Digital Art Direction

Creative direction: the concept

A course by Adrián Somoza , Art Director and Interactive Designer

Art Director and Interactive Designer. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Joined June 2017
95% positive reviews (350)
5,825 students
Audio: Spanish
Spanish · English · Portuguese

About the video: Creative direction: the concept

Overview

“We will learn how to think before putting the mouse to design.”

In this video lesson Adrián Somoza addresses the topic: Creative direction: the concept, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Art Direction. Learn to design a visual and interactive landing page.

Partial transcription of the video

“[Music] Well, we already saw what the beginnings of a typical project are like, now what we are going to do is move on to start thinking the creative direction of the project. [Music] There are two steps to creative direction: one is to define the objective, and the other is to diagnose the problem. We as designers have to communicate, we are visualizing a message, So, we have to understand what that thought is, what that message is, so that you can view it later. So the first question we have to ask the customer and what we need to know about this explanation is: What is the objective with...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.


Course summary for: Digital Art Direction

  • Level: Beginner
  • 95% positive reviews (350)
  • 5825 students
  • 4 units
  • 12 lessons (2h 2m)
  • 2 downloads
  • Category

    Design
  • Software

    Adobe Photoshop, Sketch
  • Areas

    Information Design, Marketing, UX / UI, Web Design

Adrián Somoza

Adrián Somoza
A course by Adrián Somoza

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Art Director and Interactive Designer

Adrián Somoza started out working as a freelance digital graphic designer for family and friends. It wasn't long however, before Aerolab came knocking on his door offering him work with startups from Silicon Valley as well as major companies in his home country of Argentina.

He later began working for R/GA, which led him to collaborate with big-name clients including Google, Samsung, Nike, and Netflix, acquiring the responsibility of impacting the lives of many with his designs.


  • 95% positive reviews (350)
  • 5,825 students
  • 12 lessons (2h 2m)
  • 10 additional resources (2 files)
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  • Audio: Spanish
  • Spanish · English · Portuguese
  • Level: Beginner
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Digital Art Direction. Design course by Adrián Somoza

Digital Art Direction

A course by Adrián Somoza
Art Director and Interactive Designer. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Joined June 2017
  • 95% positive reviews (350)
  • 5,825 students