Explore

Introduction to Imagemaking

Approx. 12 hours to complete

Save Course

Go to Course

Course Summary

Learn the art and science of image making in this course, which covers topics such as composition, lighting, color theory, and storytelling. You'll also learn how to use various tools and techniques to create impactful images that convey your message effectively.

Key Learning Points

Discover the fundamental principles of image making
Learn how to use composition, lighting, and color to create compelling images
Develop your storytelling skills to convey your message effectively

Job Positions & Salaries of people who have taken this course might have

- USA: $40,000 - $70,000
- India: ₹2,00,000 - ₹6,00,000
- Spain: €15,000 - €40,000
- USA: $40,000 - $70,000
- India: ₹2,00,000 - ₹6,00,000
- Spain: €15,000 - €40,000
- USA: $40,000 - $80,000
- India: ₹2,00,000 - ₹6,00,000
- Spain: €15,000 - €35,000
- USA: $40,000 - $70,000
- India: ₹2,00,000 - ₹6,00,000
- Spain: €15,000 - €40,000
- USA: $40,000 - $80,000
- India: ₹2,00,000 - ₹6,00,000
- Spain: €15,000 - €35,000
- USA: $35,000 - $65,000
- India: ₹2,00,000 - ₹5,00,000
- Spain: €15,000 - €35,000

Learning Outcomes

Understand the principles of image making
Create compelling images using composition, lighting, and color
Develop storytelling skills to convey your message effectively

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

Basic knowledge of photography
Access to a camera and photo editing software

Course Difficulty Level

Beginner to Intermediate

Course Format

Online
Self-paced
Video lectures
Hands-on projects

Similar Courses

Photography Basics and Beyond: From Smartphone to DSLR
Visual Elements of User Interface Design
Introduction to Graphic Design

Related Education Paths

Notable People in This Field

Photographer and Entrepreneur
Photographer and Social Media Strategist

Related Books

Description

This course for serious makers, and for students new to imagemaking. Imagemaking is a fluid and exciting area of graphic design that comes out of practice and process: experimenting fearlessly, showing and sharing ideas, and giving and receiving knowledgeable and constructive input.

For the sake of this online platform, we have applied some structure to our investigations, but for the most part imagemaking is loose and unstructured. If we must adopt a rule in this course it is only this: you will not become a graphic designer by watching videos alone. Or, don't just make stuff just in your head. So here, the focus here is on making, and you are expected to devote serious time and intellectual energy to that activity in this course. Specifically, you will: - experiment with a range of materials and techniques to make images for graphic design - expand your visual vocabulary both in terms of making and talking about work, in order to discuss your work and work of others - learn how to make, manipulate and arrange images to create compositions, eventually culminating in the design and production of an-image-based book. The first half of the course is an opportunity to experiment and explore imagemaking in order to expand your visual vocabulary. You will create pieces that are expressive, meditative, or 'design-y' to instigate, evoke, experiment, record, explain, or try out a media. In the second two weeks, we’ll invite the images to deliberately and intentionally carry meaning and communication through relational moves like juxtaposition, composition, and context. We’ll look at developing and expanding the range of approaches for putting things together by composing page spreads with your images. Since nothing exists without context, we look at how to intentionally drive the image’s connotations, meanings, and associations generated through elements of composition and “visual contrasts.” Ultimately, we will take the images that you create and make a book from them. The results of your assignments (and experiments) may generate something completely unknowable now or in the future—and that's the goal.

Knowledge

Make informed design choices using image-based research
Create ranges of representation using images
Compose spreads for your own book
Design a book with your own images

Outline

Week 1: Image-based Research
Course Welcome
Why Peer Review?
Peer Review Tips
How to apply feedback
Practice
What Images Do
Considering the Book (in a graphic design context)
About this Course
About the Assignments
Course Tools
Academic Integrity
Additional Resources
What is peer review?
Instructor Presence and Staff Support
Forum Guidelines
Requesting Peer Reviews
How to Critique
Visual Research

Week 2: Making Images
Making Methods and Techniques
Denotation & Connotation
Range of Representation
Ways of Making
Techniques and Materials
Working with Style, Mood and Attitude
Explain and Illustrate
Poetry of Everyday Life
Sparks: Even More Making Methods
Tangible, Sensory & Expressive Quality of Materials and Line

Week 3: Composition is Relational
Composition is Relational
About Hierarchy
Scale
Space
Composition: Figure/Ground (from Introduction to Imagemaking)
Narrative
Simple Composition: Creating Page Spreads
Compositional Iterations

Week 4: Designing a Book with Your Images
Bookishness
Complex Composition: Putting your book together
Lazy Mom: Lazy Wow
Katharina Pierini/Sming Sming Books: Night Moves
Laura Owens: Hey What
Laura Owens: New Work
Bruno Munari: A Tale of Three Little Birds
Two simple bookbinding techniques
Create and Plant a “Surprise” in Your Layouts
About this lesson
List of Image-Based Books
Introduction
Setting up your document
Exporting spreads
Printing the book
Introduction
Make thumbnail sketches
Make copies in multiple sizes
Creating spreads
Make printer's spreads
Assembling your spreads
Start Your Own Bookmaking League

Summary of User Reviews

The Image Making course on Coursera has received positive reviews from users. Many users have appreciated the comprehensive content and practical learning experience of the course. Overall, users have found the course to be informative and engaging.

Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course

Many users thought that the course content was comprehensive and provided a practical learning experience.

Pros from User Reviews

Informative and engaging content
Practical learning experience
Helpful feedback from instructors
Access to useful resources
Flexible scheduling

Cons from User Reviews

Some users found the course to be too basic
Limited interaction with instructors and other students
Technical issues with the course platform
Some users felt that the course was overpriced
Lack of personalized attention

Recommended for you

Fundamentals of Graphic Design

As graphic design becomes more visible and prevalent in our lives, graphic design as a practice becomes more important in our culture....

Save Course