Before & After: Less is More
Size: 62 MB | Duration: 0h 11m | Video: AVC (.mp4) 720p | Audio: AAC 48KHz 2ch | Subtitles
Genre: eLearning | Level: Beginner | Language: English

In design, simplicity is best. Reducing the number of visual elements actually leads to stronger compositions. Join for another Before & After project that shows how "less is more" works in practice. He takes an existing design—a portfolio-style folded business card—and explains what went wrong. Then he shows how to fix it by reducing or eliminating excessive rules, fonts, frames, and colors, so that the design is stronger and more cohesive.

Before and After Series of classes will publish once in a week for the purpose of showing students how good and professional work can make a huge difference on your designs .

Before & After: Logo Design Tips and Tricks

Duration: 57m | Video: h264, yuv420p, 1280x720 30fps | Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, 2 ch | 193 MB
Genre: eLearning | Language: English

You don't need to be an artist or designer to create an excellent logo. The best ones are simple—often just a word or a shape. However, the opposite is also true. Logos can be difficult precisely because it's so easy to overthink them.

Take a creative refresher course with these 18 simple design techniques that will immediately improve your layouts, brought to you by John McWade, founder and creative director of Before & After magazine. These tutorials combine instruction on topics like designs without graphics, extreme cropping, big and small type, logo design, and more, with John's distinct visual learning style.

Before & After: Graphic Design Best Practices

Before & After: Graphic Design Best Practices

John McWade, founder of Before & After and now senior staff author at lynda.com, presents a new series that touches on all areas of design, helping designers new and old sharpen their skills and create more powerful work. This series will cover a wide range of topics, from typography and layout to color and logo design, but each episode will be a standalone technique that can be completed in just ten minutes or less. Tune in every Monday for a new tip.