Art Direction and Publishing: From Concept to Print

Overview

“The development of the model is done from the design of standard pages. So in this lesson we'll look at how to set up a composition grid, and then we'll look at the thumbnail, which determines how the layout unfolds.”

In this video lesson Akatre addresses the topic: Composition Grid and Flatplan, which is part of the Domestika online course: Art Direction and Publishing: From Concept to Print. Learn how to establish an artistic guideline for a successful publication project, from the initial concept to the final printed design.

Partial transcription of the video

“Composition grid and flatplan First of all, we must now define the armature and the foundations of our project. This is the composition grid and that is what we will see in this lesson. First, let's talk about designing the model. It is done from the design of standard pages. These are the pages that will serve as a model to expand the content throughout the book. You need to provide as many standard pages only special cases. This will allow, for example, define a standard page for the summary, a chapter entry, an article and a more singular article. To make the model, you need to define th...”

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Course summary for: Art Direction and Publishing: From Concept to Print

• Level: Beginner
• 76% positive reviews (17)
• 677 students
• 4 units
• 12 lessons (1h 19m)
• 1 download

• Category

  Design

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Art Direction, Editorial Design, Graphic Design