Introduction to Invitation Design: From First Brief to Final Print
What Will We Do in This Course?
A course by Sarah Lewis , Graphic Designer
About the video: What Will We Do in This Course?
Overview
“In this course, we're going to design and artwork a printed invitation for an event, although the skills you are about to learn can be applied to all sorts of projects. Invitation design is a really great place to start off if you’re learning or practicing your graphics skills. It’s like a tiny microcosm of all the elements you might use in a larger project. You’re going to be using typography and colour and paper choices and graphic elements to design something that will grab people’s attention straight away. You won’t have much space so everything needs to work really hard but you can have loads of fun with it.”
In this video lesson Sarah Lewis addresses the topic: What Will We Do in This Course?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Invitation Design: From First Brief to Final Print. Blend color, typography, and texture to create professional printed invitations to promote any event.
Partial transcription of the video
“What Will We Do in This Course? In this lesson I am gonna talk you through what we'll learn on this course. We're going to be designing and art working a printed invitation for an event. I am going to be designing a wedding invitation, but your final project could be for any event, so it might be for a product launch or an opening of a new venue, a private party, 50th birthday, it can be for absolutely anything. We're gonna learn how to use typography and colour, different visual elements like photography or illustration to really bring together an invitation that looks and feels like the e...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Invitation Design: From First Brief to Final Print
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Branding & Identity, Graphic Design, Packaging, Stationery Design
Sarah Lewis
A course by Sarah Lewis
Sarah Lewis is a freelance graphic designer working and living in London. She got her start as an intern at Dazed and Confused magazine before taking on design roles with studios like Blue Source, Love, and Navyblue. She began as a freelancer in 2007 and now works directly with clients and design agencies like Conran Design Group, Start Creative, and Every Friday.
Specializing in print and identity projects, Sarah has collaborated on projects ranging from tiny charities to 300-page annual reports for global companies. Together with her graphic design work, she runs Alphablots, which makes graphic greeting cards and playful prints for kids and color-loving grownups. She is also a passionate roller skater and teaches classes for beginners in London.
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