A one day workshop where you learn to create posters using Inkscape, the drawing program that packs an incredible punch.
Learn the essentials of poster creation, from typography, via colour theory, to making shapes onto the basics of illustration. All done using Inkscape, Free Software that uses Open Standards and available for you to take away.
Outline
- Your poster begins
- The devil’s detail
- Style counsel
- Colour schemes
- Typography resources
- Start out with text
- Using the text tool
- How to steal sheep
- Scale & stretch
- Order, align & distribute
- Lovely layers
- Making shapes
- Primitive objects
- Fill & Stroke
- A splash of colour
- Paths & pen tool
- Adding images
- Prepare a 2-tone photo
- Trace in Inkscape
- Import a photo
- Mask with type
- Get it out
- Printing your poster
- Hi-fidelity printing
- Exporting as a bitmap image
- Saving as a PDF
Who should attend
Budding graphic designers who want more out of life than Microsoft Clip Art.
Skills required
Intermediate computer literacy. An interest in graphics & typography would jolly things along.
Learning outcomes
- Typography: You’ll learn the basic terminology associated with typography, and will know how to find fonts on the web.
- Colour: You’ll find out about basic colour theory, and online resources to help create colour palettes.
- Vector drawing: You’ll be acquainted with essential vector drawing skills, that are transferable to other vector software.
All techniques will be taught using Free Software that will be made available free of charge to all students.