Graphic Design for Fiction: Visual Identities with Stories

Influences

A course by Tom Muller , Graphic Designer and Creative Director

Learn to translate powerful stories into memorable brand identities with a unique narrative spin using Adobe Illustrator and InDesign

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About the video: Influences

Overview

“Diving under the hood, here’s what gets me going. Here, I will share the things that excite and inspire me, and make me want to start designing. ”

In this video lesson Tom Muller addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Graphic Design for Fiction: Visual Identities with Stories. Learn to translate powerful stories into memorable brand identities with a unique narrative spin using Adobe Illustrator and InDesign.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Influences In this lesson, we'll look at some things that influence me and that get me excited about design, image-making, comics and all these kinds of things. I have a few things on my desk that I want to share with you. We've already met this guy and, as I said previously, he's still on my desk to this day and it's like a symbol for that kind of very vibrant, energetic pop culture. I think that has always been a constant with me. If you see a photo of my studio, I've designed my studio in a way that my desk is placed within the two sides or like the two worlds that I enjoy. I have two ...”

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Course summary for: Graphic Design for Fiction: Visual Identities with Stories

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (31)
1283 students
5 units
22 lessons (5h 18m)
2 downloads

Category
Design
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign
Areas
Art Direction, Branding & Identity, Design, Graphic Design, Logo Design

Tom Muller

A course by Tom Muller

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Graphic Designer and Creative Director

Tom Muller is an award-winning graphic designer and creative director based in London. . Over the last 20 years, he’s made a name for himself in the comic and cult fiction industries, notably for his bold graphic work with Paramount Pictures, Image Comics, Darren Aronofsky, Hivemind and DC Comics. Through his studio helloMuller, he also creates logos, immersive visual worlds, and more for brands, storytellers, filmmakers, and entertainment companies.

His clients include Marvel Entertainment, Sony Pictures, Images Comics, Darren Aronofksky, 2000 AD, Star Wars, Disney, Google, WIRED, and Diesel. He is also the recipient of multiple awards including the Brand Impact Award for his design of X-Men’s Dawn of X[i], and his work has been recognised by The Eisner Awards, The Harvey Awards, [i]Entertainment Weekly, Wired, New York Magazine, and The Guardian.