Let's be honest, there are lots of courses about poster design on this platform, but very few of them will tell you the rules of poster design and then immediately show you how to break all the rules of poster design. In this class, we'll take lessons from the masters who came before us, turn them on their heads, and finish with something progressive, contemporary, and cool.

We'll discuss the fundamentals of design and how they apply to posters, and I'll share lessons about the technical aspects needed to produce a final design that is meant to be printed in whichever process fits best for your work.

This class is perfect for novice designers, and intermediate designers who feel the need to dip their toes into unfamiliar territory, but only if you're fearless.

What You'll Need

FILES

I have included the source files in PSD format as well as some images. To keep things simple, I've limited the fonts to Helvetica Regular and Bold, but feel free to replace them with a more convenient equivalent (Arial, Gotham, Roboto, Avenir, or get crazy and use something completely different (I highly encourage this). 

SOFTWARE

Affinity Photo, Adobe Photoshop, or equivalent

The designs in this course are made within Affinity Photo, but everything that is discussed can be replicated within Photoshop with very little difference in approach. This course is less about the software nuances and more about how to approach poster design with bravery.

If you find yourself stuck because of the differences in the software, please do not hesitate to reach out and I will do my best to help get you unstuck.