Graphic Design for Fiction: Visual Identities with Stories

Colour Scheme 3

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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1283 students
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About the video: Colour Scheme 3

Overview

“In the previous lesson, I created the final composition for the cover. Next, I will demonstrate how to play around with colour and shapes to discover new variations and designs. This is the time to experiment and have fun!”

In this video lesson Tom Muller addresses the topic: Colour Scheme 3, 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

“ Colour Scheme Now, I'm getting all these effects of different spotlights, different light beams crossing each other. You also get these halo effects, which is exactly what I am looking for. There's this one which is quite nice. You have these rings of reddish lights and these outer halos where it goes a bit more into purples and blues, and then you get a centre. It almost looks like a very abstract eye. You have these colours playing here in what you could say is an iris. Then, the colour process is continuing, I'll zoom out again, by playing around and creating these different variations...”

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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.