The Principles of Design for Cardmakers
  • Cards
  • Skill Building

Join Elena Anderson as she reveals a comprehensive, in-depth look into The Principles of Design for Cardmakers, a follow up class to The Elements of Design for Cardmakers. Explore each principle and how they can be applied to your projects. Then, with a brand new outlook on design, put your skills to work creating cards that focus on each principle. From beginner to expert cardmaker, these lessons will take your card designs to the next level.

  • What you'll learn +
    • How to use correct proportion
    • What the different types of scale are and how to mix them
    • How to utilize balance for varying formality 
    • What to emphasis on your card and how
    • How rhythm affects the feeling of your card
    • How harmony, unity, and variety work together in your card designs
    • How to use the principles of design together with the elements of design for successful card design
Lessons
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Proportion
  3. 3. Scale
  4. 4. Balance
  5. 5. Emphasis
  6. 6. Rhythm
  7. 7. Harmony, Unity & Variety
  8. 8. Wrap-Up
Related Classes
The Principles of Design for Cardmakers
  • Cards
  • Skill Building

Join Elena Anderson as she reveals a comprehensive, in-depth look into The Principles of Design for Cardmakers, a follow up class to The Elements of Design for Cardmakers. Explore each principle and how they can be applied to your projects. Then, with a brand new outlook on design, put your skills to work creating cards that focus on each principle. From beginner to expert cardmaker, these lessons will take your card designs to the next level.

  • What you'll learn +
    • How to use correct proportion
    • What the different types of scale are and how to mix them
    • How to utilize balance for varying formality 
    • What to emphasis on your card and how
    • How rhythm affects the feeling of your card
    • How harmony, unity, and variety work together in your card designs
    • How to use the principles of design together with the elements of design for successful card design