Infographic Design

Transform information into eye-catching designs

Graphic Design4.7(91)4h 2m23 lectures6 sections

What you'll learn

  • Understand the art of infographics and its types
  • Get to know infographic websites
  • Understand color theory and choose harmonious colors
  • Prepare the tools and infographic templates
  • Create infographic designs through practical projects
  • Draw random shapes and irregular lines
  • Design charts and objects
  • Carry out a variety of design ideas

About this course

This course teaches professional Infographic Design, which means turning information into attractive designs that are easy to understand. It starts with an introduction to the art of infographics, its types and websites, then color theory, how to choose the right colors for your design and the rules for picking harmonious colors. After that you prepare the tools and infographic templates and download the file of website links. Then you carry out three practical projects, each one in several parts, with extra files for each project. You also learn to draw random shapes and irregular lines, charts and objects, and a variety of design ideas. The course suits designers, marketers and anyone who wants to present information and figures visually, and it does not need much previous experience, because it starts with the basics and moves forward through practice. With each project you find attached files that help you carry it out yourself step by step. After finishing, you will be able to choose harmonious colors and design a complete infographic from the idea to the final result.

Expected outcomes

  • Ability to design attractive professional infographics.
  • Master the effective use of colors and symbols.
  • Execute complete infographic projects from start to finish.
  • Produce innovative designs that meet client or personal project needs.
  • Access resources and attachments that facilitate the design process.

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  • ★★★★★Sameh I.·منذ 3 شهرشاهد 100٪

    very good content

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Course content

1

Introductions

3 lectures
  1. Introduction to Infographic ArtDefines infographics as turning complex data and concepts into simple images and graphics, distinguishes them from Motion Graphic and Animation, and explains how color choices help deliver the message to the audience.12:14
  2. Types of InfographicsExplains infographic types by display method (static, motion and interactive) and by overall layout, including lists, relationships, intersections and maps, to choose the right type for the data.11:37
  3. Infographic WebsitesIntroduces two kinds of infographic websites: service sites providing icons, fonts, colors and background-free PNG images, and design sites with ready templates, trying a template site and the limits of its free version.13:30
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Preparing the Tools

5 lectures
  1. Color TheoryExplains color theory: primary and secondary colors, the color wheel, neutral colors, and the terms Hue, Saturation and Brightness, applied in practice in Photoshop.15:52
  2. How to Choose Suitable Colors for Infographic DesignExplains how to pick a design's main color according to its message, what colors and neutrals signify, and the psychological effect of warm and cool colors, with examples from restaurants, hospitals and banks.9:33
  3. Rules for Choosing Harmonious ColorsExplains Color Harmony rules, such as monochromatic and triadic schemes, the well-known proportion rule for primary, secondary and neutral colors, then generating matching colors in practice with Adobe Color.20:06
  4. Preparing Tools and Infographic TemplatesExplains preparing infographic tools: downloading and installing Arabic and English fonts, getting PNG images and SVG icons from ready-made sites, and changing icon colors inside Illustrator.21:22
  5. Uploading Website Links File
3

The First Application

3 lectures
  1. First Application - Part OneA hands-on exercise starting a circular infographic from scratch in Illustrator: centering the large circle on the Artboard, dividing it into eight parts, removing extras with Shape Builder, and rotating lines at a set angle.21:33
  2. First Application - Part TwoContinues the first exercise by precisely drawing small circles around the large one using guides and Snapping, moving the rotation center with the Rotate tool and repeating with Ctrl D, then adding and recoloring an SVG icon.12:01
  3. Downloading First Application Add-ons
4

The Second Application

4 lectures
  1. Second Application - Part OneA hands-on Illustrator infographic exercise based on a ready model: drawing triangles and rotated squares, merging parts with Pathfinder, adding Drop Shadow and Gradient colors, and grouping the unit to repeat it.9:41
  2. Second Application - Part TwoContinues the second exercise by drawing the set of circles: gradient colors and the Appearance panel, a Drop Shadow on the Stroke, a Dash Line, and rotating a copy with Rotate and mirroring it with Reflect.15:04
  3. Second Application - Part ThreeContinues the second exercise by repeating the unit symmetrically around the circles, aligning shapes, changing each unit's Gradient colors with the Eyedropper, adding Arrowheads to lines, and placing a recolored icon.17:14
  4. Download Second Application Add-ons
5

The Third Application

3 lectures
  1. Third Application - Part OneA hands-on exercise building a landscape infographic in Illustrator: fitting the Artboard to the reference image, drawing circles and text at matching sizes, a Gradient Stroke, Transform and Appearance, and placing an image inside a shape.15:39
  2. Third Application - Part TwoContinues the third exercise: copying a Gradient to the Stroke and to text after converting it to shapes, writing a paragraph, adding an icon from a website, swapping the image inside the shape, and saving colors in Swatches.12:47
  3. Download Third Application Add-ons
6

Various Ideas

5 lectures
  1. Drawing Random ShapesExplains creating random, irregular shapes for infographics by applying a Warp effect to a Gradient-filled circle, targeting the Fill or the Stroke, then fixing the shape with Expand Appearance.7:06
  2. Drawing Irregular LinesExplains drawing irregular lines for infographics: lines built from circles cut with the Scissors tool and joined with Join, a spiral line with the Twirl tool, rounded caps, and circular arrowheads.10:37
  3. Charts and ModelsExplains adding Charts in Illustrator, such as Column Graph and Pie Chart, entering and applying values, recoloring them with Recolor Artwork, and turning a shape 3D with the Extrude & Bevel effect.8:22
  4. Various IdeasShows that any infographic depends on how you think about it, building shapes from a polygon, the Scissors tool, Direct Selection Tool, Shape Builder Tool, circles and alignment instead of ready-made templates.7:48
  5. Download Ideas Add-ons

Instructor

Ahmed Hassan Khamis

Ahmed Hassan Khamis

He has developed computer science curricula for various Arab universities and taught at Alexandria University. He has authored over 120 educational books in computer science.
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