• All of the videos you'll see and other course content you'll receive will be available FOREVER from your course home page at JessicaSprague.com. No expiration, even after the course ends!

Prerequisites

The prerequisite for this class is my intermediate digital scrapbooking class, Now We're Rockin' with Photoshop, or intermediate-level knowledge of the Photoshop/Elements tools and interface.

The Art of Poster Design is truly an investment in yourself, and the skills you'll learn here will benefit you in every poster, flyer, advertisement, and graphic project you take on forever. Can't wait to see you in class! Register today!