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Module Four: Illustrator

Welcome to Illustrator — your new best friend for logos, icons, and anything vector-based. You’ll start by creating flat-style web icons, then push further with projects like a low poly portrait (turning a selfie into digital geometry) and product labels mocked up on real-world objects. The big milestone here is creating your own personal logo and style guide to begin branding your portfolio. Extra Credit: pick a well-known company and reimagine their branding — logo, colors, everything. Can you do it better? Certification Test: Graphic Design & Illustration Using Adobe Illustrator. This is your first chance to prove your Illustrator skills officially.

Module Five: InDesign

Now that you’ve got design skills, it’s time to learn layout and publishing. InDesign is where designers turn text and images into polished, professional spreads. You’ll make your own mini-magazine (a zine about literally anything you’re obsessed with), learn how to properly pair fonts without making people’s eyes hurt, and finish with the always-overlooked business card (but yours won’t be boring, I promise). Extra Credit: “Brand in a Box” — design a full stationery collection (logo, letterhead, envelope, business card, and one extra weird-but-fitting piece) for a fictional company you invent. Certification Test: Print & Digital Media Publication Using Adobe InDesign. Once you pass, you’ll be officially recognized as an InDesign pro.

Module Six: Portfolio Redemption Week

This is your chance to look back and say, “Okay, I can do better.” You’ll revisit older projects, fix them up, and show how much you’ve leveled up. Maybe your first logo needs a glow-up, or maybe that zine layout deserves some polish. Extra Credit: retake a certification test you didn’t pass the first time (after 30 days). Nothing wrong with redemption — in fact, it’s part of being a real designer.