Designing a Typographic Poster with Illustrator
Colours
A course by Steffen Wagner , Graphic and Product Designer
Joined April 2021
Joined April 2021
About the video: Colours
Overview
“Now let's make a little digression into the realm of colors and color theory. You will get to know the color wheel and its colors as well as different contrasts.”
In this video lesson Steffen Wagner addresses the topic: Colours, which is part of the Domestika online course: Designing a Typographic Poster with Illustrator. Hone your knowledge of typography and composition to design a creative poster that conveys a hidden message.
Partial transcription of the video
“Colours In this lesson we are going to learn about color. I'll explain the fare to you and tell something about the color contrasts. The fare goes back to Johannes Itten. Johannes Itten was a Swiss painter and art historian and has during his teaching at the Bauhaus a lot with colors, color type theory and the study of color contrasts. The basic idea of the color wheel is that from the three basic colors all sorts of other colors can be mixed. The three basic colors are the so-called primary colors and that's yellow, red and blue. And from these three colors all other colors should be creat...”
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Course summary for: Designing a Typographic Poster with Illustrator
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Category
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Areas
Creativity, Design, Digital Design, Graphic Design, Poster Design, Typography
Steffen Wagner
A course by Steffen Wagner
Steffen Wagner is a graphic and product designer from Berlin who started drawing and painting at an early age. While studying industrial design in college, he developed an interest in graphic design, especially calligraphy and typography. Steffen went on to create the children's fashion brand IMAKID, which designs customizable clothing using different felt letters.
His interest in letters and communicative design eventually led him to his true passion: lettering and typographic posters. Steffen shares his posters on Instagram and Pinterest, and also designs logos, brand materials, and websites. His most distinguished projects include corporate designs for food companies and numerous works of art for galleries. Steffen's list of artistic influences includes Bauhaus and art styles from different time periods as well as artists like Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian, and Mark Rothko.
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