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Approaching Music Theory: Melodic Forms and Simple Harmony (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/melodic-forms-simple-harmony This course is about how music works. It is about the relationship between the technical and aesthetic details of music. It is also about how developing a meaningful theoretical vocabulary can help you think and talk about musical style, and how learning that vocabulary can expand your appreciation for music. In this course you will learn music theory not by looking at theory itself, but by listening to, looking at, and—yes!—writing your own musical examples. By hearing, seeing, and writing you |
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https://www.coursera.org/learn/brand-new-brand This course is the culmination of the Graphic Design Specialization and gives you an opportunity to tie together your knowledge and skills into a single project: a brand development guide for a company you will invent. This course takes you through the entire design process, from ideation to creation to presentation. Through the guide, you will be creating and giving a visual identity to an imaginary start-up company, and applying that visual identity to a number of forms. You will also develop |
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Building Your Freelancing Career (CourseraSpecs) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/freelancing Offered by California Institute of the Arts. Launch Your Successful Freelancing Business. Get paid for your talents. Explore how to become ... |
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Character Design for Video Games (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/game-character-design In this course you will explore concepts and approaches involved in creating successful character designs that can be applied to video games. Following a first week delving into some foundational concepts for successful character design, each of the remaining three weeks are structured as a master class where you will observe three professional character designers at work in the studio: Andy Ristaino (Adventure Time), Jacky Ke Jiang (Journey), and Robertryan Cory (SpongeBob SquarePants). Each de |
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Fondamentaux de l’infographie (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/fundamentals-of-graphic-design-fr L’infographie est partout ! Les mots et les images, les composantes de l’infographie, sont les éléments qui véhiculent la majorité du contenu à la fois dans le monde numérique et dans celui des documents imprimés. À mesure que l’infographie devient plus prépondérante et évidente dans nos vies, l’infographie en tant que technique devient plus importante dans notre culture. À travers des exemples visuels, ce cours vous fera découvrir les fondamentaux de l’infographie : création d'images, typograp |
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Fundamentals of Graphic Design (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/fundamentals-of-graphic-design Graphic Design is all around us! Words and pictures—the building blocks of graphic design—are the elements that carry the majority of the content in both the digital world and the printed world. As graphic design becomes more visible and prevalent in our lives, graphic design as a practice becomes more important in our culture. Through visual examples, this course will teach you the fundamental principles of graphic design: imagemaking, typography, composition, working with color and shape... f |
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Game Design Document: Define the Art & Concepts (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/game-design-document The Capstone project is a place for you to develop your game idea into a fully-fleshed proposal. A game design document is your game bible, the go-to document that defines the genre of your game, its look and feel, and the evolution of gameplay. This four-part capstone project guides you to distill and improve the foundational aspects of your game so that you may express your ideas in a clear and productive way. Note: Only learners who have earned a certificate in the four previous courses in t |
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Game Design: Art and Concepts (CourseraSpecs) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/game-design Offered by California Institute of the Arts. Create Imaginative Games. Design a video game for independent distribution in just four courses. |
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Graphic Design (CourseraSpecs) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/graphic-design Offered by California Institute of the Arts. Make Compelling Design. Learn and apply the principles of graphic design towards a ... |
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Ideas from the History of Graphic Design (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/graphic-design-history This condensed survey course focuses on four key periods or themes from the history of design in the West. Together we’ll trace the emergence of design as a recognized practice, why things look the way they do, and how designers approached specific design problems in their work. Students will develop an understanding of where the wide variety of today’s design practice comes from. By participating in this survey of the works of innovative groups and individuals, we outline the process by which |
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Introduction to Imagemaking (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/image-making This course for serious makers, and for students new to imagemaking. Imagemaking is a fluid and exciting area of graphic design that comes out of practice and process: experimenting fearlessly, showing and sharing ideas, and giving and receiving knowledgeable and constructive input. For the sake of this online platform, we have applied some structure to our investigations, but for the most part imagemaking is loose and unstructured. If we must adopt a rule in this course it is only this: you wi |
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Introduction to Typography (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/typography Typography is the art of manipulating the visual form of language to enrich and control its meaning. It’s an essential area of skill and knowledge for graphic designers. Typography predates modern graphic design by around 500 years; it is rich in rules, conventions, and esoteric terminology—but it remains an exciting space for invention and expression. In this rigorous introductory course, we will study, name, and measure the characteristics of letterforms. We’ll consider the pragmatic concerns |
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Launching Your Freelancing Business (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/launching-your-freelancing-business The third course in the Building Your Freelancing Career specialization will help learners get their business plan ready to be public-facing and start finding work. The course will cover topics such as how to set boundaries with projects, how to build a public-facing portfolio and materials, and how to present one's work. CalArtians who do not see a "Sponsored by CalArts" notice when enrolling are encouraged to access this course and the specialization by joining through the Coursera for CalArt |
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Making Money as a Freelancer (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/making-money-freelancing The second course in the Building Your Freelancing Career specialization is aimed at freelancers looking to integrate financial analysis and strategy into their business. Learners will discover and apply accounting best practices through creating a budget and financial plan and using it to set financial goals with rates and prices backed up by their own research. CalArtians who do not see a "Sponsored by CalArts" notice when enrolling are encouraged to access this course and the specialization |
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Plan a Successful Freelancing Business (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/freelancing-business The first course in the Building Your Freelancing Career specialization is focused on freelancers looking to define and solidify their philosophy, values and goals within their future business. Coursework will discuss the importance of understanding their competition and market position in a competitive business landscape, help them define what their unique value is, and how that relates to possible business approaches. CalArtians who do not see a "Sponsored by CalArts" notice when enrolling ar |
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Sharpened Visions: A Poetry Workshop (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/poetry-workshop Why just write poems when you can write better ones? This course is built on the notion that the most exciting writing begins after the first draft. It is specifically for folks who believe that writing poems just to express oneself is like using the Internet just for email. After all, poetry can change the way you and your readers think of the world and its inhabitants; it can break new ground for language; turn a blank sheet of paper into a teeming concert of voices and music. Though any of u |
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Story and Narrative Development for Video Games (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/video-game-story In this course, you will examine how storytelling acts as a vital mechanism for driving video gameplay forward. Looking at several historical and contemporary games, you will be asked to evaluate and interpret different story styles with the goal of identifying themes and procedures for your own game ideas. We'll examine traditional narrative story processes, such as three-act structure, and how they fit into game story flows and the strategic elements of gameplay. Ultimately, you will learn ho |
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The Language of Design: Form and Meaning (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/design-language In this course, critique is defined as a detailed, objective analysis of a work of graphic design and its effectiveness. Critique is an integral part of the making process for designers: it’s not just how we determine if a work of design is or is not successful, it’s how we move our work forward. Critique is also where other voices and opinions can be brought into the design process. This course will introduce a lexicon (or vocabulary) in order for you to demonstrate clearer and more considere |
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UI / UX Design (CourseraSpecs) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/ui-ux-design Offered by California Institute of the Arts. Design High-Impact User Experiences. Research, design, and prototype effective, visually-driven ... |
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UX Design Fundamentals (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/ux-design-fundamentals This hands-on course examines how content is organized and structured to create an experience for a user, and what role the designer plays in creating and shaping user experience. You will be led through a condensed process that acts as a roadmap for developing robust UI/UX design: from ideation and sitemapping, to the creation of paper and digital prototypes. Building on the design skills learned in Visual Elements of User Interface Design, you will apply this methodology to produce a digital p |
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Visual Elements of User Interface Design (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/visual-elements-user-interface-design This design-centric course examines the broad question of what an interface is and what role a designer plays in creating a user interface. Learning how to design and articulate meaning using color, type, and imagery is essential to making interfaces function clearly and seamlessly. Through a series of lectures and visual exercises, you will focus on the many individual elements and components that make up the skillset of an interface designer. By the end of this course, you will be able to desc |
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Web Design: Strategy and Information Architecture (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/web-design-strategy This course is focused on the early user experience (UX) challenges of research, planning, setting goals, understanding the user, structuring content, and developing interactive sequences. While the concepts covered will translate to many kinds of interactive media (apps, digital kiosks, games), our primary focus will be on designing contemporary, responsive websites. In this course you will complete the first half of a large scale project—developing a comprehensive plan for a complex website—by |
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Web Design: Wireframes to Prototypes (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/web-design-wireframes-prototypes This course is focused on the application of the early UX research to actual user interfaces: the creation of wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and clickable prototypes. Along the way we will also discuss: - Responsive web design and mobile web challenges - Mobile-first approach - Web typography - The relationship between design and programming and whether it is important to know how to code - The different web technologies that make the web work, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, server-sid |
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World Design for Video Games (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/video-game-world Start creating your world. A game world is not just a backdrop for your game—be it minimal or detailed, contained or part of a much bigger universe, it provides the context for your player. Ultimately, a game world should feel alive and wholly unique to any player who will experience it. In this course, we will explore game worlds in existing games and study the art and influences that inform their themes and styles. We will also investigate key components of environment and level design as we |
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Основы графического дизайна (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/fundamentals-of-graphic-design-ru Графический дизайн — повсюду вокруг нас. Слова и изображения — структурные элементы графического дизайна — несут в себе большую часть контента как в цифровом, так и в печатном мире. Графический дизайн становится все более заметным и распространенным в нашей жизни, а графический дизайн в качестве практики — более важным в нашей культуре. На визуальных примерах этот курс ознакомит вас с основными принципами графического дизайна: создание изображений, типографика, композиция, работа с цветом и фор |