Start Strong in Design: Graphic Design for Beginners
Curious about graphic design but not sure where to begin? Domestika’s “Graphic Design for Beginners” by award-winning designer Silvia Ferpal provides a polished, structured introduction to design essentials—shape, typography, color, and composition—packed into a short, practical course.
👩🏫 Meet Your Instructor: Silvia Ferpal
Silvia Fernández Palomar, known professionally as Silvia Ferpal, is a Madrid-based graphic designer and visual artist. Winner of the 2019 Spanish National Design Award, her work includes projects for Harvard, Bloomberg, Inditex, and city typography. A Domestika Teacher Plus, she’s known for clear, hands-on teaching.
📚 What You’ll Learn
This beginner-level course includes 17 lessons (~2h 18m), 32 downloadable resources (3 files), and 25 exercises. You’ll progress through five key units:
- Introduction: Design context and creative influences
- Image Creation: Gestalt principles, Bauhaus shapes, visual thinking
- Typography: Font types, typographic mistakes, text integration
- Color: Mixing modes, palettes, consistent application
- Composition: Grids, layouts, balance; followed by a final project combining all learnings
🎯 Who Is This Course For?
- Absolute beginners without formal design training
- Entrepreneurs and content creators needing visual skills
- Students and freelancers building foundational design workflows
- Anyone wanting a rapid yet solid intro to professional design principles
💡 Key Benefits
- 🌟 Highly rated: 99% positive from 1,000+ reviews, with over 32,700 students.
- ⏱ Short & practical: Learn essential design in just over 2 hours
- 📁 Resource-filled: Includes templates, moodboards, guides to support each lesson
- 🛠 Hands-on projects: Creation of your own Instagram-style graphics as final deliverables
- 🔊 Globally accessible: Audio in Spanish and English, subtitles in eight languages.
📈 Final Verdict
“Graphic Design for Beginners” neatly packages expert instruction into a concise, actionable format. Silvia’s structured modules ensure you learn by doing: from sketching shapes to building full compositions. By the end, you’ll have practical design workflows and real visuals to showcase.
👉 Ready to Begin?
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