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Build A Portfolio: Create Beautiful 40+ Real Projects
Discover the world of Graphic Design
Quick answers to get started (3:39)
Download all the resources here
First exercise - have fun with it! (8:45)
How to make your life easier as a designer (4:12)
Graphic Design – A Down-to-Earth Explanation (2:53)
Using Photoshop for Every Project (3:26)
Design Assets Explained (5:51)
Best sources for design assets (7:42)
Activity: Mix and Match Design Assets (3:57)
Optional – Setting up Photoshop (5:54)
What does it take to create beautiful graphics? (3:11)
Design a Facebook Cover Project
Introduction (1:19)
Best Project Settings & Aspect Ratios (7:45)
How to create great text for your project (4:39)
Selecting Image Assets (6:43)
Arranging the Assets on the Canvas (4:00)
Designing the Cover (7:11)
Typography for the Facebook Cover (6:43)
Fine Tuning the Cover (6:21)
Conclusion (3:06)
Design a Facebook Cover Project #2
Introduction (1:10)
Analyze your assets and options (4:45)
Setting the project’s foundation (4:40)
Creating a neutral background with a noise texture (7:21)
Sizing up the products correctly (4:41)
Creating shadows for the products (5:36)
Fine Tuning the Cover (3:46)
Using vector graphics to create version 2 (3:57)
Creative Facebook cover iteration (9:29)
Create Clickable Youtube Thumbnails
The connection between YouTube thumbnails & Views (1:31)
The power of a mockup (6:52)
The Absolute best way to design YouTube Thumbnails (4:09)
Classic YouTube Thumbnail – Part 1 (4:53)
Classic YouTube Thumbnail – Part 2 (6:14)
Abstract YouTube Thumbnail – Part 1 (5:44)
Abstract YouTube Thumbnail – Part 2 (6:31)
Choose your own style (4:52)
Before and After Thumbnail (7:22)
Illustration-based Thumbnail – Part 1 (5:09)
Illustration-based Thumbnail – Part 2 (5:01)
Personal Brand Thumbnail (6:31)
Text Behind & In Front of you (5:21)
Conclusions (1:14)
Designs for Instagram
Introduction (1:24)
Instagram Content Creation Hack (4:37)
Clean Product Presentation – Part 1 (5:20)
Clean Product Presentation – Part 2 (7:28)
Instagram Mockups – Easy! (3:14)
Inspirational Content – Part 1 (5:31)
Inspirational Content – Part 2 (4:11)
Black & White Content (7:42)
Food Content (6:01)
Personal Branding – Part 1 (5:34)
Personal Branding – Part 2 (4:28)
Content Striking Colors – Part 1 (4:28)
Content Striking Colors – Part 2 (4:34)
How to Post on Instagram from your Computer (2:05)
Designs for Facebook Ads
Introduction (1:10)
Framing Facebook Ads & Quality Standards (5:50)
Colorful Product Ad – Part 1 (6:35)
Colorful Product Ad – Part 2 (5:18)
Colorful Product Ad – Part 3 (6:32)
Colorful Product Ad – Part 4 (5:48)
The question of stock photos & freebies in FB ads (4:37)
Vector Based Ad – Part 1 (5:42)
Vector Based Ad – Part 2 (6:46)
Vector Based Ad – Part 3 (5:52)
Vector Based Ad – Part 4 (4:51)
The Pros and Cons of People-based Facebook ads (5:47)
People-Based Facebook Ad – Part 1 (7:22)
People-Based Facebook Ad – Part 2 (6:12)
People-Based Facebook Ad – Part 3 (6:26)
Best Facebook Ad Template – The Foundation (4:21)
Best Facebook Ad Template – The Details (6:47)
Conclusions (1:19)
Design Business Cards
Introduction (3:22)
Colourful Business Card for the CEO - The essentials (5:46)
Colourful Business Card for the CEO - The details (5:33)
Colourful Business Card for the CEO - Beautiful Icons (6:40)
What do ‘simple’ and ‘clean’ mean? (7:05)
Personal Branding Business Card (6:59)
Business Card Best Design Practices (6:22)
Corporate Business Card – Foundation (7:14)
Corporate Business Card – Icon Design (7:52)
Design Beautiful CVs (Resumes)
CV (Curriculum Vitae) Designs in Today’s Market (4:18)
Deciding on a CV style (4:26)
Setting the foundation of the CV (6:47)
Choosing a typeface – really important! (7:02)
Rocking Typography (5:16)
Gorgeous icons for your CV (5:32)
Staying consistent in your design (5:11)
Negative space in a CV design (5:49)
Creating a timeline for your CV (6:05)
Final Thoughts for the Clean CV Project (1:22)
Design Another Beautiful CV
Creative CV Design (5:18)
Modern Typography for a Creative CV (6:01)
Use Freepik to make your CV stand out! (7:09)
How to adjust vectors and add detailed icons (6:47)
Fine-tuning the CV (5:37)
The last 10% that makes all the differences! (6:16)
Design Great Newsletters
Newsletters in today’s market (2:57)
Newsletter styles (5:32)
Colorful Newsletter in Mailchimp & Photoshop (5:34)
Create a catchy newsletter hero-element in Photoshop (5:30)
Adding extra details (4:07)
The most important element: the CTA (5:33)
Create effective layouts in Mailchimp (6:09)
Inserting new content in Mailchimp (4:40)
Balancing graphics with content (8:13)
Design overview (3:15)
Create Animated Newsletters
Animated Newsletter in Mailchimp & Photoshop (5:24)
Create the product presentation in Photoshop (4:45)
Animating the product presentation – Method #1 (6:40)
Animating the product presentation – Method #2 (4:46)
Create the call to action (3:47)
Creating a gift design for the newsletter in Photoshop (6:08)
Animating the gift box – the lid (4:40)
Animating the gift box – the stars & text (4:52)
Graphic Design Analysis with Chris Barin
Introduction (4:01)
Mazda 3 Launch Ad (5:39)
Travel Agency Templates – Good or bad? (5:35)
Original Design versus Templates (6:42)
Hiring People Through Beautiful Ads (6:08)
Premium Office Building Ad – Shocking! (5:16)
Huge Telecom Company Blunder! (6:03)
50% for 5% (8:53)
The reason why most designs are cluttered (6:00)
Clichés and Stereotypes in Graphic Design (3:37)
Printed Design: Indoor Ad Banner
Introduction (2:34)
Everything’s about the Style Guide (4:50)
Indoor Ad Banner: Laying things out (5:58)
Indoor Ad Banner: Typography & Layout (6:58)
Indoor Ad Banner: Styling (7:41)
Indoor Banner: Final touches & Conclusions (5:13)
Extras: Create an indoor ad banner mockup (5:06)
Section conclusions (1:23)
Printed Design: Product Catalogue
Introduction (1:54)
Set up the catalogue project in Photoshop (5:33)
Styling the cover of the catalogue (7:39)
Fine-tuning the cover (5:46)
Add something extra to the cover (8:08)
Interior page style: Typography (7:52)
Interior page style: Layout (5:45)
Styling large amounts of text (10:52)
Interior pages overview (6:34)
Conclusions (1:54)
What you need to know about Logo Design
The Truth About Logo Design (4:19)
Should you design logos as a freelancer? (8:28)
Creating logos in Photoshop (6:23)
The complexity behind a logo (4:19)
Gathering information (5:56)
Worst techniques for logo design (4:38)
Best techniques for logo design (5:52)
Final thoughts
Do this before you start freelancing (3:21)
Final thoughts (2:09)
Using vector graphics to create version 2
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